1One afternoon in September 1968, 13-year-old pupil Kong Zhongliang was on his way home from school. Suddenly, he found something shiny by the canal. He went in and found that it was a small white stone. Although he didn't know much, he often heard from the old people and teachers that Shaanxi was one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and culture in history, and four regimes, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin and Han Dynasties, established political power here. There is a local saying that a small stone in Shaanxi may be a cultural relic thousands of years ago, so Kong Zhongliang thinks that this small stone is probably a cultural relic. So he carefully put it in his schoolbag and carried it home.

As soon as he got home, Kong Zhongliang told his father Kong Xiangfa what he met on his way to school. After listening to this, my father looked at it carefully with a small stone and came to the conclusion that this is a seal and may be a cultural relic. In order to better protect the cultural relics, the father and son decided to give it to the country.

Early the next morning, Kong Xiang took his son to the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and handed the small stone to the museum staff. According to the expert's appraisal, this is a good sheep fat jade in Hotan, Xinjiang, which is engraved with four seal characters: a tiger and a queen's seal. In other words, this is the queen's decree. It is understood that the jade seal weighs 33 grams and is very small, 2.8 cm long and 2 cm high. Although small, with high value, the jade seal is exquisite and the tiger carving is lifelike, which reflects the superb carving skills of craftsmen at that time.

After consulting the history books, experts found that the discovery place of the Queen's Imperial Seal was close to the cemetery where Hanwang Liu Bang and Lv Hou were buried together, less than one kilometer. Combined with its style and shape, experts determined that it was the seal of Lv Hou, a priceless treasure, the only imperial seal in the Han Dynasty, and a national treasure. After listening to the expert's words, Kong Zhongliang and Kong Xiangfa decided without hesitation to hand it over to make it play a greater role and refused to ask for any remuneration.

In order to thank Kong Xiangfa and his son, the museum leaders gave them 20 yuan money as a way home. After that, Kong Zhongliang became an out-and-out farmer and gradually forgot the unexpected discovery of national treasures. Unexpectedly, it has been more than 40 years since this incident, and someone actually found him because of this incident. It turned out that after the establishment of Shaanxi Shenzhou Han Culture Protection and Development Foundation in April, 20 12, when preparing to commend advanced individuals who made contributions to the protection of great sites, they learned that a pupil aged 13 had discovered the national treasure cultural relics of that year, and the leaders went to Kong Zhongliang specially.

At the commendation meeting in February 65438, Kong Zhongliang was awarded the title of "advanced individual" and the state reissued his certificate. To this end, he was very excited and said that he did not expect anyone to remember himself after more than 40 years. He never regretted turning in the national treasure, because it is the duty of every citizen to protect cultural relics!