Sanxingdui cultural relics have a mystery, which is the thick and charm of Chinese civilization | Yangtze River comment

The Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology recently released the phased results of archeological excavations at the Sanxingdui site: 6 "sacrifice pit" excavated were unearthed from nearly 13,000 cultural relics, including 3,155 relatively complete cultural relics. Through carbon 14 measures, the site is determined that the site belongs to the late Shang Dynasty, and the ancient Shu civilization is an important part of the Chinese civilization.

After determining the ancient Shu civilization represented by the Sanxingdui site is an important part of Chinese civilization, our awareness of ancient Chinese civilization must be refreshed. Traditionally, the description of ancient civilization is based on not many historical descriptions such as "Shangshu" and "Bamboo Books", and it is formed with rich archeological results. With the advancement of the archeology of the site, it has proved that Sanxingdui is not a "alien civilization", but has inextricable connections with the various areas of Chinese civilization, but it has indeed updated our imagination of ancient Chinese civilization with its uniqueness. And cognition.

Now that Sanxingdui cultural relics have become the highlights of many cultural relics exhibitions, and people mention Sanxingdui, it is inevitable to talk about "the mystery of Sanxingdui". Most of the cultural relics unearthed from various local merchants and Zhou tombs are bronze rituals such as Ding and Clocks, but the typical cultural relics of Sanxingdui are the "vertical" masks and portraits, and the bronze characters like cylindrical columns. It does not seem to be in line with the awareness of the ordinary people in ancient Chinese civilization. The so -called "alien civilization" is actually expressing people's puzzles and confusion.

The cultural relics unearthed from Samsung Dou this time, as always, have personalities: 3 pieces of copper turned to kneel and sit down and sit on their knees. Raise the left front of the body, and it seems to be a unique bun shape on his head. There is also a bronze altar nearly 1 meter high, a total of three floors. There is a special beast with a special shape in the upper part. There are 13 bronze people in the middle layer. Four of them lift the gods and beasts. The bottom of the altar is a hollow platform. It is speculated that it is likely to be the sacrifice scene of the ancient Shu people.

What kind of cultural significance of these unearthed cultural relics has to be studied in archeology and academic circles, and a "folk interpretation" heat has been set off on the Internet. For example, some people wrote an article on the Internet that the cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui are in line with the many descriptions of the Shan Hai Jing. It should be the place where the Xia Dynasty capital is located, and it sounds like it. The archaeological heat of this shareholder may not meet strict academic norms, but it shows people's enthusiastic attention to the cultural relics of Samsung.

Archeology is the excavation of the actual relics of ancient society. Samsung Douya archeology provides us with the physical life of an increasingly abundant ancient society. It can be used as evidence of historical books, and it also supplements historical information outside the text. Due to its uniqueness, we need to "refresh" the description and imagination of the ancient history of China, and how to explain the uniqueness of Sanxingdui cultural relics and let people know more deeply in Chinese civilization, we need unremitting efforts of contemporary scholars. There is a mystery to represent the thickness of the history of civilization for more than 5,000 years, and it is also the charm of Chinese civilization.

[Edit: Hou Fangyu]

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