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Yellow
River Civilization Found in Shanghai
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????Relics revealing
aspects of the ancient Yellow River Valley civilization have been
found in Shanghai's Guangfulin Ruins, providing further proof
of common links between the development of civilization along
the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.
????The Guangfulin Ruins are located near Sheshan
in Shanghai's Songjiang District, covering a total area of over
10,000 square meters. Since their discovery at the end of the
1950s, the ruins have been explored three times. During the third
excavation, archaeologists found new kinds of relics from the
later period of the Neolithic Age, which were totally different
from other cultures discovered in the area. Since it is the first
such find around Taihu Lake, experts termed it as "Guangfulin
Remains."
????According to archaeological experts, the
Guangfulin Remains belong to the Longshan culture of Henan Province.
The unearthed pottery is basically the same as that found in Henan's
Yongchengwang usually used in oil mills.
????Why did these ancestors of central China
come such a long way to get to the Taihu Lake Valley? Experts
think there are two possibilities: These people left their native
area to avoid violent internal disputes or to avoid disasters
due to great changes in the natural environment.
(CIIC 01/15/2001)
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