Heluo Ancient Country: The First Day of China's History

When it comes to the history of our Chinese nation, many people will think of the word "up and down five thousand years", which is also mentioned in the school history textbook.

But in fact, the recorded and traceable history of China is only 3,000 years, so some people say that "5,000 years of civilization, 3,000 years of history", and the history before this, there is no specific written basis handed down, more legends and myths.

So when did the first day of China's history begin? Is the era of Three Emperors and Five Emperors that we are proud of a myth or a fact? Is the Xia Dynasty a real history or a fiction? This is a controversial topic in the field of history, and it is also a question that all Chinese people want to know.

The book "Ancient Heluo" tries to answer us. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a comprehensive book, most of which is about archaeology, and our history has gradually become clear with the unremitting efforts of archaeologists.

However, as the book says, "Archaeology is an encyclopedic knowledge. Physically, we should understand pottery pots and pans and people's lives; Form and China should study settlement, organization, system, trade, war, etc. Metaphysics should study philosophy, art, aesthetics, etc. "

Under the excavation of Decathlon archaeologists, one major discovery after another has sensationalized the whole country and even the world. The discovery of Heluo ancient country is a great event in archaeological history.

The site of Shuanghuashu, the scientific name of Heluo ancient country, is located in Shuanghuashu Village, Heluo Town, gongyi city City, Henan Province. Current research shows that the site of Shuanghuashu was once the site of Du Yi in ancient times, which confirms the representativeness and influence of Heluo area in the golden age of Chinese civilization around 5300. It was the site with the largest scale, the highest grade and the most obvious degree of social differentiation in the Yellow River valley at that time, and it was also a very important material for us to study the civilization process of the Central Plains in the Yellow Emperor era.

The discovery of the site of Shuanghuashu has become a powerful proof of the authenticity of some ancient legends. "Rivers paint, Luo writes, and saints write." After careful study, experts named this site Heluo Ancient Country. It has also become the main root vein of China's 5,000-year civilization.

Shuanghuaishu site is the core of Yangshao culture in the middle and late period. Yangshao culture can be traced back to earlier. At present, archaeological discoveries show that Yangshao culture is a Neolithic painted pottery culture distributed in the Central Plains and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It was about 7000 to 5000 years ago and lasted for about 2000 years. At present, there are more than 5,000 Yangshao cultural sites in China, and Shuanghuashu site is one of them.

The so-called Heluo is the earliest place to record the oriental worldview. The "river" in the "river map" refers to the Milky Way, and the river map refers to the star map; Luo Shu is a context diagram. Confused Luo Shu is the source of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in China culture, and it also proves to us that our ancients knew the knowledge related to astronomy and meteorology for a long time.

With the discovery of the site of Shuanghuashu, the origin of Chinese civilization has been solved. Examples of silk are mentioned in the book.

Silk is the label of oriental civilization, more precisely, it is the label of our Chinese nation. As early as more than two thousand years ago, silk had conquered the ancient Roman countries and was called "the gorgeous morning glow in the East" by westerners. However, some international organizations have suggested that the origin of silk is not in China.

This question seems ridiculous to us. Silk is an important part of China's civilization history. However, it is not easy to prove that silk originated in China. Because of the material, silk products are difficult to preserve, so it is difficult for us to know when silk originated.

But the tooth-carved silkworm unearthed from the site of Shuanghuashu helps us answer this question. This tooth-carved silkworm is made of wild boar's tusks, and we can clearly distinguish the shape of the silkworm, which is enough to prove that our ancients had mastered the technology of sericulture and silk-making more than 5000 years ago. Only in this way can the ancients understand the living habits of silkworms and make such lifelike tooth-carved silkworms.

In addition to beautiful silk, our ancestors mastered many other exquisite technologies more than 5000 years ago. Archaeologists gradually unveiled the mystery of history. Xuejiagang culture, Songze culture, Daxi culture ... all these different cultural elements appear in Shuanghuashu site, which proves that around 5300, Heluo ancient country is in an era of cultural integration.

So how prosperous was the culture at that time? This question will be left to archaeologists and time to answer. Shuanghuashu site is 1 170000 square meters, and only about 6000 square meters have been excavated so far. Our understanding of that distant history is far from enough. However, with the continuous maturity and development of archaeological technology, we are more confident in the face of the hidden history behind the ruins.

Archaeologists are unveiling the veil of history. Through the long river of time, we will finally know how the first day of China's history came.