Cover news reporter Zeng Jie according to Sichuan Radio and Television Station
"Sleep for three thousand years, wake up and shock the world." The Sanxingdui site has always been regarded as a shining star in the long river of Chinese civilization. After 34 years, a new round of archaeological excavations in the Sanxingdui Sacrifice Area has once again shocked the world.
In this archaeological excavation, sanxingdui's newly discovered 6 burial pits have raised many questions: why are there 8 pits for burying sacrificial artifacts? Will there be more burial pits after that? Bounded by the entire ancient city of Sanxingdui, or even within the larger area of the ancient Shu people's activities, are there other valuable archaeological remains? At 8 p.m. on May 4, the CCTV Documentary Channel will broadcast the 6th episode of the large-scale archaeological documentary "See You Again Sanxingdui", "Immortal", which will tell how Sanxingdui archaeologists have peeled back their cocoons and looked for answers to these questions.
Sun Hua, a professor at Peking University's School of Archaeology and Literature, believes that the previous expression of "sacrifice pit" is not accurate enough, what is his speculation? What is the relationship between the Sanxingdui sacrifice area being excavated and the entire Sanxingdui ancient city? What kind of people used to live in the city? What kind of faces do they have? What kind of life do you live? What kind of religious outlook and cosmology do you have?
"Sanxingdui is undergoing archaeological excavations, and if all the buried objects in these pits are taken out and restored, we may be able to know what is buried in these pits?" If it is the things in the temple, we can know what they look like, think about the way they are arranged, and speculate about what kind of sacrifices the ancient Shu people used them to carry out. Professor Sun Hua believes that if you want to fully understand Sanxingdui, you must excavate it all, repair it comprehensively, and continue to study it.
▲ An open cultural relics restoration hall that allows the audience to experience an immersive experience
Archaeologists began their research with one question after another. In order to further understand the role of silk in the Sanxingdui sacrifice activities, Guo Jianbo began to carry out restoration experiments based on the longitude and latitude information of the fragments, can he unlock the "code" left by the ancients as he wishes?
A new technology called "electronic trench exploration", used for the first time in inland archaeology, what kind of changes will it bring to the exploration of the ancient city of Sanxingdui?
▲ New technology of archaeological exploration electronic trenching
Since the excavation of Pit 5, a large number of gold objects, ivory miniature carvings and invisible traces have been unearthed, and the entire remains are covered with the pit. After the early excavation cleaned up and extracted some artifacts, it was extremely difficult to find, which was not conducive to protection. What kind of solution did the cultural security experts come up with?
▲ Pit 5 carried out the overall extraction smoothly
China's modern archaeology has gone through a hundred years, and now various emerging technologies provide more possibilities for archaeological work in the new era, and the appearance of Sanxingdui Ancient City will gradually become clear in front of the world. Generations of archaeologists see greatness in the subtleties, and gradually stitch together an ancient world from the field, and the nameless and the famous pass on the "immortal".
During the May Day holiday, the six-episode ultra-high-definition archaeological documentary "Made in Sichuan" "See Sanxingdui Again" was broadcast on the CCTV record channel and Sichuan Satellite TV, which aroused the attention of the whole network. This documentary will focus on the highlights, mysteries and difficulties in the excavation process, take the progressive development of excavation work as the clue, use new technologies and means combined with three-dimensional animation, objectively show the new model of in-depth cooperation between field archaeology, experimental archaeology and scientific and technological archaeology, and objectively sort out the new highlights, new heights and new values of archaeological work in the new era.
Whether it is the thunderstorm reunited with Sanxingdui, Guo Jianbo, who buried the silk in the pit, or Guo Zhicheng, who followed his father to extract ivory, they all showed their love and persistence in archaeology, which is touching. The unsolved mysteries behind the archaeological excavations of Sanxingdui attracted many spectators. On the evening of May 4, the archaeological documentary "See You Again in Sanxingdui" will usher in the finale, focusing on the immortal chapter written by archaeologists in Sanxingdui.
▲ Documentary poster