The double pier inscription refers to Bengbu, Anhui ProvinceShuangdun SiteThe more than 630 carved symbols unearthed are rich, colorful, numerous and concentrated. They are the most abundant and abundant materials related to the origin of characters unearthed from Neolithic sitesHistory of Chinese Characters、History of the Origin of Chinese CharactersIt has an important position in the world.
The functions of double pier glyphs can be divided intoSignification 、Stamp、countThe three categories are the inevitable outcome of social, economic and cultural development to a certain historical stage, and are in the origin and development of charactersParagraph textStage, has already had the nature of the original text.
Bengbu, Anhui ProvinceShuangdun SiteMore than 630 symbols unearthed have played a very important role in China's symbol systemJiahu InscriptionDouble pier symbol 7000 years ago, Dawenkou symbol 5000 years agoDragon QiuSymbols constitute the symbol system of the Huaihe River Basin.The culture of the Huaihe River basin played a very important role in the formation of the culture of the Shang Dynasty.Because the southern part of Henan and the northwestern part of Anhui are the places where the Yi Xia and Shang Dynasties met, and they are also the southernmost regions of the pre Shang culture, the symbol system of the Huaihe River basinOracleThe formation ofHistory of Chinese Characters、History of the Origin of Chinese CharactersIt has an important position in the world.
BengbuAmong the more than 600 carved symbols unearthed from Shuangdun Site, there are nearly 90 carved symbols related to "water lines", accounting for one sixth of the total.Fishing and hunting economy played an important role in the production activities of Shuangdun ancestors.
Because fishing and hunting activities are inseparable from water, most of the contents of the water line symbols are related to fishing and hunting economic activities. The contents of the "water line" symbols also involve hunting, living, climate and environment.
The ancestors of Shuangdun have accumulated rich experience in long-term fishing and hunting activities. They can identify the rule of fish movement by judging the change of water lines, so as to determine the way to engage in fishing and hunting activities;By recording different water ripple phenomena, it reflects the influence of climate and water environment on the change of "water ripple" at that time;They solidified some symbols in the form and meaning of "water lines" and used them together in a certain area, initially showing the function of the original characters.
More than 600 kinds of carved symbols unearthed in Shuangdun are very rare in terms of cultural relics at home and abroad during the same period, which are amazing discoveries.These symbols are mostly engraved on the bottom of the utensil, and have a wide range of contents, involving the realistic categories such as the sun and moon, mountains and rivers, animals and plants, the production categories such as hunting, fishing, netting birds, planting, and the recording and counting categories, reflecting the extensive connotation of production, life, religion, art, and so on.Kan Xuhang, a researcher at the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the excavation leader of Shuangdun Site, believes that the symbols of Shuangdun have shown that the middle reaches of the Huaihe River showed the dawn of early civilization as early as 7000 years ago.
Many symbols in the double pier inscriptions appear repeatedly with high frequency of use. They have obvious record nature, certain ideographic function and interpretability.This kind of engraved symbol was also found in Houjia Village of Dingyuan, indicating that it is a recording symbol that expresses specific meanings among clan communities in a certain area.Compared with other Neolithic sites, it has certain similarities and obvious characteristics of its own. It is one of the important sources of the origin of Chinese characters.
Double pier glyph - feature
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Feature 1: mostly carved in hidden parts of pottery
The double pier carving symbol is a set of mature narrative symbols combining form and meaning.The potters used pictographic and abstract artistic techniques to depict the history of Shuangdun people on pottery in the form of different single, heavy and combined symbols. Experts found that most of the symbols were engraved in the outer circle feet of the bowl, and a few were engraved in the belly of the bowl, the bean seat circle feet, the bottom of the drop and other concealed parts.
Experts believe that this feature is reflected in the Liulinxi and Yangjiawan sites in the Yangtze River basin later than the Shuangdun symbol. In addition, a few symbols are carved in hidden parts of pottery in the Liangzhu culture in the Taihu Lake basin.
Feature 2: It can be called the "archives" of primitive society
More than 630 carved symbols have been found at Shuangdun Site in Bengbu. The variety and content of symbols are unparalleled by other sites at the same time.These symbols have a wide range of contents, including the sun and moon, mountains and rivers, animals and plants, houses and other realistic categories, hunting, fishing, net birds, planting, sericulture, knitting, livestock raising and other production and living categories, and recording and counting categories, which can be called the "archives" of primitive society.
Experts said that the Shuangdun symbol also confirmed that as early as the period of Shuangdun culture in Bengbu, people had begun to raise poultry (pictograms such as pigs often appear), produce food, breed silkworms and other "agricultural revolution", which is the decisive sign of entering the history of civilization. Marking symbols has extraordinary significance for Shuangdun culture and even the whole Chinese history.
Feature 3: It may be directly related to the origin of Chinese characters
The double pier symbol has entered the stage of expressing ideas and has the characteristics of writing.The content of these symbols is rich and colorful, especially many symbols appear repeatedly, with a high frequency of use, and have an obvious record nature and certain ideographic function and interpretability.It has been found in many places in the ruins, which conforms to the fixed form of characters and the sociality of characters.
Compared with the symbols of Banpo in Xi'an, Jiangzhai in Lintong, Yangjiawan in Yichang, Liulinxi in Zigui, Liuwan in Qinghai, Dawenkou, Liangzhu and other Neolithic sites, the symbols of Shuangdun have obvious characteristics.Through more than 10 years of in-depth research and discussion on some of the symbols, scholars compared the symbols with oracle bone inscriptions → bronze inscriptions → today's Chinese characters, and believed that there was a direct relationship between the double pier symbols and Chinese characters.
Double pier glyph - influence
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A large number of carved symbols of Shuangdun were unearthed, filling the gap in the prehistoric culture of the middle Neolithic Age in the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, and injecting new content into the study of the cultural pedigree of the Neolithic Age in China and the origin of Chinese characters.This research result shows that as early as 7000 years ago, the middle reaches of the Huaihe River showed the dawn of early civilization. The Huaihe River basin, the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze River basin are also one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization, providing strong evidence for enriching the theory of the origin of ancient Chinese civilization as a whole.
The Influence of Double Pier Inscriptions on Oracle Bone Inscriptions
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University of Science and Technology of ChinaProfessor of the Department of Science and Technology History and ArchaeologyZhang JuzhongAt the seminar, it was believed that the double pier inscriptions had a great impact on the formation of oracle bone inscriptions and played an important role in the formation of Chinese characters.
In his speech, Zhang Juzhong believed that the double pier symbol played a very important role in China's symbol system. From the Jiahu symbol 8000 years ago, to the double pier symbol 7000 years ago, the Dawenkou symbol 5000 years ago and the Longqiu symbol 4000 years ago, the symbol system of the Huaihe River basin was formed.However, the culture of the Huaihe River basin played a very important role in the formation of the culture of the Shang Dynasty.Because the south of Henan and the northwest of Anhui are the places where the Yi Xia and Shang Dynasties met, and also the southernmost division of the pre Shang culture, the symbol system of the Huaihe River basin should have had a great impact on the formation of oracle bone inscriptions and played a very important role in the formation of Chinese characters.
