Master Archaeologist

Chapter 248 The Timekeeping Tool 2200 Years Ago: Engraving Leak
A goose fish lamp has aroused the amazement of many archaeologists.

The intelligence of the ancients cannot be underestimated.

Don't always think that the wisdom of the ancient people more than 2000 years ago was very low-level.

Although, it may be that 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.

However, apart from the fact that the ancient elites were not as good as 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 is suddenly faced with the political environment of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, nine and a half out of ten cannot be better than Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Similarly, the ancient craftsmen also possessed great wisdom.

Like this kind of siphon lamp, let a modern person do it, most of them can't think of such ingenuity at all.

"This kind of goose fish lamp, there are two in total, it should be a pair of lamps!"

Chen Han's arrival did not attract anyone's attention, and everyone's attention was on the pair of geese and fish lanterns.

After watching together for a while, Chen Han saw that no one paid any attention to him, so he coughed dryly and asked, "Wen Suo, did you find any big discoveries in this storage room?"

Wen Yuangen, who was asked by him, noticed that Chen Han was coming, he laughed, put his arms around Chen Han and said, "Xiao Chen, how is your Academy of Social Sciences doing in the Eastern Tibet Room?"

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

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

Wen Yuangen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Peanuts and Cordyceps, these are relatively rare things in the field of archaeology.

However, these things are important and important, and it is not important to say that they are not important.

He chuckled, pulled Chen Han to a storage box for cultural relics, and said cheerfully, "Xiao Chen, let me show you something nice."

"If it is said that the word "Nanchang" appeared in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago, do you believe it?"

Oh?
When Wen Yuangen said this, he meant that a cultural relic with the word "Nanchang" was discovered!
Nanchang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with well-developed water and land transportation, and the situation is dangerous. Since ancient times, it has been known as "three rivers and five lakes".

Although it has long been the rule of the Chinese civilization.

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

Nanchang belongs to Yangzhou in "Yu Gong".

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

Because Nanchang is located at the junction of Wu and Chu, so the struggle between Wu and Chu mainly lies here.

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

It was not until the Warring States Period that the ownership of Nanchang was settled.

At that time, the place name here was Yuzhang.

Later, when Qin State arrived, after Qin unified the six kingdoms, Yuzhang belonged to Jiujiang County.

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

After Guanying pacified Yuzhang, he immediately set up an official county. Nanchang County was first established as the attached country of Yuzhang County. Garrison the local area and build a "filling city".

And this Guanying City is the earliest city in Nanchang since there are historical records.

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

However, this is recorded in the history books.

Among the unearthed objects, there are no cultural relics with the word "Nanchang" after Nanchang was built in the early days.

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

After all, according to historical records, 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" have been 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 in the box.

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

From poor children from poor families to nobles and princes, there are bean-shaped lamps in their homes, the difference is whether they are luxurious or not.

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

but!

On the thin "waist" of this lamp, there is an inscription with the word "Changyi".

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

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

Chen Han looked at Wen Yuangen with some questioning expression.

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

"Look below."

Chen Han heard the sound and looked.

I saw the word "Nanchang" clearly engraved under the lamp holder!
This is the earliest and most precious material material about Nanchang City!

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

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

Wen Yuangen sighed and said, "It's not just this lamp."

"There is also a copper clepsydra that was discovered for the first time in Jiangxi and is the sixth copper clepsydra in the country!"

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

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

"Is this an omission?" Chen Han said in surprise.

Keleu is a timer invented by ancient Han scientists.

"Shuowen Jiezi" has a saying: "Leak, receive water with copper, engrave festivals, and engrave hundreds of days and nights."

Chen Han was deeply impressed by Kelou.

But it’s not because of studying archaeology that he knew this thing, but a TVB Hong Kong drama "Feng Shen Bang" he watched when he was a child!
In this play, Nezha, played by Chen Haomin, has a copper-carved leak in his house, which drips water on time every day to tell the time.

The principle is similar to an hourglass, controlling the flow rate of water droplets, and then determining the time according to 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 until he grew up and learned the relevant knowledge.

The system of hourglass reporting did not come into existence until the Han Dynasty.

Since the Han Dynasty, it has been practiced in successive dynasties.

When the night is exhausted, it means dawn, and the drums must be played to tell the time.The day is gone, and the night is coming.To ring the clock.

Shangmo, the background of "Fengshen Bang", obviously did not have such advanced time-telling equipment.

However, considering that this is a mythological TV series, there is no need to delve into it.

Nezha later became a lotus root man.
On the contrary, the copper clepsydra for timekeeping unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou is undoubtedly mutually confirmed with the records in historical books!

"Han Shu Ai Di Ji" records that "the leaked engraving is based on one hundred and twenty."

The engraved leaks in the Han Dynasty are divided into day leaks and night leaks. There are a total of 14.4 quarters, and one quarter is approximately equal to 24 minutes, and it takes almost [-] hours to complete all the leaks.

It can be seen that the engraved timekeeping in the Han Dynasty is consistent with the Rixin timekeeping, which is a system of one hundred quarters a day.

This point, the records in the history books, and the real object from the Western Han Dynasty in front of us can also confirm each other!

The rigor of Chinese historical documents has been proven once again!
(End of this chapter)