[Explanation] 95 years ago, Chinese archaeological pioneers Li Ji, Yuan Fuli and others excavated the Xiyin site in Xia County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and achieved the first archaeological excavation independently carried out by the Chinese.
On September 25, Mr. Li Ji excavated the Xiyin site monument quietly standing in a vegetable field in Xiyin Village, Xia County. This has become the starting point for Chinese archaeologists to look back on their own archaeological journey.
100 years ago, the discovery of the Yangshao site in Henan dispelled the thesis that "China had no stone age" and "Chinese culture came from the west".
Ninety-five years ago, Li Ji and others unearthed a large number of pottery and stone tools in Xiyin Village, Xia County, as well as semi-manually cut silkworm cocoons, ushering in a new era of Chinese archaeology.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chinese archaeology and the 95th anniversary of the excavation of the Xiyin site, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Yuncheng Cultural Relics Conservation Center, and Yuncheng Museum jointly organized a special exhibition of Xiyin Culture in South Shanxi that is compatible with China.
The Xiyin culture was formed about 6000 years ago and lasted for 700 to 800 years. The flower-patterned painted pottery was used as a medium of communication to set off the first magnificent cultural wave in prehistoric China.
[Concurrent] Tian Jianwen, researcher at Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Because when Anderson discovered Yangshao in 1921, he proposed that Chinese painted pottery came from Central Asia.
Li Ji said that through the excavation of this Xiyin village, he said, because of the colored pottery with the Xiyin pattern, the colored pottery was produced by our own Xiyin site.
In other words, our Chinese culture, the painted pottery culture of Chinese civilization, is native to China.
[Explanation] In 1926, a man-made half of a silkworm cocoon was also unearthed at the Xiyin site, which became a testimony to the ancient Chinese silk culture.
[Concurrent] Tian Jianwen, researcher at Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
At the end of the 19th century, the Germans proposed the Silk Road. Our country is a large agricultural mulberry country, and it has always had silk. This is a characteristic of China. Since then, the silkworm cocoon has appeared, indicating that our country and our nation are the agricultural mulberry nation. Native culture and civilization.
[Explanation] After Li Ji excavated the Xiyin site, a group of Chinese archaeological sages, including Jia Lanpo, Su Bingqi, Xu Xusheng, once stopped in the southwest of the mountain to explore the origin of mankind, trace the origin of China, and verify the truth of ancient history, in order to reveal the origin and early development of Chinese civilization Made outstanding contributions.
[Concurrent] Song Jianzhong, Deputy Director of the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage
In addition to the Xiyin site we commemorate today, there are also important Ruicheng Dongzhuang Village, Yuanqu Dongguan, Ruicheng Qingliang Temple around the same period.
The earliest we were Xihoudu, Ruicheng Xihoudu, 1.8 million years old Xihoudu, the famous Xia County Dongxiafeng and Yuanqu Shangcheng during the Xia and Shang periods, and later we discovered the Hengshui Western Zhou cemetery in Jiangxian County. , And in recent years our archaeologists have unearthed important archaeological discoveries such as the Shicun site in Xia County, the West Wu Wall in Jiangxian County, and the North White Goose of Yuanqu, which are once again proved by indisputable facts. A piece of land has been the core area of the production and life of our Chinese ancestors since ancient times.
[Explanation] From the beginning of Chinese archaeology one hundred years ago to the establishment of Chinese archaeology, to the establishment of confidence in Chinese culture a hundred years later, the Chinese archaeological community returned to the place of departure to learn from the past and learn from the present.
Reporter Qu Lixia reports from Shanxi Yuncheng
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]