Shuidonggou is the earliest Paleolithic site excavated in China. It is anational key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAAA scenic spot and anational geopark. It is known as "the birthplace of Chinese prehistoricarchaeology" and "the historical witness of cultural exchange between China andthe west". It has been listed as one of the 100 major sites under nationalcultural relics protection. It was also selected as "one of the 100 mostsignificant archaeological discoveries of Chinese civilization" by NationalGeographic and Chinese heritage magazine.
Shuidonggou is also a Grand View Garden of military defense buildings suchas the Great Wall, beacon, Castle, ditch, Tibetan cave, Grand Canyon and pier inMing Dynasty. It is the only three-dimensional military defense system of thegreat wall that has been preserved most completely in China. Shuidonggou is 19kilometers away from Yinchuan, the capital, and only 15 minutes' drive away fromthe airport. Yinqing Expressway and auxiliary road pass through the scenic area.With convenient transportation, Shuidonggou has the advantage of being close tothe city and far away from downtown.
If culture is the soul of Shuidonggou, then innovation is the driving forcefor its development. There are many sites in China. However, on the basis of thevisiting function of traditional museums, innovative elements of artistry,literariness and high technology are integrated. Shuidonggou is the only one.Shuidonggou Heritage Museum displays 270 degree super large half view paintings,real scenes, phantom images and other forms, Combined with the application ofthe world's most advanced sound, light, electricity, adjustable seismic platformand other technologies, it truly reproduces the production scenes of ancientpeople's happy fishing and hunting life and stone making thirty thousand yearsago, as well as the shocking disaster scenes of torrential rains, floods,landslides and so on. The aesthetic and lifelike scenes are shocking. Theartistic conception makes tourists quickly integrate into the thirty thousandyear life scenes, Thirty thousand years is a long time, but in ShuidonggouMuseum, time is no longer a distance. High technology makes you realize thirtythousand years in an instant.
It has created a new form of Museum exhibition in China. It is the only andlargest indoor audience interactive dynamic experience exhibition hall in China,and has become a highlight of Shuidonggou.
The magic of Shuidonggou lies in that it is not only a place where ancienthuman beings lived and thrived 30000 years ago, but also an important militarydefense area in the Ming Dynasty. There are many places with great wall inChina. However, Shuidonggou is the only one with a three-dimensional militarydefense system composed of great wall, gully, Castle and steep Grand Canyon, aswell as the Tibetans' cave dug along the cliff of the canyon, The cangbing cave,which is spread all over the cliff of the gorge, has a grand scene and wonderfuldesign. The tunnel, mechanism, concealed weapon, lookout tower, weapons depot,water well, general's rest room, conference hall, kitchen and other facilitiesare all available in the cave. Here you can visit and experience the thrill andexcitement of tunnel warfare in Ming Dynasty, the cruelty of war and theintelligence of the Ming garrison, It greatly satisfies the curiosity andcuriosity of tourists. It has become another highlight of Shuidonggou.
Shuidonggou's means of transportation are also very distinctive. Cruiseships, donkey carts and camel carts are very leisurely. When you travel inShuidonggou, you will forget the hustle and bustle of the city and thecomplexity of your mind, and go on like this all the time. Beautiful, bright,safe, leisurely, remote, quiet, harmonious, outside the city, outside thevillage of Shuidonggou, is absolutely tourists flying mood, enjoy the freedom ofleisure tourism holy land.
A half day scenic spot, from 30000 years to 500 years; from prehistoricculture to frontier military culture; from Earth forest landscape to GaoxiaPinghu; from desert border to Jiangnan beauty, it can be called magic!
Shuidonggou ancient human cultural site is located in Shuidonggou village,Linhe Town, Lingwu City, Ningxia, 19 kilometers away from Yinchuan City,covering an area of 7.8 square kilometers. In 1923, French paleontologists deRijin and sang Zhihua discovered here. Through excavation, a large number ofstone tools and animal fossils were unearthed. As a result, Shuidonggou hasbecome the earliest Paleolithic cultural site in China, known as "the birthplaceof Chinese prehistoric archaeology", "the historical witness of culturalexchanges between China and the west", and listed as one of the "100archaeological discoveries with the most significance of Chinesecivilization".
