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Fifth issue

The natural environment of ancient Shu's civilization symbol

Explanator: Well -known historical blogger Shu San Shao

Ancient Shu people more than three thousand years ago, was there anything different from today? Today, "Speaking of Shu", Shu San Shao revealed the natural environment of the ancient Shu period for us.

Many tall ebony were unearthed at the Jinsha site. It is necessary to know that such a ebony requires many harsh conditions. After the trees fall, be sure to bury the silt under the river bed. The river is isolated from the air, so it will not rot, and then there must be appropriate temperature and pressure. After at least 3,000 years of slow carbonization process, but there is no complete carbonization, there is no complete carbonization. In order to become such ebony. The most unearthed ebony in China is Sichuan, especially in the Minjiang River and the Minjiang River Basin. There are also a lot of ebony in Samsung Dou, where it belongs to the Qiangjiang deposit fan. There is also a huge autumn maple root in the Sands Site Museum, which only occupies more than 100 square meters. Imagine how tall it is. These evidence told us that the Chengdu Plain at that time was once densely vegetation and ancient wood towering.

The most shocking thing is the pile, ton, and huge ivory of the Jinsha site. Sanxingdui has also discovered hundreds of ivory for sacrifice. In addition to these long teeth, dozens of elephants were found at the No. 1 sacrifice pit of Sanxingdui in 1986. The Jinsha site also found the molar of the elephant in 2001, and even the top bones of the two elephants. People have always been puzzled, where did these ivory come from? Because there is no elephant in the whole Sichuan. Obviously, they are unlikely to come through trade. This also means that there were elephants at the Chengdu Plain at that time. Of course, some ivory may indeed come from the outside through trade, such as India.

According to the research of meteorologists, it is the warmest period in history from 4,000 years to three thousand years ago, which is 3-5 degrees higher than the current temperature. Therefore, the elephant can live in the Central Plains in the Central Plains in Shudi. The "Shan Hai Jing" tells the "Pakistani Elephant, three years old and out of its bones." In the living area and sacrifice area of ​​the Sands site, archeologists have also found a large number of antlers, belonging to deer with different varieties of different sizes. There are wild boars' teeth, and even the bones of tigers, rhinos, horses, cows, and dogs. There are dozens of species.

With these archeological evidence, we can roughly outline the environment of the ancient Shu people more than 3,000 years ago: the river network, dense forests, rich water grass, and wild elephants, people are here to fish, hunt, farming, and sacrifice.

Chengdu Daily Jinguan Journalist Wang Jiahu Dadian Zhu Dadong Intern Reporter Ze Dengwum Editor He Qi Tie Editor Wang Jiu Video Reporter Wang Jia Intern Reporter Zenden Wanum

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