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China Archeological Secrets
¡¶The Mysterious Zhongshan State¡·
Brief Introduction£º
323 BC, a nomadic tribe fought its way from the north to the middle land and founded Zhongshan Kingdom. Since then, this minority ethnic regime lasted for several centuries in the chaotic middle land of China. But where is its capital? In the 1970s archaeologists finally got close to its location: Pingshan county of Hebei province. The following discovery astonished all at site. The oil lamp holder has figure of animals and humans. People can clearly see the expression and gesture of these animals and human figure. And this bronze item has the shape of the Chinese character, Shan(mountain). People are wondering: what sort of item is this bronze? A weapon, farming tools or ritual item? But the most surprising discoveries are the three large boats and two small ones. Throughout the world, only ancient Egyptians had the custom of setting boats in their tombs, believing these boats would carry their souls to an afterlife. But for Zhongshan people, their living surrounding did not have any water route. What did these boats stand for to them? Did they have similar belief as the ancient Egyptians?
