The research team of the source exploration project believes that around 5,800 years ago, signs of civilization origin appeared in areas such as the Yellow River, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Xiliao River. On the morning of the 28th, the State Information Office held a press conference to announce the research results of the “Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project”. The source exploration research has empirized the 5,000-year-old civilization of the land of China through large-scale archaeological research conducted on many sites and rich archaeological data.
In 2001, the archaeological evidence was formally proposed to empirize 5,000 years of civilization
The “Comprehensive Research on the Origin and Early Development of Chinese Civilization” project, referred to as the “Chinese Civilization Origin Exploration Project”, was officially proposed in 2001. During this period, large-scale archaeological excavations were carried out on many sites such as Liangzhu, Zhejiang, Taosi, Shanxi, and Shimao, Shaanxi, and empirical evidence of 5,000 years of civilization in China with rich archaeological data.
Guan Qiang, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage: The research team of the Exploration Project believes that around 5,800 years ago, there were signs of civilization origin in areas such as the Yellow River, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the West Liao River. Since 5,300 years ago, various regions in China have gradually entered the civilization stage; around 3,800 years ago, the Central Plains region has formed a more mature form of civilization, radiating cultural influence to all directions, becoming the core and leader of the overall process of Chinese civilization.
The formation of a diversified and integrated pattern has achieved overall understanding
Another major achievement achieved by the Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project is to have a general understanding of the formation of a diversified and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization, and to demonstrate the overall characteristics of Chinese civilization’s “diversity, inclusiveness, and unbrokenness”.
Guan Qiang: Research shows that the local societies behind the diverse cultural phenomenon are in their respective environments and within their economic foundations and economy. There are also various differences in Babaylan’s content, social operation mechanism, religion and social consciousness, etc., presenting a diverse pattern, and promoting each other, learning from each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and inclusiveness in long-term communication and interaction, ultimately integrating and condensing civilization represented by Erlitou culture.The core is to open up the civilizations of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. The origin and early development of Chinese civilization are a process of diversity and integration.
Chinese civilization itself develops and widely absorbs foreign civilizations
In terms of the influence of foreign civilizations, the research on the source believes that Chinese civilization has widely absorbed the influence of foreign civilizations in its own development. For example, wheat cultivation technology originating from West Asia, Central Asia and other regions, feeding of domestic animals such as scalpers and sheep, and bronze smelting technology have gradually been integrated into Chinese civilization and have been transformed to create a new look.
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The “Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project” is another major scientific research project that combines multidisciplinary research and studies Chinese history and ancient culture after the “Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties Project”. Since its formal proposal in 2001, four stages of research have been implemented, and the “China” before China has gradually become clear.
Focus on urban ruins. At that time, early countries had already begun to explore the source research, focusing on several urban ruins such as Liangzhu, Zhejiang, Taosi, Shanxi, and Shimao, Shaanxi.
The Liangcheng City in Zhejiang Province, built about 5,000 years ago, 1,800 meters long, 1,500 meters wide, nearly 3 million square meters, and an outer city with an area of 8 million square meters was discovered. In order to prevent flooding, large dams were built with a length of 3.5 kilometers, a width of more than ten meters and a height of several meters. Its engineering volume is second to none among the buildings of the same period in the world.
The Taosi site in Shanxi was also discovered and built at 430 years ago.The giant city site 0 years ago, the 2.8 million square meters of city already have strict functional partitions such as palace areas, handicraft workshop areas, general residential areas and burial areas.
The total area of the ancient city of Shimao, Shaanxi is 4 million square meters. It consists of the imperial city, the inner city and the outer city. The ancient city is built with stones on the hills. The walls of the imperial city are as high as 9 meters, and the gates of the outer city are majestic and tall castles.
One of the heads of the comprehensive research project for the origin and early development of Chinese civilization Wang Wei: Early civilizations have begun to appear in all regions. Its symbol is the emergence of royal power, large city sites, high-level buildings, so-called palaces, and high-level tombs. These points are an important symbol for judging civilization. Ultimately, the emergence of the country will have some material manifestations, such as large city sites and large projects.
Looking at the beginning of China The ancient country has exceeded a thousand years
Discovering the origin research has found that Chinese civilization is actually a huge clump of civilizations scattered in the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Xiliao River Basins, and its size is far greater than that of several other ancient civilizations in the world. From about 5,800 years ago, prehistoric society in the Yellow River Basin, the Yangtze River Basin and the Xiliao River area began to accelerate its development towards complexity.
