Wang Wei: The divine tree through the heavens may be the ancient Shu's regurgitation of the Central Plains civilization

Cover news reporter Yan Wenwen

On September 27th, the "International Academic Conference to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Discovery of Jinsha Ruins", sponsored by the Chinese Archaeological Society and China Cultural Relics Newspaper, and undertaken by Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum and Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, opened in Chengdu.

Wang Wei, chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society and member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, shared with everyone the relationship between Sanxingdui and Jinsha and the civilization of the Central Plains and the civilization of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and their artifacts were influenced by various civilizations. So, did the ancient Shu civilization have an impact on the civilization of the Central Plains and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River? The answer is yes.

Wang Wei said that during the Xia and Shang dynasties, what is seen more is the influence of the Central Plains civilization on the surrounding areas, such as the many sea shells that appear in Sanxingdui, which are likely to be related to the Central Plains civilization. "The sea shell is actually related to the Central Plains, and in the tomb of the lady of the Yin Ruins, thousands of sea shells have been unearthed, which is a very precious thing." In addition, it is worth noting that the altar found in our three-star pile is a statue of a person on the top of the head, and the highest layer of this altar is the bronze artifact of the Shang King system. ”

However, civilizations are intermingled and influenced, and the ancient Shu civilization has not stopped feeding back to other civilizations. Among them, the most characteristic should be the sacred tree.

In the ancient Chinese worldview, there are legends of sacred trees such as Fuso, Jianmu, and Wakaki, and the concept of the operation of the universe is formed with Jinwu, that is, the sun god bird. Under such a world view, there is a later legend of the father chasing the sun and shooting the sun.

Wang Wei believes that the idea of the divine tree reaching the heavens is likely to be the contribution of the ancient Shu people to ancient Chinese civilization: "For example, the sacred tree, I think the great god tree should be Fusang, because the sacred tree is related to birds." The idea that 10 birds stood on the tree, and then there was one carrying the sun every day, and this time the two sacred trees above the jade, indicated that there were probably fuso, falling trees, and jianmu, at least three kinds of figures. This idea of Tongtian was a very important idea in ancient China, and we see that at least at that time, this kind of thinking may have originated in the ancient Shu generation. Because everyone is talking about Kunlun and the like, and it is all in western China, I think that the idea of Tongtian is likely to originate from the ancient Shu civilization. ”

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