Does the existence of Sanxingdui culture mean that there was another dynasty before Xia Dynasty?

Sanxingdui site has not been fully excavated, and our understanding of it is estimated to be less than 1%. Some people say it's a tribe that migrated from foreign countries, while others say it's a relic of alien civilization. However, according to scientific research, the most reasonable guess at present is that it belongs to the ancient Shu civilization, and the time is about 1200 BC.

The age of 0 1. Sanxingdui site is about in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, later than Xia Dynasty. Most of the artifacts unearthed in Sanxingdui are bronzes, which were widely used in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. We can roughly classify the civilization era of Sanxingdui as this period.

If we want to accurately determine the age of cultural relics, we need to use the "carbon fourteen dating method". Archaeologists have tested the cultural relics samples of Sanxingdui No.1 pit and found that its age is about 1400 BC. Because this measurement method may have an error of several decades to several hundred years, the final cultural age of Sanxingdui is about 1200 BC.

You see, our Xia Dynasty existed from 2070 BC to 65438 BC+0600 BC. Obviously, there was Xia Dynasty culture first, and then Sanxingdui culture, so Sanxingdui is more likely to be an ancient Shu civilization that existed at the end of Shang Dynasty.

In addition, the style of Sanxingdui civilization obviously does not belong to the Central Plains civilization. It should be a unique civilization born in the Yangtze River basin, which is in harmony with the Central Plains civilization born in the Yellow River basin. They are all part of Chinese civilization and our pride.

02. The dynasties before Xia Dynasty, probably Yu Xia Dynasty established by Shun, were not recognized by historians at first. Many people think that the Xia Dynasty is just a myth made up by people during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is an illusory legend that only exists in books. The story of Dayu's flood control is like Noah's Ark in the west, which is an exaggerated story.

However, after Erlitou site was discovered in Luoyang, Henan Province in 1959, splendid Xia culture appeared in front of us. All kinds of pottery, jade and bronze ritual vessels really hit the skeptic's face, and all walks of life began to openly admit the existence of the Xia Dynasty, and textbooks also admitted that it was the first dynasty in China's history.

Of course, there are also some folk subjects who have not experienced nine-year compulsory education and still refuse to admit the fact that the Xia Dynasty existed.

As for the Xia Dynasty, there was probably a Yu Dynasty before it. In all kinds of legends, Yu was founded by Shun, who is the philosopher of "Yao, Shun and Yu" that we are familiar with. His full name is Yu Shun. He was born in the Yu tribe and is famous for his filial piety. Scholars in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period often take Shun as a model to preach filial piety and let the monarch practice benevolent government.

In the Analects of Confucius, Historical Records, Huainanzi, Lv Chunqiu and other historical books, there are related records about Yu. However, after the emergence of the ancient skepticism school in modern times, due to the lack of actual cultural relics and other reasons, the history before Xia Dynasty was regarded as "myth and legend", and Yu did not belong to one of the dynasties in China.

Finally, I hope that Sanxingdui site can make a greater breakthrough, and I hope that the cultural relics related to Yu can go to the world as soon as possible. These are the wealth of our Chinese sons and daughters.