From the origin of Chinese civilization to about 3,800 years ago, Cinema has been around for more than a thousand years. There are many statements about “all nations in the world” in literature. Research on origins calls this stage the “Ancient Kingdom Era” and is believed to be the first major stage of the early development of China’s Babaylan civilization.
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In the past thousand years, local civilizations have their own evolutionary methods and characteristics, rising and falling one after another, and they exchanged and competed with each other to make up for their weaknesses, gradually showing the trend of “integration”, converging into the torrent of China’s Babaylan civilization, and in the late ancient times, with Erlitou, Henan as its generationThe Central Plains region, which is listed, absorbs a large number of foreign advanced cultural factors, and at the same time begins to radiate its powerful influence to the outside world, presenting an unprecedented dynasty atmosphere.
This process is called “the diversity and integration of Chinese civilization” in the research on origin. Komiks As a historical trend, it laid the foundation for the “three generations of civilizations” in the future of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and also became a distant cause and source for the formation of multi-ethnic countries.
Wang Wei: We are all familiar with the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, but in fact, how much historical basis is there, whether it is true or mythical legend, is a very important issue for the Chinese nation. Our research has confirmed the civilizations over 5,000 years ago through archaeological discoveries and multidisciplinary combinations, which is also an important contribution to the research of world civilization.
Lingjiatan Ruins The “miniature” of the diverse and integrated civilization
Among the many sites that explore the origin and study the Komiks, the Lingjiatan Ruins in Anhui were relatively early in age. More than 5,000 years ago, Chinese civilization underwent major changes. Lingjiatan is located at one of the earliest nodes. Its jade making technology reached its peak at that time. A wide trench more than 2,000 meters long divided the living area and the tomb area, reflecting the “planning wisdom” of the ancestors.
The Lingjiatan site is located in Lingjiatan Natural Village, Tongzha Town, Hanshan County, Anhui Province. Since its excavation in 1987, a large number of exquisite jade, stone, pottery and other cultural relics have been unearthed, among which the jade is particularly prominent: a jade dragon unearthed is basically similar to the jade dragon after the Han Dynasty; 6 jade men, with serious facial expressions and solemnly raised their hands, as if praying; a jade unearthed from the site so farCinemaEagle is also the only one in the country. It carved on both sides, with the front and back sides exactly the same, and the production process is very superb. These jade artifacts express the worship of gods, witches and totems of ancient ancestors.
As of more than 30 axes, the tombs of jade and stone axes have been found. There is often one that is relatively large and has a special placement. It is located on the chest of the human body or Komiks.ps://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanFace. Experts said that the axe is usually related to military power or royal power.
Lingjiatanzi Project Head of the Comprehensive Research Project on the Origin and Early Development of Chinese Civilization Shuozhi: The craftsmanship of Lingjiatan jade tools has reached its peak at that time. It may be in the innovative period of the development of Chinese jade culture, so it has a lot of quantity and variety, unlike Liangzhu jade cong and wall. The emergence of this peak is not for no reason, but there will definitely be huge changes in social organization. Archaeological experts believe that making jade tools with superb craftsmanship requires a group of specialized jade workers who are separated from or semi-departed from agricultural labor, similar to handicrafts that are separated from agriculture, reflecting the major changes in society at that time. In recent years, archaeologists have conducted in-depth excavation and research on the 1.4 million square meters of Lingjiatan site, and a trench of more than 2,000 meters is gradually emerging in the eyes of today’s people. Before Babaylan, it reflected the “planning wisdom” that the ancestors of Lingjiatan had more than 5,300 years ago.
Shuozhi: It is twenty or thirty meters wide, and the deepest place can reach six or seven meters. Such a large project requires considerable organizational ability to coordinate. It also has a more important function. The aristocratic cemetery is outside the trench. Inside this trench is where people live at that time, it combines the living areas and tombs of people at that time. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan‘s division is separated. Archaeological experts introduced that the heyday of Lingjiatan site was between 5,500 and 5,300 years ago. Before that, it was not conspicuous, and it was small settlements from the more than 20 sites known to Komiks. Since then, these settlements have gradually disappeared or declined, and Lingjiatan, which is relatively centrally located, eventually evolved into the largest and most developed regional center in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River at that time.
Shuozhi: It’s a bit like urbanization, everyone is Babaylan is concentrated in a large center. In terms of this change, it is from dispersion to concentration, from diversity to integration. It seems that the formation of our entire Chinese civilization is the same. Source｜CCTV News
Editor｜Fan Meiling