This wall was carried from Kaifeng
It tells the vicissitudes of the Grand Canal
Witnessed the changes of various dynasties
In 2014, the Grand Canal became
China's 46th World Heritage Site
Tomorrow is Cultural and Natural Heritage Day
Let's get to know the Bianhe section
"Digging, digging, digging, digging" at the site of the State Bridge
The section of the Bianhe River was moved into the museum
Section of the Bianhe River, from the site of Kaifeng Prefecture Bridge
It is the largest soil site section uncovered in China
Occupy an entire wall, comparable to a giant screen movie
△Excavation site of Kaifeng Prefecture Bridge site.
Section of the Bianhe River
"Born" in Kaifeng, "settled" in Yangzhou
In 2018, local archaeologists in Kaifeng
Active archaeological excavations were carried out at the State Bridge site
On the east side of the state bridge body
The ruins of the Bianhe River with a length of about 150 meters were discovered
Just "dig, dig, dig"
When digging more than ten meters
The Bianhe River channel from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty was piled up
It is revealed relatively completely
Many artifacts, relics and relics were dug up from the accumulation of river channels
Pottery, porcelain, animal bones, premises, wells, etc
At the archaeological site
Archaeologists use a segmented approach tailored to local conditions
The section of the Bianhe River channel was divided into more than 180 pieces and numbered
Next, at the Grand Canal Museum
The "fragmented" section of the Bianhe River was moved into the hall
In order of removal
Left and right connection, up and down fit
Finally, a huge section of the Bianhe River appeared before our eyes
How to read the profile?
This wall is full of "precipitation" of time
The section of the Bianhe River is not only super large
And the time span is long and informative
In order to visually display and accurately express the historical value of the Bianhe River
Archaeologists on this wall
Done a lot of "callouts"
A section of the Bianhe River based on an archaeological site
Make use of the expression "stratigraphy"
Use white cords to distinguish them reasonably
The layers of the Bianhe profile are stacked
Combined with the cultural relics contained in the accumulation of each layer
Corresponds to the dynasty that is formed
△The section view of the Bianhe River at the site of the Zhou Bridge reveals the development and evolution of the Grand Canal (Bianhe) from the Tang and Song dynasties to the Qing Dynasty.
from top to bottom
From the depth of the profile, the number of deposits
It can be clearly seen
The changes of the Bianhe River in the five dynasties of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties
The Bianhe River is a very important section of the Grand Canal
It was excavated in the Sui Dynasty and prospered in the Tang and Song Dynasties
The Yuan and Ming dynasties gradually declined, and the late Ming Dynasty was completely silted
△ The white thread rope is used to distinguish the dynasties to which each layer of the Bianhe section belongs.
The accumulation in the Tang and Song dynasties is in the shape of a pot bottom
At that time, the Bianhe River was an important waterway
The busy river is the foundation of the nation
Therefore, there is a lot of sediment in the river channel
By the Yuan Dynasty, the pile was shallow and small
It was because the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal at that time was truncated and straightened
The scenery of the Bianhe River is no longer there
Slowly lost its status as the "national traffic artery"
And the accumulation in the Ming dynasty gradually flattens and deepens
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River flooded
The Bianhe River gradually fills with silt and narrows
As a result, the accumulation of artifacts is few and deepest
Layers of sand, cultural relics
It is the time "code" of the millennium change of the Bianhe River
There are 6 ancient cities buried here
The historical context of the Bianhe River is recorded
The section of the Bianhe River was excavated at the site of the Kaifeng Zhou Bridge
Due to the war and the flooding of the Yellow River
Historically opened
It has been buried by sediment many times
Therefore, the state bridge site starts from the bottom up
Six ancient cities are buried in turn
Wei Daliang City, Tang Bianzhou City, Northern Song Dynasty Tokyo City
Jinbian Jingcheng, Ming Kaifeng, Qing Kaifeng
Therefore, many cultural relics specimens and ruins have been piled up
At present, the state bridge site has been
More than 60,000 specimens of cultural relics have been unearthed
Discover the remains of 117 ruins from different periods
The time span is more than a thousand years
A section of the Bianhe River was excavated on the east side of the site
On the west side, a stone carved Xiangrui mural on the embankment of the Song Dynasty was found
It is currently found in the country
The largest stone mural in the Northern Song Dynasty
The stone walls are carved in
Seahorses, beasts, cranes and birds and other relief decorations
It is about 3.3 meters high and has a total length of about 30 meters, forming a huge scroll
It reproduces the scenery of the Northern Song Dynasty's "Tokyo Menghualu"
Excavation of the State Bridge site
For the first time, it was fully revealed
The shape and evolution of the Bianhe River in Kaifeng City from the Tang and Song dynasties to the Qing dynasty
Make the historical context of the Grand Canal civilization clearer
It provides archaeological evidence for the study of the history of the Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is nearly 3,200 kilometers long
It is the longest and largest canal in the world
If we say that the Great Wall is the backbone of the Chinese nation
The Grand Canal is the flowing blood
The Millennium Grand Canal flows culture
After thousands of years
A lot of cultural heritage
It is still being rejuvenated and energetic
Executive producer丨Tang Yi
Producer丨Bi Lei
Copywriter丨Danni Wang
Vision丨Zhu Lingmeng
Technology丨Tang Pei
Review丨Zuo Zhongming
Coordinator丨Liu Ying Wuhe
Special thanks丨Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum Terminus Jiangsu Terminus
Responsible editor: Jia Hongwei