Reporters saw the two Ge are made of bronze art to copper

Construction of towers, they found "scrap metal." Back home and study, still know nothing about. To the eyes of experts, which is priceless.

Construction of towers and found the Warring States dancer sculpture Ge

Recently, paper tubes Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County of professionals in cultural heritage sites around the towns review, in an ancient village found in the home two bronze Ge. According to villagers, both the copper Ge is a few days ago a friend gave him. Friends said the two Ge is the copper workers employed in Kuandian east of the town water tower was built in a village when discovered.

Reporters saw the two Ge are made of bronze art to copper, the whole body mottled rust, the main structure similar, but in thickness, copper, length, shape, or show the obvious difference. In which a broken Ge, height 11 cm, width 17.6 cm, thickness 0.4 cm. Its shape is characterized by spikes like the sword, roughly C-shaped.

Another to complete copper Ge, height 11.5 cm, width 21 cm, thickness 0.3 cm. Characteristics and its shape is somewhat similar to the current tools sickle, irregular C-shaped.

Dandong City, director of the Institute of Archaeology Wang told reporters, breaking the Ge is found, the work of migrant workers was inadvertently touched off.

In the eyes of ordinary farmers, both the Ge but two copper scrap metal, but in front of archaeologists, two Ge in copper, but contains a wealth of historical information.

Scene also found fragments of ancient coins knife

According to two Ge the shape of copper, technological characteristics, by comparing the method, the experts believe that both the late Warring States angel statues North Fangyan Guo Ge are cast using weapons. The accuracy of excavated sites of copper in Ge Kuandian joy Village town west side of the altar on the hillside. Ge is one of the broken top of the hill west of the altar found on the southerly location, complete Ge is the west side of the altar discovered in the foothills north, between the two copper Ge about 20 meters apart. Meanwhile, the discovery of a complete Ge around 2 meters range, also found fragments of ancient knife money.

According to historical records, before and after 300 BC, the country experienced Yanzhao Wang Yan reform, unprecedented national prosperity, were general Qin Kai defeated Dong Hu, enter the Liaodong, set on the valley, Yu Yang, right Peking, western Liaoning, Liaodong Gogun. Dandong Liaodong county jurisdiction belonging to the State of Yan.

222 BC, Emperor Qin send generals Wang rate of large-scale east Ben: "pull Liaodong, captive Yanwang Xi, Yan pawn off", to establish the rule of Liaodong.

Experts in this historical process, Yan, Qin forces have entered the Liaodong area, put some of the Central Plains endemic nature of the weapons used to the Dandong area.

Two copper shapes are different Ge

Wang told reporters that GE is the Warring States period, the Central Plains States armed forces with a major weapon. In the more mountainous regions due to Dandong, the car is not suitable for large-scale battle, battle array, which occurs mainly in the man fighting the war, mainly in the form of small-scale offensive and defensive, with the phenomenon of Ge is very rare. Found in the ancient Ge Dandong, basically produced at the time of the Yan and Qin.

"GE should be broken copper Warring States Period King Yanzhao for change, the country's comprehensive national strength during the production of more powerful, so in the copper, shape structure, etc. to show clearly the quality characteristics other than the State of Yan during the casting of bronze figurines Ge . "Wang said," and complete copper Ge, it is in the Warring States Period, Yan Guoguo potential has been weak during the casting. "

In addition, the general was a vassal state of the allotment on the weapons are not uniform replacement system, instead of using as used with the collar, with the bad with the change of the method with a weapon, this will result in a group, of similar quality weapons, shapes of different problems.

On-site investigation, the experts believe that the ancient land Kuandian joy Ge Tan Mountain Village, is the ancient one of the more important site of military activity.

Ancient weapons of copper in Ge is a "hook" soldiers for the hook to kill.

Ge from the copper head, wood or bamboo weapon handle of bamboo strips, weapon handle of bamboo strips top and bottom of the weapon handle of bamboo strips to take the antique bronze Zun four parts.

chinese bronze sculpture inscriptions of the Z (Ge), is its overall pictographic.

Warring States period, the Ge standard equipment for the Central Plains soldiers, in usefulness, but also the "war", "weapons" such as synonymous with the image.

Ge has a special name each part of the first: the main blade called "aid"; aid at the end turn-down parts called "Hu"; wooden weapon handle of bamboo strips embedded in the part called "inside"; aid to wear on the rope end and Hu weapon handle of bamboo strips wrapped around a small hole called "wear."