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Chapter 1435 The Descendant of the Dragon
The dragon is a symbol of Chinese civilization, and the unearthed dragon-shaped utensils made the ancient Shu civilization closely linked with the Chinese civilization.

Looking at the bronze pig-nosed dragon in front of him, Chen Wenzhe felt a little emotional.

This should be somewhat similar to the Jade Pig Dragon of the Hongshan Culture. They are the earliest Chinese dragons that have not really formed yet.

This utensil is cylindrical in shape, with a long nose, long ears and a single horn.

However, experts speculate that it is mainly used for construction.

There are also some dragon-shaped utensils used on ornaments, such as a copper dragon-shaped ornament.

This copper faucet is 7.7 cm wide and 17.5 cm high.

The vessel is decorated in the shape of a B-shaped copper dragon. The copper dragon opens its mouth wide, and the upper and lower rows of round holes are cast in the mouth to represent "dragon teeth", which has an abstract tendency;

The upper kiss is curled backwards, connecting with the shape of the dragon's horns. The dragon's horns escape forward, and the end is lifted slightly upwards and quickly retracted, with restrained strength.

The S-shaped long eyes are integrated in the form of dragon horns and extend to the end of the horns, and the ears are wide.

Its overall shape is slightly similar to the image of the bronze dragon on the seat of the No. [-] large bronze sacred tree, but it is more bizarre and absurd.

In addition, there are many cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui with dragon patterns. It can be said that dragon patterns, or dragon-shaped utensils, are important things throughout Chinese civilization.

It is also the dragon culture that connects the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization together.

Many cultural relics in Sanxingdui inevitably have dragon patterns.

For example, the newly unearthed "National Treasure" "Kneeling Figure" in Pit No. [-].

This statue is very peculiar. It has several dragon-shaped patterns from the mouth to the shoulders and abdomen.

There was no such attachment on the Dakouzun before, and it may be the only one in China, which has never been unearthed.

This dragon-shaped decoration is the same as a flying dragon that descended from the sky on the No. [-] sacred tree.

Also, the mouth of the utensil faces down, giving the impression that it is a dragon descending from the sky.

A monster with a dragon body and a bull head shows that people in Sanxingdui are very open-minded and dare to think.

They pinched the cow and the dragon together to make a very beautiful work of art.

Like this statue of a kneeling figure, it should be used for sacrifices in the royal ancestral temple.

Previously, especially in the excavation in 1986, nearly a thousand pieces of precious cultural relics such as gold, copper, jade, stone, pottery, shellfish, and bones were unearthed from the No. [-] and No. [-] pits of the Sanxingdui site.

Among them, the bronze wares include dragon-shaped decorations, dragon-shaped vessels, dragon-tiger statues, sacred trees, standing figures and other dragon patterns and dragon-shaped vessels.

About 6000 BC to about 2000 BC, that is, the Neolithic Age in Chinese archaeology.

During this period, several original dragon patterns and dragon shapes were unearthed from various cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin and Liaohe River Basin.

For example, the Xinglongwa Cultural Site in Chahai, Fuxin, Liao Province unearthed stone-built dragons and dragon-patterned pottery fragments dating back [-] years.

The Yangshao Cultural Site in Beishouling, Baoji, Western Shaanxi, unearthed a pottery dragon nearly 7000 years ago.

The Yangshao Cultural Site in Xishuipo, Nanhe PY, unearthed a clam-built dragon about 6500 years ago.

A jade dragon about 5500 years ago was unearthed at the Lingjiatan Cultural Site in Hanshan, Hui Province.

Jade dragons dating back about 5000 years were unearthed in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and Hongshan cultural sites in Liaoxi, Liao Province.

The Longshan Cultural Site of Taosi Temple in Xiangfen, Xishan, unearthed painted pottery with dragon patterns about 4500 years ago.

These primitive dragon patterns and dragon shapes correspond to the origin and early stages of Chinese civilization.

They are the participants, witnesses and markers of the origin of Chinese civilization and its infancy.

Next, from about 2000 BC to 771 BC, that is, the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties in the history of our country.

