The sonorous sound that stirred in the deep soil of the east of the river
Reporter Niu Jiarong
Bright as the stars, it is a cultural relic distributed in the land of Hedong; The cultural context is long, and it is a long historical river flowing in the land of Hedong.
In the pursuit of "why China", the Chinese civilization exploration project has been carried out in depth.
In answering the question "Why China", "Archaeological Hedong" gives solid archaeological evidence.
Why is China 5,000 years old? The archaeological footprints stretch from Xiyin Village in Xia County, and countless archaeologists have taken root in the land of Hedong to find traces of Yuncheng in the soil and history.
In 2023, the city will cooperate with relevant units to carry out 6 active archaeological excavations, and 213 archaeological explorations of capital construction projects will be completed; On March 10, 2024, at the "2023 Shanxi Archaeological Project Report Meeting" and the "4th Shanxi Archaeological New Discovery Forum", the site of the Neolithic to Xia Shang period in Yuancun, Xia County, Yuncheng, the site of the Xia period in Pingluliangzhuang, and the site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Yuncheng Wenxi Shangguo-Qiujiazhuang were successfully selected as important new archaeological discoveries in Shanxi in 2023, occupying three of the six important new archaeological discoveries in the province.
Yuncheng
Never stop following the footsteps of history
运城archaeological
Take a firm step forward in empirical history
Hedong archaeological number "first"
2.43 million years ago, the site of Xihoudu in Ruicheng was excavated, and the earliest evidence of human fire use was excavated; The first field archaeological excavation independently presided over by Chinese scholars, the geographical coordinates were located in Xiyin Village, Xia County, which reflected the highest achievement of Chinese archaeology at that time, and also the beginning of the sinicization of archaeological stratigraphy. Several stone carved silkworm pupae excavated from the Shicun site in Xia County locate the time coordinates of silkworm reeling 6,000 years ago, which is the earliest image of stone carved silkworm pupae found in the mainland, and has become one of the important symbols of Chinese civilization......
Stone carved silkworm chrysalis was unearthed at the site of Shicun
In 2023, our city will actively promote the high-quality development of archaeological work, and cooperate with relevant units to implement 6 active archaeological excavations, namely the Dongxiafeng site in Xia County, the Yuancun site in Xia County, the Xiwubi site in Jiangxian County, the ancient city of Wenxi Shangguo and Qiujiazhuang cemetery, the Ruicheng Potou site, and the white goose cemetery in Yuanqubei. On this basis, in 2024, the city's active archaeological excavation will add another item - Yongji Pujindu and Puzhou Ancient City Ruins.
In addition, the city's archaeological pre-work has achieved outstanding results: in 2023, 213 archaeological explorations of capital construction projects in our city will be completed, with an exploration area of 6,141,092.2 square meters, ranking first in the province.
Yuanqu North White Goose Zhou Dynasty Cemetery Copper Ding
Back to February 9, 2021, our city took the lead in the province to introduce the "Implementation Plan for the Pre-reform of Archaeological Survey, Exploration and Excavation of Yuncheng Capital Construction Land", which took the first step in exploring the pre-archaeological work and set a benchmark for the province. The implementation of the archaeological pre-work of capital construction is a specific measure to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on archaeological work and historical research, and it is also an important starting point for optimizing the business environment. The Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Center cooperates with the central work and key projects of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, carries out full-agency services, and efficiently promotes archaeological excavation work under the premise of ensuring the safety of cultural relics. Anxious about the urgency of the project unit, think about what the project unit thinks, closely cooperate with the project construction, arrange work commissioners, take the initiative to dock the project, and assign special personnel to be responsible for project acceptance, archaeological investigation, archaeological exploration, archaeological excavation, and follow up and assist in promoting the cultural relics and archaeological work within the scope of the project land, which has won valuable time for the project to start construction on time, ensured the implementation of key projects, and solved the contradiction between cultural relics protection and economic construction.
