In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms...In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms of time. Through a review of the formation processes and mechanisms of the early-Shang culture and Erlitou culture, it can be concluded that there was a period of cultural upheaval and reorganization before the formation of either culture. The causes in the depth must have been the migration and interaction of various groups of ancient peoples and the reconstruction of social order resulting from the large-scale alliances and annexations in those times. The Erlitou culture as the culture of the Xia-state-people in the Xia Dynasty and the early-Shang culture as the culture of the Shang-state-people in the early Shang Dynasty were undoubtedly formed later than the establishment of their respective dynasties.展开更多
文摘In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms of time. Through a review of the formation processes and mechanisms of the early-Shang culture and Erlitou culture, it can be concluded that there was a period of cultural upheaval and reorganization before the formation of either culture. The causes in the depth must have been the migration and interaction of various groups of ancient peoples and the reconstruction of social order resulting from the large-scale alliances and annexations in those times. The Erlitou culture as the culture of the Xia-state-people in the Xia Dynasty and the early-Shang culture as the culture of the Shang-state-people in the early Shang Dynasty were undoubtedly formed later than the establishment of their respective dynasties.
