It took Chinese experts three days to control and extinguish the fire, which was several meters high.
In the late 1980s, some farmers in Lijia Town, Wuling County, Hunan Province , China, when digging the foundation for their house, found many bronze and porcelain items. When this information spread, the local government invited archeological experts to conduct research. The results showed that the items found were all very valuable cultural relics of the Chu State during the Warring States period in Chinese history.
In 2002, the Hunan Province’s key hydropower project was launched in the same area. In order to protect cultural relics that might still be buried, archaeologists returned to Lijia Town to continue excavation work. When they arrived, they discovered a strange green mud pit that did not appear to have formed naturally.
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Suspecting that there might be “treasure” under the mud pit, experts decided to clean it up and discovered an ancient well hidden deep below. Immediately after, a flame several meters high erupted from the mouth of the well, creating a unique scene. According to archaeologists, the fire originated from the fact that there was a lot of waste in the well that had gradually decomposed. Over time, it accumulated into a layer of gas and would create a chemical reaction that caused fire when exposed to air.
It took the experts three days to extinguish the fire and clean the well. From there, the original shape of the ancient well was revealed. Accordingly, the well was about 17m deep and 4m wide. It is worth mentioning that when cleaning up the soil and trash in the well, the archaeological team discovered a large number of objects "strung together".
Specifically, they are bamboo slips that are bound together to form bamboo books - ancient books used to record documents in Chinese history. After cleaning them, experts counted them and said that more than 36,000 bamboo books were found. Based on the documents read and researched, archaeologists speculated that these bamboo books belonged to the Qin Dynasty in China.
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The content recorded on these bamboo books is very rich, including a lot of important information about the legal system, land reclamation, household registration transfer, ancestor worship, education, medicine, etc. during the Qin Dynasty. This information is very useful in studying ancient Chinese history and culture.
Not stopping there, while cleaning these bamboo books, the experts also found a special wooden stick measuring 22 cm long and 4.5 cm wide. After some steps of identification, they realized that the information written on this wooden stick was actually mathematical calculations. This discovery shocked all of China at that time.
According to experts, this is the oldest multiplication table in Chinese, dating back more than 2,000 years. This shows that since the Qin Dynasty, people have used these operations for calculations and other purposes in life.
It can be said that the discovery of the ancient bamboo scrolls and multiplication tables is considered an important milestone for the Chinese archaeological community. Because through the research process, the secrets of Chinese history that have been left unexplored until now will gradually be revealed by archaeologists.
Anh Le (According to Sohu)
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