History is an important part of a country's cultural system, and cultural relics are the most vivid embodiment of a country's long history. So to some extent, cultural relics can reflect the spiritual core of a nation. Recently, we announced in Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that there was a major breakthrough in ancient Yunnan archaeology. It found architectural relics of the Han Dynasty in Hebisuo site, Yunnan province, and unearthed a large number of bamboo slips and mud. So, what is the research value of this major breakthrough for cultural relics research?
Yunnan has been a multi-ethnic area since ancient times. Ancient Yunnan was a regional regime that lasted from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, and it was a part of Southwest Yi. The new archaeological discovery of Hepuosuo site, that is, the discovery of mud prints, bamboo slips and other related documents, not only reflects the direct embodiment of the Western Han Central Government's exercise of political power in Yunnan, but also adds archaeological evidence for the formation and development of a unified multi-ethnic country in China.
With the development of social modernization, China's cultural heritage is gradually decreasing, but the rich folk culture contains national culture, which is the witness of social culture and economic development. The appearance of a large number of bamboo slips and mud seals in Yunnan not only provides the most reliable and direct evidence for archaeological staging, but also greatly improves the reliability and practicability of archaeological cultural relics staging through the analysis of the situation. It is also to help the unearthed objects to name and confirm their ancient names, so as to deeply understand the important ideological issues such as ancient politics, economy, cultural system and religious thought. At the same time, it plays an important role in urban archaeological research and promotes the development of archaeological excavation and cultural relics protection technology.
Cultural relics are the historical witness of social progress, which are of great use value to historical research, the crystallization of wisdom in various stages of human society and of great scientific value to the development research of human society. Therefore, we should strengthen the management and protection of cultural relics and give full play to their value.