"Moonlight Treasure Box" is online, why does Sanxingdui have a charm beyond time and space
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The Sanxingdui archaeological discovery shows a timeless and unparalleled eternal charm.
On the morning of June 13, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology released the phased results of the archaeological excavation at the Sanxingdui site, a major project of "Archaeology China".
Archaeologists discovered a large number of exquisite bronze wares with unprecedented shapes in sacrifice pits No. 7 and 8. These cultural relics that subvert the imagination of modern people are mysterious and eerie, and they prove the unique appearance of Sanxingdui bronze civilization.
Among them, the tortoise-shaped grid-shaped utensil was affectionately called "Moonlight Treasure Box" by Li Haichao, a professor of Sichuan University who was in charge of the excavation; and the appearance of the bronze altar can be described as exquisite. The scene is the "immortal world" imagined by the ancient Shu people.
The newly unearthed bronzes have sparked heated discussions among young netizens.
For example, the tortoise-shaped grid device is jokingly called a "barbecue grill", and the portrait on the bronze altar has also become a "fitness coach" in the eyes of netizens, exclaiming, "It turns out that the ancient Shu people have already started doing hip and leg exercises." .
This is a contemporary expression of Sanxingdui culture, which not only activates ancient cultural relics, but also refreshes people's view of Chinese civilization once again.
In the late 1920s, as soon as the Sanxingdui site was discovered, it became a new focus of Chinese archaeology.
Especially the No. 1 and No. 2 "sacrificial pits" discovered in 1986, unearthed more than a thousand precious cultural relics such as bronze statues, bronze human figures, bronze sacred trees, golden masks, golden scepters, big jade Zhang, ivory, etc. Most of these cultural relics are unprecedented. See, revealing a brand-new bronze culture appearance, and more vividly showing a glorious inland agricultural civilization that has been annihilated, as well as the ancient Shu civilization involved in ancient literature and classics.
This civilization has a complete ritual system, a clear social division of labor, a social form that integrates gods and witches, a mature writing system, and a rich social life.
In the history of Chinese archaeology and the history of world archaeology, Sanxingdui can be regarded as an unprecedented and refreshing archaeological discovery.
The reason why Sanxingdui archaeology can attract great attention every time is inseparable from the various bronzes with unique shapes that it has unearthed.
For example, the bronze statue of the standing man excavated this time, which is vividly called "wrap skirt and waistcoat with big back" by netizens, is the second complete large standing man found in Sanxingdui; Dragon head, pig nose, eyes on the nose, scales on the head... These bronzes reflect the ancient Shu people's preference for plastic arts, good at thinking in images, and have their own distinctive characteristics in social etiquette and national psychology.
It is conceivable that with the continuous deepening of Sanxingdui archaeology and the continuous emergence of new materials, our existing knowledge picture will inevitably be refreshed again and again, and the challenges of identifying and cognitive ability of information from ancient world civilizations will also be challenged. growing.
More importantly, the archaeological discoveries at Sanxingdui provide not only precious information, but also enable the academic community to re-examine the eastern civilization; what the archaeological discoveries at Sanxingdui reveal is not just a submerged civilization, but also a display of a new civilization. A timeless, unparalleled, timeless charm.
□ Zhao Qingyuan (media person)