Compared with gold leaves, Chen Han and the others paid more attention to those silk fabrics at that time.

Because the age of these silk fabrics has not yet been determined, the exact age of these silk fabrics is unknown.

But according to the age of Sanxingdui, it must be later than Yangshao culture.

There are two products in the Sichuan Basin that are well-known, one is Shu brocade and the other is Jiaozi.

Jiaozi is a matter of the Song Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with Sanxingdui.

But the birth era of Shu brocade is a long time ago.

Even, until now, archaeologists do not know when Shu brocade first appeared.

According to the history books, at least in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shu Jin was already famous.

In the late Warring States period, after the Qin State annexed Bashu, Shu brocade was a high-grade silk that only the upper-class princes and nobles of the Qin State could enjoy.

Its exquisiteness is not inferior to the silk of Qi country, which was widely praised by the six countries of Shandong at that time.

Yes, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, before the Song Dynasty to be precise, Shandong has always been the largest silk fabric production area in China.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Min was widely sold in the summer.

缟 is a kind of white thin silk, which is the thinnest and finest produced by Lu in ancient times, so it is called Lu Min.

Later, the silk of Qidi quickly caught up and became the most famous silk supply area during the Warring States period.

At that time, Shu brocade was able to be as famous as the silk of Qi, which shows how deep the silk culture of Shu is.

It's just that when Shu brocade was developed is still a mystery in the academic world.

During the Warring States Period, Shu brocade has become a well-known silk in Zhuxia.

The development of silk culture in Shu must have a complete process, and it is impossible to be so powerful all of a sudden.

But when exactly it began to develop, the history books have not been written, and the archaeological objects have not appeared.

Among the unearthed bronzes in Sanxingdui, many of them are wearing fabrics.

The bronze standing figure in Sanxingdui is clearly dressed on the back and is equipped with a ribbon.

So at least it was determined before that Sanxingdui people must have mastered silk weaving technology.

This is the birth of the silk culture of Shudi, which was pulled to 3,000 years ago.

And this discovery confirms this fact.

As mentioned before, Li Ji, the father of Chinese archaeology, was found in 1926 at the Yangshao cultural site half of a silkworm cocoon, which is estimated to be five or six thousand years ago.

This discovery, in fact, should have become the most weighty physical evidence in the history of silk in China.

However, because of the weakness of the Chinese country at that time, there was no right to speak in the world archaeological community, so there have always been various controversies.

However, subsequently, the site of Yangshao culture found silk products dating back 5,000 years ago.

The reason why it has survived to the present day is in the urn coffin.

Urn coffin, which is a burial style.

The number of carbonized textiles found in the urn coffin is quite large, and it is not the original silkworm cocoon, which completely proves that the silk fabrics in China can be traced back to at least the Yangshao cultural period!

At least the legend that the Yellow Emperor's wife and ancestor taught the Chinese people to raise silkworms, even if it is not correct, it is absolutely correct in time.

The discovery of silk fabrics in Sanxingdui is undoubtedly an exciting news, which is not to compete with Yangshao culture for who is the birthplace of Chinese silk, but we are one step closer to the source of Shu brocade.

And what's even more exciting.

Cinnabar was previously found in pits 1, 2 and 4.

The silk fabric residue found in Pit 8 this time was attached to a bronze sheet.

Is that a possibility?

Sanxingdui people use cinnabar as a writing material to write words on the silk fabrics in the pit?

It is very likely that the words or symbols of the Sanxingdui people may have been attached and written on lacquerware, woodware, silk, etc.

In other words, silk or the material carrier of ancient writing.

This is not nonsense, the Chinese people have used silk fabrics as a carrier of words since ancient times

Habit.

Silk books appeared very early.

It is even certain that, at least during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, in addition to bamboo slips, people at that time would also use expensive silk as a writing material to record the transmission of words.

It's just that because it's too old, it's hard to preserve this kind of silk book.

It's also because these findings are too shocking.

Therefore, the 7 pieces of broken stone that were unearthed together were almost unearthed.

Later, Chen Han and the others were hastily sent to the Sanxingdui Cultural Relics Restoration Institute.

But I didn't expect that these slates that no one cared about were actually not simple.

After these stone slabs were sent to the Cultural Relics Restoration Institute, the experts did not ignore or care about them because they were just some stone tools, but carefully examined them.

When they looked closely, they found that the cracks in the seven pieces of rubble basically matched, so they tried to put them together.

After some pondering, the experts successfully spliced together 7 pieces of crushed stone.

However, it was found that there were still a few pieces missing, and the spelling out was incomplete.

After measurement, its residual length is about 98.6 cm, the width is about 52.4 cm, the thickness is about 4.1 cm, and the surface is polished and smooth.

At first, in the face of this strange stone tool, the experts also wondered, what is this thing?

It doesn't look like an artifact, and it doesn't look like a ritual artifact.

Until, someone found a broken round hole on the left side of the slate, about 2 centimeters in diameter.

In addition, there are experts who gently pat the stones with their hands, and you can hear a crisp sound, which is completely different from other stones.

Therefore, some experts speculate that it is a huge musical instrument, the stone chime!

The chime is a musical instrument that has been used in China for a long time, and it has always been made of stone.

In the archaeological discoveries in other places in the past, various stone chimes have also been unearthed from time to time.

The so-called stone chime is a stone percussion instrument and ritual instrument suspended by a tether.

Other later instruments, including things like chimes, continued the use of stone chimes, hanging on wooden shelves and then striking with tools to produce music.

It can be said that the stone chime is the originator of traditional Chinese rituals.

It is generally used on very solemn occasions.

For example, on important occasions such as the enthronement of the Son of Heaven, the canonization of heirs, and the sealing of the territory, there will be stone chimes with chimes to play music.

It's amazing to be able to discover musical instruments!

You must know that in the eyes of the academic community in the past, the ancient Shu people had no etiquette and etiquette, that is, they were an ignorant people without a etiquette system.

Yangxiong of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the "Book of the King of Shu": "The first name of the King of Shu is Silkworm Cong...... I don't know the words, there is no etiquette and music......", which means that the ancient Shu ancestors had no words and no etiquette.

According to the excavation results of Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites, this "Shu King Benji" does not seem to be wrong.

In these two ruins, which date back to 3,000 to 2,600 years ago, no writing or any ceremonial instruments resembling chimes and stone chimes have been found.

However, now a broken stone chime has been unearthed, so it can no longer be said that the ancient Shu ancestors had no etiquette.

It can be seen that not only do we not know about the ancient Shu ancestors, but also the people of the Han Dynasty.

It is also possible that the culture of the ancient Shu Kingdom experienced a fault during the period from the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the end of the Warring States Period!