The current status of the ruins of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty

According to information provided by the Zhanjiang Library, Xuwen was located at the southernmost tip of mainland China, closest to Hainan and the closest place to Southeast Asia at that time. In recent years, a large number of Han Dynasty ruins have been excavated in this area, including Han bricks, tiles, long-lived tiles, Han Dynasty private seals, etc.; more than 200 Han tombs and a large number of Han Dynasty objects have also been discovered in Huafeng Village, proving that this place was relatively prosperous at that time. Experts believe that Xuwen had a relatively high level of cultural production during the Han Dynasty, and its transportation status was very important. It was the maritime export to Southeast Asia at that time, and it had rich historical and cultural resources and unique unearthed cultural relics.

The coastline of Xuwen County, Zhanjiang, Guangdong is long and winding, surrounded by blue waves on the east, west and south sides, with many sandbars and bays. The convenience of boats has made it a good port in the South China Sea since ancient times.

At the recently concluded academic symposium on the Maritime Silk Road and China Southern Port, nearly a hundred well-known experts and scholars from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong and other places conducted on-site inspections of Xuwen, Guangdong and discussed the Issues related to the "Maritime Silk Road" were discussed and major breakthroughs were achieved. Experts unanimously believe that Xuwen was one of the starting ports of the Maritime Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty through archeology, inspection of ruins and cultural relics, and multidisciplinary demonstrations. A large number of Han Dynasty ruins excavated by archeology, including Han tombs, Han bricks, tiles, long live tiles, and Han Dynasty private seals, prove that this place was relatively prosperous at that time. Xuwen’s Folk Culture and Art Festival is one of the series of events in China celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO. Why did UNESCO’s celebrations choose to be held in Xuwen? Xuwen was the starting port of the "Maritime Silk Road" in the Han Dynasty. Xuwen is rich in local culture and original ecological culture, and its cultural resources and original ecological culture are well protected. In the area of ??Nanshan Port, the site of Xuwen's departure port, more than 200 Han tombs and living sites of the Han Dynasty were discovered. Han bricks and tiles can be seen everywhere in the fields, as well as China's earliest well-preserved navigation beacon light holders, navigation Bagua locators, Hou Ancient monuments such as Guan Shen Zuo and Longquan Ancient Well.

Xuwen folk culture includes red clay culture, ocean culture, Central Plains culture, Pearl River culture, Fujian and Zhejiang culture, Xijiang culture and other cultures. The local area shows its unique cultural charm to the world through the Folk Culture and Art Festival . If the emergence of any cultural phenomenon is viewed from the perspective of anthropology, it is not difficult to find that the cultural phenomenon is actually a reflection of the life experience and psychological experience of a certain nation. During the Han Dynasty, the Guyue people living in Xuwen County faced tremendous pressure for survival: miasma, wild beasts, thunder and lightning, strong winds and waves, coupled with the lingering fear left by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "pacification of Nanyue", the migration of immigrants from the Central Plains, Information about overseas ethnic groups, this unstable living environment determines the multiple factors of the ancient Yue culture.

(1) Openness. The openness is reflected in the fact that the ancient Yue people not only absorbed the culture of overseas nations during their voyages, but also formed exchanges with various cultures in the Central Plains.

(2) Resistance. Cultural resistance is mainly manifested in cultural conflicts in the way of survival. While the Guyue people are open to accepting overseas culture and Central Plains culture, at the level of their way of survival, their local culture conflicts with these cultures. This is cultural resistance.

(3) Compatibility. After a period of mutual resistance, incompatible cultures gradually enter a relatively stable time and space, where they are connected, penetrated, complementary and interdependent, thereby forming structural tension within the culture. This is the compatibility between cultures. .