Archaeological value can create economic value?Professor Zhang Changping said: Yes!

As Sanxingdui archeology and museum cultural relics frequently come out of the circle on social platforms and media columns, which are closely related to the niche discipline -archeology, which shorten the distance with ordinary people's daily life, and attracts a lot of attention and discussion. Essence On July 16th, Zhang Changping, a professor of archeological at the Department of Archeology of Wuhan University, was a Harot Hubei Library Yangtze River Forum, and discussed with readers what practical significance of archeology.

Zhang Changping

Archeology has changed people's ideas

Professor Zhang Changping lamented that compared with his student days and early stages of participating in work, the public's understanding of archeology at present is no longer the same as before. This is largely due to the importance of the country and society for cultural relics protection.

Different from the handed down literature, archeology tells history from a unique perspective. From the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age, to the Bronze Age, we see almost blank from the handed down literature, and archeology vividly shows the historical scene and the "people" living in it through unearthed cultural relics; The cultural relics at the stage outline the evolution of human civilization.

Some people question: What is the practicality of archeology? Professor Zhang Changping pointed out that the historical and cultural heritage not only vividly described the past, but also profoundly affected the present and the future. The concept of respecting the ancestor of the worship of the bronze ware still deeply affects daily life today.

Historically, for more than a hundred years, he opened the door of China for more than a hundred years, and the humiliation and setbacks forced the people to reflect on the people. Many scholars raised questions about Chinese culture. In this context, the amazing discovery of Oracle has greatly rebuilt the cultural self -confidence of the Chinese people. Wang Guowei has verified the name of the pioneer of the pioneers appearing in the Oracle Bone in "The Pioneer I saw in Yin Bu's Ci", and the "Historical Records · Historical Records · "Yin Benji" is basically the same, providing a loud and persuasive persuasion for the establishment of Shinshi. In addition, from the cultural sites of Erlitou to find the trace of the Xia Dynasty, and witnessed the "two important cradle of Chinese civilization -the Yangtze River and the Yellow River" from the Panlong City site ", many views that have been changed by archeological changes have gradually become the mainstream of the academic community. Essence

In reality, although archeology does not directly bring economic benefits, one place brings the fiery travel because the archeological resources are rich. Such examples abound. For example, Xi'an, Shaanxi, historical tourism occupies an important share in its GDP.

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Behind the exquisite cultural relics is the national strength and cultural self -confidence

Professor Zhang Changping introduced that since ancient times, the dynasties have attached great importance to archeology since ancient times. In the history of Chinese history, we built a ritual society with Ding and Xun's life utensils as rituals. For example, Tianzi uses Jiuding and Eight Capricorn, with different identities with different rituals. Therefore, archeology has a political role in the feudal dynasty, and the ritual system is conducive to maintaining the order of society.

Just as Confucius said: "Only instruments and names, not dummy, and the princes are also. The great festival of politics is also. If the fake people, and the human and government. The death of the country, then the country is obedient, and Focozhi is also ".

For New China, archeology also has a unique role in academic, diplomatic and other fields. Bronze wares have been hailed by Western scholars as "Boeing Aircraft in the 12th century BC", which means that it represents high -end technical levels and complex production organizations. Behind the diverse resource allocation ability, behind the exquisite cultural relics is the national strength and cultural confidence.

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Panlong City represents a result of the development of Central Plains culture to the south

At the end of the lecture, Professor Zhang Changping used the portrait of the Sanxingdui sacrifice pit, such as the avatar, the mask, and the entry of the dedication as an example to explain the "multi -integrated Central Plains culture". From the differences between the shape of the utensils, analyze the cultural interaction between the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin, especially the Central Plains culture with the base camp of the Yellow River Basin as the radiation influence on the surrounding areas; The value orientation reflected in the dedication, understand the recognition and respect of the Central Plains culture. Zhang Changping said that the culture of Sanxingdui is gradually centralized, originated from the value identity and cultural cohesion formed under the paddy agricultural system.

After the lecture, in the interaction of questions, readers have the relationship between archeology and ordinary people? Zhang Changping said that ordinary people can learn about the results of archeological results through visiting the museum. The cultural relics of the museum be carried both history and art, and they are particularly easy to trigger people's interest.

Some readers are quite professional. What is the relationship between Panlongcheng culture and the Neolithic culture in Jianghan area? Zhang Changping said that in the Neolithic era, our area has formed very strong culture, such as Qujialing culture and Shijiahe culture. But after the 20th century BC, Shijiahe culture quickly declined. Panlong City represents a result of the development of Central Plains culture south. What we see in Panlong City's cultural relics is basically the embodiment of Central Plains culture, which also illustrates the strong radiation of Central Plains culture to surrounding areas.

(Part of the picture is provided by the Hubei Provincial Library)

Source: Jimu News

Reporter: Xu Ying

Correspondent: Ren Feiyue Xie Ning

Photography: Wang Liang

Edit: Hubei

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