Stone Sculpture Relic Trading

According to the revised Cultural Relics Protection Law, there were still many cultural relics that could not be traded, such as state-owned cultural relics (except those allowed by the state), cultural relics collected by cultural relics collection units, stolen and smuggled cultural relics, etc. This indicated that the trade of cultural relics had not been completely opened up. Although the country had introduced a series of policies to rectify the antique market, such as regulating the market order, strengthening supervision, policy support, and adjusting tax policies, the purpose was to return the value of authentic goods and promote the healthy and prosperous development of the market. However, this was a governance measure under the premise of compliance with relevant cultural relics protection laws and regulations. It did not relax all restrictions on cultural relics transactions. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

There were cultural relics like stone soles in the Qin and Han Dynasties in China. At that time, jade was rare, but the ancients loved jade. They would use chalk or other stones to carve stone-soled shoes as funerary objects. For example, many broken stones were found in the tomb of Qin Jinggong. After piecing them together, they were a pair of stone-soled shoes, the soles of which were covered with cinnabar to ward off evil spirits. This pair of shoes was big and heavy. Whether it was to protect the soles of the tomb owner, to kick ghosts and ward off evil spirits, or to restrict the tomb owner from walking quickly, cultural relics experts were not sure of its exact use. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

The stone mortar was a cultural relic. For example, the portrait stone mortar unearthed in Mixian County, Henan Province in 1972 was now stored in Mixian County Cultural Center, the stone mortar from the Yangshao culture period was stored in Henan Museum in 1963, and the stone mortar from the Republic of China period was now stored in Kaifeng Food Culture Museum. These all indicated that the stone mortar could be used as cultural relics after archaeological discovery or a specific historical period. At the same time, the stone mortar was a necessity for human life in ancient times. Its existence also witnessed the production and lifestyle at that time, and it had a certain historical and cultural value. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

The stone pier could become a cultural relic. For example, the 12 Ming and Qing Dynasty stone pier found near the Nangong Primary School in Yulin Urban area might be related to Wenchang Pavilion. They were the original pillar foundation of Wenchang Pavilion in Yulin City. There were complex and unique patterns on the pillar foundation. After preliminary investigation, they were identified as cultural relics of the Ming Dynasty. There were also some ancient stone blocks that had experienced the passage of time, like the stone blocks in ancient villages, as if they were telling their stories. For example, the stone drum in the Stone Drum Hall of the Forbidden City was also a special kind of stone pier cultural relic. It was discovered in the Tang Dynasty and had a complicated experience. Its stone drum inscriptions also attracted many literati to explore. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

The stone statues on Easter Island were called Moai. They were located on Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean, one of the most isolated islands in the world. More than 1000 stone statues were found on the island, of which 600 were neatly arranged by the sea. The stone statues varied in size, ranging from 6 to 23 meters tall and weighing about 30 to 90 tons. They had strange appearances and serious expressions. Some of them had their backs to the sea as if they were deep in thought, while others faced the sea with their heads held high. These stone statues had high noses and deep eye sockets. They had long ears like Buddha's and curved mouths like prehistoric humans. Their hands were placed on their stomachs, looking very pious. At first, it was wearing a hat. Each hat weighed more than ten tons and was not connected to the stone statue. It seemed to have been thrown into the air. As for its symbolic meaning, it was generally believed that the Moai figures represented the spirits of their ancestors and protected their descendants on the island. However, there were still many unsolved mysteries about these stone statues, such as how the dozens of tons of stone statues moved in the first place. In addition, the 887 stone statues on the island were known as the seventh wonder of the world. On the back of the stone statues on Easter Island, the word "Qiang" was also found engraved on the back of the China Qiang people. Since ancient times, there had been no animal sheep on Easter Island, which was also very puzzling. At the same time, in 1868, Richard Powell, the captain of the Royal Navy Topaz, snatched two stone statues from Easter Island and stored them in the British Museum. This triggered a campaign by Chileans to demand the British Museum to return the stone statues. "The Island of Life" is also a wonderful novel. Everyone is welcome to read it!

