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The blood that has traveled through more than 3,000 years miraculously appeared at the Sanxingdui site? This sounds like a fantasy, however, when Zhao Hao, the "pit chief" of the No. 8 sacrificial pit, was extracting cultural relics, he found some ** fragments, and there were some unique red spots on their surfaces, like a liquid.
Zhao Hao decided to unveil the mystery of the ** mask. His preferred method was infrared spectroscopy, but it was ultimately unsuccessful due to too many interferences. Still, this method has the potential to reveal the secret of the mask, which he will continue to explore.
Zhao Hao, who loves reasoning, focused on "lumino" again. Spraying this chemical agent at the scene of the murder will emit a faint blue light even if the blood has been cleaned up.
However, its effectiveness will only last for a few decades at most. With the idea of giving it a try, Zhao Hao made a "throat swab" on the mask with a cotton swab. The lights were turned off, and it was pitch black, and nothing happened.
Considering that the history of more than 3,000 years may dilute the components of erythema, Zhao Hao chose the area with the highest concentration of erythema. Turn off the lights again, and still no response.
Suddenly, a faint blue light flashed in the darkness, getting brighter and brighter! This at least proves that the ancient Shu people had sprinkled blood in the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit. As for whether it is human blood or animal blood, further research and analysis are needed.
Red Spot Experiment] - Sanxingdui archaeological documentary "More than Archaeology, Me and Sanxingdui" was grandly launched! The documentary features Hong Kong's gold medal dubbing Ye Qing as the narrator, with a Douban score of 91. The score of station B is as high as 99. Loved by the audience.
This documentary breaks the narrative mode of traditional archaeological documentaries, based on actual archaeological results, and provides a new, intimate and energetic perspective by filming the real working state of Sanxingdui archaeologists, allowing you to have a deeper understanding of the history and culture of Sanxingdui.
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This ancient Shu capital, which has been forgotten by history for 3,000 years, has actually gone through many twists and turns before becoming a high-profile top Internet celebrity. In 1929, a villager surnamed Yan in Moon Bay, Guanghan, unexpectedly unearthed as many as 400 pieces of jade artifacts while digging a water storage ditch, and gave them to relatives and friends as treasures of the town's house.
However, it wasn't until five years later that an archaeological team formed by university professors went to Moon Bay to excavate. However, due to the technical conditions of the time, this short excavation did not wake up the sleeping ancient city, and only brought back some fragments.
For the next 36 years, the land around Sanxingdui left few traces of archaeologists, and the farmland returned to calm. Around 1970, the construction of a large-scale brick kiln factory began, and the daily production activities brought some damage to the site, and the number of pottery shards excavated was staggering.
However, due to various reasons, Sanxingdui did not usher in rescue excavations until 10 years later.
The excavation site was lively, as if a digging competition was being held. Archaeologists meticulously peel off the soil layer by layer, while brick kiln workers excavate from the bottom up, hollowing out the bottom of the steep ridge and then pounding it down with steel drills to save time and labor.
Thousands of years ago, the gold, jade and bronze objects are now sealed in solid clay. In the raging fire, the clay turned into square bricks, silently waiting for the day when the seal would be broken.
Day after day, brushes in hand, people gently waving and muttering incantations. Finally, the golden scepter, golden mask, and bronze sacred tree in the sacrificial pit were unearthed one by one, and people were amazed and full of infinite reverie about the mysterious ancient Shu civilization.
The shock of Sanxingdui is not only limited to the two sacrificial pits, but a greater surprise awaits the world. At just 30 meters from Pits No. 1 and No. 2, six sacrificial pits were discovered, which further stimulated people's enthusiasm for Sanxingdui.
However, behind this sensation, there is a group of archaeologists who pay silently, they have no ** amount, repeat monotonous work day and night, and use youth as a bet, revealing the mystery of history for us.
Their dedication and persistence are the driving force behind our enthusiasm for Sanxingdui. Therefore, we can say,"Sanxingdui is new"Behind it is the endless dedication and efforts of archaeologists.
You may have imagined that this huge and mysterious ruins of the ancient Shu capital can be unearthed with just a shovel to unearth an amazing national treasure. However, the truth is often far from what we envision.
When Pit 8 was excavated, we were all looking forward to it, thinking that in just a few months, we would be able to come face-to-face with the ritual that was 3,000 years ago. However, five months later, we had just finished clearing the ash layer, not to mention the five or six layers of tusk, which was more than the total number of ivory in the other pits, and it would take another two months to clean up.
