China News Service, Taiyuan, September 18 (Reporter Hu Jian) More than 4,000 cultural relics from Taosi and Shimao sites were exhibited in Shanxi Museum on the 18th. This is the first "combination" of the two prehistoric city sites. Together they revealed the formation of China's early civilization and the basic appearance of the early country.
People are visiting the exhibition "Identification of the Yellow River Civilization-Taosi·Shimao Archaeological Reveal".
Photo by Wei Liang
The "Identification of the Yellow River Civilization-The Archaeological Revelation of Taosi·Shimao" exhibition is a year-long preparation by Shanxi Museum. After Shanxi Province officially proposed the three major tourism sections of "Taihang, Yellow River and Great Wall", Shanxi Museum jointly The Museum along the Great Wall launched the "Collision · Fusion-Great Wall Cultural Exhibition".
A ritual musical instrument unearthed from the Taosi site.
Photo by Hu Jian
Zhang Huiguo, deputy dean of the Shanxi Museum, introduced that the theme of "Identification of Yellow River Civilization" was chosen to reveal the civilization of the Yellow River through Taosi and Shimao, two archaeological sites with high reputation in the international archaeological field in recent years. An important position in the formation of early Chinese civilization.
This exhibition is divided into two parts: "The Capital of Emperor Yao" and "The Holy City of Kings", displaying the unearthed cultural relics of Taosi and Shimao sites respectively.
In 1978, Taosi Village, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province discovered the Taosi site dating back 4300-3800. A large number of cultural relics unearthed from the site demonstrated that Taosi society has completely entered the civilized era.
According to the curator Cui Yuezhong, “The excavation of the Zhu Shubian pot shows that early writings have appeared in society at that time. The material characteristics of red copper make us realize that metallurgical technology has begun to be developed in the prehistoric period of the Yellow River Basin. In addition, a large number of excavations in the Taosi graveyard The set of ritual instruments with different specifications, the instrument set consisting of special chime, earthen drum and tsukiko, shows that there was a complete ritual and music system at that time.
Artifacts unearthed at Shimao site.
Provided by Shanxi Museum
The Shimao site is a prehistoric city site in the Yellow River basin around 4000 years ago. The excavation of mysterious stone carvings and other cultural relics proves that the ancient city of Shimao has a highly developed civilized social structure and rich cultural connotations. It is another example of early Chinese civilization.
Cui Yuezhong introduced that the modeling characteristics of the double-sided human face stone sculpture and the angled human face stone sculpture show the integration and exchange of multiculturalism at that time.
More than 10 large pottery eagles were discovered on the imperial city platform with the nature of Miyagi, reflecting the importance of pottery eagles as a totem of belief in Shimao culture.
In addition, the excavations of bronze knives, bronze arrowheads, and bronze cones also reflect that Shimao City at that time has entered the age of civilization.
Artifacts unearthed at Shimao site.
Provided by Shanxi Museum
Zhang Huiguo believes that the Taosi site and the Shimao site are both related and different. One is a rammed earth city (taosi) and the other is a stone city, and the fortification style is different.
However, there are still some commonalities in the ritual and music system. They are all presented through the combination of pottery and jade. This can actually see the embryonic form of China's early cities, and the country has gradually expanded from cities.
The exhibition will last until December 20th for more than 3 months.
In addition, Shanxi Museum will also launch a series of online and offline activities such as lectures, salons and seminars around the exhibition.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, and the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of History. Mao Site Museum), Linfen City Museum, Yan'an City Cultural Relics Research Institute.
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