Research On The Tombs Of Taosi Culture

Taosi culture is an archaeological culture of Longshan period in southern Shanxi,mainly distributed in Linfen basin.It contains a large number of sites,mainly Taosi sites,including Xiajin cemetery,Zhoujiazhuang site,hongdonghou village site and so on.By combing the characteristics of the burial customs of the cultural tombs in the Taosi temple,this paper analyzes the evolution of the characteristics of the burial customs in time and space,and then expounds the changes of the cultural society and the formation of the social etiquette system in the Taosi temple,so as to investigate the cultural society in the Taosi temple.The full text is divided into five parts.The first part is the introduction.First of all,it gives a brief introduction to the cultural tombs of Taosi.Secondly,it summarizes the related research of Taosi culture and the tombs of Taosi culture.Finally,the significance,contents and methods of the research are explained.The second part is the research on the period,age and grade of the cultural tombs in Taosi.Combined with the relevant site information of Taosi culture and previous research results,this paper divides the tombs of Taosi culture into three periods and five sections.On this basis,all the tombs are divided into four levels.The first class is mainly distributed in the early tombs of Taosi cemetery,but not in the late.The tombs of Taosi culture in Xiajin cemetery,Zhoujiazhuang site and hongdonghou village are mostly of the third and fourth grade.The third part is about the research of burial custom.According to the chronological order,the shape,structure,direction and funerary objects of the tombs in each site are analyzed.Most of the tombs of Taosi culture are rectangular in shape.In the first class tombs of early Taosi cemetery,there are tombs similar to square and trapezoidal in shape,but not in the middle and late period.As for the direction of tombs,except for one of the first class tombs,the direction of the tombs in the middle period of Taosi site is southeast,and the others are southwest.The direction of the tombs in the late period of Taosi culture has not changed much compared with that in the early period.The most abundant funerary objects are found in the tombs of Taosi site.The combination of wood and pig bones are only found in the tombs of Taosi site.The combination of wood is only found in the early and mid-term tombs of Taosi site.The rest of the funerary objects are mostly jade.The fourth part is the study of the ritual system and society reflected in the tombs of Taosi culture.In the early period of Taosi culture,the tombs were orderly arranged with rich funerary objects.In the early and middle period,there were the first level tombs of royal family,but in the late period,there were no large tombs in the early and middle period.Through the analysis of the characteristics of the burial custom system,it shows that the Taosi culture formed a certain standard system in the early and middle period,the social class differentiation was obvious in the early and middle period,and began to weaken in the late period.The fifth part is the conclusion.The content of the full text is summarized.In the late period of Taosi culture,compared with the early and middle period,the characteristics of burial customs in various aspects of tombs have changed significantly,reflecting the changes in the late society compared with the early society.In the early and middle period of Taosi culture,the society was relatively stable and developed,reached a certain degree of civilization,formed etiquette norms,concentrated social power,and obvious class differentiation.After the middle period,it began to decline.In the late period,there was no ruling power in the original society,and the early and middle period regime disappeared.