"Source of this article: Qianlong News Network"
On the oracle bones and inscriptions, those "words" that have changed in an orderly and continuous manner in the long river of time are not only the "faith" left to us by our ancestors, but also the root and link of the source of Chinese civilization. At 21:00 this Sunday, the second season of "Ten Thousand Miles Of Single Rides", which is exclusively titled by Drunkard Liquor, will broadcast the fourth episode of Zhejiang Satellite TV. In this issue, the "Wanli Youth League" Shan Jixiang, Zhou Yun, Xiao Yang, and Niu Junfeng came to the site of the Shang Dynasty Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan Province, opened this thick historical book, and looked back at the heavy and brilliant Chinese civilization.
Chinese Heroes - Legendary Female Generals?
The "Wanli Youth League" feels the charm of Oracle
In this episode, the "Wanli Youth League" came to visit The Oracle's hometown - Anyang, Henan, walked into the "past and present life" of Yin Ruins, and felt the unique charm of Oracle.
The first stop of the trip came to the famous tomb of the woman. The Tomb of the Lady of the Good Woman is not only the only well-preserved Shang Dynasty royal tomb found at present, but also the only Shang Dynasty royal tomb that can be corroborated with the oracle bone to determine its age and identity. Nearly 2,000 pieces (sets) of burial items such as bronze, jade and ivory ware were excavated from the tomb. Among them, there are 468 pieces (sets) of bronze ware, and more than 100 pieces of bronze ceremonial vessels are inscribed with the words "women are good" or "good". The legend of the woman is that she is both a mother and a queen and a general, and can be called "the legendary female general of the heroic genealogy of the ancient Chinese women". According to the Oracle, she led as many as 13,000 soldiers into battle. In front of the tomb of Women's Good, the "Wanli Youth League" also ushered in the first challenge: Zhou Yun informed the "Old Single" Shan Jixiang and Xiao Yang of the meeting place through WeChat voice in Wenzhou dialect, and at the same time, sent Niu Junfeng a picture with the ancient characters of "Women's Good". Modern dialects and ancient scripts, which is easier to crack? Which of the two teams gets to the right place first?
Oracle bone documents are the earliest form of known Chinese literature, and those "big events" that cannot distinguish between legends and myths are one by one, condensing ancient China and modern China, people with different dialect accents in the land of China, blood thicker than water. In the program, the "Wanli Youth League" played the Oracle Puzzle Game, learned how to crack the Oracle with experts, and inferred the correct meaning of the Oracle from the three aspects of sound, shape and meaning. What is the oracle bone form of the word "Ji"? How did the word "An" evolve? There is also a "little flower cat" like the text, why can it arouse everyone's speculation? What is it?
A microcosm of China's century-old archaeological history?
The "Wanli Youth League" explores the excavation process of Yin Ruins
Archaeology is a discipline of socio-cultural significance, which can not only restore history, but also promote traditional Chinese culture. Yin Ruins is one of the largest and longest continuous archaeological sites in China's century-old archaeological history, which is not only a legend in the history of Chinese archaeology, but also the starting point for Chinese archaeology to become a discipline.
In 1928, the Institute of History and Linguistics of the Academia Sinica set up an archaeological team, and then formally launched a scientific archaeological excavation of yin ruins; in 1939, Simu Pengding was excavated at the site of the Tomb of the King of Yin Ruins, as the heaviest pre-Qin bronze found so far, reflecting the highly developed bronze civilization of the Shang Dynasty in China; in 1976, Zheng Zhenxiang led a team to excavate the tomb of Women's Hao and unearthed 1928 pieces (sets) of exquisite burial items; in 2016, the anyang Xindian site was discovered, which is the largest late Shang cast copper site ever found, proving that " The area of "Da Yin Ruins" is far larger than the 36 square kilometers of the existing protected area. In the program, the "Wanli Youth Group" came to the Anyang workstation to understand the daily work status of archaeologists under the introduction of Niu Shishan, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. At the archaeological work site, the "fourth generation of Anyang archaeologists" of the "post-95s" and "post-00s" shoveled, scraped the ground, searched for relics, and delineated strata, and did seemingly boring but endless basic archaeological work without slackening. What kind of "discovery" story does the hand shovel hide from archaeologists? A large number of animal bones excavated by archaeology are actually from the ancients' "love of beauty"? It was actually made into a piece of exquisite hair fence by the ancients, interpreting the ancient legend of women who "love both arms and red clothes".
With the advancement of archaeological work, the Yin Ruins site is now planning to build a "National Archaeological Site Park". Based on this, Lao Dan led everyone to punch in the Net Red Bookstore in Cangxiang Street, talked about the suggestions and expectations for the future protection and utilization of the Yin Ruins Site, and summarized the three development processes of the National Archaeological Site Park he initially advocated, from "preservation", to "beauty", and now to "live". Why adopt the concept of "park" for archaeological sites? What is the change of concept behind the three development and change processes? And how to truly implement the vision?
At the end of the program, the "Wanli Youth League" looked forward to 2022, writing its wishes for the archaeology and World Heritage of Yin Ruins on a small wooden plaque in the shape of an oracle bone, and "awakening the world heritage" with the people of Anyang. What kind of visual shock will they bring to the high-tech performance of 600 drones that will light up the starry sky throughout the night of Yin Ruins? In Oracle's hometown, in what form will Chinese characters travel through thousands of years and be vividly presented in front of people's eyes?
If you want to understand the source of Chinese civilization, you must be inseparable from "Shang"; if you want to understand the splendid cultural treasures of the Shang Dynasty, you must be inseparable from Yin Ruins. At the site of the Yin Ruins, which has three major elements of civilization, writing, bronze and urban civilization, the oracle bones record the earliest car accident in China. Why was copper commonly used as a casting material during the Yin Shang period? Why can't trees be planted in the tomb area of King Yin Xu? For more exploration, please lock in this Sunday's 21:00 slot, follow the second season of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Ten Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", walk into the ruins of the World Heritage Yin Ruins, and explore the treasure house of human civilization!