Sanxingdui site, as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century, has unearthed many precious cultural relics, whether it is historical, cultural, artistic, or ornamental, its appearance has revitalized the corridor of the Bashu Cultural Tourism Zone! Seeing the cultural relics unearthed from Sanxingdui, many people sighed:
"My generation is far inferior to the ancients, ashamed!"
Among this batch of ancient Shu secret treasures, there are 2.62 meters high
"Bronze Grand Standing Man"
, there is a width of up to 1.38 meters
"Bronze Mask"
, there is a height of up to 3.95 meters
"Bronze Sacred Tree"
There is also a total length of 1.42 meters, so far out of the land of the largest gold artifacts
"Golden Wand"
，
These cultural relics are unique and sacred.
In addition to these unprecedented rare treasures, on March 20, 2021, the archaeology of the Sanxingdui site found 6 sacrifice pits, unearthed more than 500 important cultural relics, especially in the fourth pit, and also took out a complete ivory of more than 100 kilograms.
Sanxingdui's reputation of "sleeping for three thousand years and waking up to shock the world" is by no means a waste of time.
Sanxingdui brings too many surprises to people, but also brings people a lot of mysteries, archaeologists are fascinated, just come to ordinary people who do not understand archaeology, see the unearthed sparkling cultural relics, in addition to shock, it is even more difficult to believe that these amazing world, proud of the cultural relics, are really three or four thousand years ago people to create?
All this is still being excavated, and with the continuous deepening of archaeology, the truth behind those suspicious cultural relics will be solved one by one. In addition to these serious and rigorous archaeological knowledge, some of the cultural relics unearthed at Sanxingdui are also very "funny", and you don't laugh when you see it, which is really carefully made by the ancients.
Bronze kneeling figure vs frog
The "bronze kneeling figure" is a cultural relic excavated from the second sacrificial pit, 8.2 cm wide, 14 .6cm high, small in size, but the expression is very serious, the small figure has a wide face and square head, combing a large back, the hair is wavy, and there is a little forward roll, which looks very funny.
His eyes were wide open, looking straight ahead, his mouth was open, his teeth were exposed, and he looked quite fierce, because he was sitting on his knees, and he was made of bronze, which at first glance looked very similar to a frog as a whole, and a little cute.
According to the characteristics of the "bronze kneeling portrait", archaeologists have two speculations about him, one is that he wore "calf-nosed pants" only when he was poor in ancient times, and some people think that he is
Slave statue
。 Second: some archaeologists believe that at that time, bronze was an important material and could not be used to shape the lower classes, and the kneeling ceremony began in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which was a ceremony to worship ancestors and sacrifice gods, so more people thought that it belonged
The "Witch Blessing" of Sacrifice Prayer
。
Little Pottery Pig vs Angry Birds
Sanxingdui unearthed a small pottery pig is very different from other cultural relics style, speaking of cute and funny is it, Sanxingdui unearthed a large number of pottery, stone tools, witness thousands of years of history, these pottery has a small pig is very special, his face is round, nostrils to the sky, eyes are also round, curved corners of the mouth are also glowing with a smile.
Many netizens are happy after seeing it, which is not compatible with the serious Sanxingdui cultural relics style, more like the green-headed pig in the angry birds, and some people say that this is somewhat similar to Peppa Pig, and many netizens ridicule
"Hammer! This is a crossing over."
From the archaeological artifacts, you will find that many cultural relics are exactly the same as modern things, is this a coincidence or is there really a crosser? This is also not clear.
Bronze sun wheel vs steering wheel
"Bronze sun wheel" is probably the most mysterious artifact unearthed in Sanxingdui, don't look at it looks like a "steering wheel", its use and meaning have been controversial, some people say it is a "wheel", some people say it is a "shield ornament",
The most mainstream version holds that it expresses an "idea of the worship of the sun."
In the agricultural era, people worshipped the sun and the sun god as a universal natural phenomenon, and when night fell, there was no light, so they longed for light, longed for the light of the sun. So people made such a sun wheel, with small holes on it, as a symbol of the sun, worshiped by people.
However, he is a member of the China Association of Popular Science Writers
Liu Xingshi
However, he said that three or four thousand years ago, it was a period of human climate change, when there was a hundred years of drought and no rain, the ground was roasted and cracked, all the people at that time were popular to ask for rain, and all the people at that time designed this bronze sun wheel to encircle him, expressing the fear of the sun.
But some people say that it was a kind of time
Astronomical measuring instrument
, the height angle, table length, shadow length of the sun can be measured, and the degree of accuracy is very high.
Jade tube vs sweet potato stalk necklace
A cultural relic was also unearthed from the second sacrificial pit
"Jade Pipe"
Composed of 15 jade tubes, experts speculate that this should be an ornament hanging around the neck, but if you look closely, the artifacts are played with by children when they were young
"Sweet potato stalk necklace"
Almost, put a piece of contrast, it is really eight or nine inseparable from ten.
Cultural relics are the heritage that reflects national culture and spiritual culture, is the most vivid and true witness of history, their shape can be strange, can also be simple and unpretentious, but through these clues, people can trace a special history, Sanxingdui is full of mysteries, curious, but also aroused people's unlimited desire to explore.