The bronze sword of the Warring States period is still sharpened.
the bronze sword that Li Lei picked up by himself In the early morning of October 26th, Li Lei, an employee of the Danfeng dragon bridge India Cements Limited, found an ancient sword in the clay pile, and then he handed it to the cultural relics department of Danfeng County. Yesterday, the county's cultural relics department confirmed that the bronze sword handed in by Li Lei was about 3000 years ago. It was the bronze sword of Chu state during the Warring States period.
someone is willing to buy this ancient sword
Li Lei, 26 years old this year, is a clay (cement raw material) post worker of the Danfeng dragon bridge India Cements Limited. At 1:50 in the morning of October 26th, he had just finished cutting clay on the forklift truck, and accidentally discovered a piece of steel on the screen screen. "It began to think that it was something of a toy. When I took it down, there was dirt on it, an iron - like object, and the clay of the object was drawn from the nearby mountain." Xiao Li said that when he didn't care, he threw it aside and continued to work. At the end of the evening shift, he took the thing back to his dormitory, and after looking carefully, he found it was an old sword.
Li Lei said, on the second day, a lot of colleagues in the factory knew that he found "baby", and he also contacted the staff of the culture law enforcement brigade in Danfeng County by telephone. On the morning of the 28 morning, he wrapped the ancient sword in newspaper and sent it to Danfeng County Cultural law enforcement brigade. After
afterwards, many of Li Lei's colleagues thought he was stupid and picked up the baby and handed it in. Although someone was willing to pay about one hundred thousand yuan to buy the ancient sword, Li Lei said he often looked at some legality programs and knew that the cultural relics were the country, so he did not hesitate to hand in it.
yesterday, the deputy director of the Wen Guang Bureau of Danfeng County and long Lu Qinghe, the leader of the cultural law enforcement brigade, said that the unearthed sword of the sword was the second case that Danfeng personally discovered cultural relics in recent years, and Li Lei's behavior was worth commending. To this end, they awarded Li Lei a certificate of honor, awarded 500 yuan.
46.5 cm long sword length, 4 cm wide, weight about 610 grams (2 / 2)
Chu state bronze sword sharp as early
yesterday afternoon, the Chinese business newspaper reporters saw the ancient sword found by Li Lei in the cultural law enforcement brigade of Danfeng County, 4 of the sword body length. 6.5 centimeters, 4 centimeters wide and weighed about 610 grams. The part of the sword is white and bright. It is greenish green near the hilt. The blade is serrated, and the end of the hilt is patterned. "
" this sword body has been treated with chromium salt (the bronze weapons treated by chromic salt oxidation has a good performance of anticorrosive and anti rust), the blade is sharp as the first, the sword body is preserved intact, and it is initially used by the master of the sword. " Liu Junmin, the director of the Museum of Danfeng County, introduced the preliminary judgment of the bronze sword of Chu state in the Warring States period, which was about 3000 years ago, according to the related cultural relics and the length, casting technology and ornamentation of the related relics and swords unearthed in Danfeng County in recent years. The discovery of the bronze sword is also the most complete object preserved in the bronze ware of Chu state unearthed in recent years. Why can
be found in Danfeng County? Liu Junmin said that Danfeng is the cultural blend of Qin and Chu, the earliest is the territory of the state of Chu, which is in accordance with the characteristics of the age of the state of Chu, and has the value of historical inheritance and scientific research.
the deputy director of Lu Qing and Qing said that if the bronze sword was not treated with chromium salt at the time, it could now be rusty and may not even be seen as a bronze sword. He introduced that Chu Guojian in the Warring States period compared with the sword of the state of Qin or other countries, the Chu sword was a little short, and the front of the sword had a waist, and the whole sword seemed more beautiful. At that time, in the Chu Kingdom, adult men had the custom of sabre, and they would be buried with bronze sword after death. Because the sword body has no inscription, from the serrated degree of the blade, the master of the sword may be a warrior of Chu state.
Liu Junmin said that there is no more sufficient evidence for a series of problems, such as who is the master of the sword, the sword of the state of Chu and the casting process of the sword. Next, they will invite experts from the Provincial Academy of archaeology to further identify the bronze sword. At the same time, archaeological investigation was carried out on the places unearthed from bronze swords, for further research and excavation.