Shaanxi Xungu ｜ 1.5 million years ago, human beings left their ruins here

The opening title:

Different from other ancient civilizations in the world, what is the "password" that can continue to develop to this day?

As one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, Shaanxi has an irreplaceable status in the development of Chinese civilization?

At the beginning of this issue, Shaanxi Xungu has taken you "seeing people through people" to jointly verify the origin of human civilization and its historical evolution process.

Discovery site of the Longgang Temple site (remake of information pictures)

Where did humans live in the Hanshui Basin in Qinba Mountain in south of Shaanxi, and which era is it? Maybe you have the Lantian Ape man who lived from the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains from about 1.15 million years ago to 700,000 years ago. The site of Longgang Temple, which can be traced back to 1.5 million years ago.

The Longgang Temple Site is an important old stone site in the Hanshui Basin and the Neolithic era earlier than the Yangshao Culture Banpo type site.

The earliest Old Stone Site known in southern Shaanxi

Longgang Temple Old Stone Site (also known as the ancient human site of Longgang Temple) is located in the south bank of the Hanjiang River, Liangshan Town, Nanzheng District, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. It is 3.5 kilometers from the central urban area of ​​Hanzhong City. There are moderate latitudes here, low mountain hills, connected in one vein, and the two water of the Han Dynasty, the north -south intersect, forming a beautiful and rich Hanzhong basin. This is a blessing of Longgang's ancestors who inhabited and reproduce.

Longgang Temple site unearthed from the old stone era hand ax

The Longgang Temple site was discovered in the early 1980s. It was one of the few early Paleolithic sites in the south of the Qinling Mountains in my country. Scholars did not systematically excavate and study this site.

In 2013, archeological teams composed of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology, the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Nanjing University systematically archeological excavations were conducted on the old stone artifact site in Longgang Temple in Nanzheng County. There are more than 40,000 products such as smasher, hand ax, hand pick, thin -edged ax, scraper and pointedware.

The stone tools unearthed from the Longgang Temple site. The small and thin scraped scraper and the sharp-shaped instrument are the products of the local "simple stone core-stone chip technology". The ball is the product of "Ayeley Technology" introduced in the West. This is one of the few old stone artifacts that have been found in my country so far in China.

The old stone artifact scraper unearthed from the Longgang Temple site

Longgang Temple site unearthed from the old stone ball

Wang Xiejiang, a researcher at the Institute of Ancient Human Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the location of Longgang Temple is located in a transition zone connecting the old stone in the north and south of our country. The development of stone technology and even the origin of human beings is of great significance.

Rich cultural connotation

The Neolithic Time Tao was unearthed in the Longgang Temple site

In addition to the old stone relics, archeologists also found on this site and found an area of ​​about 60,000 square meters. Tomb area. From the analysis of the unearthed cultural relics, the cultural types here should be the same as that of Guanzhong's Banpo, which belongs to the cultural category of Yangshao.

The Neolithic Shi Ax and Tao Yan were unearthed in the Neolithic Temple

Ma Mingzhi, an associate researcher at the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeological Research, said that the phenomenon of the coexistence of this Neolithic and Paleolithic culture on the same site is extremely rare nationwide. The shape of the Yangshao Cultural Village and its pattern of the Hanshui Basin provides a good specimen.

The Neolithic Turning Turlon Turlings Under the site of Longgang Temple site

In addition, the cultural connotation of the Longgang Temple site also includes the Zhou Dynasty site, the Han Dynasty tomb group, and the millennium monasteries building, which has extremely high historical, scientific, artistic and socio -economic value. The discovery of the Longgang Temple site has once again proved that the Hanshui Basin was one of the important birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization.

Preparation of archeological sites parks

Longgang Temple Site has been included in the provincial key cultural relics protection units and the sixth batch of ancient sites of national key cultural relics protection units.

The People's Government of Hanzhong City and the People's Government of Nanzheng County launched the Longgang Temple site protection planning since 2011, and included the construction project of the Longgang Temple Site Park and the Longgang Site Cultural Ecological Park construction project into key cultural heritage protection projects and key tourism development projects.

Bird's view of Longgang Temple Site Park | Picture Song Xiaoli

At present, the construction project of the Longgang Temple Site Park has been approved and under construction. The planning and construction of the Longgang Site Cultural Ecological Park will rely on the beautiful natural environment of Hanzhong, the thick humanistic heritage, and the long history and culture to provide the public with a tour to the public Victory.

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Text, Edit | Yang Lina

Picture | Solemn

School Division | Han and Tang Dynasties Three Three

Review | Yifu

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