In 1988, it was announced by the State Council as a "national key culturalrelics protection unit". In August 20__, it was announced as a national geopark.In July 20__, Shuidonggou scenic spot became a national AAAAA scenic spot.
Shuidonggou is one of the earliest excavated Paleolithic sites in China,which contains rich and precious prehistoric materials. It is listed as one ofthe major sites in the national "Eleventh Five Year Plan" cultural relicsprotection plan. It is the only Paleolithic site officially excavated in theYellow River area in China so far.
Over the past 80 years, through five archaeological excavations, more than30000 stone tools and 67 fossil animals have been unearthed in Shuidonggou.Among them, some stone products, tools and stone making and repairingtechniques, which form the basis of Shuidonggou culture, can be compared withthe stone tools of moste and orina periods in Europe, West Asia and NorthAfrica. In particular, a large number of lewalowa stone cores unearthed areclose to the ancient orina culture in Europe. For this phenomenon of distantdistance and cultural similarity, foreign famous archaeologists believe that itis "the assimilation effect of human long-distance migration".
In addition to stone artifacts, animal bones and fire relics, nearly 100pieces of exquisite ring ornaments were unearthed in 20__. The ornaments aremade of ostrich egg skin and bone slices. They are round in shape, with an outerdiameter of about 8 mm. They are made by cutting and grinding. Small holes aredrilled in the middle, with an aperture of 2-3 mm. Some of them are 4 mm, andsome of them have been dyed with mineral pigments.
Complete, incomplete, finished products, semi-finished products of varioustypes have been found. These ornaments are small and standard, which are themost exquisite among the Paleolithic relics found in China, greatly enrich theconnotation of Shuidonggou culture, and provide important information for thestudy of human productivity, behavior mode and aesthetic ability at thattime.
The culture represented by Shuidonggou site plays an important role inexpounding the origin of regional stone technology tradition, the excavation andvariation of ancient culture, and the migration, diffusion and exchange of laterenewal human beings in Northeast Asia. It is of great significance to thecomparative study of eastern and Western cultures more than 30000 years ago.
Time sometimes buries everything, time sometimes reappears everything. Upto now, Shuidonggou is still the earliest known human cultural site in Ningxia.With the continuous progress of archaeological excavation technology and thecontinuous deepening of its research, new discoveries will still emerge inendlessly.
Shuidonggou is the earliest Paleolithic cultural site excavated in China,known as "the birthplace of Chinese prehistoric archaeology" and "the historicalwitness of cultural exchange between China and the west". It is a national AAAAtourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a nationalgeopark. It has been listed as one of the 100 cultural relics under nationalprotection and one of the 100 archaeological discoveries with the mostsignificance of Chinese civilization by the state; it has won the silver awardof "50 Places in China most worthy of foreigners to visit"; it is the onlythree-dimensional military defense system of the Great Wall with the mostcomplete preservation in China.
Shuidonggou site tourism area is located in Linhe Town, Lingwu City,Ningxia, 19 kilometers west of Yinchuan City, 30 kilometers south of LingwuCity, 11 kilometers away from Hedong airport. It is located in the core ofYinchuan Hedong tourism belt, and connects with Ordos City in Inner Mongolia inthe north. It is the link connecting Ningxia and Inner Mongolia tourism,covering an area of 7.8 square kilometers.
Shuidonggou site records the historical witness of ancient humanreproduction and struggle with nature, and contains rich and preciousprehistoric data. It is the only Paleolithic site officially excavated in theYellow River area in China so far. Over the past 80 years, after sixarchaeological excavations, more than 30000 stone tools and 67 fossil animalshave been unearthed in Shuidonggou.
Among them, some stone products, tools and stone making and repairingtechniques, which form the basis of Shuidonggou culture, can be compared withthe stone tools of moste and orina periods in Europe, West Asia and NorthAfrica. In particular, a large number of lewalowa stone cores unearthed areclose to the shape of orina culture, which is quite ancient in Europe.
For this phenomenon of distant distance and cultural similarity, foreignfamous archaeologists believe that it is "the assimilation effect of humanlong-distance migration". The culture represented by Shuidonggou site plays animportant role in expounding the origin of regional stone technology tradition,the excavation and variation of ancient culture, and the migration, diffusionand exchange of late renewal human beings in Northeast Asia. It is of greatsignificance to the comparative study of eastern and Western cultures more than30000 years ago.