In 1961, a couple surnamed Li from Solon Town, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region went to Taoer River Valley to dig sand and get soil because of repairing their houses. However, a crisp sound of metal collision sound came from the underground.
After Lao Li carefully pushed away the soil, a metal card jumped into his eyes. After rinsing with the river, his face changed drastically because the metal card had strange words engraved, and these words were somewhat similar to the words on the portrait of Genghis Khan at home.
Although Lao Li doesn't recognize these words, he guessed that the metal card may have some connection with Genghis Khan and should be very valuable.
So after digging the soil and returning home, Lao Li quietly hid the metal card in the cellar, and this hiding has lasted for more than 30 years.
In 1996, Lao Li was about to die soon due to cancer. Before his death, he told his son Li Xiangong this secret and told his son to continue to keep it properly. In the future, he could withdraw it for money when encountering major changes.
However, in Li Xiangong's eyes, the color of this metal card is lighter than that of normal gold, and it should be made of copper.
Furthermore, even antiques are nothing, because in the village, there are often vendors who shout high prices to recycle antiques. Those exquisitely crafted utensils are usually sold at a price of about a hundred yuan.
How much is such an inconspicuous bronze medal worth? So Li Xiangong didn't take it seriously and threw the metal card into the vegetable cellar.
Three years later, Li Xiangong lost money in business and had to repay the debt. In desperation, he had to sell his business. But just as he was packing up his things in the vegetable cellar, he saw the metal card again among the pile of debris.
wiped off the deposited dust, but the flashing luster on the metal card surprised him: he had been in the dark and humid vegetable cellar for so long and had no rust. Could this be a gold medal?
Thinking of this, Li Xiangong, who had been depressed for several days, suddenly laughed happily: There is a conclusion to pay off his debts!
After several inquiries, Li Xiangong found two antique collectors to do this business. Before the transaction, they also made ingredients identification of the metal brand: it is a gold-silver alloy, weighing 350 grams, 58% gold and 42% silver.
is confirmed to be the gold medal, but what does the text on it mean? In which era does
have how much room for appreciation? The two antique collectors were also unsure of their minds.
After some bargaining, the two parties finally agreed verbally: the antique collector paid 2,000 yuan in advance to take the metal card away for research, and then made 10,000 yuan to Li Xiangong after determining its age value.
During the days of waiting, Li Xiangong did not stay idle but asked around for any buyers who had bid higher prices.
Soon, news came: a local gold and silver jewelry processing store was willing to melt this gold medal for Li Xiangong for free, and then create jewelry to sell it, with an estimated profit of nearly 20,000 yuan.
Li Xiangong was moved and then found the antique collector to return the deposit and get the gold medal.
However, just when the gold and silver processing store was preparing to melt the gold medal, the store owner was discovered and exposed by Li Xiangong's friends when he was doing things. The two sides broke up in disagreement and the transaction was miserable again.
At the same time, the two antique collectors also made preliminary confirmation of the age of the gold medal: the engraved text on it is BASIBAwen from the period of Kublai Khan , which means that this gold medal is likely to be a product of the Yuan Dynasty.
Yuan Dynasty was a multi-ethnic dynasty. The inconsistency in language and writing led to many ills. So Kublai Khan ordered the national teacher Basiba to create Mongolian characters nationwide, commonly known as Basiba verb.
However, because this text is difficult to identify, the promotion has suffered a lot of resistance. In the end, it is mainly applied to official documents. Later, with the demise of the Mongol Empire, this text was gradually abandoned and became a "dead text".
Therefore, this gold medal engraved with Basibawen is probably extraordinary. What is it for? What did the text say?
After realizing that the price of this gold medal is immeasurable, antique collectors solemnly told Li Xiangong: Find a professional department to thoroughly understand the life experience of the gold medal.
Time froze in April 2000, Li Xiangong came to Inner Mongolia University after several twists and turns.His former vice president, Professor Bao Xiang, was an expert in studying Mongolian language and writing. He was surprised to see the words on the gold medal, and then read them aloud and translated them into Chinese.
Its meaning is: the emperor's sage is inviolable, and those who violate it will be executed!
In addition, Professor Bao Xiang also explained: This gold medal is actually an imperial edict. It has the privilege of issuing edicts or transferring military powers. It is a rare national treasure-level cultural relic.
Because so far, most of the imperial edicts of the Yuan Dynasty discovered are silver or copper, such as a silver-shaped gold-shaped plaque unearthed in the Northeast region in the mid-twentieth century, with Chinese characters engraved on the front, and the imperial edicts of Emperor Genghis were given to him. Existing in Japan.
Another example: A gilt silver imperial edict plaque with Basiba was found in Qingshuihe County, Hohhot City in 1998, and is now collected in the Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.
And the Yuan Dynasty gold and silver alloy imperial edict card in Li Xiangong's hand is obviously higher in specifications, so it is extremely precious and has been designated as a national first-class cultural relic.
Professor Bao Xiang considered that Li Xiangong urgently needed to sell treasures to pay off his debts, and was afraid that he would sell it to a cultural relic dealer or a gold shop to melt and cast jewelry, so he found someone to negotiate and finally bought the imperial gold medal for $6,300.
Someone said: Professor Bao Xiang picked up a big leak and you can make money by replacing it.
Professor Bao Xiang just replied lightly: The national treasure is the head when it comes to me! Then he unswervingly donated the gold medal to the Ethnic Museum of Inner Mongolia University.
Now, in the park on the banks of Taoer River in Ulanhot City, a huge imperial edict was erected. This monument was built to commemorate this rare Yuan Dynasty Basbawen imperial edict gold medal.
It provides precious information for the study of Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty history and Mongolian historical culture. It is now the treasure of the Ethnic Museum of Inner Mongolia University.
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