People often say that history is a mirror, the long five thousand years of civilization, to the future generations left countless beneficial experiences and lessons, Chinese culture is like spring rain, "with the wind sneaking into the night, moisturizing things silent", inadvertently to make China's historical roots in the Chinese land, endless life.
We often say that the Chinese civilization has been up and down for five thousand years, but in fact, in addition to the ancient Chinese civilization, there are other ancient civilizations in the world, and their development process is no less than that of the Chinese civilization.
The Sumerians established the Mesopotamian civilization in the Two Rivers Valley, and they invented the world's earliest cuneiform script, which dates back to 5200 years, earlier than mainland Chinese characters (based on the Yin Shang oracle bone), and the foundation of civilization created by the Sumerians influenced the entire course of Western civilization, although it was later replaced by ancient Babylon.
The best of ancient Indian civilizations is probably Hinduism (more than 4,000 years ago), the influence of Hinduism on India is deeply rooted, and with the invasion of foreign tribes, the class division of Indian religion is becoming more and more obvious.
When it comes to ancient Egypt, people can think of the Egyptian pyramids for the first time, as the most famous building in ancient Egypt, itself also carries many mysteries.
Among the many pyramids in Egypt, the three most famous are the Pyramid of Khufu, the Step Pyramid, and the Crooked Pyramid. The Pyramid of Khufu is also the largest pyramid in the world, and in our understanding, the pyramid is the tomb of the pharaoh.
The Pyramid of Khufu was built in 2690 BC, about 5,000 years ago, so the original ancient Egyptian civilization is also very old.
So what did the Ancient Chinese do when the Egyptians built the pyramids?
5,000 years ago, belongs to the mythological era of the Yanhuang Second Emperor, with the Yanhuang Second Emperor coexisted with the Hongshan civilization, Liangzhu civilization, at this time the ancient Chinese civilization has entered the agricultural era, in the Hongshan civilization has also unearthed some jade, there are "footless jade turtle", "snake-shaped dragon jade" The most exciting should be the "Red Mountain Goddess".
Archaeologists also believe that the "Goddess of the Red Mountain" may be the goddess of myth and legend.
Nuwa is a well-known creator god, first appeared in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": there are ten gods, known as the intestines of Nüwa, Hua Shen, in the wilderness of Kurihiro, and in the crosswalk.
When Nuwa made up the heavens, she refined multicolored stones and broke turtles and turtles to erect four poles, which were all reflected in the Red Mountain Civilization, which also made experts begin to suspect that the myth of the Classic of Mountains and Seas was not a myth.
Because at the same time, the civilization of an ancient Shu land was also quietly taking shape, this civilization was not mentioned in history, it was like it appeared out of thin air, bringing people many mysteries, and it also had many similarities with the myths and legends of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
This civilization is Sanxingdui, Sanxingdui belongs to the bronze civilization, the ancients who built this civilization have a very skilled copper smelting process, and this civilization looks different from the orthodox Central Plains civilization, but it has been mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a Fuso sacred tree is mentioned: there is Fuso on Yutani, bathed in ten days, in the north of Black Tooth.
Among the series of bronze artifacts unearthed at Sanxingdui, a bronze sacred tree was unearthed, and there were exactly ten golden wu on it, which could not help but make people doubt the authenticity of the myth.
Among the four major civilizations, although the Egyptian civilization is mysterious, it is only a single civilization, and there are faults, and the ancient Chinese civilization has different sources, including the orthodox civilization of the Central Plains, the Chudi civilization, and the Bashu Sanxingdui civilization.
Chinese civilization is broad and profound, in addition to the history of "history of faith", there are myths and legends, these myths seem to be mysterious and mysterious, but there are archaeological objects to support, it is difficult to imagine, in the ancient period, what happened to the ancients.