Chapter 503

--【Although compared to the previous two artifacts, it is indeed not special and can even be called ordinary, the patterns carved on it alone are already very valuable.】

--【That's true; if we talk about the value of unearthed artifacts, they generally have patterns and characters to be more valuable. Of course, these are my personal views; if others think I am wrong, they can refute me.】

--【To the person upstairs, I agree with your point of view, but this artifact needs people to observe it carefully; if it is placed in a museum, it will soon be glanced over by people.】

--【Compared to this, I still like the bronze divine tree more; the appearance of the bronze divine tree is still firmly engraved in my mind, and no matter how I want to erase it, I can't.】

--【They are clearly items from the same period; I don't know why they are so dissimilar. It feels like they shouldn't be put together.】

--【If character patterns were recorded on paper or silk, they would soon disappear, but what is recorded on this Jade Zhang will be preserved forever and can be studied by people.】

--【The Jade Zhang with Mountain Sacrifice Pattern is not for us laymen to explore, because no matter how we explore it, we won't reach any conclusion, but these are of extraordinary significance to archaeologists and the Cultural Relics Bureau.】

Yes, for some people, the significance of this is extraordinary.

Some didn't care, while others gathered around almost immediately when Fang Yang finished, and one young man even took out a magnifying glass in an incredibly exaggerated manner.

Doing this allowed him to see the patterns on it more clearly.

Although the human patterns on it were simple and very strange, if one looked clearly at the scenery above, one could be very certain that these were just a special way of expression for the people at that time.

The most eye-catching thing was a set of patterns that looked very much like coffins between two mountains.

"Could this be a boat for the soul?"

"It's possible, because some places have the custom of boat coffins."

"It feels like a comic strip, but it's a pity that I don't know where the correct place to start reading is."

"Could this be a record of a volcanic eruption causing the disconnection between heaven and earth?"

"No, no, no, it might be a reward for Great Yu's merit in controlling the floods."

The people surrounding the Jade Zhang couldn't help but start a fierce discussion again.

Their discussion was extremely bold.

Fang Yang stood to the side like a foil, yet he didn't feel angry about it at all; instead, he was quite interested.

Sometimes listening to these experts or ordinary people discuss things is a very interesting matter.

Some of their ideas are really… very bold.

Fang Yang was different from them after all; since he was always in a live broadcast situation, some words absolutely could not come out of his mouth.

Fang Yang was completely in the mode of watching the fun from the sidelines.

Finally, someone walked out of the fierce discussion and fixed their gaze directly on Fang Yang.

"Everyone, we have always known that Fang Yang has his own set of views on historical artifacts and the like. Why don't we ask him and see?"

Someone suddenly shifted the topic to Fang Yang.

Fang Yang raised his hand and rubbed his nose uncomfortably.

He was clearly just watching the fun, so how did the topic suddenly shift to him?

However, when everyone's eyes were on him, it seemed he couldn't get away without saying something.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yang opened his mouth and said slowly.

"If you want to find the function of the Jade Zhang now, if you want to say it has very high research value, you have to look for evidence in the Rites of Zhou."

"The Rites of Zhou state: 'Use jade to make six vessels… use red Zhang to worship the South.'"

350. The Controversial Jade Zhang with Mountain Sacrifice Pattern, the Mountain is the Guardian God!

"This Jade Zhang has very exquisite patterns on it."

"Everyone should also be able to see that these patterns are the codebook for us to unlock the existence of a large number of Jade Zhang in the Ancient Shu Kingdom."

"I believe that if everyone continues to dig seriously, you should be able to discover this point."

"The content on this image is clear at a glance."

"From the appearance of the little people on this picture, you can see that their expressions are solemn and grave, and what they are stepping on under their feet is the mountain."

"And from another aspect, we can learn that the Ancient Shu Kingdom had many Jade Zhang, and their main purpose was to worship the mountains."

"And as for what everyone said before about rewarding Great Yu for controlling the floods, or other things, in my opinion, based on the images, it is actually a bit far-fetched."

"We have to relate it to the environment and situation at that time."

"The area we are in was surrounded by mountains even thousands of years ago."

"At that time, there must have been people who had a sense of awe for the mountains."

"Why would people have a sense of awe for the mountains? I think it might be because they wanted to walk out of the mountains and understand the world outside."

"It could also be the hope that the mountains would give them better protection, allowing them to live more stably here."

"If you dig deeper and learn more about Sanxingdui, you will find that Sanxingdui actually had no national defense and no weapons."

