Dushan Jade Witnesses China's 7,000 History of Jade Production

Dushan Jade Witnesses China's 7,000 History of Jade Production

这块独山玉料，将我国制玉年代追溯到近7000年前

 

On December 14, at the meeting on Henan's archaeological achievement exchanges in 2020, Ma Juncai, a researcher at the Henan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the team leader of archaeological excavations at the Huangshan site, remarked that, at the Huangshan site, archaeologists have discovered a raw material of Dushan jade in the tombs of jade craftsmen during the early period of Yangshao Culture, showing that China's jade production has a history of nearly 7,000 years.

12月14日，在2020年度河南考古工作成果交流会上，省文物考古研究院研究员、黄山遗址考古发掘领队马俊才“及时快报”了一个重要信息：在该遗址汉墓下发现了仰韶文化早期的玉石工匠墓，一同发现的还有独山玉玉石原料。这一重要发现可将我国制玉年代追溯到近7000年前。

Dushan jade witnesses China's 7,000 history of jade production. [Photo provided to Henan Daily APP]

Located 100 meters to the north of Huangshan village of Pushan town, Wolong district, Nanyang city, the Huangshan site, with the Baihe River in its east, is about 3.5 kilometers away from the mountains of Fengshan and Pushan that are rich in limestone, geographically 3 kilometers away from Dushan, a famous mountain famous for jade production in China, and 12 kilometers away from the downtown area of Nanyang. Since May 2018, the archaeological team, jointly formed by the archaeologists from Henan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Nanyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, have excavated consecutively at the Huangshan site.

黄山遗址位于南阳市卧龙区蒲山镇黄山村北100米处，距盛产石灰岩的丰山和蒲山约3.5公里，东靠白河，西南距中国产玉名山——独山约3公里，距南阳市中心城区约12公里。自2018年5月以来，河南省文物考古研究院与南阳市文物考古研究所组成联合考古队，对黄山遗址进行了连续性主动考古发掘。

Dushan jade witnesses China's 7,000 history of jade production. [Photo provided to Henan Daily APP]

After over two years of archaeological excavations, it has been confirmed that the Huangshan site is a large central settlement featured by jade production and exchange (jade production base plus port) during the late period of Yangshao Culture and the period of Qujialing Culture, not only ending the history that there was no Neolithic jade workshop site in the Central Plains and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but also providing key materials for the study of the origins of Chinese civilization.

经过两年多的考古发掘，确认了黄山遗址是是一处仰韶文化晚期和屈家岭文化时期集加工、交流玉石器为主的（玉石器制造基地+港口）大型中心聚落遗址，填补了中原和长江中游地区新石器时代玉器作坊遗存的空白，在南北文化交流碰撞的关键地区、距今五千年左右的关键时间为研究中华文明形成提供了关键材料。

Dushan jade witnesses China's 7,000 history of jade production. [Photo provided to Henan Daily APP]

At present, the Huangshan site has been listed into the task of Archaeological China -- Study on the Process of Civilization in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River by the National Cultural Heritage Administration. Experts believe that long-term archaeological excavations are required at the Huangshan site since it is closely related to the formation of Chinese civilization about 5,000 years ago, and one of the key research objects for the study of the origins of civilizations in Jianghan Plain and Central Plains as well as the cultural communication and integration between the south and north.

目前，黄山遗址已列入国家文物局“考古中国—长江中游文明化进程研究”课题。专家认为，该遗址事关5000年前左右华夏炎黄文明形成的关键时期，是江汉与中原地区文明起源、南北文化交流融合的核心研究对象之一，需要进行长期主动性发掘研究。（中文来源/河南日报 翻译/赵汉青 审校/焦丹）