Concerning Xia and Shang sites, there has long been controversy in academic circles. It involves the nature of the Erlitou site and the Shang city-sites in Zhengzhou and Yanshi, and especially the relationship between...Concerning Xia and Shang sites, there has long been controversy in academic circles. It involves the nature of the Erlitou site and the Shang city-sites in Zhengzhou and Yanshi, and especially the relationship between the two Shang cities. Debates have also been provoked on the questions of which of the two cities can be taken as the demarcation line between the Xia and Shang and where the Shang Tang capital of Bo was located. Based on the already obtained excavation and research achievements, the present paper elaborates a comparative study of the two Shang cities in the aspects of their rise and decline courses, architectural layout, cultural features and mutual relationship. It concludes that the Shang city in Yanshi, being smaller on scale and earlier in date, must have been the center in the region of the early Shang culture. Its construction can be taken to be the demarcation line between the Xia and Shang, and it was just the Shang Tang capital of Bo.展开更多
With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is con...With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is continuously deepening in academic circles. In this stream, the Preliminary Study of the Shang City at Yanshi is so far the first academic monograph on the city, reflecting new advances in archaeological researches on the Xia and Shang period. As the available study results suggest, the city was built in the fourth phase of Erlitou culture, earlier than the Shang city at Zhengzhou. It can be identified as Xibo, capital of the Shang Dynasty in Tang's reign. As the only demarcation between the Xia and the Shang cultures, it has great academic value, which absolutely should not be underestimated.展开更多
文摘Concerning Xia and Shang sites, there has long been controversy in academic circles. It involves the nature of the Erlitou site and the Shang city-sites in Zhengzhou and Yanshi, and especially the relationship between the two Shang cities. Debates have also been provoked on the questions of which of the two cities can be taken as the demarcation line between the Xia and Shang and where the Shang Tang capital of Bo was located. Based on the already obtained excavation and research achievements, the present paper elaborates a comparative study of the two Shang cities in the aspects of their rise and decline courses, architectural layout, cultural features and mutual relationship. It concludes that the Shang city in Yanshi, being smaller on scale and earlier in date, must have been the center in the region of the early Shang culture. Its construction can be taken to be the demarcation line between the Xia and Shang, and it was just the Shang Tang capital of Bo.
文摘With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is continuously deepening in academic circles. In this stream, the Preliminary Study of the Shang City at Yanshi is so far the first academic monograph on the city, reflecting new advances in archaeological researches on the Xia and Shang period. As the available study results suggest, the city was built in the fourth phase of Erlitou culture, earlier than the Shang city at Zhengzhou. It can be identified as Xibo, capital of the Shang Dynasty in Tang's reign. As the only demarcation between the Xia and the Shang cultures, it has great academic value, which absolutely should not be underestimated.
