Chapter 226 Cultural export in ancient times
Everyone took a closer look at the Jade Pig Dragon of Hongshan Culture.
"Is the material different?"
"I see how the dragon in Lingjiatan seems to be gray-white."
"The jade dragons of the Hongshan Culture are green and black."
But is it just the material that is different?
If that's the case, it doesn't mean anything.
It can only be said that the two places have different materials.
The so-called people rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to eat water.
But here's something a little strange.
There is no place where bronze ore was mined at the Sanxingdui site.
But the number of bronzes unearthed here in Sanxingdui ranks among the top in the world.
No one now knows where Sanxingdui’s raw materials come from.
Everyone looked at the jade dragons unearthed in these two different places.
At this time, Xiao Ming was also watching Ye Zhen's program in front of the TV.
"I know that the jade dragon at the Lingjiatan site is O-shaped."
"The Jade Pig Dragon of the Hongshan Culture is C-shaped."
Xiao Ming's father took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case.
"Is my son really a genius?"
Ye Zhen smiled and announced the answer, "Actually, this is a very obvious one.
Look at the Jade Dragon in Lingjiatan. The head and tail are connected together.
The jade dragon of the Hongshan Culture is C-shaped. "
After hearing what Ye Zhen said, Xiao Ming was overjoyed because he guessed it right.
Xiao Ming's father didn't expect that his son would guess it. He touched the top of Xiao Ming's head and said, "He is indeed my son. With your father, I am one-tenth of what I was."
Grandpa Xiao Ming glanced at his son and said, "You kid, you used to be detained by the teacher a lot, and you were called your parents almost every week."
Xiao Ming's mother covered her mouth and laughed.
"Dad, how could you say that to me in front of your children!" Xiao Ming's father was exposed by his own father, and he obviously lost his face.
But Xiao Ming's attention was on the TV, staring at Ye Zhen.
Some viewers heard Ye Zhen's words.
They were a little disdainful.
"Ah? That's it? Isn't it just a little bit off?"
"I've already seen it, I just didn't say it."
"Could it be just a matter of coincidence and craftsmanship?"
Obviously, the C-shaped and 0-shaped shapes look similar.
Even if you see it, you may not be able to feel it.
After some archaeologists looked at it, they knew that Ye Zhen was right.
"In Hongshan culture, they are indeed C-shaped jade dragons."
"We really haven't discovered this little detail before."
"When we studied it before, we only studied the style."
"Maybe it's just that the craftsmanship and aesthetics are different."
Some people think this is a coincidence.
It's just a little different, it doesn't prove anything.
However, some people who have done in-depth research on Hongshan culture rummaged through their minds.
I haven't found any type 0 jade dragons, they are all type C.
And some of the jades excavated later did not have such a 0-shaped style.
"This seems to be the only jade dragon."
"Is this Lingjiatan ruins so special?"
However, Ye Zhen did not continue. Instead, he pointed at another jade article and continued.
"This type 0 jade dragon is unique in our country."
"Some of the jade dragons unearthed later are all in the same C shape as the Hongshan Culture."
"So everyone thinks there are cultural exchanges between the two places."
"If we say that the Jade Dragon in Lingjiatan can be found similar in other ruins."
"That piece of jade is truly unprecedented."
The place where Ye Zhen pointed was a jade eagle.
Totems like the eagle are very rare in our country.
And this jade eagle spreading its wings is even rarer.
The jade eagle's head is turned sideways, and the position of the bird's beak can be seen.
The two wings spread out in a vigorous manner.
Some people say that the two wings are carved into two pigs.
However, there are two pigs on the wings of this eagle, which seems inconsistent no matter how you look at it.
Some people think that these wings are just like that, not just pig heads.
The most amazing thing is that there is a large and small concentric circle in the middle of the jade eagle.
In the middle, there is an octagonal star pattern.
Look at the shape of this jade eagle.
Some viewers felt a sense of déjà vu.
"It seems like I've seen this before somewhere."
"This jade eagle also looks very strange. This is the first time I have seen such a style of jade."
"What is that octagonal thing in the middle? Why does it grow in the middle of the jade eagle?"
In fact, anyone who is an archeologist knows this.
"The Jade Eagle is also unique. I have never seen anything like it in other ruins."
"No wonder it is as mysterious as Sanxingdui."
"The jade eagle represents the ancients' desire for flight, because they believed that the eagle was the closest thing to the sky."
"Don't the one in the middle represent the sun?"
In academic circles, they believe that the jade eagle may represent the sun.
Because the concentric circles and eight-pointed star in the middle represent the sun.
Aren’t the sun and the flying bird the three-legged golden crow? They believe that this jade eagle may be the original three-legged Golden Crow.
The Lingjiatan ruins are older than Sanxingdui.
Ye Zhen looked half-smiling, "Does anyone think the appearance of this jade eagle is familiar?"
"However, in the archaeological history of our country, there is no such style of jade eagle."
"This is also a unique item in archaeological history."
"It is now thought to have been carved for sun worship."
"Because there is a sun pattern in the center of the jade eagle."
