The beast-faced god and human pattern of Liangzhu can be said to be the spiritual symbol of the ancient country of Liangzhu.

There are many theories about what this mark means.

Some say that it is the portrait of Chiyou Benyou, some say that it is the hero of Liangzhu, and some say that it is the god worshiped by the Liangzhu people, but one thing is recognized.

This portrait symbol is all over the Liangzhu cultural area.

This confirms a very important fact, that is, Liangzhu is a complete country!

The Liangzhu capital city controls the population and land of the entire Liangzhu cultural area, and whether it is a centripetal force generated by force or soft power, it is clear that everyone is proud to use the Liangzhu culture.

It is precisely because everyone in the area under the rule of Liangzhu is proud of Liangzhu that the beast-faced god and human pattern can be found in all parts of Liangzhu.

The usefulness of this thing is similar to that of a national flag, but it is more of a symbol of divine power or royal power.

This is the material evidence of the wide area of kingship, and it is also ironclad evidence, and it is the earliest manifestation of the divine right of kingship, so we assert that Liangzhu was not just a city-state, but a state that ruled over a huge area.

The country stands for - civilization!

And the beast-faced god and human pattern is the "god emblem" of this country!

Moreover, this emblem also appeared in the later Shijiahe culture in Hubei and Longshan culture in Shandong.

This means that after the demise of Liangzhu, the descendants also moved north and south, fled to Shandong and Hubei respectively, and continued to live.

It's just the destruction of a huge country, and it's hard to revive it after all.

Whether it is destroyed by natural disasters or man-made disasters.

Just like ancient Rome, just like ancient Egypt, once destroyed, some descendants may escape, but they can no longer rebuild that once glorious civilization, and can only hold on to some of the glory of the past and survive.

The descendants of the ancient kingdom of Liangzhu, after fleeing to Shandong and Hubei, also chose to integrate into the local tribes, although they still retain the emblem of their own country, but it is more of a spiritual symbol.

Engraved on your belongings, it is considered a souvenir.

The culture of Liangzhu is really mostly extinct.

As for the Liangzhu culture that has been handed down, such as jade, it was that Liangzhu had been widely spread to other regions of China at its peak.

This is also why, Liangzhu has "utensils" left, but there is no history or legend left, because the items they used were once spread throughout China at their peak.

But their culture and spirit were annihilated by a great flood.

Of course, now through archaeological excavations, modern people can get a glimpse of a corner of Liangzhu culture.

Especially the inscriptions.

Five or six hundred Liangzhu inscriptions have been found now, and in addition to this beast-faced god and human pattern, there are many ideographic inscriptions similar to words.

This is also the reason why scholars suspect that Liangzhu has developed a rudimentary script.

It is possible that it is the original script of one of the predecessors of the oracle.

These symbols appear in various parts of the pottery, and there is no pattern.

The reason why it remains on pottery is that the pottery is a relatively stable material, and it is very, very small if it is left on wood or bamboo.

There are many abstract symbols in Liangzhu, and many of them are carved on the bottom of the pottery.

It's hard not to think of the custom of ancestors who carved their surnames on the bottom of bowls to indicate the ownership of utensils.

I engraved my name, and this thing belongs to me.

This habit can even be said to have existed since the time of primitive tribes.

When the concept of "private property" became popular, there was an urgent need for a way to prove that these objects were their own.

Leaving your own mark on an item is obviously the easiest way to do it.

Chen Han still remembers that when he went to college, everyone needed to go to the hot water room to get hot water in winter.

At that time, thousands of people in the whole school used hot water bottles to get water, because the hot water bottles in the school commissary all looked similar, nothing more than different colors, so there were often students who would take the wrong people's hot water bottles.

In order to avoid taking the wrong thermos with each other, everyone would write their names and classes with markers on the cork of the thermos.

In this way, there is no more mistaken situation.

Come to think of it, the ideas of the ancient people of Liangzhu 5,000 years ago will not be much different from those of modern people.

For the ancients in the Liangzhu period, pottery was already one of the few "daily utensils" in the family, and not every household could have a full set.

In the past, these things would often be borrowed from each other, one day from your house and the next day from his house.

This kind of thing was often found even in the poor times of the fifties and sixties of the last century.

Then, as long as you engrave a word, you will not be mistaken, where it was borrowed.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is to "leave a name for the craftsman".

Carving a symbol on the bottom of the utensils made by oneself represents who made the pottery, which is also a common means used by the ancients.

Especially for famous craftsmen, the things they make are naturally more popular, and they need to have their own unique imprint.

At present, 554 pieces of pottery, stone tools and jade artifacts with carved charms have been found in Liangzhu cultural sites such as Bian Jiashan, Miaoqian and Zhuangqiao Tomb, with a total of 656 symbols.

Most of them are found at the bottom of the artifact.

This shows that these symbols, first of all, cannot be scribbled randomly, there must be some kind of law, and it is the behavior of the subjective consciousness of the Liangzhu people.

But!

They're still inscriptions, not words!

Why?

Because a single letter, or one or two inscriptions, is not enough to form the concept of "words".

What is Text?

Whether it is the square words of Chinese or the various letters of the West, they all meet a concept, that is, when combined, they can form sentences and articles.

Only complete sentences and articles can contain or carry information.

Why oracle bone inscription is considered the first Chinese script.

It is because the oracle bone inscription engraved on the oracle bone is a complete sentence.

The sentence on each oracle bone records a complete event and can be translated.

For example, worshipping the heavens, conquests, the death of kings, succession to the throne, and so on.

That's the words.

Most of the inscriptions of Liangzhu, whether on jade, pottery, or stone, are a single inscription, or two.

It is rare to have more than two inscriptions.

Such an inscription cannot form a complete sentence.

There are no complete sentences, and to be honest, there is no way for today's philologists to translate what these inscriptions mean.

In fact, philologists are not very demanding.

You are not required to leave an article consisting of dozens of words.

But at least four or five words, right?

Even if it is an inscription composed of four or five characters, it can barely be regarded as proof that the text was born.

Because four or five characters, according to the freehand writing tradition of the ancient Chinese, can already carry a lot of information.

For example, most of my country's idioms are not all four words and four words.

The idiom composed of four square words can already carry a lot of information.

Unfortunately, most of the engraved characters found by Liangzhu are monograms or two characters, which cannot form complete sentences at all.

This makes all archaeologists very regretful.