Chapter 1,166 Summer

"Is that a lot? This is the royal capital! We have collected more than 3,000 pieces from people's homes alone! Except for the big bronze tripod, all the other exquisite items are upstairs."

When we came to the second floor, sure enough, there were more things here, such as various jade swords, jade shovels, jade zhangs, agates and other jade ritual vessels; bronze wares such as statues, 卣, gui, pots, beans, pots, tripods, cups, and bowls;

There are exquisitely made ivory vessels such as goblets and combs; perforated shell coins; and more importantly, there are several musical instruments such as bone flutes, stone xuns and pottery xuns!

The emergence of music is a major symbol of human civilization, but Ouyang Fa has never seen this thing before. It looks like a small round hammer made of clay, a flat stone slab like an enlarged wooden clog, and a short stone.

The stick was put somewhere.

Seeing Su You's eyes falling on those items, Ouyang Fa cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what these items are. We guess they are musical instruments."

"Mingrun is very knowledgeable, do you know these things?"

Su You laughed loudly: "You scholars..."

Picking up the small round hammer: "This is equipped with a wooden stick, which is the most common spindle in the countryside."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the stone slab: "That is a manual stone mill, a primitive machine used for shelling grains."

Finally, he took off the big fruit-like pottery and said, "This is indeed a musical instrument, and its name is Xun."

After saying that, he handed it to Zhang Qi: "Brother Xiao Qi, do you dare to try it?"

Zhang Qi is a flute master. He picked it up and read it for a while, and figured out the general principles of playing it. He put it to his mouth and blocked the air holes on both sides with his fingers. After a few tries, he was able to play an ancient and elegant sound.

of music.

Immediately afterwards, he relaxed his fingers like playing a flute, and the music changed in notes, but only two or three.

This music was obviously not the standard five-tone music and was relatively simple. After Zhang Qi tried it once and thought about it a little, he improvised a piece of music using these simple notes.

The sound of the music is primitive, long-lasting, and deep. Through the size of the breath and the trembling of the fingers, the music is enriched, giving the simple music a different artistic conception.

Ouyang Fa was so mesmerized that he murmured: "This must be the sound of "Zai Min" and "Xuan Niao"..."

Su You nodded slowly: "That's understandable."

"Zai Min" and "Xuan Niao" are said to be ancient music created by Ge Tianshi.

Finally, Zhang Qi made a jump in his voice and stopped suddenly. Only then did Su You and Ouyang Fa wake up from their nostalgia for the past.

Ouyang Fa bowed deeply to Zhang Qi: "Master Lang, with your wonderful hands, I can listen to ancient music today, and I will have no regrets even if I die!"

Zhang Qi put Tao Xun down, smiled and nodded at Ouyang Fa, and accepted the gift calmly.

This is the strong character of authority. In terms of playing wind instruments, Xiao Qi Ge is the absolute authority of the Song Dynasty.

Su You said: "This year's Zhengdan Great Court Meeting must include this to show the prosperity of the Song Dynasty! What you have done on this floor is amazing. Please report it to His Majesty quickly so that he will be happy too!"

Ouyang Fa shook his head and said: "Bachelor Sima refused. He said that he would wait until the ruins of the Xiadu in Yangcheng were confirmed before reporting them all."

"What?" Su You was really frightened this time and grabbed Ouyang Fa's arm: "What did you just say?!"

Ouyang Fa proudly stretched out his index finger and pointed upward: "There is another layer."

Su You's legs were weak and he almost climbed up the steep third step of Zunjing Pavilion using a rolling and climbing posture.

On the third floor, there are many jade, stone, bone, and pottery stored. Most of the pottery is exquisite in shape and decorated with beautiful and complicated patterns and paintings.

It was clear at a glance that this was a relic of the Neolithic culture. Su You felt that his throat was a little dry: "How...how are you sure that this is a relic of the Xia Dynasty?"

Ouyang Fa was very satisfied with Su You's reaction and said with a smile: "These cultural relics were not unearthed by us."

"How did that come about?"

"I found it in the history books."

Su You felt that his head was lacking oxygen: "Who found it?"

Ouyang Fa felt that this question was too naive: "Of course it's Bachelor Sima."

"According to historical records, Xia Yu was granted the title of Yangcheng. "Emperor Century" records: 'Yu was granted the title of Xia Bo, south of Yuzhou Waifang, which is now Yangzhai, Henan.'"

"Xu Guang said in "Historical Notes": 'Xia lived in Henan, first in Yangcheng, and later in Yangzhai.'"

""Hanshu Geography", under Yangzhai County, Yingchuan County, Ban Gu himself annotated: 'Xia Yuguo.'"