The bronzes and jades unearthed during this period have more dragon patterns and shapes.

For example, the Erlitou cultural site in Luoyanshi, Nanhe, unearthed turquoise dragon-shaped vessels and dragon-patterned pottery.

The Simu Xinfang tripod dragon pattern unearthed from Fu Hao's tomb in Yinxu, Anyang, and the jade dragon unearthed from Fu Hao's tomb.

The dragon and tiger statue unearthed in Funan, Hui Province, the Ligui dragon pattern of the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in the west section of Lingkou Village, Lintong, Western Shaanxi, and the He Zun dragon pattern of the Western Zhou Dynasty, unearthed in Jiacunyuan, Baoji, Western Shaanxi, etc.

These dragon patterns and shapes correspond to the further formation period of Chinese civilization.

Archaeologists judged that the dragon patterns and dragon-shaped objects unearthed from the Sanxingdui site belonged to the second and third phases of the site.

The dating period is about 2000 BC to 1000 BC, roughly equivalent to the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties in the Central Plains.

Only the head of the dragon-shaped decoration remains, the dragon opens its mouth, the upper kiss curls backward, the dragon horns are long and protruding, and the dragon's ears are large.

The dragon column-shaped vessel is large at the top and small at the bottom. The top of the vessel is flat. A dragon stands on the top of the vessel.

On the shoulders of the Dragon and Tiger Zun, there are cast high-relief sculptures in the shape of three dragons wriggling and cruising. The dragon head protrudes from the shoulder of the vessel, the dragon horns are in the shape of high columns, and the longan eyes are round;
The main patterns on the belly of the Zun are all tigers and people in high relief.

On one side of the bronze sacred tree, there is a dragon extending from the side of the main trunk from top to bottom, as if waiting to fly.

The body of this dragon is slender and curved in an S shape, with its head raised, its horns raised, and its mouth wide open.

The bronze standing figure is wearing a long-breasted dragon-pattern jacket on the left, and the right side and back of the jacket are engraved with dragon patterns. The dragon holds its head up and opens its mouth, with a beard under its jaw, a long neck, and an upturned tail.

Comparing the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from the Sanxingdui site with the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from various cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin, and Liaohe River Basin in the Neolithic Age, many similarities can be found.

First, the slender and curved dragon bodies are basically the same.

For example, the dragon body of the bronze sacred tree unearthed at the Sanxingdui site is consistent with the body of a clam-built dragon unearthed at the Xishuipo site of Nanhe PY, and the body of a painted pottery with a dragon pattern unearthed at the Taosi site in Xiangfen, Xishan.

Second, the head of the dragon is basically the same as the animal.

For example, the dragon head of the dragon column unearthed at the Sanxingdui site, and the dragon head of the clam-built dragon unearthed at the Nanhe PY Xishuipo site;
The "dragon body and bull head" of the "top kneeling figure" newly unearthed in Pit No. [-] of the Sanxingdui site;
The Lingjiatan cultural site in Hanshan, Hui Province unearthed a jade dragon "dragon body and bull head".

The dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from the Sanxingdui site are later than those unearthed from various cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin and Liaohe River Basin in the Neolithic Age.

Therefore, it can be judged that the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from the Sanxingdui site have inherited and borrowed from the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from various cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin and Liaohe River Basin in the Neolithic Age.

That is to say, the civilization with dragon as a symbol produced in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin and Liaohe River Basin in the Neolithic Age radiated and affected the Sanxingdui civilization.

In summary, several points of consensus can be formed.

First, the dragon pattern and dragon shape participated in and witnessed, and to a certain extent, marked the formation of the Sanxingdui civilization.

The ancient Shu people living around Sanxingdui are also "descendants of the dragon" in the humanistic sense.

Second, the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from the Sanxingdui site have inherited, learned from, and imitated the technologies of other civilizations in the Neolithic Age.

Therefore, the dragon patterns and dragon shapes unearthed from various cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin, and Liaohe River Basin are basically the same as those of the Xia and Shang dynasties in the Central Plains;
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