What is Sanxingdui? Back to the lost civilization of 3000 years ago
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2015
- In 1986 a startling discovery was made in Sichuan Province, China: two sacrificial pits filled with strange bronze masks, a divine tree thought to connect heaven and earth, and a life-sized statue of an enigmatic shaman king. They thought to belong to a hitherto unknown civilization over 3,000 years old: Sanxingdui.
Its discovery rocked the archaeological world. How was it possible for such an advanced civilization to flourish in a relatively isolated corner of China? Why did they create such wonderful works of art? How did they learn to create bronzeware thought to be more advanced than that of ancient Egypt? And most importantly, who were they?
In this episode of Travelogue, join presenter Tianran He as he attempts to unravel the secrets of the lost civilization of Sanxingdui.
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This young man, the presenter, is so polite. We can all learn a few things from him.
The presenter is great! Natural! And NOT robotic or fake like the usual presenters
The art decor reminds me of Polynesian. Amazing finds. Amazing civilization. Loved the tour. The Chinese built a beautiful museum.
This video of Sanxingdui is simply remarkable and raises so many questions of ancient China in the 3rd Millenium BC. I studied much history in college and can recall one lecturer referring to China as "infant" when compared to the Mid East but archaeology and analysis here tell us China's ancient past is much older and more sophisticated than previously assumed.
It should not be called Chinese because Chinese civilization has not been established in that area at that moment. It could be something else. However it does shows that civilizations are shifted from west to east.
@@jackleung7254 I think most of old civilisations are not from the west.
Its infant on earth. But ancient from space when the yellow emperor landed
@@GeorgeMartinus they are from the sky
@@jackleung7254 Why not ? It developed in this part of present day China and there
are continuous presence of people living there till present.
That makes it a part of Chinese legacy/history therefore Chinese culture.
As you find in every civilization there are small tribes/communities of population
that was propelling certain culture/style /form of living warshipng etc.etc. and you still put them under one greater civilization ?
I'm Japanese and I consider Jomon period and people who continued to live in
the archipelago all ancestral Japanese. It would be the same for these people here.
Amazing civilization of the past in China. The way the artifacts are displayed is increditable too.
One of the best travel documentaries I ever watched so far. The cinematography, the unique topic, the prowess of the host, the video editing, and the background music are incredibly amazing. It's like I watched a historical movie even though it just a 30 mins programme. I immersed and felt the grandeur of the ancient civilization. Really great!
Ask him out already !
I like the presenter's discourse with the artifacts. It's like he's trying to wake them up from the slumber and force to yield the answers we need. It's a spiritual method.
@@brexitgreens Look, this video emerges again due to new discovery in Sanxingdui lately, just look at newest comments. But for me, I learned about Sanxingdui since I watched this Travelogue show.
But the program seems discontinued, don't know the reason. The hay day of this show was when the hosts are: Tianran He and Min zhui Le.
Zhui moved to South Korea and left the work, but I think Tianran still around. I hope he will come back to Sanxingdui to make a new show like this again.
I am glad someone makes sense out of this video.
Was going to say "remarkable" but it seems so inadequate to describe what was uncovered by that farmer digging in his field. Astonishing, Fascinating, Incredible, they all are coming up short. I'm not Chinese. My DNA firmly locked into NW Europe (including Britain) for the past 1200 years. There is always a connection though, as hominids, we share an eternal bond with the past and the present, of our ancestors over 2 million years. This presentation is a window into the soul of your and my ancestors, and each other. Thank you and your colleagues.
Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary, what a momentous discovery.
Beautifully made and presented. History is being discovered again, by every generation and every mental traveler. Thank you.
That H. G. Wells's figure of Traveller.
China is indeed amazing!!! From historical artifacts & the host who is a great storyteller. Jia you!!!
Well done cctv!!
I have been there in the museum three times, and I will visit again!!
I am so happy RUclips or someone added the notification CGTV is paid for the Chinese government. To me the open information/disclosure shows respect and did not attempt deceive the watchers - they did not deliberately fraud the public. Good job and I enjoyed seeing the artifacts so old and beautiful they care for their history!!!
