On the afternoon of December 21, Sanxingdui Museum held a ceremony to award the "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador", awarding Wang Wei, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of the Department of History, and researcher of the Institute of Archaeology, the title of "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador".
Wang Wei said that it is a great honor and responsibility to be awarded the "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador", "We must promote it to the world, so that the world can understand the long and glorious Chinese civilization through a window like Sanxingdui." ”
Archaeologist Wang Wei (left) was awarded "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador"
From the head of the expert advisory group of archaeological excavations
To "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador"
On the afternoon of the 21st, Sanxingdui Museum held a ceremony to award the "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador", and awarded Wang Wei, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of the Department of History, and researcher of the Institute of Archaeology, the title of "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador". Wang Wei is a veteran archaeologist and is known as a leading figure in the field of Chinese archaeology.
"'Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador' will shoulder the responsibility of promoting Sanxingdui culture, make full use of positive influence, play a good role in demonstration and leadership, and help tell the story of Sanxingdui and sing the voice of Sanxingdui. Wang Juzhong, director of the Sanxingdui Management Committee, introduced.
Jade artifacts unearthed at the Sanxingdui site
According to reports, Wang Wei served as the chief expert of the Chinese civilization exploration project from 2002 to 2016, and in the new round of archaeological excavations in the sacrificial area of Sanxingdui site, Wang Wei came to Sanxingdui many times as the leader of the expert advisory group, not only to guide the archaeologists professionally, but also to reveal the important value of Sanxingdui to the public from a professional perspective on the screen communication end. The selection team unanimously agreed that he is the most vivid and influential cultural business card of Sanxingdui, and elected him as the "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador" in 2023.
Gold artifacts unearthed at the Sanxingdui site
In recent years, Deyang City has been committed to polishing the golden signboard of "Sanxingdui", taking it as an important starting point for inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, promoting the construction of Sanxingdui National Archaeological Site Park and Sanxingdui Cultural Tourism Development Zone in an integrated manner, focusing on the goal of building Sanxingdui into a world-class museum and archaeological site park, a world-renowned tourist destination, and a cultural landmark for the origin and development of Chinese culture. Publicity and promotion and other fields continue to make efforts to promote Sanxingdui archaeological and historical research to achieve world-renowned results, Sanxingdui cultural value has been fully reflected, cultural innovation and creativity vitality has been fully stimulated, and a new pattern of Sanxingdui cultural relics protection and utilization has been initially formed.
It is a great honor and a great responsibility:
"Let the world know Chinese civilization through Sanxingdui"
"I feel very honored to be recommended as the 'Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador'. Wang Wei said frankly that he has been in contact with archaeology for 45 years and has been engaged in archaeology for 41 years, and the most impressive thing in his archaeological career is the archaeological work of Sanxingdui site. "Sanxingdui found that a large number of artifacts were unearthed in six sacrificial pits, which was very impressive. ”
Wang Wei introduced that Sanxingdui has a close connection with the Xia Shang Dynasty in the Central Plains, and at the same time has very strong characteristics, "its bronze casting technology, its belief system, in the same period, the country is definitely the leading level." Through a new round of archaeology, we have completely revealed that in the world's bronze civilization, Sanxingdui is second to none, and there is really no one. ”
The bronze human head unearthed at the Sanxingdui site
Wang Wei believes that the archaeology of Sanxingdui site is a model of Chinese archaeology in the new era, Sanxingdui site is not only rich in unearthed cultural relics, but also carried out multidisciplinary comprehensive archaeological research, "more than 40 teams to do work around Sanxingdui, cross-departmental, cross-system joint research, but also shows the archaeological community, cultural and museum peers broad mind." ”
Wang Wei said that archaeological work has provided objective and solid evidence for the exchange and mutual learning of different civilizations and the diversity of cultures, and that archaeology has revealed the historical context of the origin, formation and early development of Chinese civilization, and enhanced our cultural self-confidence.
Awarded the "Sanxingdui Cultural Ambassador", Wang Wei said that he felt honored and responsible. "The archaeological results of the Sanxingdui site are well-known in the world. We must push Sanxingdui to the world, so that the world can understand the long and glorious Chinese civilization through a window like Sanxingdui. ”
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