Sun Denghai character introduction

Sun Denghai

Sun Denghai is from Shengou Village, Longmensuo Town, Chicheng County. He started working in education in October 1974. He has a college degree and has successively served as a teacher, education section chief, director of the teaching and research section, school inspector, deputy principal of the county vocational education center and party branch secretary. He is a veteran educator. In peacetime, he likes geology, archeology, collection, photography, and outdoor sports. He is a member of the China Collectors Association, a director of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Folk Collection Association, and a director of the Chicheng County Literature and History Research Association.

Sun Denghai has been a teacher teaching knowledge and solving problems for more than 30 years, but he also has a lot of experience in amateur archeology.

Chinese name: Sun Denghai

Foreign name: SunDenghai

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han

Birth Place: Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City

Occupation: Teacher

Main achievements: In February 2001, he was the first to discover dinosaur footprint fossils in "Luofengpo" in Chicheng< /p>

Representative work: "Who is the owner of this bronze dagger"

Character profile

In February 2001, he was the first to "fall into the sky" in Akagi "Fengpo" discovered dinosaur footprint fossils, which attracted the attention of the domestic archaeological community. After that, he became more obsessed with archeology and discovered the ancient cultural relics of the Shanrong people, a large ethnic group that was active in the Yanshan area during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in Chicheng. From then on, he became even more obsessed with the study of Shanrong culture. Over a period of five years, he investigated 61 ancient human cultural sites, including the Shuiquangou Stone Tomb Site, and wrote a nearly 300,000-word monograph on Shanrong culture, "Who is the Master of this Bronze Dagger?"

In a 15-square-meter office, in addition to a table and a bed, there are three bookcases crowded together. The top of the cabinet is filled with pottery that has been worn by time. From the glass window of the display cabinet, you can vaguely see I saw pottery and stoneware of different shapes inside; similarly, the window sills of the small house were also filled with strangely shaped stones; archeology books were scattered messily on the table and bed, and large pictures of dinosaur footprint fossils were hung on the wall. If it weren't for the reminder of the "School Weekly Work Arrangement Memo" on the wall, one might have thought that this was a place where archaeologists worked. In fact, this is the office of Sun Denghai, the vice principal of the Chicheng County Vocational Education Center.

Dinosaur footprint fossils

In 2001, Sun Denghai from Chicheng County was the first to discover dinosaur footprint fossils in Chicheng, which caused repercussions in the domestic archaeological community; now he is the first to discover the Spring and Autumn Period The ancient cultural relics of the Shanrong people, a powerful ethnic group that was active in the Yanshan area during the Warring States Period. Over the past five years, Sun Denghai of Chicheng County systematically researched and researched the cultural characteristics, historical stages, politics, economy, culture, society and folk customs of the local Shanrong people, trying to comprehensively explore the origin, development, climax, and development of the Shanrong people. The process of destruction.

Discovering the Shanrong Culture

In February 2001, after Sun Denghai discovered dinosaur footprint fossils in "Luofengpo", he wrote to Dong Zhiming of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor, in April, Professor Dong and his team made a special trip to Chicheng for a field trip. The dinosaur footprints were recognized by Professor Dong. Before leaving, Professor Dong Zhiming also told him: "There may be dinosaur footprints within dozens of kilometers near 'Luofengpo' If you are interested, you can look for fossils again." Professor Dong's words strengthened Sun Denghai's confidence. From then on, he would go to the valley to look for dinosaur footprint fossils on weekends.

On April 22, Sun Denghai and his colleague Mr. Liu went to the field for archeology. They came to the mountain ridge opposite Nanzhuangzi and searched for a long time, but found no new discoveries. They only found some stone tools and pottery pieces. class stuff. After wandering around for a long time, but still with no results, the two of them sat down to rest. Sun Denghai picked up a tile and rubbed the dirt off it. Unexpectedly, with such a random action, he saw the dirt on the tile being removed. There is obviously a "two dragons playing with pearls" pattern. Unable to determine the age of the tile, Sun Denghai took it back and prepared to study it in detail.

Through Internet search, Sun Denghai found the address of Pang Jin, a special researcher at the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, an expert on Chinese dragon culture. He took a photo of the tiles and sent a letter to Pang Jin. Soon he received a reply from Pang Jin: "I carefully looked at the photo of the tile you provided, combined with other information, and preliminarily determined that this piece is a historical relic from the Yanxiadu period of the Warring States Period (around 300 BC)."

There are stone tools left by ancient people and needle-headed sword coins stored in caves everywhere in Chicheng County. What kind of ancient human tribe once lived and multiplied here? Many questions were swirling in his mind. In order to clarify these issues, Sun Denghai purchased many archaeological books and subscribed to some archaeological magazines. He also borrowed the county annals of 15 counties in Zhangjiakou and Chengde and wrote down hundreds of thousands of words of notes. In the past few years, he has traveled all over the mountains and rivers in Chicheng, and has made many field trips to Chifeng, Fengning and other places at his own expense, and has mastered considerable archaeological theoretical knowledge and practical experience.

The charm of archeology lies in the melancholy and joy gained from constant exploration and discovery. In constant questioning, Sun Denghai tried to figure out what kind of ancient human tribe lived and multiplied in Chicheng. What he didn't expect was that a bigger discovery began to emerge.

