The State Administration of Cultural Heritage released the results of the Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project
According to Xinhua News Agency, at a press conference held by the State Information Office on the 28th, Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, introduced the relevant situation of the results of the “Comprehensive Research on the Origin and Early Development of Chinese Civilization” (referred to as the “Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project”). He said that as of now, the exploration project has made important progress in many aspects. First, it uses archaeological data to prove the overall characteristics of the 5,000-year civilization of the land of China and the “diversity, inclusiveness, and continuous” of Chinese civilization.
Data picture: Early Erlitou Culture City Site. Photo by Wang Zhongju, China News Service
Revealing the origin and early development of the Chinese nation in 5,000 years
The “Chinese Civilization Origin Exploration Project” is a major scientific research project that uses archaeological investigations and excavations as the main means to obtain relevant data. It uses modern scientific technology as support, and adopts a multi-disciplinary cross-research method to reveal the origin and early development of the Chinese nation in 5,000 years. It was proposed in 2001. After several stages of pre-research and other work, it completed the fourth phase of the project in 2016. Wang Wei, one of the heads of the source exploration project and a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said at the press conference: “In the more than ten years since the implementation of the source exploration project, we have carried out large-scale archaeological investigations and excavations at several important urban sites, 500-3500 years ago, with the support of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. These sites are: Liangzhu Site in Yuhang, Zhejiang, Taosi Site in Xiangfen, Shanxi, Shenmu Shimao Site in Shaanxi, and Yanshi, Henan.ttps://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan Erlitou Site.”
Archaeology confirmed that the Central Plains had entered a civilized society 5,000 years ago. According to the introduction, Komiks, an inner city and a larger outer city were discovered at the Liangzhu site in Zhejiang Province, a large-scale outer city was found about 5,000 years ago. In order to prevent the ancient city from being damaged by floods, Liangzhu people built giant dams in the mountainous area north of the ancient city, and their engineering volume was the highest among the buildings in Cinema in the same period in the world.
At the Taosi ruins in Shanxi and the Shimao ruins in Shaanxi, Komiks have discovered giant city sites with an area of 2.8 million to 4 million square meters. These city sites have serious social differences, and high-grade buildings are surrounded by high walls. At this time, the class differentiation reflected in the tombs was very obvious. Small tombs had nothing, or only one or two weapons or pottery; large tombs could have hundreds of burial objects, which were not only exquisitely made, but also indicated hierarchical identity. “A society like this is obviously no longer what we thought of as a tribal alliance, and should have entered the national stage of Komiks.” Wang Wei said, “So we feel that the Central Plains region has entered the primary civilization stage at this time.” Cinema
Cinema said that based on the scientific summary of China’s field archaeology achievements over the past 90 years, after multidisciplinary joint research,The Discovery Engineering Research Team also proposed the outstanding characteristics of China’s entry into a civilized society from the aspects of social division of labor, class division, central cities and compulsory power. Cinema
The results of the Exploration Project will be written into the textbooks for primary and secondary school students
“The origin and early development of Chinese civilization is a history that has not been directly recorded in words.” Zhao Hui, one of the heads of the Exploration Project and a professor at the School of Archaeology and Arts of Beijing University of Babaylan said, “To this day, we can describe this history, thus filling the gap in this critical period in history. At the same time, the origin and early development of Chinese civilization are also part of the origin and early development of human civilization in the world. Therefore, our work has also filled the gap in the history of world civilization. “
In the future, with the results of the exploration project being written into primary and secondary school students’ textbooks, the 5,000 Chinese civilization’s brilliant starlight in the year of Babaylan will sow the seeds of cultural confidence in every young spirit. “History is a very important subject. It is of great significance to provide patriotic education for students, cultivate national self-esteem, and enhance cultural confidence.” Shen Jiliang, inspector of the Textbook Bureau of the Ministry of Education, said that the content of the textbook will be added in a timely manner and the historical archaeology and research results will be continuously updated and enriched.