"We have never unearthed jade objects of this type in China."
"But this pattern is very common abroad."
A very common pattern abroad? Do things excavated from ancient ruins in our country actually appear abroad?
how can that be!
But when Ye Zhen posted some pictures next, everyone immediately understood.
The audience takes a look
"Isn't this bald eagle's national emblem the United States'?" "I know this. This is the Soviet Union's double-headed eagle's national emblem."
"This one is the HRE Eagle national emblem of Germany."
No wonder some viewers thought this eagle with its wings spread looked so familiar.
It turns out that this is commonly used in foreign cultures.
Ancient Egypt and some Middle Eastern countries also had patterns similar to spread wings.
And it is still used today.
Speaking of the earliest timeline, it is the Lingjiatan ruins.
Everyone was quite shocked. They didn't expect that this foreign country used so many badges.
The source is actually the Lingjiatan ruins.
Some archaeologists were shocked.
"Is there still such a connection?"
"This is the first time I know about it. No wonder I can't find it in China."
"So they're all overseas?"
In this way, everyone will have a better understanding of the depth of domestic civilization.
Because there are some bird totems in our country.
The most famous one is the Xuanniao of the Shang Dynasty.
The blackbird and phoenix patterns are different from the unfolded eagle.
The flying eagle with its wings spread really appears most often in foreign totems.
"Is our country so awesome?"
"Did culture already be exported in that era?"
"My ancestor is awesome!"
Why did the jade eagle pattern go abroad?
And it is often used by them until now, which we don't know here.
Some experts who study totems did not think of it either.
The eagle totem often used by many foreign countries actually originated here in China.
This is very surprising.
Now everyone knows how magical this Lingjiatan ruins is.
The national emblem that foreign countries have been using actually comes from China.
If this thing spreads abroad, many foreigners will definitely break the defense.
Now everyone is looking forward to the Lingjiatan ruins more and more.
Professor Yan Xin is not very clear about this aspect.
But he also watches football games, and the emblems of some football teams are the eagle with spread wings.
Another old Wu looked at the jade eagle.
"Why does this look a bit like the totem of Sumerian civilization?"
Professor Zhou looked at Old Wu and said to himself, "Old Wu, what are you talking about?"
Old Wu shook his head, "Nothing."
After introducing the jade eagle, Ye Zhen pointed to another jade object.
"Look at this jade, only half of it has been excavated."
"This kind of jade is generally long in shape and only tilts up at the very end."
"And it looks like it's only half of it. It looks very much like an ordinary jade Huang."
"But actually if you look carefully, this upturned part is actually a tiger head."
The exquisitely carved tiger head, although the lines are simple, can be seen at a glance.
Tiger head, half? Some astute viewers figured it out.
"Isn't this the Tiger Talisman?"
"It turns out that the history of Tiger Talisman is so early!"
"Who was at the Lingjiatan site back then?"
Anyone who knows history knows that the Tiger Talisman was a symbol of military power in ancient times.
The pattern is that of a tiger split in two.
Together they are a tiger.
When sending out troops, you only need to hold half of the tiger talisman to lead the troops to fight.
This tiger talisman is the certificate.
Some historians feel that history needs to be rewritten.
"It is now recognized that this tiger talisman originated from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."
"I didn't expect it to have appeared at the Lingjiatan site."
"This has pushed it directly forward, I don't know how much."
"I think this is enough to publish a paper."
This may seem like a very trivial matter, but in fact it’s just that no one pays attention to it.
And everything here is related to jade.
Until 2007, the Lingjiatan site was still being excavated like the Sanxingdui site.
A total of more than 1000 pieces of jade have been unearthed so far.
Looking at our country, they are unique, and there are no iron tools or the like.
This is very amazing, because this period is earlier than the Bronze Age of Sanxingdui.
But it is such a seemingly primitive civilization.
But there are many unique jade articles, and the processing of some jade articles was simply impossible in that era.
And these unique jade articles are the only ones in China.
"The largest jade pig in our country was also unearthed in the Lingjiatan ruins."
"Guess how big this jade pig is?" Ye Zhen asked the audience.
The jade objects that the audience saw before were basically very small and exquisite.
Usually they are only eight chapters in size.
"Jade pig? How big can it be?"
"Can this jade be as big as my head? Hahaha."
"I think laughing with fists is about the same."
But the pictures Ye Zhen posted shocked everyone.
I have never seen such a huge piece of jade.
Ye Zhen introduced: "This is the largest jade pig unearthed in our country, with a total length of 75 centimeters and a weight of 176 kilograms.
It is not easy to have such jade.
And the appearance of this jade pig has been identified by zoologists.
This is a boar, and a wild boar.
What is this indicating?
At that time, our ancestors already knew how to hunt and keep wild boars in captivity.
The wild boar was used as a sacrifice to worship ancestors, gods and the sun. "
No one thought that this jade pig could be so big.
But this also shows that the ancients knew exactly what pigs looked like.
And has the ability to carve out the appearance of a pig.
So the wings of the jade eagle are not two pigs at all.
(End of this chapter)