Guide:
When you think of Shanghai, what comes to mind first? I believe that the vast majority of people first think of Shanghai as an international metropolis, Shanghai's prosperity and brilliance. Yes, the Oriental Pearl stands on the banks of the Huangpu River, stopping here for countless Chinese and foreign tourists to see the prosperity of Shanghai! Shanghai, which is known as the "magic capital" by netizens, is also undoubtedly the center of China's international economy, finance, trade, shipping, and scientific and technological innovation, and it is well deserved. For the vast majority of tourists to travel to Shanghai, the first choice is also its modernization construction, Disney's romantic memories, the oriental pearl of the bright, the Huangpu shore bund bustling, Nanjing Road pedestrian street bustling, the city god temple of the famous snacks, etc., but if you talk about Shanghai's historical sites, it seems that there are not many places to go to the clock.
Not really. We understand the speed of Shanghai, and it seems that we can't keep up with the rapid changes in Shanghai. Especially for tourists, it is not often possible to go to Shanghai, and the understanding and cognition of Shanghai is mostly from the news and information, and every time we see its modern development, which also leads to our gradual forgetting many historical sites in its territory. When we come to Shanghai and want to understand the "roots" of Shanghai, then we must not miss a Neolithic site , the Guangfulin Ruins.
In 1958, the villagers of Guangfulin Village in Songjiang District, Shanghai, inadvertently discovered a large number of cultural relics when opening the river, and then archaeologists began to protect and excavate it, which has continued until now, and the total area of its archaeological excavations has reached more than 40,000 square meters, becoming the largest archaeological project in the history of Shanghai archaeology. Because it is related to Guangfulin, the site was named "Guangfulin Culture" after its discovery, which not only fills the historical gap between the "Liangzhu Culture" and the "Maqiao Culture", but also fills the gap in the cultural genealogy of the late Neolithic period in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Through a series of archaeological excavations, Shanghai's cultural context has been constantly refreshed. With the continuous excavation of cultural relics, the Guangfulin site, which is called the "root of Shanghai's history and culture", has gradually become clear and clear. The discovery of the Guangfulin site directly proves that as early as 6,000 years ago, the indigenous people of Songjiang flourished in the Guangfulin area, and it was proved that Shanghai is not a beach, but a city with deep heritage, thus showing that the earliest town in Shanghai is not the Tang Dynasty in the literature, but the Han Dynasty, which has a history of more than 2,000 years.
The Guangfulin site, as the largest archaeological site in Shanghai's history and the richest cultural relics unearthed, not only proves the historical and cultural heritage of Shanghai, but also infers where the earliest ancestors of Shanghainese people came from. From the pottery pottery of henan yuyoufang cultural characteristics excavated from the Guangfulin site, it can be inferred that as early as 4,000 years ago, the earliest group of immigrants from the Yellow River Basin came here and created the Guangfulin culture together with the indigenous people, which also inferred that the earliest ancestors of shanghainese were Henan people, and the remnants of the excavated Majiabang culture and Songze culture were witnesses to the life of prehistoric Shanghainese.
With the passage of time, archaeological excavations and conservation, the Guangfulin site has entered the public eye in a new way. Today's Guangfulin Ruins have been approved and announced by the State Council as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and the Guangfulin Ruins Park has also been officially opened to the public, with a total area of 1.3 square kilometers. The entire heritage park is divided into folk culture display area, farmland protection area, ancient town transformation area, Guangfulin culture exhibition hall and other areas, from the protection of complete ancient ruins to the display of excavated cultural relics, and then to the modern scientific and technological display, so that every visitor can clearly read the civilization history of Shanghai, and have a full understanding of Shanghai's "cultural roots".