Chapter 46: Dragon Guard and Tiger Guard
Lao Wu grabbed the copper chain with both hands, turned over with his feet and jumped onto the copper chain. He bent down and stretched out his hand to pull Xiaoya up. Xie Fei followed at the end and wanted to imitate Lao Wu's movements, but he was not as skilled as Lao Wu.
So strong. In the end, he couldn't use up the strength on his waist and had to hang upside down on the copper chain in a defecation position. Xie Fei refused to admit defeat and swayed vigorously a few times. His face was red from holding it in, but he still couldn't go up. This is terrible.
This aroused a burst of contempt from Old Wu. After all, Old Wu's arm was still injured.
The two of them followed Lao Wu's example, lowered their weight, and stepped back to the bronze platform step by step.
The bronze platform is in an irregular square shape and is divided into four pieces. The bronze platform is more than 20 meters long and more than ten meters wide. It is thick and simple and has embossed dragon and tiger totems on it. The huge copper coffin in the center is mainly derived from the corners.
There are four straight lines, with dragon and tiger patterns on each side. The dragon pattern has its feet on the auspicious clouds, and its big mouth swallows two long dragon whiskers to guard a disk-like thing between the two beasts. The tiger pattern has a long body upright, elongated, and under its feet
Following the wind, the two tiger claws bend and stretch forward to carefully protect the sphere in the center. The whole body is carved with large lines, the lines are simple and smooth but still retain the original thickness of the bronze. It is like a whole cast. It can be seen even if you step on it through the soles of your shoes.
The original texture can be felt.
The entire bronze platform is made up of four pieces of totem text, and there are obvious casting lines where the two pieces are combined. Xie Fei was very surprised when he saw it. This was the first time he had seen such a large bronze casting. And it was just
It feels so real under my own feet. Generally speaking, Chinese bronzes are divided into three periods, the nurturing period, the heyday and the transformation period.
Bronze began to appear at the end of primitive society. When China entered the Shang Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty, it had reached its peak, lasting more than 1,600 years. The transition period refers to the late Warring States Period. Due to the emergence of iron, bronze wares began to be gradually used.
It was replaced by ironware. The largest bronze in China is the Simuwu Ding unearthed in Anyang, Henan, also known as the 'Houmuwu Dafang Ding'. It was a sacrificial vessel made by King Zujia of the Shang Dynasty as a priest for his mother Wu. The Houmuwu Ding is tall and thick, with gorgeous decorations.
It is 133 cm high, 110 cm long, 78 cm wide, and weighs 832.84 kg. It has four hollow legs and a solid body. It is a representative bronze ware of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and the largest bronze ware in the world so far.
Although this bronze platform is made of four pieces, each piece weighs several tons. I can't believe how it was transported. In addition, by the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bronzes had begun to disappear from history. Who is spending a lot of money on this?
Why did Zhou Zhang insist on building the platform with bronze? Xie Feizheng was surprised and looked around again, and suddenly realized something was wrong. When he took a closer look, he saw that the skull that had been staying here had disappeared for some time.
Xie Fei couldn't help but blame himself again, and he also murmured in his heart. After all, it was all thanks to it that the three of them were able to go underground.
"What is this, Enter the Dragon?" Old Wu also came over, took a look and said.
When Xie Fei heard what Lao Wu said, he came back to his senses and glanced at him angrily, "Have you watched too much Young and Dangerous? Why didn't you say it was Dragon Balls in Enter the Dragon?"
When Lao Wu heard this, he also became excited, "If it's really the Dragon Balls, then the one in this copper coffin must be the Big Devil of Pizza."
As soon as Xie Fei heard this, he didn't dare to talk to Lao Wu anymore. If he kept talking, Sun Wufan would probably come out of his mouth.
Xie Fei stepped on the copper pattern and went straight to the copper coffin. Old Wu squatted in front of the copper pattern for a while and muttered, but still couldn't figure out the way out. Then he ran to Xie Fei again and asked Xie Fei impatiently what it was.
In the end, Xie Fei couldn't bear the torture of his eardrums and succumbed.
This is the dragon and tiger guard picture, the dragon and the tiger guard. Look at the dragon beard and tiger claws that seem to be different. They are holding the ball of crystal beads that seem to be there. It can be seen that the two beasts are not fighting for it but are holding it slightly.
Fear and admiration. I really can’t tell what it is exactly, but the real treasure is the object in the middle that is as big as a bucket and as round as a mirror.
Lao Wu ran back to the dragon and tiger picture with excitement, squatted down and started digging at the ball in the middle.
"What are you doing?" Xie Fei looked at Old Wu's behavior and asked in confusion.
"Didn't you say that the disc in the middle is a treasure? I pulled it out...but it feels like it's a whole piece and I can't pull it out." Old Wu scratched his head with one hand.
The other hand is still digging hard.
Xie Fei glanced at Old Wu as if he were a fool, feeling like he was about to collapse. "I'm talking about the whole painting. Did I say that the thing in the middle is a treasure?"
Old Wu raised his head and glanced at Xie Fei again.
Xie Fei then thought about it and thought that he had actually said that the object in the middle, which was as big as a bucket and round as a mirror, must be a treasure. But he just said the meaning on the totem, which really made Old Wu angry and confused, so he hurriedly explained
"I did say that the one in the middle is a treasure, but I meant what it means on the totem, not the one on the ground. The one on the ground is just a bronze lump worth a damn."
Lao Wu stood up from the ground with an innocent expression on his face. Xiaoya watched it from beginning to end, and at the end he laughed so much that his intestines almost cramped.
Xie Fei was also angry and laughing, and in the end he had no choice but to wave to Lao Wu, motioning for him to come to him and study the copper coffin together to prevent him from making a joke.
Copper coffins are also made of bronze, with very few impurities in the middle. However, they are obviously different from modern coffins. Modern coffins have an obvious body, but this one has a different lid. This copper coffin is straight up and down.
The entire copper coffin was like a sealed box, lying there coldly. Coupled with the thousands of years of precipitation and being suspended above the turbulent underground river, the steam corrosion was particularly serious. Almost all the coffins were covered with
It's covered in patina and it's hard to tell where the cover is.
Lao Wu walked closer and lit the lighter in his hand. Through the slightly beating light, he could see that the coffin itself also had patterns, but the flames were too pitiful to see the full picture.
The three of them looked around with the flames, but as soon as they looked at the left, they forgot about the right, and after looking at the top, they forgot about the bottom. It took more than a minute to look back and forth, but nothing was recorded in their hearts.
The lighter was too hot to touch, so Lao Wu took out a cigarette from his pocket at the wrong time and lit it. He didn't want to waste the gas in the lighter.
Old Wu took out another cigarette and handed it to Xie Fei. Xie Fei waved his hand and he really couldn't get into the habit of smoking.
Chapter completed!