Present situation of Taosi ancient observatory

"Yao Dian of Shangshu" records: "What is the life, respecting the sky as the sun, the moon and the stars, and respecting people." In 2003, the discovery of the ancient observatory of Taosi confirmed the records of Yaodu. On June 2 1 2009, the midsummer solstice in 24 solar terms, with the success of the project team of "Research on archaeoastronomy of Taosi Prehistoric Observatory" in measuring the shadow of the sun by using the replica of the "ghost watch" unearthed from Taosi site, it was further confirmed that the "Upper Shu Yao Hall" was divided into two parts: West China, Yi Yi and Fen Mo Lie. Yin Bin is away from home. He works in the East. In Japan and China, the star bird is Yin Zhongchun. "Records, but also further laid the Taosi as the" ancient capital of Emperor Yao ",as the" China "status.

According to the preliminary conclusions of archaeologists and astronomers from the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the observatory was formed at the end of primitive society in 2 100 BC, nearly 500 years earlier than the world-recognized Stonehenge Observatory (1680 BC).