The Exploration Of Early Xia Culture

The article is oriented toward Early Xia Culture,which expounds upon Xia tribe's origin and process of migration,revealing the development and evolution.Concrete steps as follows:Firstly,my discussion with Early Xia Culture seems significant in retrospect.Only in this way can we make clear the status quo,point out existing problems and set forth the solution by analyzing historical documents relating to Xia Dynasty,conclude when Xia Dynasty began and who was the first king.Through dissecting the relative content of "Eerlitou" culture,on the basis of which Early Xia Culture can be further explored in many "longshan culture",located in the southern region of Shanxi Province and western area of Henan Province,the paper further analyses the cause and social impact of tribal family of Xia Dynasty,which is based on combing through domestic related papers in recent years.Six parts are mentioned in the papero The first chapter focuses on discussion about original date of Xia Dynasty and its king,deeming that it dates back to 1963 B.C.with the chief being Dayu.The second chapter analyses the essence of Erlitou cultue,regarding the first-stage ruins of an ancient village,"Erlitou" as a region where the Qi nationality live in compact communities.Hereafter,as the capital of"Zhenxun" was until the end of fourth-stage ruins of Erlitou culture.In the meanwhile,Erlitou culture was dating further back to 1950 B.C.The third chapter involves relations between Wangwan third-stage civilization and Erlitou culture.The former has great influence on the latter in terms of material progress(earthenware),but as far as cultural and ideological progress is concerned,it is obvious that cultural factors of the latter don't exist in the former---Wangwan third-stage culture,as the former has nothing to with Xia tribe,which is out of the question to look on the former as Early Xia Culture,let alone so called Pre-xia culture.The fourth chapter deals with the issue of "Xinzhai period".Thinking it belongs to Erlitou culture,instead of transitional phase between Wangwan third-stage culture and Erlitou culture.The fifth chapter illustrates relations between Taosi culture and Erlitou culture.If you quantify how much they relate,then you can look at the correlation.Most of the cultural factors from Erlitou are derived from Taosi culture.In particular,spiritual culture including Cinnabar or Zinnober Funeral,Dragon Totemism,Sacrificial Vessel&Instrument can be traced back to Taosi culture,deducing a conclusion that Taosi culture is cradle of Xia tribe.The last chapter is to confirm the fact that "Chongshan" and"Yangcheng" should be Taershang,Shanxi&Taosi village respectively."Tang" dispatching troops to suppress "Xixia" accounts for Xia tribe immigrate to the west of Henan Province,after examining the above-mentioned events.On the whole,Xia tribe is a member of Taosi culture family,who was forced to remove to the west of Henan Province as a result of internal strife,which interrupted the development of Wangwan third-stage culture.However,it absorbed parts of material conditions and brought Erlitou culture into existence.Therefore,if calculated from "Yu",a monarch usurping the throne of "Shun",a monarch,Early Xia Culture should include the late Taosi culture and the first-stage Erlitou,approximately covering Monarch Yu,Qi and Taikang three phases.