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It's not just a being, it's a power
Tang Jiqiang
Sanxingdui was very hot, the fire was a mess, and the fire was unbelievable.
My family lives on the banks of the Maoyang River, which belongs to the same Minjiang river system as the Duck River, which is an important tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The Maoyang River is adjacent to the Duck River, which is famous for Sanxingdui, and my home is 10 kilometers away from Sanxingdui. When we were teenagers, we often played and frolicked in the fields around Sanxingdui, but we did not expect that in this wilderness of lush vegetation, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and fireworks, there were still a series of mysteries that shocked the world.
According to relevant data, Sanxingdui culture and Shangzhou culture are almost in the same period, because Sanxingdui is buried in the depths of the Sichuan Basin, separated from the Central Plains civilization, the geographical separation brings about the relative independence of culture and the continuity of development, so that it is in line with the Central Plains civilization of the same period and has its own characteristics. In ancient times, writing was in the process of evolution, very little remained, and it was difficult for human civilization to accurately know its own records for future generations, so that the early literature records of Sanxingdui can be described as a drop in the ocean. Scholars have initially determined that the ancient Shu kingdom existed in history, is an uninterrupted, self-contained civilization system, and has exchanges with the Central Plains culture and even the wider world.
Among the cultural relics groups in China, Sanxingdui cultural relics can be called the most cultural relics group that can bring together scientific, historical, cultural, artistic value and ornamentation. A large number of bronzes, gold, jade, stone tools, pottery, etc. have been excavated from the sacrificial pits, and the number is huge and the products are numerous, telling the forging technology and ingenuity and wisdom of our ancestors thousands of years ago. Here, "big" is not an imagination, the bronze mask up to 1.38 meters wide, the bronze tall 2.62 meters tall, the bronze sacred tree with a height of 3.95 meters stand in front of you; and what is amazing is that "small" can also be handled so easily, the overall thickness of the bird-shaped gold ornament is only 0.12 mm, and the diameter is only 2.3 cm on the golden staff, the bird flying fish swim like the eye, which can be described as "sleeping for thousands of years, waking up to the world".
Bronze human head excavated from No. 1 sacrifice pit of Sanxingdui site in 1986 (courtesy photo) of Sanxingdui Museum)
Looking at the ancient and modern China and foreign countries, looking at the Liangzhu culture and the Yin Ruins culture, from Mesopotamia to ancient India, to ancient Egypt on the Nile River, and finally back to the Huaxia Plain, the Sanxingdui cultural relics are so unique and shocking. At a glance, the most primitive curiosity in people's hearts will be easily grasped by the exquisite and meticulous workmanship and incomprehensible shape of the excavated bronzes. Is it the visit of aliens or the confirmation of the highly developed ancient civilizations? Is it the divergent evolution of Chinese civilization or the shadow cast by another planet in the vast universe? The origin of the Sanxingdui civilization is widely debated, and the history and evolution behind it are complex and mysterious. Why is Sanxingdui so popular? The answer is self-evident. As the new version of Sichuan Provincial Culture and Tourism slogan "Tianfu 39th National Congress, Comfortable Walking Sichuan" at the head of the project, what is behind it? How should we correctly understand Sanxingdui and how to look at Sanxingdui from multiple perspectives?
Chinese culture has a long history, and with the strong rise of China, the Chinese nation is about to usher in a great rejuvenation, which has further strengthened our national self-confidence and cultural confidence. At present, from the perspective of the history of global civilization, the historical discourse system has always been mastered by Western society, but some scholars believe that Western history is actually pseudo-history, many of which are full of fabricated content, and the American history master Will Durant has expressed his views on Western history: "Most of history is guessed, and the rest is biased." As an emerging participant in the international community, if China wants to show its civilization and history to the world, it must be based on continuous research and scientific exploration, bold assumptions, and careful verification.
The Chinese civilization is open and inclusive, and the accumulation of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years is profound and broad. Sanxingdui culture is bound to be another proof of the brilliant splendor of the mainland's historical civilization, the present life of the Sanxingdui civilization has enriched China's historiography, the life of the ancient Shu ancestors in the past thousand years, in the change of time, through these relics and treasures, laid out the imprint of history, showing us the gorgeous origin of Chinese civilization in the Yangtze River Basin. When we understand Sanxingdui, we must realize that to study Sanxingdui is to study Chinese history and culture, and to seize the right to speak in Sanxingdui is to seize the right to speak in Chinese history and culture. How can science communication be enhanced? How to strengthen the formation of influence? How to protect the countless cultural relics buried deep in the ground in China? That's what we need to think about the most.
Standing on the Chengdu Plain, standing in the hometown of Mintuo, looking at the thousand-year-old snowy mountains, the splendid and diverse Chinese culture shines with stars, and the heart is turbulent. Inadvertently, my thoughts were pulled back to the duck river when I was a child, and I remembered the glittering fireflies in the field, strange and strange, visible but impossible to catch. Just like the evolution and history of human beings, only by constantly enriching cognition, understanding and capturing from multiple angles can we more fully understand and sublimate the height of civilization.
Bronze Sacred Tree No. 2 excavated from No. 2 Sacrifice Pit of Sanxingdui Site in 1986 (Source: Sanxingdui Museum official website)
Sanxingdui is not only a kind of existence, but also a kind of strength and a kind of faith. The endless Tianfu culture and the great Chinese civilization are the greatest spirits on this blue planet, and she will always shine in the vast world and never extinguish.