Why is the Tanzhe Mountain Cultural Site in Fuzhou called the birthplace of Fujian civilization?

Tanshishan Cultural Site is located in Tanshi Village, Sugarcane Street, Minhou County, Fujian Province [1]. It was discovered in 1954 1, excavated for 8 times, with an excavation area of 2,000 square meters. * * * Found 89 tombs, 9 pottery kilns and 2 trenches, and unearthed a large number of pottery, stone tools, bones and jade articles. Tanshishan culture, named after Tanshishan site, is distributed in the lower reaches of Minjiang River and reaches the coast directly. It has distinct characteristics of marine culture and is the source of marine culture on both sides of Fujian and Taiwan in the pre-Qin period.

Tanshishan cultural site is basically the graveyard of Gong clan in the late primitive society from 4000 to 5000 years ago, on which are piled the cultural relics of Huangtulun more than 3000 years ago. In 200 1 year, Tanshishan site was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Tanshishan cultural site reveals Tanshishan people's social consciousness, the origin of Tanshishan culture and its close relationship with the Neolithic culture on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and reflects the position of Tanshishan culture in the Neolithic culture in China, leaving an indelible mark on the culture of Fujian and Vietnam, which is of great significance to the study of cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the origin of ancient culture in Fujian and the origin of Austronesian languages. [2-3]

20211kloc-0/8, Tanshishan site in Minhou, Fujian Province was selected as one of the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in a Hundred Years" in China.