Beijing, December 24 (Reporter Sun Zifa) "Commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the excavation of Qingtai site and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Guo Baojun academic seminar" was held in Zhengzhou on December 24, archaeological experts and scholars representatives gathered together to commemorate Mr. Guo Baojun's academic contribution to Chinese archaeology, and around the Qingtai site, Yinxu site and other new achievements of excavation and research to discuss.
Commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the excavation of the Qingtai site and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Guo Baojun. Photo courtesy of the organizer of the seminar.
Researcher Liu Guoxiang, Secretary-General of the Archaeological Society of China and Director of the Scientific Research Division of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in his speech that Mr. Guo Baojun is a famous archaeologist in China, who has participated in or presided over a number of field archaeological projects, has made outstanding contributions to the archaeology of Yinxu, and is also one of the main compilers of the first archaeological report "Huixian Excavation Report" published after the founding of New China. After more than 100 years of development, China's archaeological education has achieved fruitful results, but how to do a good job in the current archaeological work still needs serious thinking. The archaeological community should follow the example of Mr. Guo Baojun and other archaeologists of the older generation, carry out in-depth field archaeological excavations, constantly enrich archaeological materials, carry out multidisciplinary comprehensive research, and do a good job in the research and interpretation of archaeological excavation results. At the same time, it is also necessary to do a good job in the display and dissemination of archaeological achievements, and contribute to the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Zhang Huiming, deputy director of Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, pointed out in his speech that Mr. Guo Baojun is one of the pioneers of Chinese archaeology.
1. The founder of Shang and Zhou archaeology. In 1934, Mr. Guo Baojun excavated the Qingtai site for the first time, opening the history of archaeological excavations in Zhengzhou. The "Academic Symposium to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Excavation of Qingtai Ruins and the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Mr. Guo Baojun" was held this time to commemorate Mr. Guo's academic contributions to Chinese archaeology, and to continue the spirit of field excavation and in-depth research of his predecessors, which is of great significance for today's archaeological research and cultural relics protection work.
Gu Wanfa, director of the Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, said in his speech that it can be said that the Qingtai ruins excavated for the first time in 1934 by Mr. Guo Baojun and others were used as a starting point to open the history of archaeological excavation research in Zhengzhou. Qingtai Archaeological Site Park will soon be fully completed and opened, which is a practical action of the archaeological community to pay tribute to generations of archaeologists represented by Mr. Guo Baojun with solid and rigorous archaeological excavation research.
At the symposium on the same day, the participating archaeological experts and scholars focused on Mr. Guo Baojun's academic contributions, Mr. Guo Baojun's archaeological work in Yinxu, Mr. Guo Baojun's archaeological work in Xinxiang, Mr. Guo Baojun's archaeological work in Luoyang, Mr. Guo Baojun's bronze research, and the archaeological observation and environmental significance of China's Neolithic ring moat settlements. The whole mitochondrial genome study of ancient human beings at Qingtai site in Xingyang, Henan Province, etc., made special reports and carried out in-depth discussions and exchanges.
Guo Peng, grandson of Mr. Guo Baojun and director of the Archaeological Studio of China Social Sciences Press, introduced Mr. Guo Baojun's life and major archaeological excavation research work at the seminar.
Zhao Hui, professor of the School of Archaeology and Museums of Peking University and dean of the Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, concluded the seminar and said that it is necessary to take the "Academic Seminar to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Excavation of Qingtai Ruins and the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Mr. Guo Baojun" as an opportunity to keep in mind the "coming time" of Chinese archaeology and the earnest entrustment of previous scholars, and constantly promote the development of Chinese archaeology.
The "Academic Symposium to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Excavation of Qingtai Ruins and the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Mr. Guo Baojun" was guided by the Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, sponsored by the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Society and the Zhengzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, undertaken by the Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and co-organized by the Xingyang Cultural Relics Protection Center.
It is understood that Mr. Guo Baojun was born on December 25, 1893 in Nanyang, Henan Province, since 1928 to participate in the first archaeological excavation of Yinxu, has participated in or presided over the archaeological excavation of a large number of sites such as Anyang Yinxu, Licheng Chengziya, Junxian Xincun, Xingyang Qingtai, Jixian Shanbiao Town, Huixian Liulige and so on. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Guo Baojun led a team to carry out field excavation and archaeological research and teaching for many years.
The Qingtai site, first excavated by Mr. Guo Baojun, is located in Xingyang, Henan Province, which is a representative site of the middle and late Yangshao culture in Zhengzhou, and has unearthed a large number of rich cultural relics from the Yangshao culture period, including the triple ring moat in the middle and late Yangshao culture, the astronomical relics of the Big Dipper, three nearly 400 public cemeteries showing cultural integration, urn coffins that are important to the origin of silk, and the earliest prehistoric adobe houses in the Central Plains. Among them, the light crimson Luo unearthed from the Qingtai site is the earliest and only colored silk fabric found in Chinese prehistoric archaeology, which provides rare archaeological data for the study of the weaving and dyeing technology in the origin stage of prehistoric civilization. (ENDS).