Chinanews.com Xingtai, March 17 (Zhang Pengxiang, Liu Fei) Weixian Cultural Security Institute of Xingtai City, Hebei Province revealed on the 17th that recently, a staff member of the Weixian Cultural Security Institute was located in the underground of a temple site in Zhanghuabao Village, Zhangtai Town. In China, a large number of ancient coins were discovered. The staff of the Jingwenbao Institute initially cleared up more than a thousand ancient coins, most of which were from the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the cleared coins were Daguantongbao, Zhenghetongbao. At present, the cultural security personnel are starting to clean up the coins.
On the 15th, a cultural relic enthusiast in Weixian County, Hebei Province found several ancient coins near a temple site in Zhanghuabao Village, Zhangtai Town, so he took tools for deep excavation, and accidentally found a large burial buried underground. A lot of ancient coins. Subsequently, the villagers immediately reported to the Weixian Cultural Insurance Institute, and the staff of the Cultural Insurance Institute immediately rushed to the scene to carry out rescue excavations of the ancient coins.
More than a thousand copper coins of the Song Dynasty were unearthed in Weixian County. Photo by Li Tiehammer
After preliminary clean-up and appraisal by the local cultural relics department, there are more than a thousand ancient coins, mainly copper coins of the Song Dynasty. Most of the coins have been rusted and glued together because of a long time, and local cultural security personnel are cleaning up. Wang Xiaohui, director of the Weixian Cultural Insurance Institute, said that after preliminary cleanup, there were more than a thousand ancient coins, most of which were from the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the cleared coins have been Daguantongbao, Zhenghetongbao.
According to the records of Weixian County, during the Song Dynasty, a wall of earth was built around Zhanghuabao Village. There were suspension bridges on the four gates, 72 wells around the village, 36 buildings in the village, and a temple outside the east gate. Local villagers said that although Zhanghuabao Village is small, it has straight streets and alleys. The two main streets, east, west, south, and north meet at the center of the village. It has a city pattern. The legendary city walls are nowhere to be found. 80 in the last century In the 19th century, there was a earthen platform on the northeast side of the village, with a broken stone tortoise monument on it.
At present, the cultural security personnel are starting to clean up ancient coins. (Finish)