Chinese civilization has a historical development of 5,000 years, but in such a long period of time, China's cultural development process is not immutable, but at different stages there are different civilizations, such as Hemudu civilization, Banpo ruins and other prehistoric civilizations, since then into the era of feudal society, China's cultural development has gradually tended to integration and unification, and to say that the most famous and mysterious prehistoric civilization before this is the Sanxingdui civilization.
The discovery of sanxingdui civilization not only shocked Chinese historians and archaeologists, but also shocked scholars around the world, because sanxingdui civilization is full of mystery, many cultural relics unearthed make it difficult for experts to crack, and its craft was absolutely leading the world at that time, but unfortunately there is no detailed record of this civilization, nor has it found information related to it, which can only be defined as a mysterious civilization, which is still in the excavation and research stage, but in recent years, Archaeologists and related staff have stopped excavating Sanxingdui, what is the reason? The archaeologist said: You see what was dug out?
The discovery of the Sanxingdui civilization
The discovery of the Sanxingdui site was discovered in 1929 by a local farmer named Yan Daocheng in an accident in digging a ditch, but it was not excavated immediately, but was secretly protected as a cultural relic by the British army stationed in China at that time, and the missionaries at that time also took pains to collect many cultural relics taken away by the villagers, which avoided the Sanxingdui ruins from being destroyed on a large scale.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China began to excavate this site, with in-depth research, experts found that the Sanxingdui civilization belongs to the civilization of the Yangtze River Basin, which is naturally an important part of the Chinese civilization, but because there is no accurate record as a prehistoric civilization, and there is a certain isolation between the north and the south at that time, most of the Central Plains people recognize the Yellow River Basin as the origin of civilization, and regard the Sanxingdui civilization as other ethnic groups.
However, this does not mean that the Sanxingdui civilization has not been discovered, but may be given another name - ancient Shu, for example, in Li Bai's "Shu Dao Difficulty", it was written that "the difficulty of Shu Dao, it is difficult to go to the Qingtian", and crossing this mountain is likely to be the Sanxingdui civilization at that time, but unfortunately in that period the traffic was extremely lagging behind, not to mention the mutual communication between the two civilizations, that is, the two adjacent villages are relatively small, and it is precisely for this reason that the record of the Sanxingdui civilization has always been a mystery. This has also brought great difficulties to later generations of experts and some scholars to study the Sanxingdui civilization.
Mysterious and unique civilization
Why is Sanxingdui a mysterious civilization? We can see from the excavated cultural relics that the tools and utensils used by people in this period, and even the patterns carved on some crafts are very unique, and have no connection with the Central Plains culture at that time, and Sanxingdui is most famous for bronze standing figures, bronze sacred trees, and golden rods and masks at that time.
For example, the bronze warrior statue in this one, the height of 2 meters 6, the weight is more than 360 pounds, and the appearance and overall shape of this person is not like the ancient people, but more like an alien civilization, whether in the Central Plains at that time or the world, it is difficult to find similar races, so the Sanxingdui civilization is a prehistoric civilization of mankind or the civilization established by aliens in China has always been a topic of debate.
And the bronze sacred tree is currently the world's earliest and highest bronze artifacts, even if many of the upper parts are lost, failed to completely complete it, the current height is also as high as four meters or so, experts speculate that if all the parts are complete, the entire bronze sacred tree is at least five meters or more in height, and the overall shape of this tree is composed of nine branches and twenty-seven small branches, and at the end of each twig there is also fruit, and there is a small bird at the top.
All the branches are softly drooping, such a feature is reminiscent of a sacred tree mentioned in ancient Chinese mythology - Fusang, so did this kind of divine speed really exist in history? If not, then why did the Sanxingdui civilization shape a bronze sacred tree similar to Fuso?
With the deepening of excavations, more and more puzzles have emerged, in order to be able to solve many mysteries, archaeological work has been carried out day and night, but just when many archaeologists and scholars are interested in exploring the mysteries, they suddenly receive an order, the superior instructed the excavation of the Sanxingdui site to be suspended, so why was the archaeological action suddenly stopped?
Discover the reasons why the operation was halted
Why was the excavation of Sanxingdui suddenly stopped? There are many factors in this, we can understand that the excavation of Sanxingdui has been intermittent, the time of suspension can even reach decades, one of which is a political factor, because at the beginning of the founding of New China, the domestic and foreign environment is more complex, war is also frequent, so in order to protect cultural relics, avoid the impact of war and other political factors, so the excavation of Sanxingdui was suspended.
Secondly, for the protection of cultural relics, don't look at the current science and technology is more developed, but there is still no equipment and technology that can guarantee that cultural relics are well mined, so in order to better protect these cultural relics from being destroyed, the best way is to let them be temporarily buried in the ground, and wait until when science and technology have made new breakthroughs before making a plan to start fully excavating these cultural relics.
Finally, according to archaeologists, almost every piece of cultural relics unearthed by Sanxingdui is a rare treasure, and their hearts for the excavation of these cultural relics must be full of tension and excitement, although they are eager to uncover the secrets behind the Sanxingdui civilization and witness the brilliant achievements of this civilization, but they are also afraid of accidentally damaging some cultural relics in the process of mining.
For example, now a huge bronze has been found, in the whole process of excavation, everyone is cautious, afraid of making a mistake, causing irreversible damage to these cultural relics, it is precisely because of the fragility of these cultural relics, for the excavation of sanxingdui civilization they have not dared to rush to action,
epilogue
Since the fifties of the last century, sanxingdui civilization has begun to excavate work, but now the total area mined is about two percent, so the development of Sanxingdui civilization in the future is a long process, and the mystery and truth behind it also need to be further investigated and studied, but it is certain that in the future, Sanxingdui civilization will be completely presented in front of the world, and Chinese culture will have more legendary colors.
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