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A room full of books
Even half of the bed was filled with books
The owner of this room is 92 years old
She had presided over the excavation
The tomb of the first female general in China
She is the first generation of female archaeologists in New China
Zheng Zhenxiang
Awaken the history of 3,000 years of merchants who have been sleeping
May 16, 1976
This is the history of Chinese archaeology
A day worth documenting
An archaeological team led by Zheng Zhenxiang
A high hill in the northwest corner of Xiaotun Village in Anyang
Do the excavation work
When the archaeological team excavated to a depth of more than five meters
Found it was all hard soil
If you dig down the groundwater, it will seep out
Most people are ready to give up
Zheng Zhenxiang insisted on continuing
She thought it was revealed that the rammed earth
It doesn't make sense
You have to get it out
Even if questioned by workers
She also insisted on digging deeper
When it reaches a depth of eight meters
The shovel finally came out
Surprising red patent leather
It's this crucial shovel
A tomb of Yin Shang that has been sleeping for more than 3,000 years
Show your true face
▲ Women's good graves
This is the tomb of the first female general and woman in China
1928 burial items of different materials were unearthed
This is best exemplified
Bronze ware of the level of development of Yin Ruins culture
A total of 468 cases
Triptych, even square Yi, large copper and so on
Precious cultural relics have appeared one after another
In the past, it only stayed in oracle bones
The royal life of the Shang Dynasty suddenly became real
The discovery of the tomb of the woman is rated
"One of the top ten archaeological discoveries in the world that year"
▲ Precious cultural relics excavated from the tomb of The Lady Of Good
The only archeological girl
In 1952
Zheng Zhenxiang entered the Department of Archaeology of Peking University
She was the only girl in the archaeology department that year
At that time, someone had asked her
"You're a girl whose family studied archaeology
Aren't you afraid to see those bones?"
She replied:
"Not afraid, in my opinion
These bones are like clay pots
Nothing more"
After graduation, Zheng Zhenxiang was pregnant
A passion for field archaeology
Leave the bustling capital, Beijing
Come to the sacred site of Chinese archaeology that she has longed for
Anyang Yin Ruins
Since then, he has been immersed in archaeology in Anyang for more than 40 years
She ran almost every inch of Yin Ruins
Get a good idea of the layout of the ruins there
It is also this solid experience reserve
Let her be in front of the opportunity of the tomb of the woman
Confident, professional and decisive
"Archaeologists don't go down in the fields
It's like singing on stage
It is impossible to make achievements."
This is the belief that Zheng Zhenxiang has adhered to all his life
She deeply practiced this belief in her life
More than forty years in between
Nearly half of his life
Dedicate the best years to the cause you love the most
Make the shovel smaller
In the eyes of many people
Archaeology is a romantic discipline
Discover the tombs of emperors and solve the mysteries of history
But in Zheng Zhenxiang's eyes
It's a need to take
Great patience and attentiveness
Dissolve boring, repetitive disciplines
Zheng Zhenxiang has an archaeological shovel used for excavation
Under long-term intensive use
It was worn out the size of a "spoon"
"Grinding is small, and the old use is deformed"
Zheng Zhenxiang said that the wind was light
It seems that "the hardship of shoveling down one shovel after another"
Compared to her love of archaeology
All seem to be "deserved" and "not worth mentioning"
Can't take away the diary
Zheng Zhenxiang, 92 years old this year
In an old apartment in Beijing
Has lived there for almost 30 years
She said what it was like when she moved in
What it's still like
The furniture was never changed
Maybe in the minds of archaeologists
"Vintage" is not a regrettable thing
This is not a large unit
Everywhere there was a pile of pouring out her life's work
Books and archaeological materials
Because the memory is not as good as before
Zheng Zhenxiang deliberately put the Shang Dynasty character relationship genealogy map
Pasted on a cupboard in her bedroom
"Just forget to look, it's a habit"
"I like to see the Shang Dynasty, Shang culture"
Zheng Zhenxiang said so
She also has a lot of diaries
Face visitors
Will go out of his way to tell "only to see and not to take"
He looks like a child guarding a treasure
Actually, it's recorded there
It's not a particular secret
It's a dense collection of reading notes and thinking passages
Not for publication
Nor for anyone to see
Just to "master the knowledge"
On the title page of a diary
Zheng Zhenxiang copied such a sentence
"Don't wait for luck to strike
To try to master the knowledge."
She also wrote such a famous quote
"In a dark place under the dirt
Diamonds can be found
In deep and meticulous thought
to discover the truth."
Yang yang China, ancient rivers
It's generation after generation
Archaeologists like Zheng Zhenxiang
The road is blue and unremitting efforts
Exploring the genetic code of the Chinese nation
To reproduce the glory and brilliance of history for the world
Editor 丨 Liang Taihua
Proofreading 丨Hou Shubing
Proofreaders 丨 Jia Wencheng, Liu Zihao
Duty Editorial Board 丨 Zhong Yanan