More than 3,500 ancient tombs discovered in the expansion of Xi'an Xianyang Airport

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More than 3,500 ancient tombs discovered in the expansion of Xi'an Xianyang Airport

Reporter : Fu Mingzhen / Editor : Yuan Mingqing / https://www.soundofhope.org/post/475280 / Direct translation

More than 3,500 ancient tombs of various periods in ancient China were discovered within the scope of the third-phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in Shaanxi Province. In order to ensure that the expansion project is carried out, during the Chinese New Year holiday, the relevant units of the Institute of Archaeology mobilized nearly 1,000 people for archaeological excavations. In this regard, some netizens said, “How did the geological survey be done before the expansion? Haven't the relevant evaluation been done?”

According to the official Weibo of the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau (Hantang.com) on 15 February, during the New Year of the Ox, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute Airport New City Archaeological Research Base mobilized all members to give up their vacation and work overtime to carry out archaeological excavations to ensure the third-phase expansion project ofXi'an Xianyang International Airport went on smoothly.

According to the report, the third-phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is the largest in the history of civil aviation development in Shaanxi and the largest civil aviation project in Northwest China. Within the scope of the construction project, more than 4,600 ancient cultural relics of various types have been discovered through exploration, including more than 3,500 ancient tombs of various periods. The number and scale of the relics are very large, and the task of archaeological excavation is very difficult.

During the New Year holidays from 4 to 17 February , more than 60 employees and more than 900 workers conducted archaeological excavations in some key construction areas.

In response, netizens left messages saying, “The archaeological bureau is the busiest in infrastructure construction in Xi’an”, “the engineering team in front, the archaeological team in the back”, “how did the geological prospecting be done before the expansion? Haven’t the relevant assessment been done?”, "Good guy! Let's rebuild the museum directly!", "Xi'an is the nightmare of real estate bosses", "A hoe in the ancient capital of a thousand years is a cultural relic."

Ancient cultural relics are frequently found in Shaanxi. Chinese media reported that on 2 September 2013, the tomb of Shangguan Wan'er, a female official of the Tang Dynasty, was discovered during the construction of the expansion of Xi'an Xianyang Airport. The tomb system is popular and there are epitaphs in the tomb.

In July 2014, a piece of muck was artificially dumped on a piece of ground in Zhongguanting Village in the northern suburbs of Xi'an, and there were many ancient coins-"Kaiyuan Tongbao" buried in this mound.

On 1 August 2014, Xi’an Metro Line 4 unearthed a stone sculpture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is suspected to be a cultural relic of the late Ming Dynasty.

From August to December 2019, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a large Tang Dynasty tomb with four patios and front and rear brick burial chambers in Yan Village, Dizhang Street, Airport New City, Xixian New District. The unearthed epitaph confirmed that the owner of the tomb It was Princess Tang Taiping's first consort Xue Shao.

Last year, Shaanxi excavated 3,956 ancient tombs and ancient sites of 105,800 square meters. On average, 10 ancient tombs were discovered every day.

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Does the CCP want to revive traditional culture? The article is urgently deleted. Scholar: Great irony

Reporter : Yue Wenxiao / Editor : Yuan Mingqing / https://www.soundofhope.org/post/475232 / Direct translation

 An official document claiming that the CCP will implement the national policy of "a comprehensive revival of traditional culture" by 2025 was suddenly published on several official websites. It was subsequently deleted. The original verification document was released in 2017 and appeared on the official website several times in recent years. The CCP’s administration has systematically destroyed traditional Chinese culture. Its claim to "restore traditional culture" is considered to be very absurd and itself a huge irony.

On February 14, the official website of Mainland China launched an article entitled "Major National Policy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council: Comprehensive Rejuvenation of Traditional Culture by 2025", revisiting the 2017 "Opinions on the Implementation of the Project for the Inheritance and Development of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture" , Requesting all Party branches of the Communist Party of China to support traditional culture, proclaiming that China "rejuvenates traditional culture in an all-round way by 2025." The CCP also requires the implementation of the so-called "Chinese Traditional Festival Revitalization Project."

However, as of the date of publication of the article by Japanese Channel 17, multiple official websites of the Communist Party of China that originally published the aforementioned article suddenly deleted this article entitled "Major National Policy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council: Comprehensive Revival of Traditional Culture by 2025." In fact, relevant documents have also been spread sporadically on mainland websites in recent years.

In response, Wu Te, a mainland independent media commentator, told The Epoch Times that the purpose of the CCP’s actions is not to revive traditional culture, but to “promote party culture under the guise of reviving traditional culture”.

Wu Te said that communism has gone bankrupt and cannot attract many believers. In recent years, China's economic development has stagnated and the CCP is facing a crisis of legitimacy. Therefore, the CCP has begun to "use its brains on nationalism and traditional culture."

He said, "If the CCP really cares about the protection of traditional culture, it will not harass Shen Yun performances overseas, nor will it suppress traditional religious beliefs such as Buddhism and Taoism in China."

Internet writer Jing Chu said that this shows that communism is completely bankrupt and that the CCP cannot sustain it. Therefore, the CCP tries to use various methods to maintain the regime. It wants to find what it calls "Chinese characteristics" from the traditional culture. Thought resources".

He analyzed that communism is incompatible with traditional Chinese culture. Confucianism speaks of "benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and trust", which is the basic ethical rule of mankind; while the CCP speaks of "fighting against the heavens for endless joy, fighting against the earth for endless joy, fighting against others The CCP does not talk about credibility or international rules.

Jing Chu said that the "Chinese characteristics" developed by the CCP is something that violates all the bottom lines of mankind and tramples on all the rules of human civilization. The CCP has attached traditional culture to Chinese characteristics. This is a very absurd thing. The CCP also declared that it would "rejuvenate traditional culture in an all-round way by 2025," which is even more a matter of making the world laugh.

He believes that the CCP regime is now in danger, "so they are in a hurry and go to the hospital in a hurry to commit such ridiculous things that deceive the common people."

Hu Ping, the honorary editor-in-chief of "Beijing Spring", told Radio Free Asia that the Communist Party originally started by opposing traditional culture. The CCP is a political group that is the most hostile and the most negative to Chinese traditional culture in modern Chinese history. Like the Temple of Confucius, all dynasties and dynasties did not harm it even if foreign invaders did so. As a result, the Temple of Confucius was smashed during the Cultural Revolution. It is a huge irony for the Communist Party to play a role of inheriting and carrying forward traditional culture.

Hu Ping said that after the collapse of the communist ideology, the CCP desperately needed to change its past ideology, so it declared the so-called "revival of Chinese cultural traditions."

He believes that the CCP is just a slogan, using the "symbols" of traditional Chinese culture to decorate the facade, and actually castrates the most precious soul and essence of traditional Chinese culture. As we all know, China has recently been aggressively repairing traditional Buddhist and Taoist temples. In fact, it controls and suppresses traditional religious activities more severely. It does not truly respect religious freedom. The surface and actual actions are completely contradictory.

During the CCP’s Cultural Revolution, not only many intellectuals were killed, but cultural relics were burnt down, and various ancient temples, temples, and places of interest were destroyed. This was the biggest catastrophe in China's history. The picture shows Wu Han being criticized during the "Cultural Revolution" (photo source: Internet)