In order to reduce the pressure on the waist and abdomen of the cleaning and extraction of cultural relics, the archaeological team members will choose the posture of "lying flat in reverse" when stacking the layer. However, this posture has caused many young archaeologists to suffer from back problems at a young age, and they were damaged by the ancient Shu people before they even had time to find the object.
In addition, staring at one place for a long time can also cause damage to the eyes. There are also some archaeologists who maintain a kneeling posture all year round, resulting in serious wear and tear of knee cartilage. Despite this, these archaeologists still insist on the front line of archaeology, revealing the mystery of ancient Shu culture for us.
There are more than 5,000 artifacts in Pit 8, each with a unique number. The unique burial methods of the ancient Shu people often bothered archaeologists. After the destruction of the ancient Shu people and the baptism of a long history, these ancient artifacts were all tattered and incomplete when they were unearthed.
And if you want to restore these cultural relics, the best raw materials, only time.
From the fragments that exude the smell of earth to today's exquisite museum displays, the ancient Shu artifacts have been rejuvenated under the careful restoration of the "Sanxingdui sweeping monk". Their work is not just a simple piece of bronze pottery, but also an effort to restore the fragments of history that have been lost to time.
In the depths of the village of Sanxingdui, there is a quiet courtyard, which is full of broken pottery shards all year round. Uncle Zeng, who has been guarding them for half his life, can always bow his head when facing these pottery shards, ponder patiently, and strive to restore their original appearance.
Although the pottery sent for repair was in poor condition and needed to be handled carefully, Uncle Tsang never complained, believing that the tools in his hands could give these pottery new life.
Uncle Zeng's toolbox contains everything, and even some tools are used to mend shoes, but as long as they can be used easily, they can become repair artifacts. Recently, the "Sanxingdui hot pot" repaired by Uncle Zeng has become a big hit on the Internet.
Guo Hanzhong, a "bronze famous doctor" who also has restoration skills, faces more challenges. He needed to install a detachable ear bracket for the 131-pound bronze mask, so that the kneeling figure that had been lying flat for 3,000 years could stand up again, and he also needed to make accessories for the No. 3 Bronze Sacred Tree......In the face of difficulties, he would seek advice from teachers who were in their late teens.
When he was fifteen or sixteen years old, Guo Hanzhong made a fake cultural relic and threw it into the sacrificial pit. Although he did not deceive the eyes of archaeologists, his wisdom and innovative spirit made him stand out in this world.
More than 6,000 bronzes filled his 30 years, among them, the master took him nearly ten years to repair the No. 1 sacred tree, known as the Fusang tree in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
The restoration of the Sanxingdui site is a huge amount of work, and Uncle Zeng and Guo Hanzhong cannot complete it in their lifetime, and they hope to pass on their unique skills so that future generations can continue to explore and discover those lost beauty.
In Sanxingdui, in addition to the mysterious sweeping monks, there is also a group of budding newcomers who love archaeology. Every morning at 8 a.m., 26-year-old Wang Rui shows up in the field on time**, independently directing and dispatching a team of villagers of all ages, including gray-haired grandmothers.
Archaeology is not just about excavating artifacts, but about protecting and interpreting the traces of the lives of our ancestors. Soil is the best historical teller, and the 13-layer cultural accumulation is clearly visible on the pit wall of the Sanxingdui site, which has continued from the Neolithic Age to the present, like a rich history book.
Among them, the 6th to 13th floors are the areas where the ancients were most active, and although they are only more than two meters deep, they have precipitated a history of more than 1,000 years.
Wang Rui's work is boring, he needs to scrape the noodles repeatedly, mark the lines, and sometimes even become a "garbage porter" to sort the garbage for the ancient Shu people. But every trace of soil is crucial, and if ignored, a civilization can disappear forever.
The excavation of pottery fragments proves that the ancient Shu people had a stable agricultural civilization and benefited a lot from it.
Every step of the archaeological work in Sanxingdui is full of challenges. The excavation of the city wall, the search for trenches, and the search for the remains of the ancient Mamu River all play an important role in understanding the history and culture of Sanxingdui.
Sometimes, all it takes is a pile of silt and it takes a whole month to excavate. The working environment of field archaeology is even more harsh, and heavy rain can cause the prospector to be crushed by stagnant water, which can turn into a muddy field.
Although three landslides will be dug up in a month, this fills Wang Rui's heart with pain.
Although the excavation work will be over, the records can allow us to look back on our past careers, and a forward-looking attitude helps us to cherish our past experiences. The detective will be backfilled by a forklift as if nothing had ever happened, but the experience and memories will remain in our hearts forever.
Sanxingdui has not been able to decode the text so far, and there are few records about Shu in ancient books. Why did the ancient Shu people destroy so many artifacts? What is the connection between Sanxingdui and Chinese civilization?
