Recently, the Sanxingdui Museum, which has just been completed and opened, has attracted active views of cultural relics lovers from all over the country once it has been publicized.
As one of the most mysterious and spectacular ancient civilizations in the mainland, the surprising appearance and exquisite smelting process of Sanxingdui cultural relics are extremely admirable.
But then some people asked: why not continue to excavate and find more Sanxingdui cultural relics?
And some people answer in this way, they think that Sanxingdui culture and some Chinese mythological things have the same thing, and I am afraid that the myth will become history if it is dug up.
Sanxingdui Civilization and the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Regarding Sanxingdui culture, there has been such a misunderstanding on the Internet for a long time, that is, many people think that Sanxingdui culture is actually an alien civilization.
In fact, this speculation is not unfounded, after all, most of the Sanxingdui cultural relics have a more peculiar appearance, especially those bronze masks, they often have different appearance characteristics from ordinary people.
Art originates from life and is an imitation of life, which is a consensus of most people, and it is precisely because of this consensus that they believe that the cultural relics of Sanxingdui culture are also made in imitation of "reality".
Therefore, they believe that the owners of Sanxingdui culture are actually a group of strange-looking aliens.
At the same time, a group of people began to put forward an idea: since the Sanxingdui civilization is not an alien civilization, is it possible that the Sanxingdui civilization is from the mythical world described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a geographical chronicle of the ancient mainland China, which records the mountains and rivers of China during the ancient mythological period, and also records many rare and exotic beasts that modern people have never heard of or seen.
For example, the winged Ranyu eats the forgetful mountain fruit, and the valley tree that can guide the way......
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" presents us with a magnificent and magical mythological world, and to a certain extent, his characteristics are indeed similar to Sanxingdui culture.
Just like modern people don't understand why the masks and utensils in Sanxingdui culture are so peculiar, people don't know whether the things described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are real, and some people compare the cultural relics of Sanxingdui culture with the things described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and he was surprised to find that there are similarities between the two.
Ancient bronze trees and timber
Speaking of the representative of Sanxingdui cultural relics, it is the ancient bronze tree.
The ancient bronze tree can be said to be one of the iconic cultural relics of the Sanxingdui civilization, he was unearthed in the Sanxingdui culture No. 2 sacrificial pit in the 80s of the last century, and after restoration, a total of eight ancient bronze trees were restored.
The largest of these eight ancient bronze trees is actually 396cm tall, which is higher than a one-story building in popular terms.
It can be said that this ancient bronze tree is already the largest existing bronze in the world.
As far as it is concerned, the appearance of the ancient bronze tree is also more peculiar, its base is cast in the shape of a mountain range, this ancient bronze tree has only one main branch, each branch will stick out of several branches, or there are flowers and fruits or birds and insects, it looks very vivid.
When people lamented the magic of the ancient bronze tree, they also raised their questions, even if they knew that the bronze smelting technology of the Sanxingdui civilization was very advanced at that time, but it must have taken a lot of effort to make such a tall ancient bronze tree, why make such a tree?
So people thought of the building wood mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the description of Jianmu is believed to be a bridge between heaven and earth, through which immortals can come to the world to impart knowledge to people.
Even when the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou were fighting, the immortals in the heavenly court came to the world through Jianmu to help the Yellow Emperor fight against Chiyou.
The ancient bronze trees unearthed in Sanxingdui not only have flowers and birds, but also some birds and beasts, hanging dragons and divine bells, so there are many people who speculate that the ancient bronze trees are actually cast by the building wood in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as the prototype.
So there are also many people who put forward that perhaps at that time, Jianmu still really existed between heaven and earth, and the Sanxingdui civilization took Jianmu as its own worship, so it took a lot of time and energy to make this tall bronze ancient tree.
In addition, if you want to compare the cultural relics in the Sanxingdui civilization with the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", you can also find many similarities.
Practical reasons
Due to the relationship between the Sanxingdui bronze ancient tree and the Jianmu in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there is a saying that the reason why archaeologists no longer continue to excavate the Sanxingdui culture is because they are afraid of turning the myth into real history.
Of course, we do not deny that Sanxingdui culture is inextricably linked with what is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", but we should look at the excavation of Sanxingdui from a more realistic perspective.
For the archaeological community, the discovery of cultural relics to the greatest extent can restore history and fill in the gaps in history, which is something that archaeologists like to see, and they will never stop their research because of the so-called myths and stories.
The reason why the research on Sanxingdui culture remains at the status quo must be out of the awareness of cultural relics protection.
The Sanxingdui bronzes unearthed now, the content and information contained in them alone are enough for archaeologists to conduct long-term research, and archaeologists have also discovered that the existing technology may cause irreversible damage to some of the unearthed bronzes.
Just like the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang with only a few open graves, some bronzes or terracotta warriors and horses are sealed for a long time, and if they come into contact with the outside air, they are likely to produce oxidation reactions and destroy the integrity of the cultural relics.
Therefore, from the perspective of practical reasons, no longer digging deep into Sanxingdui culture is actually a kind of protection of Sanxingdui cultural relics.
It is believed that after the progress of archaeological technology in the future, we can use more advanced and efficient methods to preserve the Sanxingdui cultural relics and conduct more in-depth research.
Perhaps at that time, we will be able to dig out the connection between Sanxingdui culture and the mythical world in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and answer people's doubts.
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