Zhou Zhiqing: The unique tomb funeral system and funeral customs constitute the cultural characteristics of salt source bronze

Cover reporter Zhou Qin photography Chen Yu Xiao Yang Bo

On June 18, "Exploring the Ancient Civilization of Ancient Civilization · Casting the Chinese Nation Community Awareness -the first academic seminar of the Yanyuan Bronze Culture and the Concentration of the Communications of various ethnic groups" was held in Yanyuan County, Liangshan Prefecture.

Zhou Zhiqing, deputy dean and researcher of Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute

At the meeting, Zhou Zhiqing, deputy dean and researcher of the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, made a speech entitled "Unique, Compatible and Covering -Yanyuan Bronze Culture". He explained from the three directions of Yanyuan Geographical Culture and Brief History of Archeology, the characteristics of Yanyuan Bronze Culture, and who was the master of this bronze culture. At the end of the sharing, Zhou Zhiqing concluded, "The uniqueness, compositeness, and diversity characteristics of Yanyuan Bronze Culture enriched the connotation of the ancient multi -in -one cultural pattern of ancient China, and it was a typical case of the interaction and exchanges of various ethnic groups in the Southwest."

Superior location and resource endowment advantages

Yanyuan County is located in the southeast edge of the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau and the lower west bank of the lower reaches of the Yazhen River. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is a geographical node of the Ganqing area upstream of the Yellow River in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. part. It is also because of its important and unique geographical location that salt source bronze wares have important significance and research value.

Zhou Zhiqing introduced that from the geographical point of view, the salt source was interrupted in the horizontal mountainous area, lined with north and south, and east -west. In terms of cultural location, Yanyuan is located in the half -moon -shaped band. From the perspective of ethnic groups, Yanyuan is also a node that communicates northwest of China and ethnic groups in northwest of China. At the same time, the salt source resources are rich, and the salt, copper, iron, gold, cinnabar are rich. The advantage of resources is an important factor in the future development of the region.

Zhou Zhiqing, deputy dean and researcher of Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute

Salt Bronze Cultural Features:

Unique tomb funeral system and funeral custom

Cover reporters learned from the seminar that since April 2020, with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Relics, the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research Institute jointly and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum, Yanyuan County Cultural Relics Management Institute formed a joint archeological team For three consecutive years, the old dragon -headed cemeteries were rescued and archeological excavations. After the exploration, the scope of the old leader's cemetery was 12211 square meters, the joint archeological team excavated the area of ​​about 3,500 square meters, and the tomb had been cleaned more than 1,100 tombs. More than 5,000 cultural relics (sets) have been unearthed, including pottery, copper, gold, iron, iron, silverware, glassware, stone, boneware, etc. Among them, copper and pottery are large. The number of tombs of the lord's cemetery, diverse shapes, and rich funerals, provided precious new archeological materials for the study of salt source bronze culture.

Zhou Zhiqing concluded that Yanyuan Bronze Culture has the following characteristics. First, it is a unique tomb shape, such as boulder covering, burial stone; diverse tombs: amputation, secondary burial, limb wrapping, flexional burial, headhole burial, cinnabar funeral, tomb funeral, etc.; With stable funerals; Tradition -East -West head direction.

In addition, there are unique shapes, a wide variety of branches, dry -shaped rods, and rod heads.

Both ears can also be a very distinctive in the cultural relics unearthed from the old dragon -headed cemetery. Zhou Zhiqing said, "We guess whether this kind of container is also related to the salt halogen production of salt source. Has the two -ear tanks used to be used by the people here to install salt brine? Can you stay for further research and analysis."

who are they?

The mysterious veil of the people is revealed

According to literature records, many ethnic groups such as Yelang, Yunnan, 邛, 笮, Kunming, Migration, and Ran have lived on this land. So, who created the developed bronze culture in Yanyuan and local characteristics? Where do they come from?

According to expert research, the residents of the Bronze Age of Yanyuan District were likely to be the Lauren Group, who was active in the Yajie River Basin in the southwest of Sichuan at that time. With the continuous emergence of new archeological discoveries, the mysterious veil of the people was slowly revealed, and the former brilliant bronze culture was gradually reproduced ...

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