This is obviously different from his previous findings. He looked at it carefully in his hand for a long time and thought it should be a treasure. Then he took the gold silkworm home and put it in a red wooden box. Tan Fuquan didn't tell anyone, but the news that he found gold silkworm was known by many people. Everyone said that he was lucky and found something good, so they all went to his house to have a look.
Later, the county leaders sent someone to tell Tan Fuquan that they would invite experts to come over for identification, but after waiting for half a year, no experts came. Instead, many cultural relics dealers will go to his house to buy this gold silkworm, and the highest bid has reached 50,000.
In those days, if you had a 50,000 yuan in your hand, you would be very rich, and you could directly change from an ordinary family to a 10,000-yuan household. This offer is really exciting. Everyone in the village thought that he would sell gold silkworm like this. Unexpectedly, Tan Fuquan refused. He was unmoved and carried away by money. Although he is a farmer, he also knows the importance of protecting cultural relics.
In fact, Tan Fuquan was not sure whether the gold silkworm he found was a cultural relic, but he chose to keep it. Until September, 1985, Tan Fuquan decided to take gold silkworm to the provincial capital for expert appraisal and donate it to the museum. To this end, Tan Fuquan borrowed 50 yuan from his relatives as a travel expense, and took wrapped gold silkworm with him.
In this way, Tan Fuquan took gold silkworm to Xi 'an, the provincial capital, and then found the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum after many twists and turns. Tan Fuquan handed gold silkworm over to the museum leader. The leader also bluntly told Tan Fuquan that the gold silkworm he brought was very valuable, but as for what it was, it had to be appraised by experts. Then, after learning that Tan Fuquan's travel expenses were borrowed, the museum leaders immediately gave Tan Fuquan 100 yuan as a reward, so that his round-trip travel expenses were settled.
According to preliminary identification by experts, this gold silkworm is an object left over from the Han Dynasty, named "Gold-plated Copper Silkworm". It was rated as a national first-class cultural relic. In the past, they only knew this thing in ancient books, but never saw the real thing. This shows that this kind of "gold-plated copper silkworm" is precious, and Tan Fuquan's discovery just fills this gap, and they regard it as a treasure. On May 17 and 14, this gold silkworm with a thousand-year history was mentioned at the Belt and Road Summit Forum in China, and was later recognized by the public as the most powerful "Internet celebrity" in Shaanxi.
Tan Fuquan, who discovered the national first-class cultural relic "gilded bronze silkworm" and donated it for free, is undoubtedly the biggest contributor. If he wavers because of money, maybe the "gold-plated silkworm" will drift to the people, which is a loss to the country. Tan Fuquan is a very wise man. He has a long-term vision, a firm heart, a sense of patriotism and protection of cultural relics, and a spirit of free dedication. In fact, he is just an ordinary farmer, but he has a simple and sincere patriotism.
Regrettably, Tan Fuquan died of lung cancer on March 16, 2000, and he didn't see the bright moment when "Gold-plated Copper Silkworm" was loved by the public in 20 17, which deeply regretted. How happy he would be if he could see it with his own eyes!