The storm discussion on the train made the elites of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have a pleasant ride.

For archaeologists, it is normal to engage in all kinds of speculation and discussion about archaeological remains.

However, these discussions, speculations, and speculations are all things that cannot be determined for sure.

In other words, the evidence at this stage is not enough to confirm their ideas.

For example, the previous [Zeng Sui Mystery], about Zeng Guo and Sui Guo, are they two countries, or are they one country at all.

The topic has been debated for decades, and there are supporters on both sides.

However, there has been no way to prove which side is right.

Because of the lack of critical evidence.

It was not until Chen Han found key evidence in the tombs of the nobles of Zeng State and found the cultural relics with the word "Sui" written on them that this controversy finally came to an end.

And the ancient kingdom of Liangzhu is the same.

Now there are various theories in the academic circles, some people think that it is the Yu Dynasty, some people think that it is the country of the Chengjiu clan, some people think that Liangzhu is Xia, and some people think that it is a civilization like Chen Han, which is a combination of the two.

But no matter how many conjectures are put forward, there is a lack of substantial evidence.

That is, during the excavation of the Liangzhu site, no cultural relics with key country or tribal names were found.

Archaeologists want to link Liangzhu with those ancient legendary countries recorded in the documents after the Western Han Dynasty, but there is still a lack of key evidence.

Of course.

Even if for the time being, there is no way to completely identify the ancient kingdom of Liangzhu and these countries.

However, there is no doubt that the ancient city of Liangzhu has academically proved the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization.

With the ancient city ruins of Liangzhu as the center, the ancient kingdom of Liangzhu, composed of more than 600 Liangzhu ruins, is the earliest symbol of China's entry into civilization.

The northern part of the country was still in the Neolithic period at the same time.

This is the official national and international verdict.

As the World Heritage Committee officially concluded: "The ruins of the ancient city of Liangzhu provide irrefutable physical evidence and conclusive academic support for the empirical evidence of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years." ”

The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were all continuations of the Liangzhu culture (Yu Dynasty).

The Liangzhu ruins discovered now are sure to be the holy place and source of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization!

Foreigners believe that the Chinese civilization is only 3,300 years old, and the argument that there is a mature civilization in China before the Yinxu is not recognized has been overturned!

At this point, even foreign scholars have to bow their arrogant heads in front of the mature Liangzhu ruins!

At present, the Liangzhu site has been declared as a World Heritage Site, and the successful application for the World Heritage Site marks that China's 5,000-year-old Neolithic cultural history has been recognized by the international community.

And now, Chen Han is going to Liangzhu to contribute to this mysterious and huge, brilliant source of civilization that has illuminated China for 5,000 years!

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It's past five o'clock in the afternoon.

A group from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences arrived in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is a big city.

The place where the Liangzhu site is to be excavated this time is in Yuhang, Hangzhou.

To be precise, it is in the core of Liangzhu.

On the Mojiao Mountain platform in the ancient city of Liangzhu.

Here, it is the Liangzhu palace area determined by archaeological exploration!

It is also this palace area that has determined that Liangzhu has entered the era of Fangguo, not a simple tribal era!

The opportunity for the ancient city of Liangzhu began 5,500 years ago.

The sudden global cooling has gradually turned the originally warm and humid climate into dry and cool. Sensing the change in temperature, the animals have migrated to the warmer south, leaving people who had been fishing and gathering for a living without a source of food and having to find new ways to make a living.

As a result, when people came to the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, agriculture, which was not much valued, became the preferred way of livelihood at that time. People also settled and began to form villages, which gradually developed into civilizations.

The ruins of the ancient city of Liangzhu are located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain, in the northern part of a C-shaped basin with an area of 1,000 square kilometers.

Its west side is the mountains and hills of the Tianmu Mountains with high mountains and deep forests, and the east side is the open Hangjiahu Plain, a horse and a flat river.

Originating in the Tianmu Mountains, Dongtiao Creek meanders from southwest to northeast before flowing north into Taihu Lake.

Liangzhu is located at the intersection of mountains and plains, with mountains as the country, like a dustpan open to the east.

The combination of abundant water systems and fertile land, along with a warm climate and flat terrain, constitutes one of the world's best paddy rice ecosystems.

As a result, the ancestors continued to settle here, and the population grew and the settlement expanded. This land is gradually turning into abundance.

It is worth mentioning that don't think that the ruling area of Liangzhu is only here in Yuhang.

In fact, in this "C" shaped valley in Yuhang, this plain land surrounded by mountains on three sides was only the "national capital" of Liangzhu State at that time.

The distribution of Liangzhu culture is mainly in the Taihu Lake Basin and the Qiantang River Basin, including Yuhang Liangzhu, as well as Jiaxing South, Shanghai East, Suzhou, Changzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo.

This area is equivalent to the core area of the rule of the Liangzhu Kingdom.

Further out, there is an expansion area, west to ah, Jiangxi, north to the north of Jiangsu, close to Shandong, once the Liangzhu people in order to occupy here, but also a battle.

Further on, there is the area of influence, all the way to the southern part of Shanxi.

This structure of mature core areas, expansion areas, and influence areas is also very similar to the later Xia and Shang civilizations, all of which are the appearance of mature early feudal slave states.

Personally rule the nearest core area, then divide the outer expansion zone with other close tribes, and the outermost area of influence is akin to tribute, submission, or the "outer" with communication!

At that time, the "Liangzhu" forces occupied half of China, and it was impossible to do so without a high level of economy and culture.

In fact, the ancient city of Liangzhu is very mature and demonstrates the superb "urban planning" technology of Liangzhu people!

The city was built with "mountains as walls" and "water as walls", and it was evident that the geographical location had been carefully surveyed and planned when the city was built.

The south and north sides of the ancient city of Liangzhu are the branches of the Tianmu Mountain Range, the distance between the north and the south and the mountain is roughly equal, Dongtiaoxi and Liangzhu Port flow eastward from the north and south sides of the city respectively, and the two natural hills of Fengshan and Pheasant Mountain are used to the southwest and northeast corners of the city wall respectively.

As the last remnant of the Liangzhu culture revealed on the ground, the ruins of the city wall and the city gate together construct a closed diagram of an approximate circle, which is the most undeniable real trace of the ancient city of Liangzhu.

In order to enclose the royal city of nearly 3 million square meters, the Liangzhu people used the developed water system to transport a large number of stones from the foot of the mountain and the ditch, mixed with cushion soil to build a rectangular city wall with a length of about 1500-1700 meters from east to west and a length of about 1800-1900 meters from north to south.

In order to defend, among the four city walls, except for the south city wall, which has no moat, the other three city walls have internal and external moats, which is equivalent to building a city by sandwiching the river.

In addition, 8 water gates have been explored, and 2 of each of the four walls have been explored, which are connected to the inner and outer rivers. In addition, there is a land gate in the middle of the south city wall, which is where you should usually walk in and out of the city.

In other words, the Liangzhu people 5,000 years ago should have lived in a "city" surrounded by moats on all sides and with a complete four high walls.

The city is majestic, with eight water gates and one land gate.

It is a well-deserved "royal capital"!