Where did humanity come from and how did it evolve to the present? Is the Zhoukoudian "Beijing Ape Man" our ancestor? At 21:00 on January 23 (Sunday), the second season of Zhejiang Satellite TV's World Heritage Reveal interactive documentary cultural program "Ten Thousand Miles Walking Single Ride" broadcast the sixth program, "Wanli Youth League" Shan Jixiang, Zhou Yun, Xiao Yang, Niu Junfeng and flying guest Yan Hexiang came to the Zhoukoudian Beijing Man Site to explore the evolution of Chinese in the cradle of early human origin and development in East Asia.
After the program was broadcast, the topic #How to look at the loss of the skull of Beijing Ape Man triggered a discussion in the circle and became a hot topic, and many netizens were touched by the "Journey of Asking the Ancients" of the "Wanli Youth League" and wanted to personally come to the Zhoukoudian site, look for the footprints of the ancestors, look back at the story of "we", and actively participate in its innovation and inheritance.
Find ancient footprints
The "Wanli Youth League" excavated the practical significance of the Zhoukoudian Peking man site
Located in The Dragon Bone Mountain, Zhoukoudian Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, the Site of Zhoukoudian is an important Paleolithic site in China and even in the world, and is also the most abundant, comprehensive and representative ancient human site in the same period, and has unearthed ancient human fossils such as the skull and teeth of the "Beijing Ape Man". In the program, the "Wanli Youth Group" and the flying guest Yan Hexiang first experienced the life of "Beijinger 2.0" - "New Cave People" and created a "retro trend" fashion show. Subsequently, under the leadership of Gao Xing, an expert in paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Gao Menghe, professor of archaeology at Fudan University, respectively, they came to the Ape Man Cave Site and the Zhoukoudian Site Museum to explore the "past and present lives" of the skull of the "Peking Man".
At the site of the Ape Man Cave, the excavation of the first "Peking Man" skull witnessed the difficult start of paleoanthropological research in China. In the museum, the "Ten Thousand Miles Youth League" learned about the tortuous process of protecting skull fossils. During the Japanese invasion of China, this precious skull specimen disappeared in the process of evacuation and transfer, and its whereabouts are still unknown, which has become a pain in the hearts of generations of archaeologists.
The program takes different versions of "Beijingers" as a clue, and when looking back at each period of history, it mentions the past excavations and discoveries and the current conservation management, which is just as the "old single" Shan Jixiang said: In fact, we have been looking, and the meaning of the search is not limited to the skull fossil itself, but in the search for the "treasure" contained in it. Compared with the earth under our feet, the hundreds of thousands of years of human beings are only a short moment, but for our ancestors, we are the continuation of their great exploration of the world, and what we can do is to do a good job in the future, with the brains and hands inherited from our ancestors, to pass on the results of the joint efforts of human beings in just a few hundred thousand years.
Awakening World Heritage Action
The "Wanli Youth League" explores the inheritance method of "Beijinger 5.0"
The past 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology and the 100th anniversary of the trial excavation of the Zhoukoudian site, and modern Chinese archaeology has been put into practice at the Zhoukoudian site. This is not only reflected in the successful application for heritage with only seven pages of hand-written paper, but also in the protection and management of heritage by cultural relics workers.
Standing on The Dragon Bone Mountain, looking in the direction of the "Ape Man Cave" at the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing, the steel protective shed covering an area of more than 3,700 square meters is very spectacularly straddled across the "Ape Man Cave", blending with the surrounding terrain and landscape. The reason why the ape cave protection shed is known as "the best conservation project in the world" is because it adheres to the principle of "minimum cover, eliminate hidden dangers and integrate into nature", after 7 years of demonstration and 3 years of construction, so that the "ape cave" is protected from the destruction of natural forces. In the program, Lao Shan and Xiao Yang came to the observation deck of the protection greenhouse, from top to bottom, to appreciate the architectural characteristics of the protection greenhouse in an all-round way and explore innovative ways of cultural relics protection.
This episode also plans a World Heritage awakening operation, in the wonderful "Museum Night", "Wanli Youth Group" and flying guest Yan Hexiang held a dialogue with Beijingers "1.0" to "4.0", tracing the evolution of Chinese over the past 700,000 years. Finally, the children of Lao Shan Dialogue, as the "Beijinger 5.0", revealed the meaning of searching, emphasized that we, as future generations, should strive to pass on the achievements of civilization produced by the joint efforts of mankind in just a few hundred thousand years, call on the public to recognize and love cultural heritage, and stimulate the national cultural pride of young people.
Just as the 12 meters underground of Wangfujing city also has the remains of ancient human life 20,000 years ago, history is hidden in every corner of our lives. After walking into the Zhoukoudian ruins, a treasure trove of human fossils, at 21:00 on January 30 (this Sunday), follow the "Wanli Youth Group" to Wuyi Mountain, feel the harmonious resonance of landscapes, grasses and trees and people, and continue to explore the charm of the world heritage together!
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