The Xia Dynasty Travel Episode VII

The Yuzhuang Site: Unveiling the Noble Life 4,000 Years Ago

追寻夏的轨迹⑦丨叶县余庄遗址：探寻4000年前的“贵族气息”

"Therefore, in ancient times, the wise ruler would set up a clear hierarchical system, including nobles, high-ranking officials, low-ranking officials and ordinary people." 2,000 years ago, Jia Yi, a famous political commentator and litterateur of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC to 8 AD), put forward the idea of "hierarchy" for the first time in China. But in fact, it is still unknowable when "hierarchy" came out in the East, because when the surplus fruits of labor appeared in primitive society, the concept of "hierarchy" naturally emerged.

“故古者圣王制为列等，内有公卿大夫士，外有公侯伯子男……等级分明。”2000多年前，西汉著名的政论家、文学家贾谊在其所著的《新书》中，在中国第一次提出了“阶级”之说。但实际上，阶级在东方何时出现，已无从可考，毕竟，当原始社会里有了剩余劳动成果之后，就自然出现了阶级的概念。

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In early autumn, at the workshops in Yuzhuang village of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, the rumble of machinery showed us a busy and bustling scene. On September 2, we arrived at the Yuzhuang Site where archaeologists were busy working in an orderly way. In modern civilization, the primitive life of our ancestors 4,000 years ago is gradually being unveiled.

初秋的叶县余庄村，明亮厂房里，隆隆的机器声预示着一派繁忙景象。9月2日，记者到余庄遗址发掘现场，考古人员在紧张有序地忙碌着。现代文明相伴下，4000年前先民们生活的点点滴滴，正逐步向世人揭开。

In December 2019, because of the construction of the standardized factory of Yexian county, the Consultant and Service Center for the Protection of Cultural Relics of Pingdingshan City explored the land acquired and discovered many cultural layers piled up. The land was then identified as a site of the Longshan Culture (around 2500 BC-2000 BC).

2019年12月，为配合叶县标准化厂房的建设，平顶山市文物保护工程咨询服务中心在对标准化厂房所征地块进行文物勘探时，发现表土层下存在大量文化层堆积，确定为一处早期遗址，后经确认，该遗址是一处龙山文化遗址。