Chapter 506

Fang Yang wasn't angry at their questioning, but raised his head slightly and said seriously: "I can explain these later. For now, let's focus our attention on this pottery jar."

As he spoke, Fang Yang pointed to the pattern on the pottery jar.

"This is a Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe painting, which can be said to be the soul of the entire jar."

"The Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe painting is the earliest colored pottery painting from the primitive society period we have discovered so far."

"If you look closely, you will find that in order to express the whiteness and softness of the stork's feathers, the ancestors specially used ink to outline the stork's silhouette, and they also used white color. Then, they used ink lines to outline the fish and the stone axe, and then filled in other colors."

"This Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe painting has fully demonstrated two types of painting art in China."

"The boneless method and the outlining method."

"From this, we can fully see that 6,000 years ago, humans already had high aesthetic pursuits, although the brushwork was very simple."

"Also, because there are many unsolved mysteries, our lives are even more charming."

"Without written records, we can only make some bold guesses about this Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe Painted Pottery Jar."

"And I will simply make some guesses at this moment."

"Just like the expert just said, he thinks the stork and fish very likely refer to the totems of two clans."

"I think this is very possible; not only are they the totems of two clans, but it is also extremely likely that they represent two hostile tribes."

"If we think in this direction, then the stone axe is extremely likely to be a weapon used by the leader of the Stork tribe, a symbol of power."

"Under the leadership of the Stork leader, the Stork tribe once had a life-and-death duel with the Fish tribe and won."

"Afterward, people recorded these deeds in the form of paintings on the leader's urn coffin."

"This was for commemoration."

"Of course, besides this, there is another possibility."

"The Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe painting is very likely about reproductive worship."

"In primitive society, production was extremely low, and having a large population meant the clan was prosperous, so reproductive worship arose."

"And the objects of worship for people at that time were some animals with many offspring."

"Both fish and birds are."

"Besides the two above, it is also possible that ancient people wanted to express the idea of resurrection and reincarnation."

"I remember that an artifact was once unearthed in the Maya culture distributed in the Americas."

"There were also storks and fish on the artifact."

"There was even a story about the ashes of twin heroes being eaten by a catfish, so their souls possessed the catfish. Later, a stork swallowed the catfish into its body and spread its wings to fly high, and thus, the two brothers were reborn."

"I personally think the last possibility is very high."

"Therefore, painting the Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe on the pottery jar was also a hope for the deceased to be reborn."

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—【Ah, can you interpret so much content from this artifact? It feels truly incredible.】

—【Some artifacts have a lot of meaning, some have very little; isn't this an obvious thing? Just like two different people, some know more, some know less... comparing them like this, the logic is actually the same.】

—【Patterns can still be preserved on a jar from 6,000 years ago? Are you kidding? It looks fake at a glance.】

—【The person above, you are very funny.】

—【I think what Fang Yang said is very right. Maybe some people can't understand what Fang Yang said, but what I want to say is that secondary burials have always been practiced here, exactly the same as what Fang Yang said.】

—【The stone axe was a symbol of power at that time; I also agree with this entire statement.】

—【You guys say, what exactly could that fish refer to?】

—【It should be a grass carp.】

—【No, it could be a whale.】

—【Hehe, actually it's a carp; I saw it when he was eating.】

—【The person above is really a dog.】

—【Every time a new artifact is excavated, I can't help but think that our civilization history is constantly being refreshed. This feeling is truly wonderful.】

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—【Truly a cultured person. When it comes to civilization history being constantly refreshed, I also feel that this feeling is exceptionally shocking.】

—【So I think we should dig if we can. Maybe in the future, the Maya civilization in the Americas will also belong to our China, hehe.】

—【I seem to have read in some report before that the writing of the Maya civilization is quite similar to the writing of China, so what you said might really happen.】

—【This is China's earliest and largest painted pottery painting, from the Yangshao culture 6,500~7,000 years ago.】

—【This painting style is actually a bit like ancient Egyptian murals.】

—【This pattern is too monotonous and unconvincing.】

—【A painting from 6,000 years ago is actually better than what I draw, sigh—】

—【There are still too many unknown histories and artifacts sleeping underground. I hope one day they can all see the light of day again.】

Fang Yang had already finished saying everything that needed to be said. The experts all looked thoughtful; the several possibilities Fang Yang proposed actually made some sense if you thought about them carefully.

Although at first, they all looked at Fang Yang with very surprised eyes and even felt that what Fang Yang proposed was very unreliable.

But if it were really unreliable, they wouldn't have treated the other party with such surprised expressions.

"Brother, sometimes I'm really curious about what exactly is in your brain? Look, those experts were all bluffed by you."

"My brain is filled with useful things. I didn't mean to bluff those experts; I just proposed my personal views. Whether they believe it or not, proposing it just gives them a reference point anyway."

Fang Yang shrugged his shoulders as he said this, not caring at all.

Seeing Fang Yang's attitude, the cameraman couldn't help but shake his head.

However, the cameraman had long been used to many things about Fang Yang, so he didn't take it to heart at all.

Especially after saying those words, Fang Yang went around to other places.

After leaving, his gaze couldn't help but glance at the shopping mall not far away. Finally, he silently let out a breath and quickly withdrew his gaze, without being discovered by anyone from beginning to end.

He kept walking back and forth in this large lawn.

It was probably several thousand square meters here.

Behind it was connected to a continuous mountain range.

Opposite it was a street that looked somewhat desolate.

Fang Yang's gaze jumped twice, and a bit of joy appeared on his face.

He originally thought he might have to change locations, but he didn't expect there to be new discoveries.

This situation was still quite good.

Thinking this, Fang Yang lifted his feet and walked toward the mountain.

Among those who were still discussing, some of them shifted their attention to Fang Yang. When they saw the direction he was moving, they exchanged a few glances, and then their gazes all fell on Fang Yang, no longer continuing to discuss the Stork, Fish, and Stone Axe Painted Pottery Jar.

The object had already been excavated, and it wouldn't run away if someone was watching it here.

Now the urgent matter was to learn more about what Fang Yang would dig up next.

Watching the direction Fang Yang was moving, they couldn't care about anything else and followed him there.

As for the remaining guards, they simply took out their phones to watch the live broadcast.

Although they had other tasks and couldn't follow in person, they could learn what they needed to know at the same time as everyone else.

The slope on the mountain was very steep. After Fang Yang arrived at his destination, he found that it was actually a thatched cottage.

The inside had almost collapsed, and it looked like no one had been here for a long time.

Fang Yang's gaze only rested on it for a moment, then he quickly moved his gaze away.

"Fang Yang, have you made a discovery?"

Mayor Ouyang was the most concerned about this matter; he wished Fang Yang could answer him immediately about what was going on.

If he delayed for even a second, he would be anxious to the point of no return.

"There is indeed a discovery."

Fang Yang's answer immediately brought Mayor Ouyang's heart back to its original place.

Mayor Ouyang even had a relieved smile on his face.

"Since there is a discovery, I will immediately have people move the things up."

Mayor Ouyang almost immediately gave orders to his subordinates beside him.

Fang Yang let Mayor Ouyang and the others handle everything, while he himself wandered around the highly suspicious areas several times.

Finally, he picked up a simple tool and started digging toward the ground.

He judged that this thing shouldn't be buried very deep.

And the facts were indeed so.