"There were city walls, but they were only there more to block floods."

"Under such circumstances, what they could rely on were the mountains around them."

"So the preciousness of the Mountain Sacrifice Pattern can be imagined."

"For example, if we draw a picture now, what should we do if we draw it wrong?"

"As elementary school students, we would definitely use correction fluid, just paint over it and change it, right?"

"But what about carving on stone?"

"Not to mention what tools were used to carve, just the difficulty of the carving process itself is unimaginable."

"To want to make no mistakes and not have to correct it—how high would the difficulty be?"

"We haven't seen many of the scenes with our own eyes, but we can imagine them."

"In that era, if they wanted to carve, the craftsmen must have been lying on the ground, or on other things… to prevent themselves from making mistakes, they must have practiced many, many times."

"Only then could they make not a single mistake when carving on the Jade Zhang."

"And when creating on the Jade Zhang, there might also be unexpected situations, such as the object used for carving suddenly breaking, or accidentally carving the wrong thing…"

"We can still imagine how frustrated the craftsmen at that time would have been. But no matter what, they had to start over."

"Starting over meant having to re-select the material and re-carve."

"So with such complex craftsmanship, you might not be able to imagine how long it took to successfully complete it."

"If it were only one side, although the difficulty is high, it could be completed."

"But this Jade Zhang has the same patterns on both sides."

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--【The Jade Zhang actually has another ability; it can be used to hunt large animals like elephants. It is a weapon.】

--【Most Jade Zhang actually don't have patterns carved on the surface, and if you observe carefully, you will find that the front of this Jade Zhang has a crescent blade edge that has been ground very sharp, and the blade edge is inward. There are also examples of broken Jade Zhang being re-ground and used. From what I just said, it can be seen that the Jade Zhang is completely a practical tool, not a ritual vessel for sacrifice.】

--【Adding one more sentence, the lower end of the Jade Zhang has holes and upper and lower anti-slip grooves, just like the lower ends of jade daggers and jade spears, all tied to a wooden stick.】

--【I can't understand it at all. Isn't it better to use bronze tools for hunting? Using Jade Zhang is time-consuming, laborious, and very easy to break, and it is especially difficult to restore. It is simply a very unworthy thing.】

--【You have to consider this in the context of the era, because when the Jade Zhang existed, there was no bronze smelting technology yet.】

--【This statement is too outrageous. Using Jade Zhang as a weapon, the hardness is completely insufficient! This is actually a symbol of theocracy! Theocratic sacrifice is the best choice!】

--【It's not that Sanxingdui didn't have weapons; they just didn't bury them.】

--【Carving a seal is done by drawing a draft first, not in one go; there is no need to practice many times.】

--【The mountain is the guardian god.】

--【Didn't Sanxingdui migrate here? So I think the mountain sacrifice is very likely to be a sacrifice to their own past hometown.】

--【You can't think it's a mountain sacrifice just because there is a mountain pattern on it; it has absolutely nothing to do with mountain sacrifice. The mountain is the Two Divine Beast Mountain. I have done a lot of research in this area; if you don't understand, you can ask me directly.】

--【The Jade Zhang is a symbol of the Chinese nation. This proves that after the fall of the Xia, there were actually two groups of people in Sanxingdui.】

--【It cannot be called a Mountain Sacrifice Pattern. Drawing mountains must be to express a symbol of power and seniority. Multi-layered mountains express power levels. You can look carefully at the feet; they are clearly different. They must be one man and one woman. What do one man and one woman represent? Future generations should be clear by now. How could we interpret the mountain as just a mountain? I think there must be a very serious mistake in the direction of understanding.】

--【Yeah, the people are clearly standing on the mountain, so how could it be a mountain sacrifice? If it were a mountain sacrifice, shouldn't the mountain be above the people?】

--【That's right, this is clearly observing astronomical phenomena on the top of the mountain, recording the positions of the stars, calculating the positions of the stars, verifying the order of seasonal phenology, and studying agricultural orders.】

--【Sacrifice my foot. Do you think of the ancients as gamblers, relying on praying to gods and ancestors to survive?】

It seems that everyone is not very satisfied with this explanation.

However, controversy is a good thing, because controversy can allow everyone to have a better understanding of this aspect.

It also makes them think more.

To explore those civilizations of the past.

Fang Yang noticed that many people in the live broadcast room were thinking seriously.

He felt that this was a very good thing.

He wiped the sweat flowing down his forehead.