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2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese archaeology, and the "blind boxes" dismantled everywhere in this year have brought us too many surprises. First of all, the Sanxingdui site "Shangxin", the discovery of sacred beasts, complete gold masks and other cultural relics, Shaanxi Jiangcun Tomb was confirmed as the real Han Wen Emperor's mausoleum, corrected the wrong understanding of nearly a thousand years, and Shanxi Yuanqu North White Goose Cemetery unearthed 2700 years ago super cute cat's claw-shaped gold ornaments, etc., those treasures that have been sleeping for thousands of years, in the excavation of archaeologists, one after another revealed a moving silhouette. Let's get to know the new "cute" baby this year, each of which is wonderful and beautiful. The picture shows that on September 9, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology announced to the public the excavation results of the Sanxingdui site since May 2021: the golden mask. Courtesy of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
The picture shows a bronze figure excavated at the Sanxingdui site that resembles the shape of "Zhuge Liang" in the Three Kingdoms period. Courtesy of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
The picture shows a bronze standing figure resembling "Ultraman" excavated at the Sanxingdui site. Courtesy of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
The picture shows a bronze kneeling figure with a twisted head excavated at the Sanxingdui site. Courtesy of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
On December 14, 2021, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute revealed that the Jiangcun Tomb and its surrounding ruins located at the western end of Bailuyuan in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an City have formed a relatively complete mausoleum area, which is similar to the shape of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum, with a similar layout, the overall scale is comparable, and there is an obvious development and evolution trajectory. Combined with the literature, it is believed that the jiangcun tomb should be the tomb of the Han Emperor. The picture shows some painted clothed pottery figurines excavated from the jiangcun tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Courtesy of The Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute
The picture shows a group of seals excavated from the Jiangcun Tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Courtesy of Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute
On April 22, 2021, in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, citizens visited the Eastern Zhou Dynasty cultural relics - foot-shaped gold ornaments at the Shanxi Archaeological Museum. Foot-shaped gold ornaments were excavated from Tomb No. 1 of the White Goose Cemetery in Qubei, Yuanyuan, Shanxi, according to archaeologists, the owner of the tomb is a man, and there are a total of five cat's claw-shaped gold ornaments unearthed, which may be the accessories worn by the tomb owner on the waist. Five cat's claw-shaped gold ornaments and small thumb nail caps are about the same size, dating back about 2700 years, and are called the most cute cultural relics by netizens. Image source: ICphoto
On December 7, 2021, at the archaeological site of the Liulihe Site in Beijing, the excavated bronze masks were displayed. Image source: ICphoto
The picture shows the excavated bronze mask at the archaeological site of the Liulihe site in Beijing. Image source: ICphoto
The picture shows the archaeological site of the Liulihe site in Beijing, showing the excavated bronze gorgon. Image source: ICphoto
On April 16, 2021, an associate researcher at the Tibet Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics Protection said in an interview that Sandalungo is currently the longest-lasting cemetery found in Tibet and even the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the number of gold and silver face decorations unearthed is also the largest number of the same cemetery among all the tomb archaeology in Tibet. The picture shows the facial decorations excavated in the archaeology of tombs in western Tibet. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Cultural Relics Protection of the Tibet Autonomous Region
The picture shows the facial decorations excavated in the archaeology of tombs in western Tibet. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Cultural Relics Protection of the Tibet Autonomous Region
On June 13, 2021, Shaanxi archaeologists recently discovered a rare Ming Dynasty Great Wall Camp Fort site in Jingbian County, Yulin City, cleaning up a large number of architectural relics such as discharge, central building, and city defense facilities, revealing the historical original appearance of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall Border Camp Fort. The picture shows the statue excavated from the qingping fort site. Image source: ICphoto
The picture shows a rare statue excavated from the Qingping Fort site of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall Yingbao found in Jingbian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. Image source: ICphoto
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