"It's unlikely that the pit is true."

Chen Han shook his head.

With the discovery of the sacrificial area outside, the theory of the burial pit is actually difficult to hold up.

At present, the excavation work of the sacrificial area outside the sacrificial pit has been getting better and better.

In the priestly building, it has now been found that the ground is all covered with a layer of loess.

In the eyes of modern people, this seems to be nothing.

But in ancient times, only where great importance was paid to it, a layer of loess would be specially paved.

In the old days, there was the custom of "loess mat road, clean water splashing street".

That is, before the emperor went out on patrol, the people would use loess to pave the roadway and splash the road with clean water.

This is not only to show the royal majesty, but also because the streets of the capital are too dirty, and the royal family needs to be kept clean and tidy before traveling, so as not to disturb the royal travel with potholes and dust.

And this custom has actually been passed down thousands of years ago.

Because there were no cement roads in ancient times, ordinary dirt roads were easy to raise dust when walking on them, and people would look embarrassed.

That's how the term "dusty servant" came about.

And spreading loess and sprinkling water can avoid this embarrassing situation.

Generally speaking, the ancients would only do this on important occasions and to welcome dignitaries.

On the side of the sacrificial area, a thick layer of loess was found on the ground, and the location was in front of the building.

Obviously, this is a trace of the perennial rituals.

The stone ritual vessels, the building that occupies a very large area, and the loess and gravel layer in front of the door all show that this building is only 20 meters away from the No. 8 sacrificial pit in a straight line, which is extraordinary.

It's certainly not an ordinary dwelling.

What kind of building is that, it is self-evident.

The theory of "burial pits", which was originally highly debated in academic circles, is actually untenable after this archaeological discovery.

"By the way, Senior Brother Chen, the Sanxingdui Cultural Relics Restoration Institute sent someone to send a message."

Zhuang Yunpeng patted his head, suddenly remembered something, and said excitedly: "After the few stone slabs we found in the pit before were sent to the restoration center, the researchers determined that those stone slabs were put together and were actually a musical instrument!"

"It looks like a stone chime!"

"Oh?!" Chen Han looked at Zhuang Yunpeng in surprise.

In previous archaeological discoveries, musical instruments are a very common type of artifact.

Like the previous archaeological projects that Chen Han participated in, except for the earliest Lajia ruins, he did not excavate musical instruments by himself.

Later, the tombs of the nobles of the Zeng Kingdom, the tomb of the king of Nanyue, and the tomb of the Marquis of Haihuang were all excavated with their own hands.

It can be said that musical instruments are a very important part of Chinese culture, and they also occupy an important part in funerals.

After all, in ancient times, musical instruments were also a kind of ritual utensils, and only high-ranking nobles could enjoy such high-end things as "music".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was possible that commoners would never have the opportunity to hear music once in their lives, and only nobles could listen to it.

Naturally, this kind of high-level thing will also become an important part of the funeral culture.

However, in the sacrificial pit of Sanxingdui, no musical instrument has been unearthed for decades!

Therefore, some experts even believe that the people of ancient Shu have no etiquette at all!

After all, the ritual music thing was developed by the Central Plains Dynasty, and it is normal for the ancient Shu people to have no ritual music.

I didn't expect that musical instruments were found in the No. 8 sacrificial pit this time!

"Slate?!" Chen Han thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Are the seven pieces that were cleaned up by the way when I found the gold leaf last time?"

"Yes!" Zhuang Yunpeng nodded fiercely.

Last week, a batch of heavyweight artifacts was excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit.

It is more than 60 gold leaves of different sizes, the longest is about 16 centimeters, the shortest is about 5 centimeters, they are as thin as cicada wings, and there are geometric lines on the surface, showing the superb carving skills of the ancient Shu people.

Although gold itself is very malleable, it is not difficult to make a thin cicada's wing.

But considering that this was made by the ancient Shu people three thousand years ago, and there are many exquisite ornaments carved on the gold leaves.

That's pretty remarkable.

In the area of metal craftsmanship, Sanxingdui civilization can indeed be proud of.

In addition, bronze fragments with silk fabrics were also found at that time, which was also the first time in the archaeological discovery of Sanxingdui, and has high reference value for the study of the textile technology of the ancient Shu people.

Silk fabrics, this thing is a unique product of Chinese civilization.

Except for the Chinese civilization, no other civilization in the world has played with silk fabrics.

After all, if you want to make silk fabrics, you need to learn to raise silkworms first, then extract silkworm cocoons, and then make silkworm cocoons into silk threads, and finally weave them into silk.

In Chinese legends, the first person to discover that silkworms could be used to make silk was the wife of the Yellow Emperor.

This time the birth time of silk has been dried to 5,000 years ago!

That's not a lie!

Combined with archaeological discoveries, it can be confirmed that the Chinese people have been raising silkworms at least 5,000 years ago!

Archaeologists found half a silkworm cocoon in the Yangshao culture from 5,500 to 6,000 years ago, which shows that in the middle of the Neolithic period five or six thousand years ago, China began to raise silkworms, take silk, and weave silk!

The evidence is conclusive.

Because silkworms have no other function than raising them to take silk, they can neither be eaten nor cured.

For people in the prehistoric Neolithic period, it was even more impossible to raise silkworms as pets, and people at that time were not so idle.

The discovery of silkworm cocoons in Yangshao culture can only indicate that Yangshao culture had mastered the use of silkworm cocoons at that time.

The Yangshao culture, now unanimously believed, is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and the predecessor of the Xia Dynasty, that is, the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

Obviously, the historical legends of China are quite reliable when they do not involve ghosts and gods.

The fragments of silk fabrics were found in Sanxingdui, which is also very reasonable.

According to the records of some historical documents, the ancestors of the ancient Shu Kingdom were the branches of the Yellow Emperor's grandson, Emperor Yu, and it was very reasonable to master the silkworm raising technology!

Moreover, according to the record of "Huayang National Chronicles", the first silkworm cong in the ancient Shu Kingdom to be the king of the ancient Shu Kingdom began to teach the people to raise silkworm reeling silk and call it the "Tsing Yi God". The name "Silkworm Cong" may be derived from this.

In other words, silkworm cong taught the Shu people how to reel silk and how to make silk.

Later, when the Qin State annexed the land of Bashu, Shu brocade was indeed one of the best silks in China, the highest grade and the most beautiful silk.

Until the Tang Dynasty, the silk of Shu real estate was the top, and before the Song Dynasty, silk had nothing to do with a wild place like Jiangnan.

It's just that, according to the records, Silkworm Cong should be the monarch of Shu in the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the Sanxingdui civilization.

It can only be said that the sporadic records of the ancient Shu Kingdom are too chaotic and unclear.

However, the discovery of silk fabrics in the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit, this actual discovery, is definitely of great significance, refreshing the absolute age of Shudi silk culture, and suddenly pulled to three thousand years ago!

Against the backdrop of these great discoveries, the few inconspicuous stone slabs that were cleaned up with them naturally did not gain the attention of anyone, including Chen Han.

As a result, I didn't expect these inconspicuous stone slabs to bring them such a big surprise!