A wild goose lantern has aroused the amazement of many archaeologists.

The wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated.

Don’t always think that the wisdom of ancient people more than 2,000 years ago was very low.

Although, maybe the common people at that time did not have as much knowledge as ordinary people today, and most of them were "foolish people" who were easy to fool around with.

However, apart from the fact that the ancient elites were inferior to modern people in terms of scientific and technological knowledge, they were not necessarily inferior to modern people in other aspects.

For example, the top politicians Huo Guang and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, their wisdom is beyond the reach of most modern people.

Even if an ordinary person were to suddenly face the political environment of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, nine and a half times out of ten it would be impossible for him to do better than Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Similarly, ancient craftsmen also had great wisdom.

If a modern person were to make a siphon lamp like this, most of them would not be able to come up with such ingenuity.

"There are two of these wild goose lanterns, they should be a pair of lanterns!"

Chen Han's arrival did not attract anyone's attention. Everyone's attention was focused on the pair of wild goose lanterns.

After watching together for a while, Chen Han saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he had to cough dryly and proactively asked: "Wen Suo, what big discoveries did you make in this Tibetan Room?"

Wen Yuangen, who was asked by him, noticed Chen Han's arrival. He laughed, took Chen Han's arm and said, "Xiao Chen, how are you doing in the East Tibetan Room of the Academy of Social Sciences?"

Chen Han spread his hands helplessly: "The Dongzang room is full of kitchen utensils and a bunch of cauldrons."

"However, the discovery of cordyceps and peanuts is still of great significance to botanical archaeology."

Wen Yuangen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Peanuts and Cordyceps are relatively rare things in the field of archeology.

However, these things are important even if they are important, and they are not important even if they are not important.

He chuckled, pulled Chen Han to a cultural relic storage box, and said cheerfully: "Xiao Chen, let me show you something good."

"If we say that the word "Nanchang" appeared in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, would you believe it?"

oh?

When Wen Yuangen said this, didn't he mean that cultural relics with the word "Nanchang" were discovered!

Nanchang is located to the south of the Yangtze River, with developed water and land transportation and a dangerous situation. Since ancient times, it has been known as "three rivers and five lakes".

Although this place has become the dominant area of ​​Chinese civilization very early.

However, in the ancient pre-Qin period, it was not called this name.

Nanchang belongs to Yangzhou in "Yu Gong".

It belonged to the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and to the State of Chu during the Warring States Period.

Because Nanchang is located at the junction of Wu and Chu, most of the conflicts between Wu and Chu lie here.

"Zuo Zhuan" records: In the seventh year of Zhaogong (553 BC), Chu ordered Yin Zidang to attack the Wu army in Yuzhang.

During the Warring States Period, the ownership of Nanchang was finally settled.

At that time, the place name here was Yuzhang.

Later, during the Qin Dynasty, after Qin unified the six kingdoms, Yuzhang belonged to Jiujiang County.

According to the "Book of Han" records, in 202 BC (the 5th year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), after Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu in Gaixia, he sent general Guan Ying to lead his troops to pacify the "Wu, Yuzhang, and Kuaiji counties" in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Guan Ying pacified Yuzhang, he immediately established official counties. The first county was Nanchang County, which was affiliated with Yuzhang County. It took the auspicious meaning of "prosperous southern territory" and "prosperous southern territory" as the name of the county. Guan Ying, Marquis of Yingyin, was ordered to

garrisoned the local area and built "irrigation city".

Guanying City is the earliest city in Nanchang since recorded history.

At this point, Nanchang was established as a county and became a formal administrative unit.

However, this is recorded in history books.

Among the unearthed objects, no cultural relics bearing the word "Nanchang" were found after the early founding of Nanchang.

This has always been a great pity for local archeology in Nanchang.

After all, history books record that Nanchang was established as a county in the Western Han Dynasty, but it is a pity that no Western Han cultural relics with the word "Nanchang" can be found.

But according to Wen Yuangen, this cultural relic has appeared.

Sure enough, Wen Yuangen opened the cultural relics box in front of him, and a bronze bean-shaped lamp appeared inside the box.

The bean-shaped lamp is the earliest lamp shape in my country, and it is also the longest-used and most common type of lamp.

From the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a habit of using bean-shaped lamps.

It can be said that this is a lamp that has witnessed the history of China, and it is also the lamp with the largest number.

From poor children to nobles and princes, bean-shaped lamps are all found in their homes. The only difference is whether they are luxurious or not.

The bean-shaped lamp lying in the cultural relic preservation box at this time is the most ordinary style, without too much decoration, very simple.

but!

On the thin "waist" of this lamp, there is an inscription "Changyi" engraved on it.

This once again provided important evidence for the identity of the tomb owner.

However, there is already too much evidence to point to Changyi King Liu He as to the identity of the tomb owner.

Chen Han looked at Wen Yuangen with a questioning expression.

Wen Yuangen chuckled, reached out and took out the lamp, and turned the base towards Chen Han.

"Look below."

Chen Han heard the sound and looked over.

I saw the word "Nanchang" clearly engraved under the lamp holder!

This is the earliest and most precious physical information about Nanchang City!

"This bean-shaped lamp is not very important to the archeology of the Western Han Dynasty in China. It can even be said to be very ordinary."

"But for Nanchang locals, it has a very special meaning and can be regarded as a treasure handed down from generation to generation in Nanchang."

Wen Yuangen said with some sigh: "It's not just this lamp."

“There is also a copper leakage kettle with an hour and hour clock discovered for the first time in Jiangxi and the sixth largest in the country!”

Wen Yuangen opened another cultural relic storage box next to it.

A cylindrical bronze vessel with a handle was lying quietly inside.

"Is this a mistake?" Chen Han said in surprise.

The engraved watch is a timepiece invented by ancient Han scientists.

"Shuowen Jiezi" says: "The leakage is made of copper to receive water, and the knots are carved day and night."

Chen Han was deeply impressed by the engraving.

However, he didn’t learn about this tool because he studied archeology, but from a TVB Hong Kong drama “Feng Shen Bang” he watched when he was a child!

In this drama, Nezha, played by Chen Haomin, has a copper engraved drain in his house, which drips water on time every day to tell the time.

The principle is similar to that of an hourglass, controlling the flow rate of water droplets, and then determining the time based on the remaining water level scale in the clepsydra.

Because this omission appeared many times in the play, Chen Han was deeply impressed by it.

But he didn't know it until he grew up and learned the relevant knowledge.

The time-telling system did not exist until the Han Dynasty.

Since the Han Dynasty, it has been followed throughout the generations.

When the night is gone, it means that it is dawn, so the drum should be sounded to tell the time. When the day is gone, it means that the night is approaching, and the bell should be sounded to tell the time.

The Shang Dynasty in the setting of "Feng Shen Bang" obviously did not have such advanced time reporting equipment.

But considering that this is a mythological TV series, there is no need to go into details.

Nezha later became a Lotus Root man...

On the contrary, the copper clepsydra unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou is undoubtedly consistent with the historical records!

"Book of Han: Chronicles of Emperor Ai" records that "a hundred and twenty omissions are measured."

In the Han Dynasty, there were day leaks and night leaks, with a total of one hundred quarters. One quarter was equal to approximately 14.4 minutes, and it would take almost 24 hours if all the cuts were completed.

It can be seen that the Han Dynasty engraved timing and the sun timing are consistent, both are made for hundreds of times a day.

This point can also be confirmed by the records in historical books and the actual objects from the Western Han Dynasty in front of us!
Chapter completed!