The man surnamed Gao often fishes by the river near his home, and he came to the river as usual that day. At that time, the weather in Wan Li was fine, sunny and sunny, with clear skies in Wan Li. Suddenly, he found something glowing in the river, so he quickly put down the fishing rod and looked for it along the glowing place. As expected, the man found shining golden light in the river. He picked it up and saw that it turned out to be a gold medal, engraved with strange patterns and some unknown words. The man was overjoyed. He found the treasure himself. He hurried to the city and found an expert. After the expert appraisal, he told the man that this may be the gold medal of Liao country nearly a thousand years ago, and the words on the sign should be Qidan.
Historically, Liao and Song were contemporary countries. Because the Song Dynasty and the Han culture come down in one continuous line, and the cultural historical materials are much richer, people now have a stronger understanding of the historical Song Dynasty. In fact, the Song Dynasty only occupied half of China at that time, and Liao, Jin and Mongolia in the north could compete with it on the map. However, there are not many historical materials left by these ethnic minorities from the Wang period. They lived a nomadic life all the year round, and their cultural and economic forms were insufficient compared with those of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the historical value of their few cultural relics is very precious.
Experts persuaded the man to hand over the gold medal, which is a historical relic, which is of great help to the country in studying the history of Liao and Song Dynasties and may even be rewarded. However, the man is still very reluctant. He thinks this is the gold medal he picked up and his private property. So, the man took the gold medal in his own hand and went directly to the gold shop to melt it, creating a pair of gold bracelets. The expert was very sad to learn about it. A historical relic has been destroyed and turned into a meaningless piece of ordinary gold, which is really hard to put down.
In fact, such examples are not uncommon. For example, it happened before: tortoise shells engraved with Oracle Bone Inscriptions were ground into medicine, but this is still ignorance. But the man knew it was a cultural relic, but he still went his own way, damaging the interests of the country to satisfy his own selfish desires. He doesn't care which country won the gold medal, nor does he deliberately want to be an enemy of historical research. In his eyes, it is just an ordinary piece of gold. It is because of the low cultural literacy that I will do this kind of thing. The fate of this gold medal is very regrettable. We only hope that in the process of national development, the quality of China people is getting higher and higher, all cultural relics can be well protected, and those cultural relics that have not yet seen the light of day can be discovered by people with cultural awareness.