Early painted pottery in Yangshao
In 2023, the city will formulate and introduce the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening the City's Archaeological Work" to further clarify tasks, consolidate responsibilities, and strengthen the division of labor. With the strong support of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Center thoroughly implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions for inspecting Yuncheng, obeys and serves the overall economic and social development of the city, actively cooperates with the city's capital construction, and effectively guarantees the smooth progress of the city's key projects and major projects. Actively participate in the Chinese civilization exploration project, around the "Chinese civilization exploration project - Xia culture research" and "Jinnan in the process of Chinese civilization status and role research" and other major topics, with the National Museum of Archaeology, Jilin University School of Archaeology, Jilin University School of Archaeology, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Shanxi University School of History and Culture and other archaeological research institutions to increase the intensity of archaeological work at key sites, for the empirical evidence of millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, more than 5,000 years of civilization history in the mainland, remarkable achievements.
The circle-foot jar unearthed from the Ruicheng Potou site.
The empirical context has a long history
On December 9, 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage released the latest results of the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project. Since about 5,800 years ago, various regions of China have successively appeared relatively obvious social differentiation, and entered the accelerated stage of the origin of civilization. The period from 5,800 to 3,800 years ago can be divided into the period of the ancient kingdom. Compared with the fourth stage of the Chinese civilization exploration project, the understanding of the connotation of civilization in the ancient era is deeper.
On March 10, 2024, at the "2023 Shanxi Archaeological Project Report Meeting" and the "4th Shanxi Archaeological New Discovery Forum", the site of the Neolithic to Xia Shang period in Yuancun, Xiaxian County, the site of the Xia period in Liangzhuang, Pinglu, and the site of Wenxi Shangguo-Qiujiazhuang Eastern Zhou were successfully selected as important new archaeological discoveries in Shanxi in 2023, occupying three of the six important new archaeological discoveries in the province, ranking first in the province.
The annual excavation of the Yuancun site in Xia County further clarified the distribution range, cultural nature and relics characteristics of the Yuancun site. Among them, the relics of Miaodigou culture at the Yuancun site have important implications for the study of the Neolithic archaeological cultural sequence in southern Jinnan, and provide important materials for the study of settlement morphology in Shanxi, Shanxi, Henan and the middle Yangshao settlement in the Yellow River Basin.
Aerial photography of the excavation site of Yuancun site.
The archaeological excavation of the Xia period site of Pinglu Liangzhuang is the first official excavation of the Xia period site in Pinglu and Ruicheng counties at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain. The excavation of the Xia period site in Liangzhuang provides key information and clues for exploring the cultural pattern of the Xia period in southern Jin, the relationship between southern Jin and western Henan in the Xia period, and the in-depth study of the management and control of the early dynastic state in the southern Jin region, which is a major discovery to fill in the gap.
A basin-shaped tripod excavated from the Xia period site of Pinglu Liangzhuang.
The annual excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Shangguo in Wenxi County is the 14th archaeological work of the ruins of Shangguo city and the tomb group of Qiujiazhuang, which is mainly divided into three parts: the dissection of the east wall of the ancient city of Shangguo, the excavation of the northwest of the ancient city of Shangguo, and the archaeological exploration of the north of the ancient city of Shangguo. The annual archaeological work further proves that the ancient city of Shangguo is "Guquwo", and the archaeological exploration north of the ancient city of Shangguo, that is, the exploration of the tombs of Qiujiazhuang, has found the "cemetery" and "state tomb" in the middle and late Jin Dynasty.
Wen Xi Shangguo ancient city unearthed bronze hammer.
Yuncheng, with its rich historical and cultural heritage and unique endowment of archaeological resources, is an important position for enriching China's million-year-old human history, 10,000-year-old cultural history and 5,000-year-old civilization history. The implementation of a number of archaeological projects in our city has effectively demonstrated the historical development process and civilization exchange process of Chinese civilization, which is of great value for exploring the process of regional social complexity and civilization, and for understanding the evolution of Chinese civilization.
Hedong continues the "new voice of archaeology"
Looking at the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country over the years, the wonderful chapter of Yuncheng archaeology is quite eye-catching.
