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"It seems that the purpose this time is really related to the human soul. Maybe, it is also related to immortality." Wuxie touched his chin and told his judgment to the people around him. When Bai Ran heard that Wuxie had already analyzed it, he stopped.

"Is it valuable?" Fatty Wang pretended to understand and nodded in a serious manner, then asked seriously.

Wu Xie wanted to roll his eyes helplessly at this moment, and tilted his head to look at Fatty Wang and said, "Even if it is valuable, do you dare to touch it?"

At this point, Bai Ran also looked up at Fatty Wang, with a hint of disapproval in his eyes. Fatty Wang understood this time. He remembered Bai Ran's serious warning just now, and cold sweat broke out on his back. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Of course I won't take them out. After all, I've seen the world, so how can I feel sorry for these pots?" But his face was full of pain.

Wu Xie patted his shoulder with amusement and said, "Well, these basins are probably modern counterfeits of old times. They are not valuable. Maybe you have a few of them at home now."

Fatty Wang was disgusted when he heard this, but then he reacted immediately and said, stroking his chin, "No, these basins are modern products. But let's not talk about these patterns for now. Just looking at the state of the corpse, it shouldn't be a modern product."

"Thousands of years." At this moment, Bai Ran and Zhang Qilin spoke at the same time. Seeing that Zhang Qilin seemed to know, Bai Ran did not add anything further, but continued to squat and clean the black substance on his knife. He pulled out the dagger that was on the side to prevent Fatty Wang and Wu Xie from accidentally touching it, gently scraped off the substance on the machete, and stopped talking.

"The texts on the bronze exposed on some of those corpses show that they should be corpses from at least the Qin Dynasty." As he said this, Zhang Qilin placed the flashlight in another open basin on the side. At this time, Fatty Wang and Wuxie noticed the bronze artifacts on it.

Fatty Wang gave a thumbs up and praised, "You are worthy of being called a brother. If it were me, I might have missed it."

Wuxie also nodded and smiled at the young man, then focused his attention on the words on the bronze artifacts.

Bai Ran paused when he heard their words, glanced at Zhang Qilin, then immediately lowered his head and continued to clean the machete in his hand, with a trace of envy and grievance in his eyes. Zhang Qilin looked at Bai Ran's back, pursed his lips, and felt that he needed to contact Hei Xia Zi after this tomb.

Wu Xie looked at the words on the bronze ware, and it was indeed as the little brother said. Whether it was the style of the bronze ware or the words, it showed that the body was from the Qin Dynasty. But...

"Bai Ran, can we take a look at this bronze artifact? Can we touch it?" Wu Xie asked.

Bai Ran raised his head, walked in front of the bronze artifact, pursed his lips, looked at Wuxie, nodded, then took out a machete and cut himself. The blood that flowed out was not red, but a strange, bluish-green color, flowing on the black substances. Those substances seemed to be expelled by something, and faded away and ran to the place where the blood did not fall.

Bai Ran picked up the bronze artifact, held it up carefully, and handed it to Wuxie. He nodded at him, his eyes full of hope, and he didn't even care about his hand that was still dripping with blood.

{Note}: On the painted pottery basins of prehistoric times, there is a kind of decorative pattern often seen, called "human face and fish pattern". There are many theories about its connotation, among which the more consistent views are that there are two: reproduction and resurrection.

The most famous example of the "human face and fish pattern" of the Yangshao culture is a basin with a human face and fish pattern unearthed from the Banpo site in Xi'an. Archaeological research shows that this pottery basin with a "human face and fish pattern" should be the lid of a child's urn coffin, and there are even two small holes at the bottom of the basin, which shows that this basin is definitely not a practical utensil, but a unique burial tool.

So, what was the purpose of the ancients drawing this kind of human face and fish pattern?

On the one hand, because the population reproduction rate in primitive society was low, fish was considered a symbol of many children and high reproduction rate.

On the other hand, the two small holes at the bottom of the pelvis are for the convenience of the child's soul to enter and exit, which is a view that the soul is immortal.

In addition, if you look closely at the arrangement of the human face and fish pattern, you will find that on top of the immortality of the soul, there seems to be a primitive concept of reincarnation:

The two fish and the two human-faced fish patterns in the picture form a circle, with the same patterns facing each other in pairs. The heads of the two fish are facing opposite directions and are connected to the white pattern on the upper right side of the head of the human-faced fish pattern, forming a cyclic, counterclockwise circle.

The half-human, half-fish images of Zhuanxu and Houji are most likely the appearance of this "human face and fish pattern"; and the reason why the two were able to come back to life is also very similar to the logic of reincarnation contained in the "human face and fish pattern".

The Di people country west of Jianmu may have used the "human face and fish body" pattern as a symbol of the tribal totem. The reason why the Di people/Hu people can communicate with heaven and earth is actually because the "fish" can be a medium for the cycle of life and death, and the "human face and fish" is the external expression of this divinity.

"The Di people are located to the west of Jianmu. They have human faces and fish bodies, and no feet." "The Great Wilderness Western Classic":

"There is a country called Hu people. The grandson of Emperor Yan was named Lingyu. Lingyu gave birth to the Hu people, who can go up and down in the sky." - "Hai Nei Nan Jing" {The above information comes from the browser. }