RUclips shows the same note on US gov sponsored channels, so there's nothing sinister about it. However, are governments fundamentally different from any other powerful sponsors? Why not highlight them all?
I wish there are more people know about this lost civilization and work together to find answers!
Love it! Thanks for sharing it;)
Fantastic documentary. I hope the little bit of history they(Chi rse) discovered alongside the length of the enormous dam they built will be displayed. It saddened me that so much was lost by building that dam. Thank you for well produced documentary
😍 museum of ancient history👌..🕊🌹🌻🌹🕊..Beautiful and love the richness of ancient HX of 🇨🇳☀🇨🇳..
Unlike at least 90% of the Historical, Archeological, Anthropological, or Paleontological videos I spend most of my time viewing on RUclips, which spend Most of their time Lecturing to Us Presumed Dumbasses, dictating to us the truth about life in the subject study area, this video makes no pretense about letting us know WHAT IS UNKNOWN AND WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE WHICH REMAIN UNANSWERED. Indeed just setting out from the start with the Candor and Openmindedness TO KNOW WHAT YOU DONT KNOW is such a breath of fresh air intellectually it’s like a Totally New Experience.
Bravo, fabulous. What a great crew and excellent host, I didn't catch his name. New discoveries of China bringing balance to history. This bodes well for Mother/Earth and the future of the Children. Thank you..
This guys voice and explanation pulls you in to learn more about history and these mysteries. I really enjoyed this documentary.
Those faces ifvthe masks remind me of the fairies and elves all over europe. Or parts american indian totems
@Cheng-Tso Hsieh yes, he is a copy of BBC broadcast
These people were at some point sea going, and spent a great deal of time at sea..... Gold , ivory, jade, bronze ? These raw materials are found and process in abundance in certain cultures in the past. Likewise, before there were roads and shopping centers , in the distance past, people got there fine goods by sea.
Trace the natural sea current and you should eventually come across who they were trading with.
Somehow all these masks and style of creatures reminds me of Turkut (Orkhon) influence which to me is a mix of Iran/Anatolian and all other cultures of those high steps
of Asia. I suspect there were many silk road outside of what we presently know and
a lot more commerce going on for thousand of years.
Is it odd to connect that bronze tree positively to the tower of babel which was built to gain access to and wage war with God? The earth's people did scatter around the world then so maybe that explains the reference?
Very interesting thank you. The masks remind me of Polynesian Aztec or Mayan
Thanks for the post. I've been there a couple of times and found it truly mesmerizing and awe inspiring. It makes my head spin thinking about it again.
the swirly motif and ornamentation, especially on the birds, is uncannily similar to Mayan & Incan decoration, and then there's the Tree of Life commonality, absolutely mind blowing... i wonder if they dig a little deeper they'll find polygonal masonry too.
J. J. Marley interesting Mayan and inca
J. J. Marley tree of life? Like flath earth theory?
Tree of Life is another spiritual commonality across ancient religions (so is feathered serpent), has nothing to do with the shape of the earth. which is a sphere, btw... i've literally flown around the world twice in my life so that's all the proof i need ;)
@@MARLEYDIDIT Haha, this is the best reply to the flat-earthers I've seen! :-D
I was wondering the same thing.
Amazing. I've just been watching a video about the Cultural Revolution, so I'm asking myself what lengths (and at what personal risk) the custodians of these wonders went to ensure they survived all those years of turmoil and chaos. China has an astonishing ancient and modern history.
they were buried under ground during the cultural revolution, so they didn't even know these existed back then.
@@davidjacobs8558 well actually they did suspect it was related to an ancient kingdom, they just didn't know it was that special and large in scale. The earliest large stash of jade was discovered by a farmer digging a well in 1929, that's 30 years before the cultural revolution. They began to search for the site but no luck all until nearly 60 years later in 1986. I am actually happy that they did not find out about it sooner, cuz yes they would probably get destroyed by red guards
Forbidden city was closed down during the cultural revolution, so no damage there.
Luckily terracotta army was found after the cultural revolution.
@40 Percent Terracotta army was found in the culture revolution 1974. In the Culture revolution period, there were many very important cultural discoveries made in China. Like Terracotta Army （秦始皇兵马俑）Han Dynasty Tombs in Hebei (满城汉墓）1968，Mawangdui （马王堆汉墓女尸）2000 years wet corpus 1972……
This is awesome! Some resemblance with maya and incas.