In 1998, the foundation site of the Eastern Han Dynasty Caoyun Building and the ancient Yellow River plank road of Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Henan Province were selected. The site involves the inundation area of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the north bank of the Yellow River in Pinglu, Xia County and Yuanqu counties of our city, and the main site of our city is the plank road of the ancient Yellow River. The ancient Yellow River plank road is not only a true portrayal of the hard life of the ancient Yellow River slender men, but also a precious cultural relic for studying the history of east-west transportation on the mainland and the history of the Yellow River.
In 2004, the cemetery of Qingliang Temple in Ruicheng was selected. The cemetery shows the earliest attempt to transition from the Central Plains to the era of civilization as far as it is known, and is a microcosm of the social development process of the Central Plains at that time.
In 2005, Jiangxian Hengshui West Zhou Cemetery was selected. A total of 1,299 tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty have been excavated in the cemetery, which should be the cemetery of the monarch, wife and his countrymen in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and is a very important discovery in the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains.
In 2016, the Songjin porcelain kiln site in Hejingu Town was selected. The site fills the gap that there are no related porcelain-making relics in Shanxi, and the porcelain-making industry chain is complete, which provides rich information for the study of ancient porcelain-making technology in northern China.
In 2018, the cemetery of Wenxi Liquor Head Shang Dynasty was selected. The discovery and excavation of this cemetery have found a home for the bronzes of the "hidden" tribe, and also filled the gap in the relics of the Late Shang in southern Jinnan, which is of great significance for understanding the regional types of Late Shang culture, the changes in the western sphere of influence of the Shang Dynasty, the way the central government controls the local area, and the national political geographical structure.
The gray ditch of the Erlitou culture period in the west of Wubi in Jiangxian County
In 2019, the Xiwubi site in Jiangxian County was selected. The excavation of this site has revealed for the first time in the Central Plains that the earliest, largest and most specialized Xia Shang copper smelting site in the known era, which makes up for the missing smelting link between copper mining and centralized casting, fills an important gap in Chinese metallurgical archaeology, and has important academic significance for exploring the relationship between the rise of the Xia Shang Dynasty and the control, development and utilization of copper as a strategic resource.
In recent years, the city has actively carried out archaeological exploration and excavation to comprehensively improve the level of protection of underground cultural relics. In 2024, the city will comprehensively strengthen archaeological work, actively participate in the Chinese civilization exploration project, carry out in-depth research on archaeological achievements, cooperate with the National Museum, Jilin University, and Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, and continue to carry out active excavations around the ruins of Yuancun, Dongxiafeng, Shangguocheng and Qiujiazhuang cemetery, Xiwubi, Beibaige cemetery and other sites, and continue to promote the transfer of unearthed cultural relics.
Carry out the investigation of cultural relics resources around the salt lake, and start the investigation and research of Neolithic sites in the Yuncheng Basin from 7,000 to 10,000 years ago, so as to fill the missing link from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic, provide archaeological basis for the core position and important role of Yuncheng in the origin of Chinese civilization, and provide archaeological support for the brand of "the first city of national treasure and the city of good luck in the world".
★ Fully cooperate with the city's major infrastructure projects and the construction of development zones, further optimize the work process, and continue to do a good job in the archaeological pre-construction of capital construction land and the verification of six departments.
★ Speed up the site selection and construction of temporary herbariums for cultural relics and archaeology.
★ Urge Xia County and Wenxi County to accelerate the construction of major archaeological projects such as the China Archaeological Memorial Hall and the Jinnan Archaeological Center of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.
★ According to the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening the Archaeological Work of the City", strengthen the transformation and research and interpretation of archaeological achievements; Take advantage of the "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" and "May 18 International Museum Day" to organize and carry out public archaeological activities and publicity activities such as archaeology on campus and national security on campus.
★ Promote the construction of the Pujindu and Puzhou Ancient City Ruins National Archaeological Park. Carry out the declaration of provincial archaeological site parks, and strive to have an ancient site in our city enter the list of provincial archaeological site parks.
Archaeology is a business that looks back to the past
Stand at the intersection of history and the times
Our city will carefully protect the precious historical and cultural heritage
Maintain the splendid historical context and national memory
Let the heritage buried in the thick soil of the east of the river
Stir up the Chinese context
A sonorous sound that has been passed down endlessly