Wake up and shock the world, and see a thousand years at a glance. Historic sites are becoming the "top stream" of the moment——
On April 16, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held a working meeting on the important progress of the major project of "Archaeological China" and released the new archaeological discoveries of the Wuwangdun tomb. This large-scale high-grade tomb of Chu State, which has been scientifically excavated so far, has aroused people's attention, and "who is the owner of the tomb" has aroused everyone's curiosity and speculation.
Some people say that "archaeology" has led the red thread of time to this end and that end, and the time that flows down all the way is called history, and it is civilization that is deeply rooted in the blood. Although the "ancient" is gone, the existence of historic sites has made the present people have a link to "push the past with the present and learn from the past".
On April 18, the International Day of Monuments and Sites, the home city event of Shandong Province was held in Tai'an Dai Temple on the 16th. In recent years, "Haidai Archaeology" has risen to an important cultural project in Shandong, constantly decoding the thousand-year-old civilization of the land of Qilu. Taking Qingdao as an example, there are Sanlihe ruins and Langyatai ruins in the distance, and there are historic sites such as Qingdao Li Yuan and Qingdao Mountain Fort nearby. Behind the traces of time are the immortal past events in "Ancient TIME".
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"This includes not only individual buildings, but also urban or rural environments from which a unique civilization, a meaningful development, or a historical event can be identified." ”
Historic sites are the accumulation of human historical development, the common wealth left by history to all mankind, and carry considerable spiritual and cultural value.
"In the tunnel of history, we can see the deep background of civilization". "The Great Wall that was 'cried and collapsed' by Meng Jiangnu is not the Great Wall of Qin, but the Great Wall of Qi", a few days ago, the documentary "Looking for Qi" broadcast on CCTV reproduced the brilliant "Qi culture" of Shandong. According to research, the Great Wall of Qi was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has a history of more than 2,600 years, more than 470 years earlier than the Great Wall of Qin. In recent years, Qingdao has also carried out a rescue protection project for the Great Wall of Qi to show the style of this cultural and natural landscape.
A section of the Great Wall of Qi after renovation Source: Xinhua News Agency
The Liangzhu ruins prove the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization; the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit show the glory and mystery of the thousand-year-old empire; the Confucian Mansion, the Confucian Temple and the Confucian Forest in Qufu are one of the three major ancient buildings in China, carrying the Confucian style for thousands of years...... They all shine with the light of civilization.
"In the long river of time, it is a life that has lived for thousands of years." Someone said, "Looking at Dunhuang is not looking at a specimen that has been dead for a thousand years, but looking at a life that has lived for a thousand years." "Mogao Grottoes, Crescent Spring, Mingsha Mountain, Yumen Pass...... The pulse of millennia of culture is still beating.
There are many rare cultural relics hidden in the ruins, and they often attract the attention of countless people after they "wake up". For example, the wooden figurines found in the tomb of King Wudun recently, the round eyes seem to be looking at this new world curiously, and in the Sanxingdui ruins, the bronze sacred tree with exquisite skills, the golden scepter with brilliant colors, and the bronze mask with exaggerated shapes are ...... More than 3000 years ago, the ancient Shu civilization seems to have a new life, and its mystery has triggered infinite reverie; Station B has UP master into the site museum, from the perspective of unearthed cultural relics, to make "Qin Shi Huang's handiwork", "Sui Yang Emperor's teeth", "4000 years ago disaster site" and many other ingenious videos, can be called "ancient life encyclopedia".
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area in Dunhuang City, Jiuquan City Source: Xinhua News Agency
"In real life, become a spiritual landmark for people". "Jinque Xiaozhong opens thousands of households, and the jade level immortals have thousands of officials", after the movie "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" became popular, the Daming Palace National Heritage Park ushered in more tourists; "Persuade the monarch to have a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west", Yangguan, as an important geographical node of the ancient Silk Road, is known to the world because of a poem by Wang Wei; "Wuhua Tianbao, the ruins of Longguang shooting bull fighting; outstanding people, Xu Ruxia's couch of Chen Fan...... "Last year, in front of the thousand-year-old Tengwang Pavilion, the Qingdao No. 9 Middle School Research Group "recited the whole army to recite the "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion" in Nanchang 's short video "Fire Out of the Circle"...... Many historic sites have become spiritual landmarks in people's hearts because of their fascinating cultural charm.
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In the impression of many people, the historic sites are the past sealed in the ground, the deserted countryside that is inaccessible, and the wind-blown sand and earth forts, ruins and broken walls...... Some people will ask, why do we continue to explore the "traces" of the past? In today's era of technology-enabled life and iterative updates of digital products, why do we still "chase" archaeology?
