How old is Sanxingdui?

Sanxingdui has a long history. Sanxingdui is the ancient Shu capital established by ancient Shu ancestors. It was founded in the Xia Dynasty and basically took shape in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. The site was discovered in the late 1920s, and a large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed. Sanxingdui has a long history.

How old is Sanxingdui? 1 sanxingdui ancient site is located on the south bank of Yahe river in the northwest of Guanghan city, Sichuan province, with a distribution area of about 12 square kilometers, which is 5,000 to 3,000 years ago. Sanxingdui is an ancient city, an ancient country and an ancient Shu cultural relic with the largest scale, the longest duration and the richest cultural connotation discovered so far in southwest China.

The bronze statues unearthed in Sanxingdui are generally with high nose and deep eyes, prominent zygomatic face, wide mouth and big ears, and pierced ears, unlike the traditional sculpture style in China. Some archaeologists say that Sanxingdui civilization may come from other continents, and some netizens even think that it may come from alien civilizations.

The discovery of Sanxingdui pushed the history of ancient Shu to 5000 years ago. Facts have proved that the Yangtze River basin, like the Yellow River basin, is the birthplace of the Chinese nation. In recent archaeology, Sanxingdui once again surprised the world. At present, more than 500 precious cultural relics such as Jin Mianju, gold foil, giant bronze mask, bronze sacred tree and jade cong have been unearthed.

Besides Sanxingdui, there are several sites of civilization in China. The Banpo site of Yangshao civilization has a history of more than 6000 years, but only some rough pottery has been preserved, and no trace of civilization can be found. Hemudu is about 5500-6000 years ago, with rice and little culture. Hongshan Culture was more civilized in 5000, Liangzhu culture was more advanced in 4000-4500, and jade articles were more exquisite.

But all these cultures are dwarfed by Sanxingdui culture. At the same time, there is no such rich cultural accumulation in the Central Plains, or an allegorized era. The farthest place in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is 3500, the tomb of Fu Hao is 3200, the stepmother Wu Dafang is 3200, and Mao is 2800.

I think Sanxingdui civilization has its uniqueness. It is also possible that some cultures from West Asia were merged in the process of civilization formation, but Sanxingdui has closer contact with other civilizations in China. Sanxingdui local bronzes obviously draw lessons from the cultural elements of the Central Plains. "For example, enlarge Yun Leiwen as the symbol of Sanxingdui." Yun Leiwen is the representative decoration of Shang culture in the Central Plains.

More than 30 years later, Sanxingdui was excavated again, which fully demonstrated our cultural confidence. No matter where the civilization is China orthodoxy, it will not affect Sanxingdui's position in the hearts of our people. Even if it is finally confirmed that the golden scepter comes from Egypt and the shell comes from the Indian Ocean, we will still accept it.

In addition, many netizens are curious. Why is this site called Sanxingdui? In fact, there is nothing particular about this name, and it has nothing to do with South Korea's Samsung Group. The name Sanxingdui was named by archaeologists according to the excavation site and three local yellow mounds, which means mounds shaped like Samsung.

How old is Sanxingdui? Sanxingdui site is a cultural site in the same period as the Shang culture in the Central Plains, with a total area of about 6 million square meters. Since the excavation, a large number of exquisite jade, bronze, gold, ivory and pottery and other important cultural relics have been discovered. This is of great significance for archaeologists to further understand the bronze culture in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and explore the bronze culture and civilization in China. Its discovery provided very valuable information for studying social life and religious consciousness at that time. How many sacrificial pits are there in Sanxingdui?

Since Sanxingdui, there are eight sacrificial pits in * * *. Among them, No.1 and No.2 sacrificial pits were found in the sacrificial area of 1986 site, and more than a thousand precious cultural relics such as bronze statues, bronze portraits, bronze sacred trees, gold masks and ivory were unearthed in these two sacrificial pits. This is an unprecedented huge cultural relic sacrifice pit. Bronzes in the two sacrificial areas are the main sacrificial objects, especially more than 80 bronze statues, which are unprecedented. This discovery opened a new face of bronze culture.

From 20 19, 10 and 10 to August 2020, Sichuan archaeologists discovered six new sacrificial pits in Sanxingdui ruins, and the number of sacrificial pits changed from two to eight. Important discoveries have been made in the archaeology of Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan, and the research has achieved phased results. In the six newly discovered sacrificial pits, a number of important cultural relics have been unearthed, such as fragments of chrysotile, bird-shaped gold ornaments, gold foils and painted copper heads.

After the excavation from October to October in 2020, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has basically determined the space and pattern of the sacrificial area of Sanxingdui site. Six newly discovered sacrificial pits and two sacrificial pits found in 1986 are located in the east of Sanxingdui platform between Sanxingdui city wall and south city wall, surrounded by grooves and large-scale groove buildings related to sacrificial activities.

How old is Sanxingdui? Recently, a dragon-shaped bronze statue was found in the No.8 pit of Sanxingdui. It is about 80 cm high, its head and ears are like tigers, but it has long horns and its body rises like a flying dragon. Archaeologists speculate that the bronze dragon and the top snake found not far away are probably a set of cultural relics. If the guess is finally established, it will become another huge Sanxingdui bronze ware!

Sanxingdui Site is located in Sanxingdui Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, on the south bank of Tuojiang River (Duck River), a northern tributary of Chengdu Plain. The site covers an area of about 12 square kilometers, and the core area is Sanxingdui ancient city, covering an area of about 3.6 square kilometers. It is the largest and highest-ranking central site discovered in Xia and Shang Dynasties in Sichuan Basin.

Sanxingdui got its name from Hanzhouzhi in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, "Guanghan famous area, Luocheng native land ... its east is full of springs, and its west is accompanied by the moon Samsung".

The site was discovered in the late 1920s. David C.Graham, an American scholar in the former museum of West China University, first excavated it in 1934. After the founding of New China, the cultural relics department of Sichuan Province organized archaeological excavations on Sanxingdui site for many times, and found important relics such as city walls, houses, tombs, "sacrificial pits" and kiln sites, and unearthed a large number of precious cultural relics.

Among them, in 1986, 1 No.2 "sacrificial pits" were excavated in the sacrificial area of the site, and more than 1000 precious cultural relics such as bronze statues, bronze portraits, bronze sacred trees, Jin Mianju, gold bars, jade Zhang and ivory were unearthed. Most of the cultural relics have never been seen before, among which bronzes are big heads, especially more than 80 bronze statues are unprecedented heavy objects. These are "shocking"

Sanxingdui is the ancient Shu capital founded by ancient Shu ancestors. It was founded in the Xia Dynasty and basically took shape in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. Its walls, residential areas, workshops, tombs and sacrificial pits are large in scale, rigorous in layout and clear in function. The excavation of many bronzes shows that the bronze smelting and casting technology of the ancient Shu Kingdom is very mature, and the outstanding achievements of the ancient Shu Kingdom in Sanxingdui in various fields show that the ancient Shu civilization, as an important part of Chinese civilization, has developed to a considerable height at that time.

Since the 1980s, through large-scale investigation, exploration and excavation, important sites such as Sanxingdui Ancient City, Moon Bay Town, Zangbaobao Town, Qingguanshan Large Building Base and Rensheng Village Cemetery have been discovered one after another, and the distribution scope and structural layout of Sanxingdui sites have been continuously clarified.