Writing a book

Once, a friend brought a bronze dagger unearthed from Diao'e Town, Chicheng County for Sun Denghai to identify. He saw that the sword had a double-circle dragon head. The neck of the sword is engraved with three chilongs, and the sword is in the shape of a flying wing. The casting process is very particular. Sun Denghai compared it with photos of the Shanrong bronze dagger unearthed in Fengning, Chengde, and found that the two bronze daggers were exactly the same in shape, specifications and decoration. Bronze daggers with dragon patterns like this have been unearthed at Shanrong sites in Luanping County and Yanqing County. Sun Denghai analyzed that these should be cultural relics of the same nation at the same period.

Shanrong tribe? Are there Shanrong people in Chicheng? This sword made Sun Denghai seem to see a greater secret hidden behind the sword. With heart-pounding ecstasy, Sun Denghai also quickly searched for fragments of information about the Shanrong tribe in his mind: The name of the ancient northern ethnic group, also known as the North Rong, a branch of the Xiongnu. The active area is in the northern part of present-day Hebei Province. Sun Denghai thought of the slabs of stone tombs he had discovered in Chicheng before, and he also successively found red pottery pots, red pottery clay bowls, bronze daggers and other burial objects among the people. By searching for information and comparing the burial objects, Sun Denghai concluded that the stone slab tomb was the tomb of the Shanrong people.

"Historical Records·The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" records: "During the time of Yao and Shun, there were Shanrong in the north." The activities of Shanrong have always been in the Yanshan area in northern Hebei today. The Shanrong people, like the ethnic minorities in ancient China, "live by shooting and hunting animals", "move with livestock", "migrate in pursuit of water and grass", and "often become a border threat to Yan and Qi". According to the only historical documents recorded, the Shanrong people existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. By about the late Warring States Period, this ethnic group disappeared in this area. It has a history of at least more than 3,000 years. As the Shanrong people later disappeared, their history has been ignored, and research on culture and folklore has been blank. Shanrong culture was once listed as one of the 500 mysteries in the history of Chinese culture. It is precisely because of this uncertain charm that more and more people have begun to study Shanrong culture obsessively.

Based on the unique characteristics of the collected cultural relics such as pottery, stone tools, bronze ornaments, and bronze daggers, and comparing them with historical records, Sun Denghai inferred that from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle and late Warring States Period, there was a cultural relic in Chicheng County. An ancient human tribe is active. The bronze dagger is a symbol of tribal culture and civilization, and this ancient human tribe is the Shanrong tribe!

The Ancient Shanrong Tribe

From the discovery of dinosaur footprints to the obsession with archeology, from the obsession with archeology to the study of the Shanrong Tribe, along with the melancholy of exploration and the joy of discovery, Sun Denghai I am going further and further on the road of studying the Shanrong people.

Through studying domestic archaeological data and contacting Shanrong research experts, the inference that Shanrong people once lived in Chicheng has been further confirmed, and Sun Denghai’s research on Shanrong culture has also been influenced by ancient Chinese The affirmation of cultural history expert Zhang Shiyuan.

Sun Denghai carefully took out a pottery steamer fragment, "This was found in Shuiquanliang, Nanzhuangzi. From it, we can see the changes in the Shanrong people's food structure." The bottom diameter of the pottery steamer is 10 centimeters and the bottom is even. There are several round holes scattered on the ground. "Putting the steamer on a pottery tripod and using the steam to rise can steam food. It was one of the important living utensils at that time. It can steam rice and potatoes."

In Sun Denghai's view, Shuiquanliang The pottery steamer fragments at the site are a valuable discovery, which at least shows that the Shanrong people already had grains such as millet and broomcorn millet at that time, and learned how to use the steamer to steam rice; it also shows that in the early or middle Spring and Autumn Period, the Shanrong people had entered farming and animal husbandry. The mixed economic form gradually moved away from the primitive state of "living on hunting animals for a living" and "eating salty livestock meat". Vegetables, grains, and meat were the main foods of the Shanrong people during this period.

The magical land of Akagi contains many relics of ancient human life. Over the past few years, some bronze cones and spinning wheels made of pottery, stone and bone have been unearthed from the stone tomb sites. More and more tools for textile and clothing production have been discovered. In October 2005, Sun Denghai discovered another bone needle at the Xiaoshaliang Shiban Tomb site. It was 9.7 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, and 0.3 cm thick. The bone needle was soaked in grease. It was still very bright after being wiped. It can be seen that the deceased was alive. Use repeatedly. "These discoveries are of great value for studying the clothing culture of the Shanrong people. Through these tools, we can infer that the materials of the Shanrong people's clothing at that time were basically hemp, animal skins, and animal skins."

After a few years, Sun Denghai systematically researched and researched the cultural characteristics, historical stages, politics, economy, society, culture and folk customs of the Shanrong people. He wrote a more comprehensive study in his book "Who is the owner of this bronze dagger" It shows the process of the Shanrong people from their origin, development, climax to destruction in Chicheng County, and systematically introduces the Shanrong people’s beliefs and worship, living customs, funeral customs, marriage customs and other personal characteristics of the Shanrong culture, which greatly contributes to It enriches the research on Shanrong culture and folklore that has always been blank.