Chapter 1,763 The Sasanian Dynasty, a different kind of beauty
According to Song historical records, Deyang County in Hanzhou led four counties: Luo, Shi, Mian, and De.
Shifang belonged to Hanzhou and was a prosperous land at that time.
Lianglukou (today's Matsu Town) is located in the northwest of the county and was an important traffic artery at that time.
During the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the economy of Sichuan Province was quite developed, and at that time it was known as "Yang Yi Yi Yi Er".
By the Southern Song Dynasty, the commodity economy was developed, and Shu merchants were very active in commerce at that time.
Due to the back-and-forth trafficking of Shu merchants, porcelain, which plays an important role in the merchandise, will undoubtedly be brought into Sichuan and into Shifang in large quantities.
In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongols invaded the south, and the Sichuan-Sichuan region became one of the main battlefields between the Song and Mongolian armies.
Experts speculate that this batch of porcelain may have been taken away during the war, and the noble landowners had no time to take it away. In order to preserve this batch of precious porcelain, they dug a cellar and buried it here.
As the finest porcelain of the Song Dynasty, this batch of porcelain is so well preserved that it is extremely precious.
In particular, it provides a large amount of physical data for our study of the social economy and porcelain making technology of the Song Dynasty.
If Chen Wenzhe had known for a long time that there was such a batch of Song Dynasty porcelain in the cellar, and he only had to go and take a look, then it would have been very simple for him to imitate the Song Dynasty porcelain.
Cultural relics are non-renewable and precious resources that belong to us and future generations.
They are not only witnesses of historical and civilizational exchanges, but also reflect the inner feelings of a country.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe likes cultural relics and all kinds of cultural relics.
Besides, who wouldn’t like some gold and silver products?
"In addition to porcelain, ancient coins, gold and silver products, isn't there anything else hidden?"
The greedy Chen Wenzhe once again went back in time, hoping to track down the treasures hidden by some tomb robbers in the long river of time.
Don't tell me, now this treasure of his can really communicate for a long time. As long as there is a reason and a little bit of realistic anchor in it, he can continue to find what he wants through a little connection.
Information.
The long river of history is extremely long. During this period, treasures hidden in history abound.
The latest batch must belong to the glorious group of tomb robbers in the 1990s.
They stole too many cultural relics, and they hid many of them, hoping to slowly flow into the market.
Although most of them have no education, it does not mean that they are uneducated and they are not stupid.
Naturally, they know that everything is rare and valuable, so many treasures have been hidden by them.
Afterwards, whether it was due to internal strife or being destroyed by relevant departments, the last large number of treasures were hidden underground and no one would dig them out again.
This time, it was an advantage for Chen Wenzhe, because he saw another large cellar.
But this cellar has been hidden by modern people, but just like the ancients, they will never have the chance to retrieve these treasures again.
"I have acquired a lot of Yuan Dynasty porcelain on the Silk Road before, but I didn't expect to see foreign treasures this time."
The ancient Silk Road is very important.
In the blending of Eastern and Western civilizations, it is like two rivers that meet continuously and become a witness to history.
It displays the colorful social features of ancient my country from multiple aspects, and also conveys the wisdom of the Chinese nation’s continuous civilization creation.
The cultural relics of Xia Ning on the Silk Road are not only the past, but also the present and the future.
It has always opened the window of Chinese culture, and it has condensed into the memory of time in a subtle and silent way.
At the same time, it tells people that Chinese culture and civilization are always moving toward the world.
And the excellent cultures and civilizations from all over the world are always coming to China.
It is the international time that has been warmed by Chinese sentiments. In the garden of world cultural exchanges, it is as eye-catching as flowers in bloom, and the flowers are blooming and brilliant.
Seeing the cultural relics in this cellar, Chen Wenzhe couldn't help but sigh.
Because he saw the development of Western civilization, these exotic-style works really have a different kind of beauty.
Looking at a gilt silver pot, Chen Wenzhe was very moved. This is a national treasure, and its brilliance contains the beauty of cultural integration.
Chen Wenzhe could tell that this gilt silver pot was quite old, at least 1,500 years old.
It is 37.5 cm tall, has a maximum abdominal diameter of 12.8 cm, and weighs 1.5 kg.
It has a tall and long body, an oval abdomen, a thin neck, a duckbill shape, a round base, the curved ends form a sheep's head, a human head is cast on the top, and a high nose wearing a round hat.
There are three groups of 6 male and female images with a protrusion around the abdomen of the pot body. One group is naked, which seems to represent the scene of a handsome warrior being loved by a woman.
This is a metal handicraft from the Sasanian Dynasty of Persia, but unlike similar Sassanid artifacts, it has a thick Roman style.
If this kind of exotic cultural relic can be surprising, then the cultural relics that are closely related to this cultural relic can surprise you.
For example, the convex nail-patterned glass bowl placed next to this gilt silver pot is a glass bowl.
This bowl is 8 cm high and 9.5 cm in diameter.
It is a greenish color all over, and there are small irregular bubbles inside the bowl.
This bowl is not only extremely regular in shape, but also has two rows of standard round protrusions of the same size evenly arranged on the outer wall of the bowl.
This should be a local Chinese glass product, but its style belongs to the Persian Sasanian dynasty.
The Sasanian Dynasty was one of the most important and influential historical periods in the Islamic or Persian region.
This dynasty began in 224 AD, and its territory included today's Liangyi, Ah and other regions.
The scope of control even extended to ancient India in the South Asian subcontinent.
The Sassanid Dynasty achieved the absolute leading technological level in the world in glass manufacturing and established a strong glass manufacturing industry.
The convex nail-patterned glass bowl is a high-end glassware, and at that time, only the upper-class aristocrats could own it.
Like the gilt silver pot, it should have been unearthed from Li Xian's tomb.
It is very likely that it was a gift to Li Xian from the Silk Road merchants at that time.
After many hardships along the way, it was introduced to China. The convex nail pattern glass bowl is the best testimony to the prosperity of trade on the ancient Silk Road.
At that time, high-end glassware from ancient Egypt, Rome, and Persia was worth more than gold.
In that light green light, the convex nail pattern glass bowl tells people that it is not only the introduction of Western glassware to China through the Silk Road.
It also explains that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China, the upper class "fighted for wealth" and used glassware to show their luxury.
At the same time, it shows that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, China had a situation in which Han culture in the Central Plains, ethnic minority cultures in the Western Regions, and foreign cultures from Central Asia were compatible.
Every object has spirituality. Gold-plated silver pots are witnesses of historical and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and are the epitome of frequent trade along the Silk Road.
Not only is this the only one in our country, it is also a rare treasure among the existing Sasanian cultural relics in the world.