Shi Yang had found something in many places. Stone sheep were unearthed at the Xingguo Temple site in the east of Qingzhou City. They were 1.18 meters long, 0.6 meters wide, 1.04 meters high in the head and 0.6 meters high in the tail. They were lying down with their heads twisted to the right side of their bodies and were hidden in the Qingzhou Museum. In 1981, the Eastern Han Dynasty stone sheep were also unearthed in the Empress Kiln in Gaoyue Town. There were two stone sheep in the Shinto in front of the tomb of Qiu Cheng, Duke of Wan, about 100 meters north of Chang Yuchun's tomb in Nanjing. In addition, there was a stone sheep from the Han Dynasty in Huaibei. It was a national first-class cultural relic. The original was displayed in the provincial museum, and there was a copy in front of the wall. There used to be stone sheep in Dingtian, but they have been lost. It is said that local farmers transported them down the mountain because of the inconvenience of farming, and then they were damaged or pressed underground during construction. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

As a cultural relic, the stone Buddha head had various forms of expression and artistic features in different periods and regions. In China, there was a history of stone Buddha statues from the period of the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms. It reached its peak during the Northern Dynasty. For example, there were Buddhist art forms such as stone pagodas carved by benefactors and Buddhist scriptures during the Northern Liang Dynasty. The Buddha statues carved on the stone pagodas reflected the images of the Buddhas of the three generations. During the Northern Qi and Northern Wei Dynasties, many stone Buddha statues and other stone Buddha statues were unearthed from the Longxing Temple in Qingzhou, Shandong Province and the Xiude Temple in Quyang, Hebei Province. These Buddha statues had different materials, shapes, and craftsmanship. For example, the stone Buddha statues in the Gandhara region were 13.3 centimeters tall and 8.5 centimeters wide. They were gray schist and had the typical Gandhara style. They had high buns, wavy hair, and white hair between their eyebrows. The carving skills were skilled and superb. In addition, the stone Buddha statues of different periods had different uses and symbolic meanings. Some of the stone Buddha statues were engraved with the names of the believers and the date of the statue, so that future generations could judge the age of their construction. Moreover, the stone Buddha statues also carried the spiritual sustenance of the believers in the context of religious culture. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

There were different descriptions of the cultural relic square stone pier. There were square stone blocks from the Qing Dynasty, such as the square stone block with a diameter of 70 and a height of 60. The four sides were covered with brocade and carved with patterns of hornless dragons and swastikas. Eight crutch dragons were carved on the four corners. The theme was rich and very simple. It was a complete product of bluestone. There was also a square stone block with a length of 100, a width of 78 and a height of 57. The four sides of this block were covered with scarves, engraved with entwined lotus and the word Hui. The bottom of the block was a circle of crutch dragons. The carving was exquisite and meticulous. The patina was thick. It was also a complete product of bluestone. However, the current reference materials did not mention more about the square stone pier, such as the value appraisal of cultural relics, the preservation status, and so on. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

There were many methods to detect cracks in stone relics. For example, there is an in-place, non-destructive testing method for cracks in stone cultural relics, which includes dividing the stone cultural relics to be tested into grids, measuring the transmission time t and the straight-line distance x between the transmitting grid and the receiving grid, and making a t-x diagram. In the geometric map, the transmitting and receiving grids were connected by straight lines to construct a virtual triangle. The length and inclination angle of the cracks in the stone cultural relics could be calculated by using the geometric relationship of wave transmission. The cracks in the stone cultural relics could be detected in place without destroying the cultural relics. In addition, the current technology based on ultrasound has been widely used in the detection and evaluation of stone cultural relics, but most of them are used to classify the degree of weathering of stone cultural relics. Although traditional CT scanning and X-ray flaw detection methods could accurately obtain the characteristics of the depth, distribution, and shape of the cracks, they were limited by the penetration ability of X-rays to high-density materials such as stone cultural relics. Usually, they could only detect objects less than ten or twenty centimeters in size. Moreover, CT scanning and X-ray flaw detection emitted a large amount of radiation, which was harmful to the physical and mental health of the inspectors. CT generally could not detect stone cultural relics in place. The detection scale was limited, and the detection equipment was expensive and radioactive, so it was difficult to use it widely. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>

The jade raw stone trading platform was divided into online and offline. The more popular jade raw stone trading platforms on the internet included Weipaitang APP, Taobao app, Xianyu app, Pinduoduo app, TikTok, Kuaishou, Jingdong, and Tmall.com. These platforms supported secured transactions. In addition, there might be some irregular platforms. For example, a platform called " Xiaoyun Jade " was accused of fraud. There might be places such as jade trading markets for the sale of raw jade. The novel "Ledge" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!