China News Service, Taiyuan, November 1 (Reporter Hu Jian) From the first fire seed of human beings 2.43 million years ago, to the first ritual utensils in China more than 4,000 years ago... Shanxi, a major cultural relic province, has brought out precious treasures spanning millions of years. Cultural relics, explore the origin of civilization, and trace the beginning of state politics.
A corner of the city site made of stones from the Bi Village site.
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On November 1, the exhibition "The Origin of Great Politics", hosted by the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics and undertaken by the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the Shanxi Museum, was held in the Shanxi Museum. More than 240 cultural relics, in chronological order, explained the first fire from humans. From the joy of man to the holiness of mastering time and space, from the numerous settlements of all nations to the formation process of the initial China.
Earth drums at the Taosi site.
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Zheng Yuan, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, introduced that this exhibition aims to demonstrate China's million-year human history, 10,000-year cultural history and more than 5,000 years of civilization history through archaeology, and to scientifically reveal Shanxi's historical process of Chinese civilization. important role in exploring the source of civilization.
The exhibition features more than 240 cultural relics.
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The exhibition is divided into three parts: "Traveling from the Source", "Taking Cultural People", and "The Beginning of National Politics". "Traveling from the Source" takes the site group of Xihoudu from 2.43 million years ago to the ruins of more than 200,000 years ago. The Dingcun site group and the Xujiayao site group show the evolution of human beings on this land.
"Yi Culture Man" shows the development of human beings in the Neolithic Age about 10,000 years ago.
"The Beginning of State Administration" traces the origin of Chinese civilization to the Taosi site, the formation process of the initial China.
This exhibition is sponsored by Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics and undertaken by Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Shanxi Museum.
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The stone-carved silkworm chrysalis unearthed at the Qiujiazhuang cemetery in Wenxi, Shanxi and the Shicun site in Xia County are on public display for the first time.
These unearthed cultural relics show that Shanxi has mastered the technology of sericulture and reeling more than 5,000 years ago, which proves that the southern Jinan region of China is one of the origins of the early silk textile industry in China.
The newly discovered Bicun site is the largest city site at the mouth of a tributary of the Yellow River in the Hetao area. Its layout of multiple defense systems highlights its important strategic position on both sides of the Yellow River.
In the exhibition, the corner of the "city site" made up of hundreds of stones transported from the site of Bi Village is a highlight of this exhibition.
Copper ore unearthed from the Xiwubi site.
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Cheng Shulin, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, said that the exhibition starts from millions of years of human history, showing from the settlements of all countries to the birth of the first China, and combined with the latest archaeological discoveries and research results, it explains the spirit of Chinese civilization, which is inclusive and inclusive.
The exhibition also received strong support from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the School of Archaeology of Jilin University, Linfen City Museum, Yuanqu County Museum and other units.
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