This article**: People's Daily Online-Chongqing Channel.
Liu Zhengning, Yao Yu.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and for the archaeologists who stick to the front line all the year round, this is also the day for them to "go home" to report their work from the front line of archaeology such as mountains, rivers, and forests.
On February 1, the 2023 annual report on important archaeological discoveries in the Sichuan-Chongqing region was held. This event, which is based on the important archaeological achievements of the two places in 2023, opened a special "party" about archaeology.
Archaeologists clean up the coffin murals inside the tomb. Photo by Huang Wei.
From the keel slope site to the Sanxingdui site; Investigation of paleolithic relics from the Mengxi River site in Ziyang, Sichuan Province to Chengdu Paleolithic Remains; From the No. 1 Western Han Tomb at Wulong Pass in Chongqing to the ...... of the Zhuwa Street Site in Pengzhou, SichuanThe appearance of a series of achievements has made the on-site culture precipitated. However, in the eyes of the participants, what is impressive is the humanity and emotions of the two places and the blood connection.
I am currently working in Sichuan, but I have participated in fieldwork in Fuling and the excavation of the Zhongba site. Sun Zhibin, vice president and secretary general of the Sichuan Archaeological Society, made many Sichuan and Chongqing archaeologists feel a lot of emotion, "Bashu and Shu, that is to say, Bashu and Shu cannot be separated, and everyone is a family." ”
The defense system of the Song and Yuan mountain cities, the two places have now begun to jointly apply for the World Heritage Site. According to Yuan Dongshan of the Chongqing Association for the Protection of Historic Sites and Sites, with the progress of archaeological work that has lasted for more than ten years, the characteristic archaeological achievements of the system in the two places have been continuously enriched. ”
It is worth mentioning that the event also allowed many archaeologists who are fighting on the front line to return from the "past" to the "reality".
Archaeologists are cleaning up excavated artifacts in the laboratory. Photo by Huang Wei.
Since August last year, he has been working in the field for more than 100 days. Talking about the archaeological work at the Longkepo site in Wushan, Liao Ruxue, an archaeologist at the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing, remembered not only the excavation results, but also the figure of an old man.
Mr. Huang has always been on the front line with us, which is admirable and moving. "Huang Lao" is the predecessor of the Chinese archaeological community, Huang Wanbo. As the discoverer of the Wushan Dragon Bone Slope site, the ninety-year-old Huang Lao has never left the archaeological site, "The spirit of the predecessors is an example for our generation to learn." ”
Huang Wei, who came from Wulong, Chongqing, was also one of them. Previously, he had been working on the construction site in the hinterland of the Wujiang River for nearly a year.
Huang Wei is the archaeological leader of the No. 1 tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at the pass, the earliest Western Han Dynasty tomb found in China, a large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed in last year's rescue excavation, and the harvest also made Huang Wei always worry about the follow-up work when the festival came. Talking about New Year's resolutions, the sun-tanned man smiled shyly: "I hope there will be more breakthroughs in the next research work." ”
Front-line archaeologists are the norm to work with the mountains and the monuments. "It's going to be the New Year, and I feel the fireworks of the city again. In the past year, Chen Dong has served as the leader of several archaeological projects such as Wulongsheng Jiping. He was joking with his colleagues while looking at his family's ** on his phone.
The day passed quickly. At night, the archaeologists who came in a hurry packed their bags and hurriedly said goodbye.