China has thousands of years of history, through many dynasties with different cultures, so there are countless cultural and historical relics. Through many wars, a number of treasures are scattered throughout the country. However, not everyone knows how to recognize antiquities, so there are stories of cultural relics being destroyed due to the carelessness of many people. Even people know that they are antiquities but still think that they are worthless "junk".
A similar story happened in the 1980s to a fisherman named Chen who lived in a village in Chongqing. One day, he and his son went to the Jialing River early in the morning to fish. He told himself that he had to catch a lot of fish today to make a good profit.
Mr. Tran cast his net and waited. Not long after, the old fisherman discovered that the fishing net was very heavy. He was excited thinking that he had caught a big fish, so he quickly pulled in the net.
While fishing on the river, fishermen accidentally saw a large iron pillar. (Photo: Sohu)
However, seeing what was caught in the net, Mr. Tran could not be happy. A large iron pole was neatly placed in the net without any fish. The iron pole that Mr. Tran “caught” was rusty, weighed about 90kg, was about 75cm high, and had words engraved on it but he could not read them. The first time encountering such a situation, the old fisherman and his son decided to take the iron pole home after fishing.
Everyone in the house began to look at the iron pole, and the neighbors came to know about it, but no one knew what it was used for. After looking at it for a while without any results, Mr. Tran confirmed that the iron pole was just worthless scrap metal. He decided to take it to the scrap yard in town and sell it.
The iron pillar is a bridge pillar from the Han Wudi period. (Photo: Sohu)
Mr. Tran sold the iron pole for 65 yuan (more than 200,000 VND). He was very happy because at that time, this amount of money was equivalent to half a year's income. The news of Mr. Tran selling the iron pole for a good price spread throughout the village, and everyone talked about it.
Gradually, the news spread to the local Cultural Relics Bureau. When the bureau heard the news, they immediately went to Mr. Tran's house to receive it. After hearing Mr. Tran's story, this person rushed to the scrap station to ask to buy the iron pillar. He spent a lot of effort to cut through the pile of scrap to find it. Finally, he agreed to pay 200 yuan (more than 680,000 VND) to buy the iron pillar.
Brought back to the Bureau, archaeologists examined the iron pillar. They determined that it was an iron pillar used to build a bridge during the Han Wudi period (156 BC - 87 BC). The writing engraved on the iron pillar was also from the Han Wudi period. It is considered the most complete iron artifact, with the earliest date found in China. Its historical research value is extremely great.
Experts estimate that based on market value, this iron pillar is worth 300 million NDT (more than 1,020 billion VND).
The patterns carved on the iron pillar date back to the Han Wudi period. (Photo: Sohu)
Eventually, the iron pillar was put into the collection of the Sichuan Museum. Fortunately, a specialist from the local Cultural Relics Bureau promptly “saved” it from the risk of being destroyed due to the ignorance of the people.
Quoc Thai (Source: Sohu)
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