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Hello everyone, I am Shushan Penman, it is a pleasure to share the article to everyone. As Sichuanese, we must first make clear the history of sichuan, ancestor worship is the root of our Chinese nation, if we can't figure out our ancestors, our faith can not be said.
This is also the origin of why my pen name is called "Shushan PenMan", Shushan, representing my love for Shudi; Penman, representing my pursuit of culture. My lifelong wish is to figure out Shu culture and spread it to those who need it.
Okay, let's get down to business.
To understand the ancient Shu culture, first you have to eat the Sanxingdui culture thoroughly. Some people visit Sanxingdui and come out in estimated 10 minutes, and some people don't want to come out after a whole day, why? Because they understand things differently, just like when you go to an italian Renaissance-themed exhibition, someone can talk about a painting for half an hour, while some people just look at what is painted.
The same thing, in the eyes of different people, its connotation is very different. For example, we are talking about something like this today, the Sanxingdui Bronze Altar, maybe it is just a fine bronze, but perhaps, it can solve the mystery of the origin of the first generation of Shu kings, the Silkworm Cong Clan.
Although there are ancient books that record that the Silkworm Cong clan originated in the Minshan Stone Chamber, it is only a legend handed down from the era without writing, there is no real hammer, and what we have to do now is to find evidence.
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Back to the topic. Let's first look at the original appearance of this treasure, as shown in the picture:
This is a bronze artifact unearthed from Sanxingdui, officially referred to as the "Bronze Altar". This is from the perspective of archaeology and religion, it is a sacrifice, that is, the ancient Shu people sacrifice. Divided into three layers, the penman drew out with a red line:
1, the top represents the heavens, which is the worship of heaven that most ancients had.
2. In the middle are mountains and people, representing the world.
3. At the bottom are the earth and the beast, representing the underground.
One might wonder: Why is it designed this way? Isn't it the Three Realms: Heaven, Earth, and Man, why are they so mysterious?
If you don't understand, you will think so, but if you do, you will think that the imagination of the ancients is really magical.
Well, let's interpret the secret of this bronze altar from the perspective of the ancient Shu people.
As I said before, the ancient Chinese did not migrate from south to north, but from north to south. The ancient Shu people are a branch of the ancient Qiang people of the O2a family.
Even after the storm, there are still a large number of Qiang compatriots living in the area of Ganzi and Aba in western Sichuan, which is a living case.
Aba Qiang girl
Before entering the Chengdu Plain, the ancient Shu people all lived on the Da min mountain in the west, so in addition to their heavenly worship, they also worshiped the mountain, everything was taken from the mountain, without the mountain, there would be no ancestors of the ancient Shu.
So you see, under the heavens, first the mountains, then the people, and it is not surprising.
The most puzzling thing is that on the ground, underground, why are there divine beasts? Could it be that the earth was carried by a divine beast? Why do you feel this way?
This is related to the geological activities of Minshan Mountain.
Minshan is located in the eastern fault zone of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and it is not unusual for an earthquake to occur, and the Wenchuan earthquake is a recent case. And things like this, in the past few thousand years, I believe it has not happened less often.
Longmen Mountain is another name for the eastern part of Minshan Mountain
According to the "Benji of the King of Shu", "The silkworm bushes began to live in the stone chamber of Minshan Mountain. That is to say: our first generation of Shu kings originally lived on The Min Mountains, and then slowly moved to the Chengdu Plain. And the stone chamber where they lived is likely to be the predecessor of today's Qiang watchtower.
The question arises: why did the Silkworm Cong clan live well on the Min Mountains, so why did they move thousands of miles to the Chengdu Plain?
Not because of the earthquake, but the climate.
About 4500 years ago, the Earth entered a Xiaoice river age, when the climate was unusually dry and cold, and crops were difficult to grow in high-cold areas, which forced humans to advance to low altitudes. Didn't you find that the Yangshao culture, the Dawenkou culture, and the Hongshan culture met in the North China Plain at this time? The Longshan culture, represented by the Yellow Emperor, also arose during this period.
In addition, it is the migration of The Shu, Ba, Yue, Pu and other ethnic groups. The Shu people were forced to leave the Min Mountains and come to the Chengdu Plain, which was more suitable for survival. If there is no climate drive, even if the Minshan earthquake is strong, it will not shake the roots of their hearts.
With the experience of living in Minshan Mountain, the ancient Shu people were well aware of the power of earthquakes, so they were in awe, which was manifested in their sacrifices.
The bronze altar is a living earthquake sacrifice vessel, the sacred beasts below represent instability, as long as they move, the earth will tremble, and all the ancient Shu people can do is to pray that they will not move, just like praying that the Dragon King can send nectar for the human world.
Such speculation is definitely not only a bronze can support, but also combined with more bronzes, as well as historical materials, archaeology, coupled with climatic and geological evidence, in order to outline the basic outline of the first generation of Shu King Silkworm Cong's origin in Minshan.
Sanxingdui longitudinal mask
So, what happened after the Silkworm King walked out of min mountain? What was the migration route of the ancient Shu people? Why is the Silkworm King a longitudinal eye? Where did Sanxingdui's exquisite bronzes come from? Many questions, you are not anxious, the penman will give you a solution one by one.
Share my reading experience: Reading is a good habit, but don't read books. Some books are a waste of time, some books are not as good as others to read 1, some books will even have side effects, misleading readers, and really good books will improve your efficiency, and even improve your cognitive dimension, how to identify good books, is a long-term accumulation process.
For friends who like the history of ancient Shu, I recommend you a book - "The Story of Sanxingdui", written by geologist Liu Xingshi. He analyzed the development process of the ancient Shu people from the perspective of climate and geology, so that many questions were solved, and after reading this book, I believe that you will have an all-round and three-dimensional understanding of the changes of the ancient Shu, including Sanxingdui.
The penman also came to see the book by accident, and many things I couldn't think through before were answered in the book, including the secret of the bronze altar. So I recommend it for everyone to read.
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The author of this article, "Shushan Penman", a historical author who can "speak" in articles, focuses on different perspectives on history and explores different Spring and Autumn.