Zhengzhou Mall found "golden coverage", or crack the source of Sanxingdui golden masks

Critics Li Changxue

On September 16th, the National Cultural Relics Bureau was promoted at the "Archaeological China" major project promotion meeting held in Beijing. In the north area of ​​the Academy Street, a large number of Shang Dynasty aristocratic cemeteries were found, and many important relics such as bronze, jade, jade, and shellcoin were unearthed.

The "golden face" discovered this time is located in the tomb area. The golden mask is located in the sacrifice area.

The golden mask of Sanxingdui is a sticky post made of raw paint and clay tone, which is pasted on the head of the bronze man; the golden mask unearthed at the Jinsha site may be pasted on the bronze portrait or wooden avatar. These bronze avatars are considered by some scholars to be "the image of wizard specializing in religious sacrifice activities." Covering it with gold, it shows not only the lofty status of the tomb owner, but also for the entertainment gods, so as to get the god of the gods.

From the funeral items to the sacrifice instrument and tool, is there a certain connection and inevitable change in the middle of golden coverage and golden mask?

What is imaginative is that the golden face found in Zhengzhou Mall is related to the Golden mask discovered by the Sanxingdui ruins and the Sands site during the late business period? Can the golden masks on the Sanxingdui and Sands Site trace back to the "golden face" of the Zhengzhou Mall site? This is a very worth looking forward to.

The big golden mask discovered by the Jinsha site in Chengdu is very similar to the style of the golden mask of Sanxingdui. They all seem to be diamond -kept and exaggerated. Sanxingdui golden masks are closer to production. But how the cultural origin of these two gold masks has always been a mystery.

Previously, there were two views about its origin. One view is that the gold jewelry and golden masks from the ancient Egypt and Western Asia from 4000 to 3000 BC before the ancient Indian and Central Asian regions were transmitted to Chengdu through ancient India and Central Asia. It proves that this channel has been opened at the time.

Other scholars believe that the ancient Shu civilization system in Chengdu has its own origin and development and evolution trajectory. At present, no bronze casting process has been found in Chengdu, and no utensils such as jewelry made of gold are not found. Regional characteristics show that the golden production technology of the Chengdu Plain should be made locally, but there may be some kind of connection with the Central Plains region. The golden mask reflects local cultural factors based on Central Plains technology.

At present, the "golden coverage" and "gold foil" of the Shang Dynasty discovered in the middle of the Shang Dynasty, etc., earlier than the Sanxingdui site and the golden mask unearthed from the Sanxingdui site and the Jinsha site, are also traceable for the golden mask and gold decoration style unearthed. A new reference material is provided, the mystery of the Sanxingdui site, the golden mask source of the Sands, or the possibility of cracking.

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