The excavation of Sanxingdui began in 1933 and has been intermittent for decades, and the artifacts found are only the tip of the iceberg. Despite this, we have been able to determine that the Sanxingdui civilization has a history of about 5,000 to 3,000 years. However, research has been halted in recent years, which makes one wonder if there are more secrets waiting to be revealed.
According to legend, the gods of heaven often descend to live with humans, and the ladder of heaven is called "Jianmu", which grows in the center of heaven and earth, and is wide and wild. According to legend, by the time of the Yellow Emperor's grandson, Emperor Zhuan, this sacred tree was cut down, and the human world and the divine world were completely separated.
In the time of the Yellow Emperor, some people with great virtues on the ground were easy to communicate with the gods, they were called witches, had certain magical powers, and could even rely on the power of the gods to call the wind and rain. However, the realm of witches with different realms of virtue and the realms of gods or celestials that can communicate are also different.
At that time, the Jiuli tribe in the east began to degenerate. They privately communicate with the lower gods or celestials to serve them, and they have no fear of God, and put people and gods on an equal footing. Although their leader, Chi You, is violent and unreasonable, he can use witchcraft to invite low-level immortals such as Feng Boyu Master to help him in the battle. At the beginning of the "Historical Records", the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou was recorded, and in the end, Chiyou was defeated and killed, and the Yellow Emperor unified the Central Plains. However, Jiuli's poison did not die.
In the history book "Chinese", a conversation between King Zhao of Chu and the great wizard of Chu Guan Shooting father is recorded. Guan Shot's father said that at the end of the reign of Shao Hao, the son of the Yellow Emperor, the Jiuli tribe was corrupted and moral, and everyone could worship the gods at will. In this way, people and gods are mixed together, and there is no difference, so that the heaven and the earth lose their original order and norms, resulting in the loss of grain and disasters in the world.
Later, the enthroned Emperor Zhuan saw this chaos, in order to restore the order of the world, protect mankind, and create a stable environment for the development of human civilization, he ordered Mu Zhengzhong to be in charge of the heavens, and Huo Zhengli to be in charge of the earth, to separate people and gods, each in its own place, and return to the order of heaven and earth.
In 2021, Sanxingdui once again unearthed a number of gold relics, including the famous large gold mask. Its thickness is 0.2-0.4 mm, with big eyes, rhinoplasty, wide mouth, long ears, and the shape is consistent with the bronze figure unearthed in Sanxingdui. Experts believe that this kind of process can not be made by hand in modern times, its processing temperature should exceed 1000 degrees Celsius, if only electroplating can be done with the current level of technology, is it more than 5,000 years ago that there has been an electroplating process, but also can dissolve gold, in addition, ancient Shu does not produce gold, there is no gold mine, then gold raw materials or gold products must be transported from other places, does that mean that in the distant 4000 years ago, human beings have a cross-regional industrial chain and a developed transportation industry
However, excavations have been halted in recent years. According to the expert, "It's not that you don't dig it, it's that you can't dig it anymore." With today's technology, it is simply impossible to protect what is excavated. "First of all, the oxidation problem of unearthed cultural relics cannot be solved with the current technology, and secondly, the reason why Sanxingdui did not continue to excavate is that no new entrance has been found, and the previously developed ruins have been found. However, some people believe that it was stopped because of the following reasons: first, the Sanxingdui civilization may be an alien civilization, second, it may be that the state does not want to make something that is about to be discovered public, and finally it is possible that the state wants to build Sanxingdui into a large-scale tourist attraction to promote local development. However, the above is all speculation by netizens, and the specific reason may only be clear to relevant personnel, but it is certain that the discovery of Sanxingdui cultural sites has a very important role for us to understand ancient civilizations, and I believe that in the future, with the continuous development of technology, Sanxingdui ruins will also be better protected and utilized.
The cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui are very different from the mainstream Chinese culture in the Yellow River Basin, but they are very similar to the cultural relics unearthed in Sumer in the two river basins of West Asia at the same latitude, between 1922 and 1934, British archaeologists discovered and excavated an ancient ruins in southern Iraq, and through radiocarbon 14 dating tests, it is shown that the beginning of this civilization can be traced back to 4500 BC, and at the end of about 2000 BC, it was replaced by Babylon established by the Amorites, and the oldest clay tablets containing cuneiform script found here are about 5600 years old, which is the oldest civilization found so far, the Sumerian civilization。
The Sumerians called themselves "black-headed people", meaning that dark-haired people called the place where they lived "the place of civilized monarchs". Modern archaeological data prove that the Sumerians were of the yellow race and had a developed civilization, and the Sumerians not only knew geology, knew how to obtain ore and other aspects of the craft, but also mastered the complex sciences of hieroglyphics, mathematics, astronomy, calendar, medicine, art, divination, etc. It is no wonder that the cultural relics excavated from Sanxingdui are becoming more and more "terrifying" - ancient mythical beasts, great floods, prehistoric civilizations, and the coexistence of humans and gods...... How much is considered to be the backward and ignorant nonsense of the ancients, in the flow of time slowly revealed from the underground "true face", perhaps we should subvert the inherent cognition, remove the shackles of thinking:
The mystery of the golden mask: The golden mask unearthed in Sanxingdui is made beyond modern times, which has triggered people's thinking about ancient technology and civilization. Could it be that electroplating technology existed 5,000 years ago, and that gold was transported from other places? This seems to prove that mankind already had a considerable industrial chain and transportation capacity at that time.
The Legend of Jianmu: The legendary Jianmu serves as a ladder to the heavens, connecting the human world and the divine realm. The bronze sacred tree unearthed in Sanxingdui is believed to have a close connection with Jianmu. Does this mean that the Sanxingdui civilization has some connection with the era of myths and legends?
The mystery of the origin of civilization: The origin and disappearance of the Sanxingdui civilization are a mystery. Why did such an ancient kingdom with a highly developed civilization suddenly disappear? Was it war, natural disaster, or something else?
Cross-regional connections: The Sanxingdui civilization had obvious differences from other civilizations of the same period, but it had many similarities with the Sumerian civilization in the two river basins of West Asia. This hints at the possibility that in that era, there may have been cross-regional cultural and trade exchanges.
Prehistoric Flood: Some artifacts and sites unearthed in Sanxingdui, such as traces of a huge flood, seem to suggest that there may have been a major flood in that era. This bears a striking resemblance to the flood legends of ancient civilizations.
Extraterrestrial Civilization Hypothesis: Due to the highly developed and distinctive Sanxingdui civilization, some people speculate that it may be an extraterrestrial civilization. But this is just speculation and lacks scientific basis.
State secrets: Some believe that the government's moratorium on mining may be to protect certain state secrets or important information that has not yet been released.
Cultural relics protection technology: Experts pointed out that the current cultural relics protection technology is not enough to cope with the excavation and protection of Sanxingdui cultural relics. In order to avoid the destruction of the artifacts, the excavation work was suspended.
Economic considerations: It has been suggested that the government may have decided to suspend excavation work for economic development reasons in order to better develop tourism and develop the local economy.
Site Protection: In order to protect the site from further damage, the government decided to suspend excavation work in favor of site conservation and restoration work.
To sum up, there are many reasons why Sanxingdui will not continue to excavate, including technical limitations, as well as economic and political considerations. However, these mysteries and unsolved mysteries provide us with more space to explore and study, helping us to better understand the development of ancient civilizations and human history. With the progress of science and technology and the deepening of research, I believe that we will uncover more secrets about Sanxingdui civilization in the future.