Brush away the dust of history, let us see the past, know the present, and look to the future.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "If we do not understand China from the perspective of its long historical continuity, it is impossible to understand ancient China, nor can we understand modern China, let alone the future China." ”
Archaeology helps us travel through time and space to talk to the ancients. Through archaeology, we can trace history, discover the DNA of Chinese culture from history, and find the root system of civilization. People often say that there are "three ultimate questions" in life: Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going? In recent years, the "cultural root-seeking fever" has continued to heat up, such as the big locust tree site in Hongdong County, Shanxi, where the folk song of "ask me where my ancestors came from, the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi" has been passed down from generation to generation in most areas of northern China.
The excavation site of the Sijiaoping site in Gansu Source: Xinhua News Agency
The monuments and sites have witnessed millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, and more than 5,000 years of civilization history on the mainland, telling where the open and inclusive cultural genes of the Chinese nation come from, and influencing the "world view" of the current Chinese. Culture is the result of long-term accumulation of history, and archaeology allows people to explore traditional Chinese culture, find their own national roots, and discover their own national soul from the development trajectory of history.
The construction of the discourse system of archaeology is one of the important symbols of the improvement of China's soft power.
In the course of several generations of archaeologists taking root in the fields and excavating historic sites, archaeological work has continued to make breakthroughs, and relevant practitioners have also used a variety of "opening methods" to show the archaeological results of historic sites to the public, thus setting off a wave of "archaeological fever".
Part of the excavation site of Qingdao Langyatai site
"It is necessary to establish a discipline system, academic system, and discourse system for civilization studies with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style, so as to provide strong theoretical support for the practice of new forms of human civilization. ”
The discourse system is the external expression of the ideological theory system and the knowledge system, and the construction of the discourse system of Chinese archaeology is first supported by the strong development of archaeology. Solid archaeological excavation and research results will help tell the story of Chinese civilization well, show a credible, lovely and respectable image of China to the world, and enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of Chinese sons and daughters to be Chinese.
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"Cultural relics and cultural heritage carry the genes and blood of the Chinese nation, and are non-renewable and irreplaceable resources of Chinese civilization. "History is precipitated on the ruins of monuments, and once it is destroyed, it may mean that a piece of history is no longer verifiable.
What is sad is that in recent years, there have been continuous destruction of historic sites, such as the "disfigurement" of the thousand-year-old cliff statue, the burning of the longest existing wooden arcade bridge in China, the theft of cultural relics out of the country, the fire of ancient buildings in the ancient city, etc., which have aroused people's attention to the safety of historic sites again and again.
"Keep it". "It is necessary to protect both ancient and modern buildings, to protect individual buildings, to protect streets, alleys, blocks, and towns, and to protect high-quality buildings, as well as to protect folk houses with strong local flavor and local characteristics. "It is necessary to prevent problems before they occur, eliminate the risk of damage to historic sites in the bud and dispose of them before they occur, adhere to "zero tolerance" for cultural relics safety crimes, and mobilize social organizations and volunteers to actively participate in the protection of historic sites.
Shandong Dawenkou Archaeological Site Park
"Come alive". "Let the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books come to life. "For example, Shandong has carried out the construction of archaeological site parks and the protection of large ruins such as the Ancient City of Qi, the Ancient City of Lu, the Ancient City of Lu, Chengziya and Dawenkou, and plans to build 20 national and provincial archaeological site parks by 2025 and open them to the public, so that people can enter the Qilu historic sites. In addition, science and technology can be used to make cultural relics speak and move. For example, in the short video of "Lu Bo Cold Knowledge" launched by Shandong Museum, Ya Ugly Yue "opened his mouth to speak" and so on.
Make archaeological knowledge easier to understand and accept. For example, in the process of promoting Qi culture, some experts said that they can make full use of idioms and stories that the masses like to listen to, such as "a blockbuster" and "an enemy with an arrow", to tell the connotation and spirit of Qi culture in a popular way.
Shandong Museum's treasure of the town hall, Songwei, Yaugyu Yue, Lu Guoda jade cultural and creative bookmarks
"Fire up". In recent years, many young people have bought cultural and creative products launched by major museums like "Dragon Ball", such as lively and cute cultural relics emojis, humorous cultural relics rap and exquisitely designed interactive games, so that cultural relics and monuments have entered the public eye with a new attitude. Many museums have launched archaeological experience activities, such as an exquisite "Luoyang shovel" that has sold out of "archaeological blind boxes" in Henan Museum...... The shocking excavations, spectacular ruins, exquisite cultural relics, etc., make young people call "the awakening of Chinese blood".
History is our confidence in facing the future, and archaeology is our eyes to see history. "Ancient TIME" is entering today's time and space, and I hope that more historic sites will wake up from their slumber, freeze into the cultural landscape of the new era, and bring us to a farther future.
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