The old man picked up a ceramic jar and brought it home to 'make a bowl for chickens to eat'. Who would have thought it was a priceless treasure?

Antiques are very precious. They not only reflect the wisdom of ancient people but also serve as evidence for modern people to learn about the past. It is very difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the authenticity and value of antiques. Some people are lucky enough to discover antiques but do not know their real value and consider them as ordinary objects.

Thinking it was a normal object, the old man brought it home to use as a chicken feed jar. (Source: NetEase)

In 1957, in Taiping village, Hua county, Shaanxi province, China, a farmer named Yan Siyi accidentally discovered something gray-black and strangely shaped on the ground while plowing the field. When he looked more closely, he realized that it was a ceramic jar shaped like a bird.

Thinking that the jar was still usable, he took it home and used it as a chicken feed bowl. Little did he know that the ceramic jar was actually a first-class cultural relic. A year after finding the ceramic jar, a team of archaeologists discovered the Yangshao Culture site in the nearby village of Quanhu in Hua County.

The old man then suddenly remembered the ceramic jar he had picked up a year ago. He thought to himself, Thai Binh village was near Tuyen Ho village, and archaeologists were investigating nearby, so he might as well bring the ceramic jar there and ask the experts to look at it.

Ceramic jar in the shape of a bird. (Source: NetEase)

He took the jar to the archaeologists and told them how he had found it. After careful examination, the experts confirmed that it was a Neolithic Dao Ying Ding.

The Dao Ying Ding has a simple appearance of an eagle, 35.8 cm high, 23.3 cm in diameter. After knowing that it was a precious treasure, the old man was extremely surprised and immediately handed the Dao Ying Ding back to the archaeological team.

Thanks to that, this relic is known to many people, and is now stored and protected in the National Museum of China.

Thu Hien (Source: NetEase)

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