Chapter 459

However, for those who don't understand jade at all, no matter how you try to persuade them, you can't explain too much.

He took a deep breath, and while these people from the archaeological team were studying the cabbage, he found another place.

That place had a high pile of messy stones.

Fang Yang drove the excavator over and shoveled those stones away.

Seeing Fang Yang's actions, the people from the archaeological team couldn't help but speak up.

"That place is where we pile up messy items; it has already been checked, it's impossible for there to be good things in it."

"There are all very solid stones in there."

Everything that needed to be checked had been checked. Although digging up a Jade Cabbage suddenly made them very surprised, they believed that such a thing would only happen once.

But soon, they were slapped in the face.

This time it was half an hour later, and Fang Yang suddenly said loudly: "There is something."

Upon hearing Fang Yang speak, the people from the archaeological team suddenly became exceptionally quiet.

Fang Yang is truly amazing!

This time, they had to be convinced.

292. Hongshan Culture, a dragon from five thousand years ago!

Hearing that there was something, everyone present had no doubts about it, but quickly walked over.

【Hongshan Culture Jade Dragon】

【Jade ware from the Neolithic period, used as sacrificial and ritual vessels】

【The jade dragon is ink-green throughout, 26 cm high, complete and flawless, with a curled body in a C-shape】

When this cultural relic was held in Fang Yang's hand, because the color was too dark, it actually looked somewhat similar to the color of the piled-up stones, and for a moment, they couldn't be sure if this was a cultural relic.

Their voices at this moment had obvious doubt, and even included a little hesitation.

"Are you sure this is a cultural relic?"

Someone couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

As a result, they were immediately hit on the head by the senior brother next to them.

"If you had studied properly in normal times, you wouldn't be exposing how ignorant you are at this moment."

"Senior brother, I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean anything else, I definitely wouldn't say anything random at this time."

The person who was hit on the head gave two dry laughs, and at the same time asked Fang Yang in a very low voice: "Fang Yang, can you let me see this thing and study it?"

Fang Yang didn't have any hesitation and directly handed the thing over.

"The nose is symmetrical, the mouth is tightly closed and slightly curved upwards. At a rough glance, it looks like a snake, but now it seems that this should be a dragon."

The young man soon reached such a conclusion, and there was obvious surprise in his tone.

"It's a dragon." The young man's senior brother took the item and also looked at it carefully: "Its back has a symmetrical single hole, the eyes... are somewhat protruding, looking like a rhombus."

Others also leaned in to look: "Overall, it looks somewhat smooth, only the forehead and under the jaw have a grid-like pattern. The grid is slightly protruding, looking like very regular small rhombuses."

"This styling didn't seem to have anything special at a rough glance, but now it looks quite vivid and interesting."

"Hanging it through the hole so that the head and tail are balanced is the highlight of this item."

"However, for things like jade, regardless of size, balance is very important, right?"

Everyone gathered around to study this newly dug-up item.

"The material should be Xiu jade."

"In ancient times, jade ware was always made from local materials, and although this item cannot be dated, the principle should be the same."

These archaeological experts could only judge this much roughly.

Hearing what they said, Fang Yang stood by the side without interrupting.

When they had all become somewhat at a loss for words, they turned their eyes to Fang Yang next to them and asked very politely: "Fang Yang, do you have any insights? Or can you see something?"

Although they didn't say it explicitly, it could be seen from their eyes that they were very much looking forward to Fang Yang's subsequent insights.

Fang Yang pinched his chin with his fingers and said with a smile: "I wouldn't call it an insight, but there are a few points I really want to say."

"If I am not mistaken, this item should be a Hongshan Culture jade dragon."

"Hongshan Culture?"

As soon as Fang Yang spoke, the others became unsettled.

"Hongshan Culture and Yangshao Culture are from about the same period, both cultures from 5,000 to 6,000 years ago."

"Hongshan Culture produces more microliths, and painted pottery is very rare; in some places, you can't even see painted pottery at all."

Fang Yang had only just started speaking for a while when he was directly interrupted.

"Without historical records, how do you judge its identity?"

"Archaeological deductions of cultural relics must be based on detailed records in historical materials, not random guesses."

Being interrupted, Fang Yang didn't get angry, and he continued slowly: "The cultural relics left behind by the Hongshan Culture have very special characteristics, especially the microlith tools, which are very developed."

"The jade carving craftsmanship level is relatively high, and most of the production is done by grinding and processing. The shapes of the jade include pig-dragons, jade turtles, jade birds, etc."

"Because only this one item has been dug up now, it is natural for you to have doubts. When you dig up more Hongshan Culture items later, you will be able to judge whether what I am saying now is true or false."

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——【What Hongshan Culture? I think Fang Yang definitely misjudged this time. This doesn't look like jade at all; it looks like iron, or maybe lead.】

——【Hemo jade is black, and it is also a type of Xiu jade; it is indeed jade. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense.】

——【If this item is really a culture from 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, then it is absolutely impossible for it to be iron, because there was no iron-smelting technology at that time that could produce this image.】

——【I don't see where it looks like a dragon at all; I feel that these archaeological experts are really being too far-fetched.】

——【Dragons before the Han Dynasty were actually snakes. The Huaxia dragon actually has an evolutionary process; it didn't just appear all of a sudden. This actually shows our country's progress and cultural evolution.】

——【No matter how meaningful this cultural relic is, for us ordinary common people, we don't understand it at all. If I accidentally picked it up, I would probably just treat it as a little trinket, play with it, and then throw it in the trash can.】

——【It looks quite like a handle on some urinals.】

——【To the person above, are you trying to laugh me to death and then inherit my family's estate?】

——【This is a dragon from 5,000 years ago? It looks like a loach.】

Unlike the cultural relics dug up before, this time, this small thing looked too ordinary, which made everyone lose interest.

Fang Yang knew the identity and value of this cultural relic, so he treated it with caution.

But others didn't know at all, and there were no written historical records, so it is understandable that they maintained a skeptical attitude and raised many questions.

"Hongshan Culture was unearthed from ancient times."

"And this is a jade dragon made purely by hand."

"Everyone can imagine that in ancient times, people were in the grinding period. If you want to grind this jade, which is harder than stone, you need a lot of patience and time to grind it out, right?"

"In ancient times, people were full of curiosity about many things."

"But most of the time they didn't understand, so they could only ask. Who did they ask? They asked the gods, they asked heaven."

"So since ancient times, they have habitually held some ceremonies."

"Singing, dancing, or worshiping some things, and then letting heaven see our sincerity and answer our confusion."

"And this item is very likely a sacrificial offering, a sacrificial offering to ask heaven."

293. Tang Dynasty three-color glazed pottery, an inauspicious existence!

When Fang Yang introduced this Hongshan Culture jade dragon, he was always very calm and cautious.

Some things don't need to be said too much, because time can prove everything.

After all, some things just exist in reality.

"In addition to the few cultures we already know, I believe there will be other cultures that have always existed in the world."

"You should still treat this Hongshan Culture jade dragon properly. Believe me, when you discover other Hongshan Culture items, you will be shocked by today's discovery. After all, it is the first Hongshan Culture item to be dug up."

Fang Yang didn't continue to say much about this matter, but quickly continued the excavation work, because he felt that there seemed to be other good things here.

"Should this cultural relic be put away or what?"

"Of course it should be put away."

After all, regardless of whether this is a so-called Hongshan Culture unearthed item, it is a cultural relic; it's just a matter of how it will be handled when they return to the Cultural Relics Bureau.

But now this matter is not the most important.

Because they saw Fang Yang continue to dig again.