Urban civilization of early countries in the Yangtze River Basin

In the ancient city of Liangzhu more than 5,000 years ago, the area of ​​the inner city was nearly 3 million square meters, and 4 Forbidden City was as large. Through the sand table model of Liangzhu Ancient City in the second exhibition hall, you can intuitively see the heart -style triple structure of the ancient city. It is very similar to the triple structure system of "Miyagi, Huangcheng, Guocheng" in the later generations. It is the source of the ancient city planning concepts that distinguish between social grades and highlight the center of power. Features have a profound impact on the planning and construction of ancient Chinese ritual society cities.

The picture shows a schematic diagram of Liangzhu's ancient city site. Map of Liangzhu Museum

There is a large multi -functional water conservancy system in the periphery of the Liangzhu Ancient City. The water conservancy system is located in the northwest of the ancient city.

Liangzhu ancient city peripheral water conservancy system distribution map. The Management Committee of the Hangzhou Liangzhu Site Management Zone is transferred from Xinhuanet

The dam body makes full use of the natural mountains, and it is mostly built in Gekou Yishan, reducing the amount of earthwork in the building, saving the labor force, shortening the construction cycle, and reflecting the Liangzhu ancestors' use of nature, transformation of nature, preventing water problems, and controlling water capacity Wisdom and ability. The abundant rainwater of Tianmu Mountain is easily formed in the summer. The two protective systems with high dams and low dams in Liangzhu and low dams. It effectively protects the ancient city of Liangzhu and the surrounding rice fields. While flood prevention, water storage can be storage in the peaceful and original lowlands of the valley. The deposit of a large amount of water resources forms a water transport network connecting multiple valleys, playing a role in regulating the water level of the river, and providing a guarantee for the water transportation and daily water in the ancient city.

In November 2020, Qiuwu Dam site. Management Committee of Hangzhou Liangzhu Site Management District Management Committee Sheng Shuyan/ Photo

The water conservancy system is an important part of the planning and construction of the ancient city of Liangzhu. As the earliest large water conservancy project in China, and even one of the earliest dams in the world so far, the Liangzhu ancient city water conservancy system reflects the scientific nature of China's early water conservancy project. The scale of scale, design and construction technology shows the rare scientific level of the same period in the same period, showing the high achievements of the development of prehistoric rice civilization in East Asia more than 5,000 years ago, and even the prehistoric development of prehistoric rice in East Asia. example.

The large -scale Liangzhu ancient city of Liangzhu is a very complicated system project. It is estimated that the total amount of soil and stone required for the palace, walls and dams of the ancient city of Jianliangzhu reached more than 10 million square meters. It is a super -historical project. The huge social labor and material resources are difficult to achieve without power and ability of national forms. The construction and use of Liangzhu Ancient City reflects that Liangzhu society already has power centers and political centers.

For details, please refer to the 14th issue of "Seeking" Magazine Liangzhu Museum in 2022, "The Holy Land of Empirical Chinese Civilization for more than 5,000 years"

Source: Seeking.com

Planning: He Wenwen

Production: Tang Baolan

Review: Yan Yuqing

Produced: Li Da

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