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What are the four great treasures of the country

The four great treasures of ancient times are: the Four Sheep Square Zun and the Jade Seal of State Transmission, the Nine-Footed Treasure Tripod, and the Sword of the Son of Heaven.

The Four Sheep Square Zun is a late Shang Dynasty bronze ceremonial vessel, a ritual object.It was unearthed in 1938 on the hillside of Yue Shan Pu Turning Ear Lun, Huang Cai Town, Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, and is now part of the Tan He Li site. Collected in the National Museum of China.

"State Seal", also known as "State Seal", "State Treasure", for the Chinese emperors of successive generations of the seal, was engraved by the order of Qin Shi Huang. It is regarded as a symbol of dynastic orthodoxy.