In Jia Luhe, Kaifeng, Jia Luhe, villagers get together to dig up ancient coins on the beach. Weishi County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province is renovating the river. After the news spread like wildfire that a large number of ancient coins were dug up in the mud on the beach, a large number of citizens gathered on the beach to "dig for treasures", and some villagers gathered on the beach of Jia Luhe in Kaifeng to dig for ancient coins.

Villagers gather in the floodplain of Jia Luhe, Kaifeng to dig ancient coins 1 Recently, ancient coins were discovered in Jia Luhe, Weishi County, Kaifeng, and many villagers gathered in the floodplain of Jia Luhe to dig "treasures". The villagers brought hoes and shovels, and some even brought metal detectors.

On May 8, local police and related cultural relics units arrived at the scene. Kaifeng cultural relics department has replied to the media and has protected the scene. The ancient coins dug up by the citizens cannot be kept for themselves and need to be handed in.

The video shows that many villagers are digging with shovels and hoes in a river beach. A man even used a metal detector to move back and forth to a place and said, "It's ringing." The metal detector beeps. Some coins dug up by villagers have been corroded and invisible, some are printed with the words "Republic of China" and "Made in Hunan", and there are dragon patterns and other styles.

On May 9, Mr. Cui, who lives near Jia Luhe, Weishi County, told the xiaoxiang morning herald reporter that on May 8, he heard from a friend that many coins were found in Jia Luhe, and "many villagers went there".

At noon on the 8th, Mr. Du of Weishi County also received a message from his friend "Many ancient coins were found on the beach in Jia Luhe". At about 2 pm that day, Mr. Du also came to the scene. "There are a sea of people, all digging coins, including copper coins from the Qing Dynasty and those from the Republic of China".

Mr. Du didn't delve into it. He introduced two little girls not far from him to dig out two copper coins with wooden sticks. "Jia Luhe has a long history and was also a major traffic artery in ancient times, but it is still rare to find so many coins." . Due to the cooling in Kaifeng yesterday, Mr. Du quickly left the scene. "There were still many people when I left."

On May 9, Mr. Du came to the scene again. The police have taken control of the scene and the Kaifeng Cultural Relics Department has arrived at the scene. "They are not allowed to go in now."

There are also rumors on the Internet, and the sunken ship of the Song Dynasty was also found on the river beach. According to local media reports, the relevant person in charge of the Weishi County Cultural Relics Protection Management Office said that there was no clue to the shipwreck in the Song Dynasty.

Kaifeng cultural relics department once responded to the media that a cordon had been set up to protect the scene that day, and the ancient coins dug up by the citizens could not be kept for themselves and needed to be handed in.

Villagers gather in the floodplain of Jia Luhe, Kaifeng to dig for ancient coins. The second flood season is coming. Weishi County, Kaifeng City, Jia Luhe is repairing the river. After the news spread like wildfire that a large number of ancient coins were dug up in the mud of the river beach, a large number of citizens gathered in the river beach to "dig for treasures", and some even brought metal detectors.

On May 9, the staff of the epidemic situation headquarters in Weishi County, Kaifeng City told the upstream journalists that residents gathered to "dig for treasures", which violated the regulations on epidemic situation management. The public security department has controlled the scene. The person in charge of the cultural relics protection and management office of Weishi County, surnamed Li, said that the residents' private "digging for treasures" violated the Cultural Relics Law and began to resume work on the evening of May 8.

▲ The Weishi section in Kaifeng, Jia Luhe is repairing the river, and a large number of ancient coins have been dug up in the mud of the river beach. On May 8, a large number of residents gathered by the river to "dig for treasures". Image source/interviewee for the picture

It is understood that the predecessor of Jia Luhe is the gap excavated during the Warring States Period, 135 1 year. At that time, Jia Lu, a minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Yuan Dynasty, advocated river management and dredged a new river as a channel for flood discharge of the Yellow River. Later, in memory of Jaru, the new river was named Jia Luhe. Jia Luhe is a tributary of Liusha River, a tributary of Huaihe River, and the second largest river in Henan Province. It is called "Little Yellow River". Before Jiaqing in Qing dynasty, ships were like forests, which was the main line of north-south water transport. Since then, the function of water transport has been lost, and today's Jia Luhe is a new road for dredging after 1938.

The live video obtained by the upstream journalists shows that on May 8th, many citizens came to Jia Luhe Beach on the outskirts of Weishi with shovels and hoes to dig for ancient coins, and some even brought metal detectors. Many residents claimed to have dug up ancient coins from Guangxu period in Qing Dynasty. On the shore, there are people who use cash to recycle ancient coins.

Many residents uploaded the video of "Digging for Treasure" to social platforms and dubbed it: "There is a shipwreck in Jia Luhe, come and dig for treasure."

▲ On May 8th, a large number of residents gathered in the Weishi section of Jia Luhe to "dig for treasures". Some people claim to have dug up ancient coins from Guangxu period in Qing Dynasty. Image source/interviewee for the picture

Mr. Liu, a cultural relic enthusiast in Henan, said that the "sunken ship" has yet to be verified. "Now the Jia Luhe River didn't exist until after 1938, so the cargo ship left long ago. It may be a coin in the grave. Where the coins come from is to be further understood by the cultural relics protection department. "

The staff of Weishi County Epidemic Command told the reporter that the current epidemic situation in Henan is grim, and it is risky for a large number of residents to gather on the river beach to "dig for treasures", which violates the regulations on epidemic management. The headquarters also informed the community and village committees in time to inform the villagers not to gather. On the evening of May 8, the public security department had taken control of the scene.

▲ On May 8th, a large number of residents gathered in the Weishi section of Kaifeng, Jia Luhe to "dig for treasures", and some even brought metal detectors. Image source/interviewee for the picture

The person in charge of the cultural relics protection and management office of Weishi County, surnamed Li, said that the Law on the Protection and Management of Cultural Relics stipulates that all cultural relics left in China's underground, internal waters and territorial waters belong to the state; Any unit or individual who finds cultural relics in construction projects and agricultural production shall protect the site and report to the local cultural relics administration department immediately. The person in charge of Li said, "When citizens dig up ancient coins, they should go to the police station under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Stock Exchange; If you don't hand it in, it will not only be recovered, but also illegal. "