What is its place in human civilization? Many mysteries of Sanxingdui have been haunting us. At this point, imagination is the key to unlocking the mystery.
A mysterious cultural relic was unearthed in the No. 8 pit, its shape is peculiar, not a dragon or a tiger, but it looks majestic, and seems to show people the mysterious beliefs of the ancient Shu people.
Archaeologists came with their mouths open and interpreted that this cultural relic reflects the worship of the ancient Shu people to heaven, which makes people have to sigh that the archaeologists have a deep understanding of the skills. However, this kind of over-interpretation is not something that can be practiced in a while.
Router, barbecue grill, fire boiler, moonlight treasure box, Peppa Pig ......These peculiar artifacts allow us to intuitively appreciate the talent of the ancient Shu people who broke through their imagination and creativity three thousand years ago.
During the archaeological excavation, every step is fraught with difficulties and challenges. Even in the excavation chamber, where constant temperature and humidity are maintained, mosses can grow on the walls of the exploration area, which will release spores into the air and quickly spread to other areas, affecting the artifacts in the pit.
The ivory that had been dormant 3,000 years ago would quickly lose water and crack once it left the environment of the sacrificial pit, and if it was not rescued in time, it would turn into a pile of powder. At present, the "Sanxingdui ICU" also provides emergency treatment for more than 700 "patients".
In order to overcome these difficulties, archaeologists racked their brains. They first conducted dozens of tests on the rocks to ensure the effectiveness of the potion, and then sprayed the potion on the moss-covered pit walls in small areas and continuously observed its sanitizing effect.
The fragile ivory tusks are protected by plastering, covered with damp tissue paper, and replaced every seven days, so that the ivory can be fully rested and protected in a low temperature and high humidity environment.
The soil samples of the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit have been properly kept, waiting for archaeologists to open more unsolved mysteries in the future. In addition to excavation, cleaning and restoration, the daily work of archaeologists also includes interesting experimental archaeology.
Different from other sacrificial pits with countless treasures, a wooden box shaped like a coffin was unearthed in Pit No. 6, which is the only wooden artifact found in Sanxingdui so far, like a large blind box.
Due to the difficulty of cleaning, the wooden box was cut in whole and transferred to the laboratory for slow excavation. After peeling back the ashes, burnt cinnabar was found. Historically, cinnabar was mainly used for high-level sacrificial activities during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
As a result, this 3,000-year-old wooden box may be very showy. Let's look forward to the discoveries of archaeologists in the future!
In order to recreate the magnificent scene of the sacrifice site 3,000 years ago, Li Haichao, the only "master of the three pits" in Sanxingdui, made a wooden box of the same size, which he painted with cinnabar and then set it on fire.
The moment the flames burned, it was as if the stars had shifted and returned to the mysterious sacrifice site. The crackling sound of the wooden planks as it burns, like the chanting of priests, leads to heaven and earth.
In the 8 sacrificial pits of Sanxingdui, more than 100 copper bells were found, with different shapes, some tall and mighty, some short and exquisite, but without exception, they have lost their original sound after being baptized by the years.
Li Haichao speculated that these bronze bells were not ornaments, but instruments that could play the Gongshang horn and feather scale. So he found Guo Hanzhong, hoping that the other party could make the same copper bell as the original.
When he picked up the replica of the bronze bell with his own hands and shook it gently, a beautiful music sounded. As for the detailed functions of these copper bells, we still need to wait for further research by Li Haichao.
The Sanxingdui site, sleeping under the rape flower field, 93 years ago, a hoe excavated, revealing a shocking legend. Although only one thousandth of the site was excavated, we were shocked.
The majesty of the mask, the god-like "Fuso tree", and the awe-inspiring ivory pile ......When the newly unearthed "bronze statue of the top bent upside down" and the "bronze bird's foot statue" unearthed 36 years ago were tightly integrated, we were deeply shocked again.
This is the Sanxingdui site, a place full of mystery and charm, which will always amaze the world.
The history of 3,000 years seems to be imprinted in our blood and has never disappeared. Sanxingdui archaeologists brush away the traces of time with fine dust, dig out historical surprises with shovels, and measure the ruins of the ancient Shu Kingdom with their footsteps.
They compete with history, do not compromise easily, and are as tenacious as ordinary people, but can persevere quietly, which is their habit and quality. Some of them are running between Sanxingdui and the university podium, some are so busy that they don't have time to fall in love, and some spend half of their lives in the four seasons of Sanxingdui. ”
A land of origin, full of stories. In the story, there is life. Brush away the loess, wipe off the dust, and gather the fragments ......The rise and fall of the ancient Shu people has been staged again.