Chapter 547

"Brother, you should have said so earlier. You really almost scared me to death."

The cameraman felt that he still had some lingering fear.

The experts behind who saw the situation not far away were also startled before, but they were not as exaggerated as the cameraman. However, after the feeling of lingering fear faded, the first thing they thought of was another matter, and it made them very concerned.

"Zongzi? Why would there be zongzi in the tomb?"

"I don't know."

Fang Yang said this, and then directly dug out the place where the zongzi were buried bit by bit.

After everyone saw the appearance of the zongzi clearly, their expressions became even more subtle.

When they didn't see it clearly, they could still deceive themselves that it was absolutely impossible for real zongzi to be buried in the tomb.

"Could it be that tomb raiders left it here when they were stealing things inside?"

"I think this is very possible; otherwise, there is no way to explain this situation."

"Who knows if it was put in on purpose?"

"Fang Yang, did you see any clues?"

The people around were all experts anyway. Even without asking Fang Yang, they actually saw some situations.

This zongzi had been there for at least many years.

While they were observing, they couldn't help but complain in their hearts again.

It was simply too exaggerated.

"This is probably the earliest physical zongzi discovered in our country, and it is preserved quite well."

"Indeed, quite well."

Those people said while quickly bringing over a box; they had to preserve this zongzi quickly.

Research can wait, but if the zongzi were gone or damaged, that would be a major loss in the history of cultural relics.

"Actually, it's completely normal that it would be preserved so well."

The experts had been in this tomb for a long time after all.

They knew certain situations clearly.

"This tomb was done very well in terms of anti-corrosion."

"The entire tomb was sealed with anti-corrosion materials such as lime, raw lacquer, rosin, and putty."

"Others say this zongzi hasn't rotted; even the tomb owner hadn't rotted before."

"Yes, the various pants and skirts buried with the deceased haven't rotted either."

"If the other tombs we discover in the future were all done better in terms of anti-corrosion, that would be great."

"Every time I see a large number of cultural relics disappear in an instant after opening a tomb, I feel heartbroken."

When the experts said this, they all felt very fortunate, and at the same time, they felt very regretful that other tombs were not done well in terms of anti-corrosion.

After handing the two zongzi to the experts, Fang Yang's gaze fell on the stone tablet in the tomb.

From the text, it can be seen that the tomb owner was a 35-year-old noble woman...

433. Protecting the Peace Underground, You Are Not Protecting Qu Yuan, Right? (Seeking Full Subscription)

"Brother, explain it to the people in the live stream."

The cameraman whispered to remind Fang Yang, interrupting his thoughts.

Fang Yang came back to his senses, looked at the direction of the camera, and nodded slightly.

"Okay, I know, I will explain it to everyone now."

After speaking, Fang Yang talked a little bit about the tomb owner to the people in the live stream.

"The owner of the tomb is surnamed Zhou."

"She passed away on the tenth day of the fourth lunar month that year."

"It was just the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival before the burial."

"So she was holding a peach branch in her hand."

"These two zongzi should have been hanging on the peach branch, but I don't know why they were suddenly hidden."

Not to mention that Fang Yang found it strange, others also felt particularly baffled by this point.

"Could it be that someone moved it, wanted to take some good things from the coffin, and felt that this zongzi was an eyesore, so they threw it away?"

Of course, these are just guesses, and these are not very important matters.

So there is no need to investigate further.

Fang Yang observed the surrounding situation roughly and then continued: "Zongzi were originally used for sacrifices."

"Peach wood also has the function of warding off evil in Huaxia civilization."

"So this might have been buried by the tomb owner's family in the hope that she could be at peace underground."

Fang Yang spoke with a smile, and at this moment, a bullet screen suddenly attracted his attention, making the arc of his upturned mouth even higher than before.

"The zongzi hasn't rotted, why can't it be eaten?" Repeating what the other party said, Fang Yang rubbed his brow with a headache after laughing: "It's true that it hasn't rotted, but this zongzi has clearly carbonized."

"If you understand ancient culture, you will know that the types of zongzi in ancient Huaxia were definitely not fewer than those in our modern times. Besides the simple division of sweet and meat, there were many other types."

