Cover news reporter Zeng Jie intern Zhu Yifan according to Sichuan Radio and Television Station
The final evaluation results of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 2021 were released, and Sichuan archaeology was once again on the fire, and the Guanghan Sanxingdui ruins sacrifice area and the Daocheng Piluo ruins from Sichuan became the only "twin stars" of this year's "Top Ten".
At the same time, the large-scale archaeological documentary "Treasures of Ancient Shu" produced by Sichuan Radio and Television Station was broadcast simultaneously on CCTV9 and Sichuan Satellite TV for three consecutive days, which aroused the attention of the whole network. On the evening of April 1, the third episode of "Treasures of Ancient Shu", "Exchange and Mutual Learning", unveiled the development path of ancient Shu civilization exchanges and development thousands of years ago. Many viewers who are interested in archaeology and literature have moved their small benches in advance and sat waiting for the finale of the documentary "Treasures of Ancient Shu".
After the program was broadcast, netizens left messages saying that "finally know the way of the ancient Shu civilization and the way back" and "it is too beautiful to watch so many Shu treasures up close." This archaeological documentary is full of knowledge points for the audience.
Sanxingdui's first archaeological image was exposed
In 1934, Ge Weihan and three others formed the archaeological team of the West China Union University Museum, which opened the prelude to the archaeology of Sanxingdui. In the documentary "Treasures of Ancient Shu", this very rare video material was exposed, allowing the audience to witness the scene at that time.
52 years later, the Sanxingdui site "woke up and shocked the world". When the local brick factory took the soil, it accidentally found more than 1,700 heavyweight jade, stone tools and bronze objects such as Sanxingdui No. 1 and No. 2 sacrifice pits, "bronze standing portraits", "bronze sacred trees" and "bronze masks".
Wang Zhao photographed bronze figures
Until 2019, Sichuan Province organized the implementation of the ancient Shu civilization protection and inheritance project, Sanxingdui has a new round of discovery, and the three to eight sacrifice pits have successively revealed their true faces. In the documentary, a piece of gold leaf broke out of the no. 5 pit, and the process of discovery, excavation, protection, and research was truthfully recorded, and archaeologists used high-tech means to protect cultural relics while excavating, all of which were presented in the camera, which amazed the audience.
Sun Zhibin studied Dakou zun
The Dakouzun, which originated in the Central Plains, was an important tool for local political and religious activities. However, in the past 50 years of archaeological excavations, Sanxingdui in Sichuan, Funan County in Anhui, Yueyang in Hunan, Huarong County in Hunan, and Jingzhou City in Hubei Province have all unearthed large-mouth zuns with very similar shapes. These cultural relics, which have similarities in different regions, step by step verify the cultural exchanges and cultural dissemination paths of the ancient ancestors. Therefore, the documentary "Ancient Shu Treasures" does not stop at "sunbathing treasures", but tries to explore the connection between cultural sites.
Explore cultural sites scattered around the world
With sanxingdui "out of the circle", more and more cultural variety shows and documentaries can see the figure of Shudi treasures. However, documentaries that take Sanxingdui as the starting point and comprehensively and systematically comb through the prehistoric civilizations in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River are rare in China, and "Treasures of Ancient Shu" write legends in a broader vision.
More than 60 archaeology experts, lasting 2 years and traveling thousands of miles, rushed to the Majiayao Ruins in Dingxi City, Gansu Province, the Baodun Ancient City Ruins in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, the Guiyuan Bridge Ruins in Deyang City, Sichuan Province, the Shijiahe Ruins in Tianmen City, Hubei Province, the Zhongba Ruins in Chongqing City, the Jinsha Ruins in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, and the Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, to explore the connection between civilizations.
They crossed thousands of miles, following the footsteps of the Shu people between the mountains and the sea, looking for answers to their questions. Through the comparison of culture and cultural relics of various sites, the experiments on climate and vegetation, and the search for remaining relics along the ancient road, the development, growth, evolution and integration of ancient Shu civilization were gradually clarified.
Sun Hua at the Erlitou Museum
Witness the pluralism and unity of Chinese civilization
A ten-section jade quince excavated at the Jinsha site has attracted the attention of archaeologists. Whether it is the human face pattern at the corner or the jade material, it points to the Liangzhu culture. But the Liangzhu culture predates the jinsha culture by at least 1,000 years. The distance between the two places is 1900 km. How did this jade artifact travel through time and space from Liangzhu to the ancient Shu Kingdom? "Treasures of Ancient Shu" peels back the cocoon and looks for the imprint of cultural dissemination and integration. In different cultural exchanges, people can see the cultural identity of Chinese culture "you have me, I have you", and also witness the historical process of Chinese civilization's pluralism and integration.
Since the 1980s, the northern region of Vietnam has successively unearthed Yazhang with sanxingdui cultural colors. For archaeologists, the discovery is of great value. From 2005 to 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology sent archaeological teams to Vietnam three times to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the main sites and excavated cultural relics in the north.
Wan Jiao looked out
They speculate that the ancient Shu culture spread to Vietnam from the time of the Shang Zhou Dynasty at the latest. So, how did the ancient Shu civilization go to Vietnam and even further southeast Asia? Wan Jiao, deputy research librarian of the Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, decided to look for the remains of the ancient road and confirm the route of civilization transmission. Step by step, she and her team explored the five-foot road recorded in ancient books, hoping to determine more specific details of this passage to the south. With the help of modern equipment, she finally confirmed the direction of the five-foot road in Yibin. After entering Yibin, the Five Foot Road was divided into three routes, and finally converged in Junlian County to Yunnan. But that's just the beginning.
According to experts, the road from the Chengdu Plain to Vietnam was a complex transportation network, now collectively known as the Southern Silk Road. Thousands of years ago, the ancients had spontaneously formed such an international cultural exchange channel. The scope of the ancient Shu civilization's radiation also went further with these communication channels.
Looking back, the ancient Shu civilization merged in migration and grew up in integration. From the ancient period to the early Spring and Autumn Period, the ancient Shu civilization lasted for more than 2,000 years. The ancient Shu civilization is open and inclusive, and the inheritance is orderly, and the new height it presents has greatly enriched the connotation of Chinese civilization. It illuminates the southwest region like a lighthouse and is a new bright spot in the coordinate system of Chinese civilization.