Master Archaeologist

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In the world, the rise of most cities began with the settlement of the common people.Liangzhu is no exception.

In the ancient city, except for a few areas with special significance, they are basically the residences of the common people.They are distributed on both sides of the river, living between the river.

They piled up highlands on the swamp, and then formed rivers on both sides. Stones piled up the river bank, and bamboo fences and bamboo weaves were carefully woven into a beautiful revetment.

Living around the city by water, this lifestyle can still be found in Shaoxing, Wuzhen, and Zhouzhuang.

It has to be said that this is a very convenient design for both the residents at the time and the archaeologists today.

For residents, the adjacent waterways are not only good for transportation, but also convenient for transporting utensils and food.

It is also a great convenience in life. Whether it is fetching water, or discarding leftover bones, fruit cores, etc., it can be easily done with just a lift of the hand.

For archaeologists, the emergence of waterways and rivers is also a matter of making archaeology easier and more convenient.

Because most of the waterways and rivers have either disappeared or been diverted due to the great flood 4200 years ago.

As a result, the things that the residents of Liangzhu Ancient City discarded casually in the river channel all settled in the ground and became part of the cultural relics.

Archaeologists have found many fruit and seed remains in the river, including plum stones, water chestnuts, peach stones, melon seeds, wild grapes, and wild kiwifruit.

Moreover, some traces of staple foods such as rice and barley were found.

It may be a naughty and playful child who threw precious food into the river.

In addition, archaeologists also discovered that in the ancient city of Liangzhu, there has been a clear division of regions.

For example, the platform in the center of the city - the Mojiaoshan platform, was the center of power at that time.

Most of the people living between the two sides of the river are the residences of handicraft practitioners.

As for the main way of life at that time - the remains of agriculture, such as rice fields, basically no one was found within the scope of the ancient city.

This does not mean that the livelihood of Liangzhu people has changed.Because, even though the remains of rice fields have not been found within the scope of Liangzhu Ancient City, a lot of carbonized rice can still be found there.

The place with the largest scale and the richest accumulation of carbonized rice is just south of the palace area of ​​Mojiao Mountain, facing a place called "Chizhong Temple" in the southwest corner of Da Mojiao Mountain.Its status is almost equal to that of the later "official warehouse".

It should be a granary specially built by the rulers of the ancient Liangzhu country at that time to store grain and use it for disaster relief when necessary.

However, if the food is found, where is the food grown?

Where have all the farmers gone?
The answer is actually in the outskirts of Liangzhu Ancient Kingdom.

That is to say, the people in the outer city covered by the second outer city wall.

Within a range of 15 square kilometers outside the city, more than 160 ruins have been discovered.These suburbs may be the places where farmers live, diligently cultivate the land, and supply food to the city.

Perhaps, as early as the Liangzhu period, the urban divisions were already very similar to today's cities.The farmers live in the countryside, while the people living in the ancient city are relatively high-status craftsmen.

The ancient city of Liangzhu, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has urban planning a bit like BJ City in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is divided into imperial city, inner city and outer city.

The inner city covers an area of ​​about three square kilometers, which is as big as four Forbidden City.

The palace area of ​​the imperial city in the center is where the nobles live, and the periphery is where craftsmen live.

The ancient city of Liangzhu has a well-developed water system, and the common people live by the water. The river bank made of wooden boards is elegant and beautiful, and there are rows of houses and waterfront piers on both sides of the river bank.

Outside Guocheng, there are patches of golden rice fields, where countless farmers work and harvest.

Liangzhu people dumped rubbish into the river, and a large number of daily necessities were found in the river, such as pottery, bone utensils, and jade materials left over from processing.

The Liangzhu civilization had great social mobilization capabilities, and the huge flood control dams around the ancient city only took a few years to build!

Judging from the excavated human bones, Liangzhu and modern people looked the same at that time.

Common people generally wear linen clothes, nobles wear silk (discovered by technical means)!

People in Liangzhu eat many kinds of food. In addition to rice, plants found include water chestnut, barley, wild kiwi fruit, wild grape, melon, acorn, wild persimmon, lotus root and lotus seeds, etc.There are thirty or forty kinds of meat such as various fish (mainly black fish and crucian carp), soft-shelled turtles, pigs, and roe deer.

At that time, the Central Plains was still a backward area.

At that time, the only one who could make a move in that era was the ancient country of Liangzhu!
After climbing high and looking far, standing on the valley, overlooking the structure of Liangzhu Ancient City, Kong Jianwen led Chen Han and others, and finally arrived at the core area of ​​Liangzhu Ancient City.

Mojiaoshan Terrace.

When people live a stable life, social class will appear.

This is the inevitable law of the development of things.

After the emergence of social classes, there will be rulers, that is, kings.

When the king appeared, the Liangzhu people would start planning to build a palace for their king.

Looking at it now, the palace area of ​​Liangzhu Ancient City almost perfectly fits people's imagination of Miyagi in the future.

This is also an important evidence that the Liangzhu ancient country is one of the origins of Chinese civilization!
Liangzhu Ancient City has the earliest triple urban structure in China!

At the outermost part of the ancient city is the outer gate with an area of ​​about 800 million square meters. The inner city is surrounded by city walls, the inner city is nearly 300 million square meters, and in the middle is the Mojiaoshan palace area of ​​about 30 square meters.

This layout has continued from the Liangzhu Ancient Kingdom era almost 5000 years ago to the Qing Dynasty!

The triple urban pattern of imperial city, inner city, and outer city is also the most solid urban planning structure in Chinese civilization!
This shows that the status of the ruler is heavily defended!
Of course, in addition to being heavily guarded, the ruler is still high above.

Just as the palace of the Han Dynasty must be located on the Longshouyuan in the southwest corner of the highest terrain in Chang'an, this can demonstrate the status of the emperor.

Mojiao Mountain, where the palace area is located, is a highland built artificially.

On the endless Liangzhu Plain, this man-made highland is already the highest place other than the naturally formed peaks.

And on the top of Mojiao Mountain, three more platforms arranged in the shape of "pin" are piled up.

The one on the east side is called "Da Mojiao Mountain", the one on the north side of the west is called "Xiao Mojiao Mountain", and the one on the south side of the west is called "Turtle Mountain".

The stacking height decreases gradually from the inside to the outside, showing obvious grade differences.

Rows of houses should be distributed on these three platforms. Except for the surface of the Wuguishan platform, which was not found due to serious damage in the later period, the house foundations on the Da and Xiaomojiao Mountains are all arranged in an orderly manner.

The largest palace is located on Damojiao Mountain.

Between the three platform foundations is a sandy soil square in the shape of a curved ruler, which is used for royal sacrifices, covering an area of ​​7 square meters. There are also orderly arranged house foundations in the south and east of the square.

Perhaps, these three bases are the residence of the king, the residence of Mrs. Wang, and the residence of the crown prince!

It is the center of power in the entire Liangzhu ancient country!

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