Xinhua Full Media+| Henan Zhengzhou Mall found the first business cultural cover

A piece of golden face that is earlier than Samsung Dou's golden mask has been unearthed in a high -grade aristocratic tomb in the Zhengzhou Mall site a few days ago. Refresh the cognition of golden culture in the Central Plains region.

"This is the first time that all business cultural sites in the country have issued cash overly, and it is also the only gold cover. The phenomenon of using gold burial in large quantities in the tomb is also the first discovery." Gu Wanfa, Dean of Zhengzhou Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute.

The Zhengzhou Mall site is located in the center of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is the first capital built by the king Tang of the Shang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 3,600 years.

This is the golden face unearthed from the high -grade aristocratic tomb of Zhengzhou Mall. (Photo Conferring in Zhengzhou Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute)

According to reports, the gold covered with a length of 18.3 cm, 14.5 cm wide, and about 40 grams, and the four sides were slightly bent inward. Experts speculate that the layout of organic matter is covered with organic matter, covering the master of the tomb owner.

"When excavated, the golden covered on the wall on the west side of the tomb M2 was located on the side of the owner of the tomb. Essence

Among the Sanxingdui sites in the southwest, a large number of gold products were unearthed, of which the golden mask was the most representative. Among the many business cultural sites in the Central Plains region, only gold has been discovered before.

In the middle of the Shang Dynasty, the golden face of the Shang Dynasty unearthed in Zhengzhou Mall was earlier than Samsung Dou Gold Mask. "This provides very important clues for exploring the direct source of golden mask culture in the late Central Plains business culture in the late Central Plains business culture." Gu Wanfa said Essence

This is the golden bubble unearthed from the high -grade aristocracy of the Zhengzhou Mall site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yuan Yueming Photo

"The new discovery also provides us with more research topics, such as: the golden face of Zhengzhou Mall is made locally, or from cultural exchanges? From Zhengzhou Mall in the Central Plains to Samsung Dou in the southwest, how does golden culture develop? What are the true cultural meanings of the golden coverage of the Shang Dynasty? What is the relationship between the jade overwhelming and the jade overwhelming in the Western Zhou Dynasty? "Gu Wanfa said," The answers to these 'puzzles' are worth further research and expectations. "

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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