Celebrity Lecture Hall Talking Guest Li Haichao: Looking at the ancient Shu civilization from another angle, there may be new gains

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Is the bronze civilization upstream of the Yangtze River related to the other part of the Chinese civilization during the same period? How does the research and interpretation of the ancient Shu civilization and the value and value of the exploration source project of Chinese civilization?

On the afternoon of July 10, the 2022 Lecture Hall of the Lecture Hall "Archaeological Season" Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Department of History, Chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society, Wang Wei The professor made wonderful sharing. After the lecture, the head of the Sanxingdui Site Work Station of the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, the director of the Sanxingdui Museum, Lei Yu, and Zhao Hao, an associate professor at the Peking University Archaeological Expo College, and Li Haichao, a professor at the Sichuan University Archaeological Expo College, dated Professor Wang Wei.

In the lecture, Professor Wang Wei mentioned the various utensils found in the Sanxingdui site and the Jinsha site. Compared with other parts of China in the same period, they can see the correlation. Professor Li Haichao said that through a large number of scientific and technological analysis, it was found that in the late Shang Dynasty, whether it was Samsung Dou, Yin Ruins, or Ningxiang Bronze in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it used a raw material. This raw material is rare all over the world. It is so rare that raw materials are so widely used to make bronze wares, which can explain the issue of regional relevance. "Although we are not sure where this raw material comes from, but such a phenomenon, such a connection is very worthy of our attention. We have to consider what it was formed between Sanxingdui and the Yangtze River Basin and the Central Plains at that time. A kind of network is a kind of resources, politics, or cultural, how do we interpret this network? This is also a focus of our research. "

Focusing on the research and interpretation of ancient Shu civilization, the impact and value of the exploration source project of Chinese civilization, Professor Li Haichao believes that he can look at different issues from different perspectives: "In the past, there was a saying in our academic circles. There is an inertia of thinking, often focusing on emphasizing the important role of the Central Plains. When we look at many integrated macro patterns, we often look around from the perspective of the Central Plains as the center. It must be completely different. I think we need to stand on the surrounding views to look at different issues. For example, when studying the ancient Shu civilization and studying Samsung Dou, we can also try to treat Samsung Dou as the center, from the perspective of Samsung Dou Look at it, then the culture of the Central Plains and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including other areas of Southwest, and the culture of Yunnan. What is the connection between them and the center of Sanxingdui? "

Li Haichao said that this is his personal perspective, and he will also pay special attention to the research topic: "I have been thinking about it before, a highly developed civilization such as Sanxingdui, where is the strong? Later, I have a speculation: may It has a certain connection between its location and geographical location. Everyone used to think that Sichuan was a particularly closed place. When I thought of Sichuan, I thought of Li Bai’s "Shu Dao Difficulty". It is very strong as the external cultural exchange ability and radiation ability. , Northwest, southwest, Central Plains, and a middle hub area of ​​several cultural belts in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Is it possible to use a resource transfer center as this hub area? Although there is no confirmation now, is there any possible ivory, etc. Some resources are transferred through it, and there are some concepts of cultural and technical concepts. Is it possible to realize a communication through the hub of Sanxingdui? If we use this perspective to treat Samsung Dou as the center, we may be better. Geographically understanding Samsung Dou or Gu Shu contributed to the entire Chinese civilization to the Central Plains region. "

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