Thanks for bring a remarkable video ... Wow .. their faces look like the ones in Pascua Island statues and also similar to many Polynesian totems and statues ; even in Colombia you can find similar statues ...They can be pre China by far and it is clear that they build a major city in that location...
There's new recovery around the same area 2019 and they just announced March 2021; including those 2 previous a total 8 sites have been discovered.
Beautifully narrated and presented China's mysterious past.
This art also has a great resemblance to the work of the Maya and Toltec on some of their buildings, especially the bronze masks.
Hmmm...on the mask, dont think so.
@@eleethtahgra7182 You need to check out Mayan architecture and art!
@@lynwoodreed9032 I did. Well...on google image. And they are round-ish. Thr sanxingdui is sharp-ish. Well, thats just my opinion.
I think so too. It's the ornaments, the curves.
Like an early version of mayan art.
More sparse and less elaborate...
They are not connected whatsoever by time frame, distance and materials that are used.
Don't assume anything with simple reason you think they are similar (?????) really ?
I believe that there was a previous technologically advanced civilization that had to move underground due to a solar Sun cycle that made our planets surface unbearable until that solar cycle ended.
This was a great documentary. Can't wait to visit this museum when I make my way to Chengdu some day. It'll probably be a few years, hopefully by then I won't need translations!
Little we known about this world, and yet to be discovered.
It is possible that our civilization is *build on top of the ruins* of some civilization before us.
Possibly !! Firstly the word 'Dui' means water in our language an I'm a NAGA from India . We have a old tales where it goes that we have lived along the yanzi river an fought a thousand year war with a bigger an more powerful adversary ! Alas we lost the war an flee the land an settle in all part of South East Asia mostly in Philippine, Burma an north East India !! Might it be true that's the mystery to answer ??
In my personal opinion,
I would say more than discovered.
Amazing mystery!
Amazing discovery!
History of our world.
😁
@@radicalface4026 'dui' means mound here. and 'san' means three. they are chinese phonetic alphabet. there are three mounds near the ruins that's why we name it 'san xing dui'.
I say we live on a necropolis(cemetary)!
That's EVERY CIVILIZATION IN EXISTENCE TODAY..
I found two similarities between this culture and the maya they both used cinnabar and jade.
Fascinating! China has such rich and wonderful history. I hope to visit the site one day.
One should build up the psyche of these people from what we have collected of their art, and architecture.
Extremely interesting. It would be great to know whether there were links with other early civilizations. I’ve been interested in San Xing Dui for years and am grateful for this examination of its relics.
There definitely are related and connected thread to this culture along silk road as
commerce were common many thousand of years unbeknownst to us (or as yet to be found).
The raw materials are not of China origin. It’s from elsewhere. These people could be too.
China invented gun powder printed paper money 5000 yrs ago now usa no money just print it called a Ponzi scheme Citizens have used it 60 yrs in jail usa have 20 thousand children in jail at age 6 for 150 yrs 100 % Yankee 98 % stupid
The masks do not represent modern Chinese faces with their hooked large noses, heavy eye brows and a large mouth which is close to the end of the nose. They look more Persian to me (?). Some even have egg heads.
@@lcg5790 Egyptian?
This was a delightful and immersive presentation!
Great work👍
Wow! So much to see! I now want to go to China just to take a trip to these caves. On the gilded masks..The jawline and the eyes look more like the Greek art shown. The protruding eyes look like a crab or a lobster, and the holes by the ears make me wonder if they are glasses. Cinnabar is not for life either as far as I know it is used in mummification.
Interesting. The bird symbol looks similar if not identical to Aztec and Mayan hieroglyphs
beautiful museum
@SaveThem YPepo YaHeard? thank you for the reply, I've almost forgot about it, will watch it again.👍
EXCELLENT document - thank you VERY MUCH ;)
The Qin and other dynasty's talked about the 100 tribes of the naanxing, which the modern day Vietnamese say are their founders... At leasr one of their ancient kings was..
