Recently, the final list of "Hubei's Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in the Past 100 Years" was released, and 8 Xiaogan archaeological discoveries were shortlisted, namely the Yingchengmen Banwan Ruins, the Taojiahu Ruins, the Anlu Shutai Ruins, the Yunmeng ChuWangcheng Ruins, the Sleeping Tiger Di qin tombs, the Da tombs, the Longgang cemetery, and the Zhengjiahu cemetery.
Among the 8 archaeological discoveries, the ruins of YingchengMenBanwan and Taojiahu belong to the Neolithic period; the ruins of Anlushai Shutai and the ruins of Yunmeng Chuwangcheng belong to the Xia and Shang Zhou periods; the Qin Tombs of Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger, the Tomb of Datutou, the Longgang Cemetery and the Zhengjiahu Cemetery belong to the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Among them, the Zhengjiahu cemetery has received widespread attention in recent years. According to reports, in order to cooperate with the local municipal construction, archaeologists have carried out continuous archaeological excavations in the Zhengjiahu Cemetery, and more than 300 tombs from the Warring States to the early Han Dynasty have been excavated.
In the "2021 Top Ten Domestic Archaeological News and International Top Ten Archaeological News" released by the Central Radio and Television Corporation this year, the "First Long Wen Yao of China" excavated from the Zhengjiahu Cemetery was selected and ranked fifth. Chen Zhenyu, former director of the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that the content of the "First Long Literature of China" is similar to the "Warring States Policy", but it has not been recorded in the literature, which is the first discovery in archaeology and is extremely precious. The text records the story of the counselor Who lobbied the King of Qin to lie in his army and establish righteousness, providing key materials for the study of political relations in the late Warring States period.
It is reported that the selection and promotion activity of "Hubei's Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in 100 Years" is guided by the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau) and jointly sponsored by the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Yangtze River Civilization Archaeology Research Institute of Wuhan University, and the School of Cultural Heritage of Hubei University. Experts from various periods and research directions in the archaeological community in the province selected 150 from the pre-selected 300 archaeological discoveries and entered the final evaluation of "Hubei's Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in a Hundred Years".
(Source: Hubei Daily client reporter Liu Yu)
【Intern Editor: Zheng Xiaoxiao】
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