China is a very ancient country with thousands of years of culture in the world, with a long history and cultural heritage, especially the Yellow River Basin in China, whose historical context can be traced back more than 5,000 years ago. The inheritance and tracing of history depends not only on the records of historical books and word of mouth, but also on the existence of cultural relics to record the authenticity of a certain period of history.
In the eyes of archaeologists, cultural relics are not only treasures in the eyes of the public, but also a witness and a proof of the context in the development of national civilization. The existence of cultural relics is the source of a nation's strong pride and the foundation of a country's history. Therefore, any country attaches great importance to the investigation of cultural relics, and the excavation and protection of cultural relics are also quite accurate. What I want to talk about today is a very landmark treasure in the history of China cultural relics. It is common to ordinary people, but it is the national treasure of our country in the eyes of historical archaeologists.
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Archaeology is an exploratory work of ancient civilization, and it is to interpret history with real things. Unearthed cultural relics can't speak, but through their shapes, materials, patterns, unearthed places, locations and other characteristics, archaeologists can interpret their historical background, environment, age, owners and other historical characteristics. Cultural relics are the most telling evidence of culture and life at that time. Today, let's talk about a bronze knife unearthed in Majiayao, Gansu Province. This is the earliest bronze knife in China, and scholars also call it Majiayao bronze knife.
When it comes to Majiayao bronze knives, we have to mention Majiayao culture. Located in Lintao, Gansu Province, it has a history of more than 5,700 years. It has far-reaching influence and significance on the study of China history, and its cultural connotation is very rich and long. Majiayao culture has experienced thousands of years of precipitation and accumulation, which is of great research value.
The bronze knife of Majiayao mentioned above is a cultural relic unearthed from Majiayao site in Gansu. It's not very big and its shape is simple. It is almost the same as the existing handle-less knife, and its length is only12.5cm.. It belongs to a single-edged knife, and it belongs to a single-edged knife in history. Its main purpose is to wear it with you, and it is used for cutting in daily life, mainly for cutting meat. It is conceivable that thousands of years ago, people's food and clothing came from the meat and fur of wild animals, so they carried knives with them, on the one hand, they could defend themselves, on the other hand, they could cut the meat and fur at any time.
Among the heavy metal cultural relics unearthed in China, the sword is often the oldest. Since the Paleolithic Age, there have been records of using tools made of heavy metals in human life. Knife mainly acts as a tool of life. People chop, chop and chop with knives, and gradually the knives they carry with them are also used for self-defense. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the knife appeared as a weapon on the battlefield, and the evolution of its function made the use value of the knife have new historical significance. Later, it was not until the Jin Dynasty that a knife with a handle appeared.
The existence of this knife shows that people have been using bronze tools 1000 years. The excavation of this cultural relic is very rare and it is also very rare historical evidence. Archaeologists and scholars in China call this knife the first in the history of China. Its existence has witnessed the thousand-year-old culture of Chinese civilization in China, and also proved the existence and prosperity of Chinese culture for five thousand years. In view of the profound historical significance of this knife, archaeologists call it a national treasure.
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Today, this historical relic is treasured in the National Museum of China. After more than 5,700 years, it witnessed the 5,000-year civilization of China, and showed the living conditions and civilization of people in the Neolithic Age on the modern stage. Its existence makes all Chinese sons and daughters proud of the nation's long-standing cultural heritage, and makes every China proudly say that the civilized Chinese nation is a nation with 5,000 years of civilization. This is an indisputable fact.