Archaeological Evidence: 5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization History

Imagama, No. 2750

The "Comprehensive Study on the Origin and Early Development of Chinese Civilization" (referred to as the "Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project") has made important progress in many aspects, first of all, the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese land and the overall characteristics of the Chinese civilization of "pluralism, inclusiveness and continuous continuation" are empirically verified by archaeological data.

The "Chinese Civilization Exploration Project" is a major scientific research project that takes archaeological investigation and excavation as the main means to obtain relevant materials, supports modern science and technology, and adopts a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research method to reveal the origin and early development of the Chinese nation's 5,000-year civilization.

Wang Wei, one of the leaders of the source exploration project and a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said at the press conference: "In the more than ten years since the implementation of the source exploration project, we have carried out large-scale archaeological surveys and excavations at several important Duyi sites dating back to 5500-3500 years ago with the support of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. These sites are: The Liangzhu Site in Yuhang, Zhejiang, the Xiangfen Pottery Temple in Shanxi, the Shenmu Stone Pass in Shaanxi and the Yanshi Erlitou Site in Henan. ”

"The origin and early development of Chinese civilization is a history that has not been directly recorded in writing." Zhao Hui, one of the leaders of the exploration project and a professor at Peking University's School of Archaeology and Culture, said, "Today, we can describe this history, thus filling the gap in this critical period of history." At the same time, the origin and early development of Chinese civilization are also part of the origin and early development of human civilization in the world. Therefore, our work also fills the gap in the history of world civilization. ”