Chinanews.com, Chengdu, December 20th (Reporter Yue Yitong) The Chengdu Archaeological Center, built by the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, held an inauguration ceremony on the 20th.
It is understood that the Chengdu Archaeological Center is the largest urban archaeological research and display platform with the most advanced facilities and equipment and the most complete functions in Southwest China.
Chengdu Archaeological Center breaks through the boundaries of conventional museum presentation modes, creates the latest display perspectives, and explores the unique display paths of archaeological museums through the juxtaposition of archaeological achievements and archaeological processes, including public archaeological centers, cultural relics protection centers, scientific and technological archaeological centers, ancient Construction of design and research centers, information research and management centers, etc.
At the inauguration ceremony, Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China, congratulated the completion of the Chengdu Archaeological Center through a live broadcast connection.
Guan Qiang said that the Chengdu Archaeological Center should focus on major issues, interpret Chinese civilization, focus on ancient Shu culture, southwest archaeology, and urban archaeology, and actively participate in major national projects such as Archaeological China and Chinese Civilization Exploration Project, based on the Chengdu Plain and looking at the whole country Even Southeast Asia and South Asia, condensing major topics, grasping the key nodes of the million-year human history, 10,000-year cultural history, and 5,000-year civilization history, show Chengdu's good demeanor in the construction of archaeology with Chinese characteristics and Chinese style and Chinese style.
Wang Wei, chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society, said in a video speech that since the 1990s, the discovery of eight prehistoric sites in the Chengdu Plain, including Baodun Ancient City, has opened the door for people to imagine the civilization of the Chengdu Plain before Sanxingdui. A series of important archaeological discoveries in Chengdu have been continuously refreshed from the Jinsha site, the Shierqiao site, the ship coffin site in the commercial street, to the Han tombs in Laoguanshan, the Tang and Song neighborhood sites in Jiangnanguan Street, the wine shop site in Shuijing Street, and the Donghuamen site. Academia's understanding of ancient civilizations in Chengdu.
"I always pay attention to and look forward to the latest archaeological achievements in the Chengdu area. After the launch of the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project, the Baodun Site and the Sanxingdui Site were immediately included in it, becoming an important part of the study of civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River."
Zhang Chi, deputy secretary-general of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, said that in recent years, Chengdu has made more than 20 important archaeological discoveries, and more than 200,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed. More than 50 national, provincial and ministerial-level major scientific research projects, such as "Archaeological China", "Chinese Civilization Exploration Project", "Ancient Shu Civilization Protection and Inheritance Project", have won more than 80 national, provincial and ministerial social science awards, and contribute to the construction of world culture. Famous cities have provided solid support and made important contributions to inheriting excellent traditional culture and enhancing urban cultural self-confidence.
"Over the past decades, archeology has proved Chengdu's 4,500-year glorious history. This is the pride of archaeology and the pride of Chengdu people. The Chengdu Archaeological Center has displayed the archaeological achievements of Chengdu, allowing ordinary people to witness the development of Chengdu's history." Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Yan Jinsong, president of the institute, said, "Not only that, but the Chengdu Archaeological Center also has scientific and technological archaeology, cultural relic restoration laboratories, archaeological data centers, and ancient building design centers. All-round presentation, let the public understand the whole process of archaeological work, understand what archaeology is doing, what is the purpose of archaeology, what is the meaning of archaeology, let the public understand archaeology, like archaeology, and support archaeology.” (End)