In order to draw lessons from the demise of Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty once "protected the people with morality" for a period of time, and martyrdom was suppressed to a great extent, but it revived in the Spring and Autumn Period. The biggest human sacrifice in the Spring and Autumn Period was Qin Mugong, who also asked to be buried with the most talented people in Qin State to show his loyalty. * * * and 177 people buried Qin Mugong together, which also ruined his innocence all his life.
Influenced by Wei's political reform, it was considered that human sacrifice was inhuman, which was also the reason why Qin was poor and weak. In 384 BC, he ordered Qin to abolish human sacrifice. After Qin Shihuang of Qin Qin unified the six countries, he once dreamed that the people he killed lined up in his dream to kill him. Qin Shihuang was awakened, hoping to be protected by soldiers after his death. If someone dies, his reputation in later generations will be damaged, so the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were born under this opportunity.
More than two thousand years after the death of Qin Shihuang, great changes have taken place in China. The state of Qin died in 14, and the feudal dynasty ended after the death of the Qing dynasty in19,654,38+02. The terracotta warriors and horses have been buried underground for thousands of years, waiting for people to find them.
1March 29th, 974 is an extraordinary day. In Xiyang Village, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, three Shaanxi farmers are digging. In order to solve the drought problem, two villagers, Yang Zhifa, plan to dig a well. The place is very good, and the location is East of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum1.5km.. They didn't think much of picking up hoes and working. They dug a hole 4 meters in diameter and 4 meters in depth.
He found a small statue in the soil with a nose, eyes and hairstyle. When the two brothers Yang Zhifa saw the figurines, they thought they were the kind of masters in the temple. They just ignored the figurine in order to dig the well and just kept digging. They tried to dig again, but there were more and more figurines.
Yang Zhifa goes home to rest at night. Out of curiosity, he took a clay figurine from Tian Jia. He sat under the lamp and looked at these works. His wife is a primary school teacher with a higher education than Yang Zhifa. She thought it might be a cultural relic and asked him to go to the cultural relic department. Yang Zhifa listened to his wife's words and found his younger brother overnight to hand over the fragments of the small figurines to the cultural relics department.
When the cultural relics department saw it, it showed a frightened expression. They subconsciously feel that this is not an ordinary cultural relic, but a cultural relic that will shock the world. Afterwards, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Team rushed to the place where the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were found, and finally brought them to the world.
Yang Zhifa, who found the Terracotta Warriors, was praised by the county and gave him 30 yuan money as a reward. This 30 yuan was definitely a huge sum at that time, but Yang Zhifa didn't want a penny, so the county had to exchange it for five work points as a reward for Yang Zhifa, which was about 1.3 points. Yang Zhifa accepted the reward happily. Yang Zhifa returned to the village happily. What he didn't expect was that he was unlucky for more than 20 years because of the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors.
The year after Yang Zhifa discovered the Terracotta Warriors, the state planned to build the Terracotta Warriors Museum, and xiyang village was bound to be occupied to arrange for the villagers to move here. China people have had a homeland since ancient times. The native land is not only the place where they grew up, but also the place where their ancestors were buried. After leaving, no one cares about these ancestors. People in Xiyang village took their grievances out on Yang Zhifa and scolded him: "30 yuan for ancestors!" " "Yang Zhifa also don't know how to explain to the whole village, a person silently under the bristle, so unlucky for more than 20 years.
Terracotta Warriors and Horses attract many tourists, even foreign presidents are fans. 1978, French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac came to see the Terracotta Warriors. After the visit, he couldn't help feeling: "The discovery of Terracotta Warriors and Horses is the eighth wonder in the world." Because of the French Prime Minister's words, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were dubbed "the eighth wonder of the world".
1998, American President Bill Clinton visited China, and he also visited the Terracotta Warriors. When he saw the magnificent Terracotta Warriors, he couldn't help but want to meet the people who found them. Yang Zhifa was invited to Clinton's eyes, and Clinton couldn't help asking Yang Zhifa for his autograph. Yang Zhifa could not read or write, so he drew three circles to represent his name. In this way, Clinton is still very happy, like a fan who got a star signature.
After Yang Zhi sent Clinton an autograph, he got angry again. The Terracotta Warriors Museum asked him to be the honorary curator. Foreign leaders came to see the Terracotta Warriors and asked him for his autograph many times. Yang Zhifa's 20-year feud was finally put down.