"In the literature records of the Song and Ming Dynasties, besides adding sugar, zongzi also had dried fruits like persimmons, dates, and ginkgo."

"Besides that, there were spices like ginger, cinnamon, and musk."

"There were also nuts like walnuts and red beans."

"If you do it this way, it's crunchy when chewed, very fragrant and delicious."

"Vegetarian zongzi were relatively common."

"Meat zongzi included pork, meat sauce, and the like."

"Some places were even more exaggerated; the zongzi were wrapped very large, containing pork, chicken, and duck meat."

Fang Yang couldn't help but pause when he said this, and then glanced at the live stream before continuing: "Asking how big the zongzi were? Was it pork, chicken, and duck meat all wrapped together?"

"Yes, it was all wrapped together, and it was very large. One zongzi might use several catties of rice."

"There were even more particular places; they would ensure the length of the sticky rice was consistent when selecting it, and add ham and the like inside, directly simmering it over a low fire for a day and a night."

"The ham meat had to be simmered until it was soft and rotten, directly melting into the rice grains, so that it would taste more delicate, gentle, and soft."

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--【This is the first time I've known there would be so many types of zongzi. The zongzi wrapped in our family add red dates and peanuts every year, or they are vegetarian zongzi, dipped directly in sugar.】

--【So everyone is eating it themselves, not protecting Qu Yuan, right?】

434. Iron Historical Evidence, Little Kimchi Get Lost! (Seeking Full Subscription)

--【Before Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, there was already a custom of eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. Otherwise, would the common people find out and wrap zongzi on the spot when Qu Yuan threw himself into the river? This is definitely impossible.】

--【I'm a bit curious about what flavor the zongzi unearthed in this tomb are? Since it's carbonized, is it impossible to know if it's a meat zongzi or a salty one?】

--【It could also be spicy hot pot flavor.】

--【How could it not be others?】

--【Everyone stop arguing. It's neither a sweet zongzi nor a salty zongzi; it's unfilled, pure sticky rice, only dyed with wood ash water. It counts as a light-flavored zongzi. If you really have to argue, wood ash is rich in potassium, and the taste is a particularly light salty; you mainly eat that sticky texture, bamboo fragrance, and lye water taste.】

--【Zongzi belongs to Huaxia. There is historical physical evidence to prove it. Let's see who dares to snatch it!】

--【No! With such iron historical evidence, the Dragon Boat Festival was still applied for world heritage by the Kimchi Country. How did this happen?】

--【Our Huaxia also applied for world heritage.】

--【It has already been snatched by the Kimchi Country.】

--【A new way to eat zongzi: dip in vegetarian chili.】

--【The mood of watching popular science was all polluted by that group of Kimchi pots. I'm so annoyed.】

--【Sweet zongzi has more history. Salty zongzi, hehehe, all must die.】

--【It has been preserved for hundreds of years, why dig it out now? Really immoral.】

--【Then according to what you said, the experts who are excavating cultural relics now, and even the country that supports the exploration of cultural relics, are all very immoral.】

--【Those people in front who are worried about the Dragon Boat Festival being snatched away, don't be too worried, because we have physical evidence, we have evidence to prove these things, while that Kimchi Country cannot do this. They can only forge evidence, and even be ridiculed by other countries. We just need to do our own part. With the country charging at the front, we just need not to add to the chaos.】

--【Yes, everyone don't be too worried. Anyway, this operation by the Kimchi country is not the first time.】

--【I think everyone should be the same as me. When I first saw the zongzi unearthed from the tomb, I was thinking about what it tasted like...】

--【Are our ancestors crazy? Actually adding ginkgo, or white nuts, in the zongzi? Ginkgo zongzi cannot be eaten; it's very smelly.】

--【The more cultural relics are excavated, the more I feel that if our ancestors have spirits in heaven, they will definitely despise us descendants for being so ignorant and vulgar, living lives that are not exquisite at all.】

--【Peach branch burial, warding off evil!】

It seems that everyone is very interested in the zongzi that everyone has seen and eaten.