Accidentally finding the treasure made experts and archaeologists extremely surprised.
In September 1980, during construction at Confucius Construction Site No. 1 in Shucheng District, Luc An City, Anhui Province (China), workers accidentally dug a strange black hole.
Immediately after receiving the news, archaeologists were quickly present at the scene.
Archaeologists speculate that it could be an ancient tomb of the Spring and Autumn period, the Warring States period or the Han dynasty.
Among the ancient artifacts and cultural relics found, experts noticed a special object.
As soon as they saw this treasure, archaeologists were extremely excited.
In ancient documents, it is recorded that the dragon is the leader of the water tribe, and the tiger is the lord of the forest.
On the front of this drum base there are about 98 characters engraved and 52 characters on the back.
According to experts, the diameter of this drum base is 80 cm, height 29 cm, hollow bottom and weight about 100 kg.
Regarding the identity of the owner of the above treasure, researchers said it is still unclear.
This is truly a treasure with a rare shape that has been around for 2,500 years and in particular, it was also crafted using melted wax casting, a method that has been lost.
Archaeologists have found very few cultural relics crafted and cast using the wax melting method.
The tomb of Tang Hau At and the tomb excavated in 1980 both have drum bases with many similarities when using the same crafting method and carved patterns related to dragons.
According to experts, even using today’s modern technology, it is very difficult to create a version or imitation of the drum base that is about 2,500 years old.
Currently, this unique drum stand is kept and displayed at the Anhui Provincial Museum (China).
Source: Sohu