"However, the name Yangzhai, according to research by Sima Scholars, should not have appeared until the period of King Xiang of Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the Zhai people from the north moved to occupy Querchi. Because the place was located in the Yang of Songshan Mountain, it got its name."

"Before this, it should actually be called Xiayi, Lidi, Yueyi, and Yuzhou!"

"The "Shui Jing Zhu" says: The Yu River flows southeast, passes under the mausoleum, and accumulates into a slope, which is ten miles in diameter, and is called Juntai Slope."

"Juntai is also known as Xiatai. "Shui Jing Zhu" explains it in detail: the opening of the Xun Pavilion, where the gods are placed on the large mausoleum, is called Juntai."

"Qi Zhen means King Qi's divination. The Shui Jing annotation says that the place is at Juntai Slope."

"According to the textual research of Bachelor Sima, Yang is Songyang; Zhai is wild pheasant and oak land, which means that there are many oak trees in the land and it is close to the Yu River."

"The reason why Han Jinghou moved his capital here was because when he came here he saw wild pheasants flying and shining brightly in the sun. He couldn't help but admire 'Yang Zai Zhai Ye'."

"That small river, Bachelor Sima studied the map and thought it should be the Wudu River, a tributary of Yingshui."

"Inspired by Mingrun, we carefully checked the local names in that area and found that there is a hill named Wangchenggang. The surrounding environment is completely consistent with these historical records!"

"When local residents were farming, they often found some strange-shaped stone millstones, stone grinding rods, stone shovels, stone axes, pottery pots and other objects, so they took these ancient relics home and used them as beating stones, washing boards or

It is used to pad pig pens and build courtyard walls..."

"It was also suggested by Mingrun that it was the beginning of summer. Perhaps before the appearance of metal tools, we should pay attention to stone, bone, horn, pottery and other products. The discoveries of local residents naturally attracted our attention."

"After excavation, we discovered two ancient cities side by side in the east and west. Due to the westward movement of the Wudu River, only two sections of the city wall remain in the east city. The outline of the rammed earth city in the west city is basically clear, and the foundations of the four walls are mostly preserved."

"The west wall is roughly square, with a side of about 100 meters. The east wall of the west wall is also the west wall of the east wall. The south wall is about 82 meters long, and the west wall is about 92 meters long."

"There are still rammed earth buildings, foundation pits, cellars, and ash pits from the same period as the city walls within the city site."

"A total of seven complete skeletons were unearthed in several foundation pits. They were obviously human sacrifices consciously performed to lay the foundation for the capital."

"The cultural relics on this floor of Zunjing Pavilion are all cultural relics discovered in Wangchenggang."

"According to Mingrun, the cultural relics here have a layered accumulation phenomenon, which was formed by the long-term living here by the ancients. According to the research of Bachelor Sima, it lasted for more than a thousand years."

Su You found a small bronze hook inside the cultural relics: "If this thing is a cultural relic from the early Shang Dynasty or the late Xia Dynasty of the Bronze Dynasty, then this site covers the entire Xia Dynasty! Even before the birth of the Xia Dynasty, here

There is already a settlement!”

"Exactly!" Ouyang Fa said, "Scholar Sima also thinks so."

This is an absolutely great discovery.

Su You picked up a piece of pottery and asked, "Is there any written evidence?"

Ouyang Fa shook his head: "No, but we have a lot of other evidence."

Su You said seriously: "Tell me about it."

Ouyang Fa said: "Regarding the study of oracle bone inscriptions, the Shang and Zhou epigraphy bureaus have been exploring it for some time, but they have not found a clear word for 'Xia'."

"It seems that businessmen pay more attention to spring and autumn. Winter is represented by two knots, which is actually the word 'end' for Tong."

"Xia, why is such an important concept and a dynasty not clearly described?"

"And there seem to be too many glyphs representing summer in the oracle bone inscriptions."

"So Academician Sima simply moved the text back and looked for traces in the bronze inscriptions."

"We can all see the clear character Xia on the bronze vessels of Qin Gongge, Xia Guan Ding, Ju Ping Jie, etc. that have been discovered so far."

"According to the meaning of "Shuowen", Xia is a Chinese person. Cong Kui, Cong Ye, Cong Ji."

"According to this view, the character Xia is actually a human form: the head is on the top, the torso is in the middle, the hands are on both sides, and the feet are below, giving it a majestic appearance. Therefore, in terms of the meaning of the character, the original meaning of the character Xia is 'person' -

—The mighty man of China.”

"But this statement seems a bit far-fetched. Bachelor Sima has a new conclusion."

"What?"
Chapter completed!