Anyway the naanman were many tribes that the Han and Chinese lumped together because they shared similarities even though they were diverse.. They also tattooed their bodies and were excellent sea faring people and superb in metalwork.. They are suspected to be related to people as far away as the Maoris in new Zealand and the Samoans of the Hawaiian islands and other south pacific peoples..
Absolutely fascinating so much I know nothing about this is a wonderful introduction.
The masks have some resemblance to the Benuaq/Kayan tribes of Borneo 😃
Yup, as A Malaysian I agree those look just like what our tribal Borneo tribe and perhaps look like aztec / mayan carving too...I would say polynesian.
@@yamcha8309 we will help china reclaim everything.
Exactly it's Malay Austronesians civilization.
If you look at the art style, they have a resemblance to BC Canadian aboriginal art on totem poles and art pieces.
Terry Wong think it is how most cultures portray noses
(Shu)
Native American are mongoloid...so their culture are somewhat the same...
Terry Wang ~very well said and excellent deduction 😆😄! ! !
Yeah I can see some symbolism similarities to the Haida totem poles. My first inclination was to think the bronze art looked South American/Peruvian/Inca. Curiously the Chinese haven't located a metallurgy foundry in the region which could be associated with the bronze artefacts so the origins remain mysterious.
The dancing recreation is unreal. How are the dancers going to dance so effortlessly wearing such heavy bronze masks. 这需要解释一下。
Lovely, and very interesting, presentation! Some images remind me of the work of indigenous people along the Pacific coast of North America.
Fascinating stuff
Wonderful presentation.
Most intriguing.
One is amazed to see the delicate and intricate taste of people 3 thousand years back
Fantastic and marvelous documentary.
The eyes with the "monoculars" looks like a type of virtual reality goggles
It's a butterfly mask
Fantastic, the bronze age, looks like it was very connected, across continents. I was lucky to see an exhibition of some of these items at the British Meuseum, maybe 15 years ago, quite amazing and unlike anything else in China
Fascinating! Make an episode on Vinca!
The masks look like Native Alaskan tribal masks of the Tlingit peoples of the NW coast.
Hmm yes they do
Look at the size of the biggest mask! Amazing
Amazing thank you.
The Maori of New Zealand do a similar art style on their Totem Poles at the chiefs house, or prayer house, as do the coastal Indians of the Pacific Northwest.
Prahaps the Phonecians are responsible for carrying it arround to coasts.
The mix of Nagas ( Indian ) and people of Sichuan ( China ), maybe they were the first ones that discover America
similarities with aztecs....????.....!!!!!!!! i think.......!!!!
Thank you so much for your guidance, to me you must have gone to England for part of your university. I wished I could learn more so I subscribed!
Soothing voice over...
Benevolent !!!!!
Lovely that artifacts were saved & put on display for public. But what about the giant pyramids in China? Same people, same time frame?
Now I want to go to Sichuan
Romanticizing History is what is killing the truth of our ancient past.
I thumbed up your comment even though I disagree, because it's thought-provoking. For one thing, we might have more than one past, like we have more than one future and even present. Think of Schrödinger's cat. The full mechanics of time, or causality, is still a puzzle to us. Maybe your past evolves with you? In the best case, fantasy fills gaps in knowledge, working as a narrative glue connecting the facts. In the worst case, fantasy inspires us to find truth.
The figures with the eyes can be found amongst the vinca culture,the Amanita Muscaria people.
Our history is all about hallucination
I am watching this for a second time. Was discussing some of the anthropomorphic figures from the Hongshan culture. She sent a picture from this particular find and the eyes look similar. Also, perhaps the large eyes and ears represent the ruler/king/emperor "hears all and sees all". Just a thought.
Fascinating discovery of ancient civilization in China. 😍🇨🇳👏
Amazing civilization!!!
Someone we never knew before, now suddenly become our great, great, great grandfather of admiration (?!?) /Civilsation.
Looks like an Alien Being came down to earth in the ancient times.
THE SIMILARITIES OF THIS ART AND THE ART OF THE WEST COAST NATIVES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA IS ASTOUNDING !!!!: IS THERE A CONNECTION????
Can you tell me what groups of people those are ?
