Ancient historical information of Dongyang mound tomb

Dongyang local ancient historical and cultural information

China's traditional historical and cultural records began with the discovery and research of Oracle characters. Systematic historical records can now be regarded as ancient books and documents in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Most of these ancient books and documents appear in the Central Plains and its vicinity. At that time, the Central Plains regarded Sifang as barbarian, backward and uninhabited.

Dongyang is located in Zhejiang, check geographical information. The historical and cultural center of Zhejiang is in the north of Zhejiang, and Dongyang is a remote area. According to cultural data, in the year of 195, the surnames of residents in Jianxian County, Dongyang had roots, all from the north of the Central Plains.

The excavation of mound tombs in Dongyang tells us that this is not an accident, but a "group". In ancient times, at least more than a thousand years before A.D. 195, Dongyang was an area where ancestors lived in groups.

In the summer of 2005, five mound tombs were excavated from Baitan, Weishan to Guangcun, Wangcun, Geshan. Obviously, there are two tombs with human bones and funerary objects, and the unearthed cultural relics include primitive celadon, printed hard pottery, jade and a small number of bronzes, with rich varieties and forms; There are two tombs without funerary objects, only skeletons, and many burn marks can be seen on human bones; There is also a tomb, with two upper and lower graves and two upper graves, where human bones were found respectively and no relics were found; There are bones and relics on the lower floor.

According to the analysis of archaeologists, those tombs with no unearthed cultural relics but human bones are probably sacrificial pits or tombs. The tombs of unearthed cultural relics belong to slave owners or nobles, and Dongyang mound tomb is a historical relic of slave society.

Dongyang has a large number of ancient place names and legends related to Dayu. The spread of place names: Huiji Mountain extends in Dongyang, with the main peak of Dongbai Mountain and Dayuling nearby; There is Dayu tip near Hu village; There is a stone Buddha between Sakura and Zhaikou; There is Kyushu ridge near Xiying; There is Yuling from Fengshan to Guo Zhai; Nanjiang has Wang Tingyan (Huangtengyan) and Niu Geng Ridge; There is windbreak in the sub-pit; Hengdian has Lushan Mountain (Bamian Mountain); There is a golden rooster near the ocean; Huang Tianfan also has Dayu Cave.

Legend: The Story Volume of Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province, printed and published by 1987, contains the mythical stories about Dayu's water control: Dayu's water control, Yu Hualong's, Yu Wang's Bamian's, Yu Gengtian's, Yu Wang's, Yu Yu's wind slayer, Wang Guns' water control and so on.

There has always been a saying that the place names of Dongyang and the legend about Dayu were brought by immigrants from the Central Plains. The author thinks it needs further discussion. Because the historian Gu Jiegang put forward in "Discrimination of Ancient History": "Yu is a figure in southern mythology" and "the center of this myth lies in Huiji (Yue)". When Juxian Wei, a historian, discovered and studied Liangzhu culture in 1936, he put forward a new theory that shocked historians: China culture originated in Dongyang in the southeast, with a terrain above 40 meters above sea level. When Peiping, Zhejiang Province was originally a sea area, Dongyang, located at the junction of Huiji Mountain and Jinqu Basin, was the first choice for ancestors and aborigines to survive.

In recent years, many archaeological discoveries have been made in counties and cities near Dongyang. Pushan culture, Xiaohuangshan site in Shengzhou, Shangtang site in Xianju and mound tombs in Dongyang all prove that the hilly area in central Zhejiang is an important area for the transition from Paleolithic culture to Neolithic culture.