Chapter 1,440 The dragon and the tiger are both here, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain
There is another theory about the origin of hlj’s name. hlj used to be called Bailongjiang, and there was a white dragon in it.
This white dragon did many evil things and was defeated by a black dragon.
From then on, Bailongjiang was called hlj. Perhaps it was the Heilong clan sent by Fuxi who drove away a local evildoer and took charge of the place, hence this story.
If the origin of hlj is related to the Heilong clan, it means that in the Fuxi era, China and hlj have been closely connected.
In that distant era, dragon-shaped vessels were not exclusive to later emperors and could be used more widely for burials.
The Hongshan Culture, which is closely connected to the Xinglongwa Cultural Site, has also unearthed many dragon-shaped artifacts, such as the Jade Pig Dragon and the C-shaped Dragon.
The hillock where the Xinglongwa site is located is about 20 meters above the nearby ground, higher in the east and lower in the west. The Neolithic cultural remains discovered on the southwest slope are area a (archaeological number);
The area from the northeast slope to the west slope is the Hongshan Cultural Heritage Site, which is divided into area b, area a, and area b, which are closely connected.
Dragon culture has developed continuously in this area, which shows the importance of dragon culture to Xinglongwa culture.
The Xinglongwa Culture has dragon-shaped artifacts for more than 10,000 years, probably because there have been exchanges between the Chinese culture in the Central Plains and the Xinglongwa Culture in the Northeast.
Therefore, whether it is the ancient Shu civilization in the west, the Yellow River and Yangtze River civilization in the east, or the HLJ civilization in the north, they all have the same origin.
Although the plastic dragon in front of me looks a little miserable, it is still the earliest dragon in the country.
Let’s look at the Jade Pig Dragon from the Hongshan Culture. This one is much more pleasing to the eye.
It's a pity that the Jade Pig Dragon of Hongshan Culture really can't be ranked.
If you don’t study dragon culture, you really don’t know this.
When he first got the Jade Pig Dragon, Chen Wenzhe thought it was the best dragon in China!
Now it seems that the first one is impossible, and the second one may not be guaranteed either.
Shifting his gaze, Chen Wenzhe looked at the other dragon.
I have to say, it’s great to have money.
If there was no money, how could these junk-looking things here come here?
Don't think of these as rags. In the eyes of knowledgeable people, these are priceless treasures.
For example, this one seems to have come from an ancient tomb in Nanhe?
A 6,000-year-old tomb was unearthed in Nanhe, which was also known as the "No. 1 Dragon in China" at the time.
And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they claim or uncover evidence of the existence of dragons.
In combination with the Classic of Mountains and Seas before, it has actually been explained that the dragon was probably a common beast in ancient times.
They were able to rise and become spiritual symbols of Chinese civilization and totems that were worshiped simply because their numbers were rapidly decreasing.
It has to be said that our ancestors were very knowledgeable about eating, otherwise dragons would not have become extinct.
We don’t know exactly what happened in ancient times.
Anyway, now, the "dragon" has become a very mysterious creature.
Some people believe that it does exist, while others think that it is just an imaginary mythical and legendary totem.
There are many records about dragons in history books. The earliest one is that of Liu Lei, the dragon master. It is said that he once raised two dragons.
In addition, "Book of Jin", "Book of Later Han", "Manuscript of Qing History" and other historical books have records of dragon sightings.
The most famous one in modern times is the "Yingchuan Dragon Falls Incident", which makes the dragon legend even more complicated and confusing.
Before the discovery of the Xinglongwa site, the earliest dragon-related cultural relics discovered in my country were unearthed from the Xishuipo site, dating back about 6,400 years.
This "dragon" was the earliest dragon image found in archaeological discoveries across the country at that time, and was hailed as "China's No. 1 Dragon" by the archaeological community.
The discovery of this dragon has undoubtedly made the debate about whether dragons ever existed in the world once again become a rage.
In 1987, in Py City, Nanhe Province, a water supply regulating tank for the Yellow River Diversion was being built.
The original intention was to solve the problem of industrial and urban water supply in py, but unexpectedly, an early Yangshao cultural relic was discovered at the construction site.
The archaeologists were so excited that they quickly stopped the construction process and began rescue excavation of this ancient tomb.
[Recommended, Yeguo Reading is really useful. Download it here. yeguoyuedu. You can try it soon.]
In Tomb No. 45 of this site, a lifelike "Chinese dragon" attracted everyone's attention.
It can be seen that in the middle of the tomb, the skeleton of the tomb owner is placed.
On both sides of him are carefully arranged pictures made of clam shells, one dragon and one tiger, which are extremely vivid.
The dragon-shaped eucalyptus is 1.78 meters long and 0.67 meters high, and the tiger-shaped eucalyptus is 1.39 meters long and 0.63 meters high.
The dragon and tiger sandwich the owner of the tomb in a defensive posture, and they also look like the patron saint of the owner of the tomb for thousands of years.
It happened to be the Year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar, and py was the hometown of Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. The unearthing of this "first dragon in China" immediately caused a sensation in all walks of life.
Historical records once recorded: "Zhuan Xu rode a dragon to the four seas, reaching Youling in the north, Jiaozhi in the south, Liusha in the west, and Panmu in the east."
Therefore, some experts at the time speculated that the owner of tomb No. 45 was Zhuanxu, one of the "Five Emperors".
The appearance of this dragon shows that as early as 6,000 years ago, "dragon" already had a complete image in people's minds, and it did not evolve from other animals in later generations.
People can't help but think of the various records about dragons in history books.
For example, in "Historical Records: Book of Fengchan", "In the past, Duke Wen of Qin went hunting and caught a black dragon."
According to "New Book of Tang Dynasty", "At the end of Zhenyuan Dynasty, Zijiang gained more than ten feet of dragon".
Or in "Jiangxi General Chronicles" "In December in winter, a dragon was seen in the fields of Fengcheng. It was more than forty feet long and had a head like scales. Seven days later it flew away in the wind and rain" and so on.
These records, coupled with the unearthing of "China's First Dragon", make people wonder whether dragons are imaginary creatures in legends, or are they real species that once existed?
After the Xishuipo site was discovered, archaeologist Zou Heng once wrote an inscription: "Chinese civilization has its own origins, both dragons and tigers are there, and there is a mountain of ironclad evidence."
In 1995, py also held an academic seminar on "Dragon Culture and the Chinese Nation", at which py was officially named "Dragon Township", representing the origin of its dragon culture.
Today, this "China's No. 1 Dragon" is hidden in the Nanhe Py Museum, and has also been included in primary school Chinese textbooks.
No matter how people understand it or what they think about the existence of "dragon", dragon culture has been deeply engraved in the hearts of every Chinese people over the course of thousands of years.
This has played an indelible role in our sense of blood belonging and cultural pride.
Chen Wenzhe looked at the brick carvings in front of him. There was only a picture of a dragon on it, not a picture of a tiger.
This is pretty good, after all, there is only one picture of a dragon and a tiger made out of shells.
They were very lucky to be able to get some wall tiles from ancient tombs with dragon pictures on them.
Needless to say, this must be the contribution of tomb robbers, who must have visited that ancient tomb in advance.
I just don’t know, since that ancient tomb was visited back then, why didn’t other things inside be taken out?
For example, the dragon and tiger patterns arranged with shells, or are there others?