I saw it too. The motifs look similar.
well, a common theory of the origins of most native americans point to siberia. and during the neolithic and bronze age, the genetic relationship of the chinese and siberians was closer than they are now
neolithic arts are more or less the same around the world I feel like
@@hanhai8515 examples?
Love it all! Good job! Thank you;) xie xie
the site is so well cased in glass...
i knew it ULTRAMAN was true...
The most under rated comment here
They reminded me of the Pacific Islander Moari, Tonga, and Hawaiian appearance. These masks and birds also feature south America Maya and Inca civilizations. Strangely, there was no sign of a typical Chinese dragon-like symbol.
Was lucky enough to visit the museum with friends and my partner in 2014. An English speaking tour-guide kept asking me about Braveheart once he learned I was English... that's right, English, not Scottish.
English is also involved in Braveheart history, but just on the other side 😂
@@jackleung7254 Haha true.
@@ConCroucher My face when OP from a distant past responds to last day's comment… You are supposed to be mute, like a Sanxingdui mask!
The same art style appears everywhere from Polynesia, to Melanesia, Austronesia, SE Asia, right up through all of East Asia, across the Bering Straights and down the coast across Northwest America, and down through the Andes. You can find the same grimacing face in all these places, the same swirling patterns, etc. There is clearly diffusion of art and culture through all these places, Also Celtic and Nordic Europe has a variation on those patterns, which should not be too surprising, since Indo-European folks wearing plaid felt tunics, based on horse and cart culture just like Celts appear 8,000+ years ago in Turkestan/Xinjiang. So, yeah, we are very connected.
What a great illusion you had. Turkeystan only exist when American created propaganda, it never exist as a human race anywhere more than 25 years ago.
Those bronze age Chinese celts it never exist. Celts are almost 1000 years younger than those found in China. The earlier DNA linking celts are hoax. Later it was found those acclaimed Chinese celts are DNA more related to Roman and Viking.
Amazing finds.
Their Style reminds me of the Inuit, that of Totem Poles and Animal Symbols. This Face seems familiar.
Bellissimo ammiro i cinesi un popolo molto in avanti di noi europei
These excavation of Sanxindui bronze sculpture are amazing. The fact that China is a nation of craftsmen such the carving silver headgear of the Miao in Yunman. Is testimony o this skill. So having bronze age sculpture which date back 2000 year BC is nor surprising. Sceptics would wonder how these people had the technical skill to carve out bronze. UNFORTUNATELY These are found in Scizhuan China. Now we have all sorts of theory and even pseuduo experts trying to demise that this is chinese civilization simply because they had none. Similar to Aztec invention not neccessary it came from there.
Interesting take on these mask or bronze image heads.or are they bronze?
jinsha site dated 3k. BC 1k, last stage of Sanxingdui.
why are you saying that its a cvilization. I would say this is part of the Chinese history. It has many similarities with Shang dynasty and other bronze ware found elsewhere.
👍👍 What a great documentary! I agree with many of the comments; these masks and sculptures resemble Mayan and I Incan art. Was Shu the Nexus of many cultures? Could the amazing Naval fleets of the Ming have happened before?🙏🙏👍
The mask was worn by a giant. Note the slots for the straps.
At 530 the mushroom cap has been removed frome the eye stems. same in meso america
Resembles Polynesian styles. Maybe Polynesians were a Chinese tribe, and they all went to New Zeland, and that's how the dingo ended up in Australia?
Macky1101 probably
East Asia and the Pacific Rim are the land where the yellow race lives! The Chinese civilization is the earliest among the yellow race.
Polynesians were the original chinese but were driven south
Polynesians didn't know bronze metallurgy
He is a tourist guide.
Those artifacts remind me a lot of Maori and Mayan artwork.
Were there bone fragments in the sacrificial pit ? Burned stuff implies You might have found a cremation site perhaps they are death masks used in a funerary ritual. A lot of the artwork reminds me of maori art
尚未找到古蜀文化存在有文字是个遗憾。
Truly amazing.
The style is so similar to that of northwestern North American tribal art. Part of me wonders, too, if the eyestalks are just there so the item could be used as a form for more masks and the stalks are for the eye holes, or allow another material to be used for the irises.