In June, 200 1 year, the first underwater archaeology of lakes in China was conducted in Fuxian Lake.
On June 17, 2006, the second underwater exploration activity of Fuxian Lake began.
(1) found tall buildings similar to pyramids and circular buildings of the Colosseum in Rome.
At the end of 2005, Geng Wei announced the latest discovery of underwater archaeology in Chengjiang County. The golden sonar scan shows the magnificent outline of the underwater city, which is amazing. Geng Wei said that at present, the proven area of the ancient city remains is 2.4 square kilometers, which is no less than that of Chengjiang County in the 1970s. There are eight main buildings, of which two high-step buildings and a circular building are the most important.
One of the tall stepped buildings is divided into three floors, the bottom floor is 60m wide, the second floor is 32m wide, the top floor is18m wide, and the whole building is16m high. As can be seen from the sonar scan, its pace is very neat and symmetrical.
The other staircase building is the most magnificent. It consists of five floors, the bottom of the first floor is 63 meters wide, the second floor is 48 meters wide, and the third and fourth floors have collapsed seriously, so it is impossible to measure them carefully. The fifth floor is 27 meters wide and the whole building is 2 1 meter high, which is similar to the Mayan pyramids in the United States. There are small steps between each big step, and the first big step has a straight small step from bottom to top.
In addition, there is a slate pavement with a length of more than 300 meters and a width of 5-7 meters between the two buildings, which is paved with different shapes of slate with various geometric patterns. In another area, a circular building was also found, with a bottom diameter of 37 meters and a higher south side, and the steps could be vaguely identified. The north of the building collapsed seriously, and there was a gap in the northeast, similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome.
(2) The stepped building may be an altar, and the circular building is similar to the ancient Yunnan bronze design.
A large number of ancient Yunnan bronzes have been unearthed in Shizhai Mountain, Jinning, Yunnan. After careful observation, Geng Wei found that many bronze buttons (a small round ornament with bronze texture) had stepped architectural patterns, and some also had post architectural patterns for sacrifice. He believes that this shows that sacrificial activities have become very important in the life of ancient Dian people, and those tall stepped buildings are the remains of sacrificial activities of ancient Dian people.
What's even more amazing is that some bronze buttons are engraved with circular staircase architectural patterns, which are almost exactly the same as those found underwater. The circular staircase building on the bronze ware is divided into upper and lower floors. On the first floor, there are more than ten people, and on the second floor, three or four people sit on the steps to watch bullfighting or other performances. Geng Wei believes that the underwater circular building is the prototype of the buckle pattern description. Some experts once thought that the circular building was an entertainment facility or a stadium, but Geng Wei disagreed. "If it is a stage building, it will be too luxurious and unrealistic under the social conditions at that time."
At present, almost all archaeological achievements about the ancient Dian state are concentrated on the excavation of tombs and cultural relics. No living architectural remains have been found in ancient Yunnan, which has been prosperous for more than 500 years, which makes Geng Wei guess that it is no accident that the high-rise buildings at the bottom of the lake are similar to the patterns on bronzes.
(3) The "sea horseshoe print" on the slate may be the basis for ancient Yunnan people to build wooden houses.
Among many legends of Fuxian Lake, the legend about hippocampus is the most bizarre. It is said that this kind of seahorse can run on the lake like a fly, often appearing in the morning fog, and then diving into the water after the fog clears, which is recorded in ancient county annals. Geng Wei thinks that when the water level in Fuxian Lake is very low, people can see holes with a diameter of 8- 15 cm exposed on the slate in a very shallow place, which looks like horseshoe prints. On the underwater structure, he also found many similar holes, some of which have stone nails on their inner edges. At first, he thought that these holes were used to connect slates. Later, he found that these round holes were connected by stakes and ropes, which would form a regular rectangle.
Archaeologists found that ancient Yunnan architecture was mainly column architecture by studying the bronze patterns of ancient Yunnan civilization. This kind of column building is a building made of bamboo and wood first, then the bottom floor is hoisted, and then the wall is repaired. Geng Wei believes that the rectangle formed by inserting wood into the stone slab hole completely conforms to the foundation of column architecture. From this, he came to the conclusion that the footprint of the so-called seahorse is the foundation of the column building with vertical trees, and the underwater monument of Fuxian Lake is bound to be directly related to the ancient Yunnan civilization.
(4) The scale is not inferior to that of Mayan civilization, and the research on it will become a worldwide topic.
In the history of Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, there are three cities with historical records, the earliest of which is Yuyuan Ancient City, which later mysteriously disappeared in the history books. This is also the reason why many experts tend to think that the underwater city is Yuyuan Garden City. However, Geng Wei has a unique interpretation of the word "Yu Yuan". He believes that "Yu" means "initial" in ancient Chinese, and "Yuan" means "primitive" and "basic". The combination of the two is "the foundation of the initial height."
Geng Wei said, "Compared with other ancient civilization relics. The scale of underwater remains in Fuxian Lake is by no means inferior. It has a tall building over 2 1 m, which is rare in the ruins of Mayan civilization. The study of it will be a worldwide topic, and the mystery of ancient Yunnan civilization that has plagued the archaeological community for many years is likely to be revealed through the underwater monuments of Fuxian Lake. "
In 279 BC, Zhuang Chuan, a general of Chu, led an army to Yunnan (now Yunnan) and conquered the local ethnic minorities. Just as Zhuangxia was preparing to dispatch troops, it happened that Qin invaded Chu and cut off his way back to China. In Yunnan, Zhuangshu is called Wang Jianguo for short, and it is called "Zhuangshu Wangdian" in history.
In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the central dynasty designated the area where Yunnan was located as "Yizhou County", which had jurisdiction over 24 counties. The king of Dian became the nominal ruler, and the ancient Dian civilization gradually weakened and merged into the Central Plains civilization. Due to the lack of written records, everything about ancient Yunnan gradually disappeared into obscurity and became an unknown historical mystery.