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Zhejiang Online, November 13 (Reporter Shen Tingyu, Xu Xianfei, Ye Mengting) On November 13, the opening ceremony of the “Shangshan Site Discovery 20th Anniversary Academic Seminar” was held at the Jinhua Pujiang Shangshan Archaeological Site Park. The “Alliance of the Wannian Archaeological Site of China”, the “Uphill Rice Cultivation Research Base of the China Rice Research Institute” and other award ceremonies were held at the site, and the “First Village of ancient China “was officially inaugurated. On November 14, experts and scholars from home and abroad will also conduct research and discussions on the Shangshan culture and the origin and development of rice cultivation.
The Shangshan culture, from 11,000 to 8,500 years ago, represents the origin of the Wannian culture of Zhejiang. In 2000, the Shangshan site was born on a platform called Shangshan in Huangzhai city, Pujiang county, revealing the appearance of early Neolithic sites in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeast. In 2006, the early Neolithic culture represented by the Shangshan site was officially named “Shangshan Culture”. So far, 19 Shangshan cultural sites have been discovered in Pujiang, Yiwu, Shengzhou, Longyou, Yongkang and other places in our province, making them the largest and most concentrated group of early Neolithic sites discovered in China and even in the East Asia.
Jiang Leping, a researcher at the Provincial Institute of Archeology and Cultural Relics, has personally experienced the entire process of discovery and investigation of the Shangshan culture. He told reporters: “The Shangshan culture is of great importance for the exploration and investigation of early Chinese culture.”
The rice relics were found in the charcoal pottery pieces first excavated at the Shangshan site on the Pujiang River. The Shangshan people mixed the crushed rice husks and rice leaves into the clay to make pottery. According to the analysis of the straw in the ceramic slices, it is found that some of the ears left in the rice husks have broken marks, and the leaves and rice husks coexist in the ceramic slices, which is a phenomenon accompanying the harvest of “cutting ears”, showing that uphill rice is at the same time With the dual characteristics of domestication and wild nature, Shangshan people have already experienced rice cultivation. At the same time, evidence of the harvesting and processing of rice by the Shangshan people was also found on the stone tablets and stone grinding wheels unearthed. Jiang Leping said: “These discoveries provide the most comprehensive chain of evidence for the Shangshan cultural site as the origin of rice cultivation in the world.”
Additionally, the Shangshan Cultural Site is the first Neolithic site found so far to say goodbye to the cave lifestyle. “Through excavations, there were a large number of remains of pillar caves and grooved foundation houses at the early Shangshan site. In the middle and late stages, we also discovered ring settlements and a large number of early Neolithic sites. at the Yiwu Qiaotou site. Painted Pottery “. Jiang Leping told reporters that among the first Neolithic sites to be discovered in China more than 10,000 years ago are mainly cave sites, while the Shangshan cultural site shows that the people of Shangshan began to move from “caves” to ” desert “. This shows that 10,000 years ago, “primary villages” appeared in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This is one of the first known examples of humans beginning to establish themselves in life, and it is also an important step for humans to move towards civilization.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Shangshan site. As the site of the Shangshan site, the Pujiang County Party Committee and the county government have always attached great importance to the protection and heritage of Shangshan culture. In 2007, Pujiang launched the Shangshan Site Protection and Utilization Project. In 2016, the Shangshan Archaeological Site Park was completed and opened to the public for free. In 2017, Pujiang established the Shangshan Site Museum. Taking advantage of this academic seminar as an opportunity, on the night of November 12, the relevant departments of the 19 Shangshan culture sites also held the first joint meeting of the Shangshan Cultural Sites Alliance in Pujiang, and adopted and issued the ” Pujiang Declaration of the Shangshan Cultural Site Alliance “” And the “Articles of the Shangshan Cultural Site Alliance” to study, protect and inherit the Shangshan culture as a whole.
Next, Pujiang will cooperate with the Provincial Institute of Archeology and Cultural Relics and other relevant departments where 18 other Shangshan cultural sites are located to further strengthen the research, protection and promotion of Shangshan culture, polish the Shangshan golden business card for thousands of years and promote the excellent traditional culture of Zhejiang. Add cultural flavor to the construction of “important windows” in the province.
