The stone yazi unearthed indicates that the ancestors of Hong Kong had exchanges with the commercial culture of the Central Plains 3000 years ago.
Follow Hong Kong Immigration and Hong Kong News: A total of 97 pieces (sets) of archaeological treasures from Hong Kong, including a yellow-glazed tripod, a blue and yellow glazed double-handled pottery teapot, and a model of a pottery house, were escorted to Guangzhou on the 2nd and will be presented to the citizens of Guangzhou at the "Lingnan Imprint - Archaeological Achievements Exhibition of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao" hosted by the Guangdong Provincial Museum on the 6th of this month. This is also the first time that archaeological artifacts from Hong Kong have participated in a major cultural exhibition in Guangdong since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Experts point out that many of the artifacts unearthed in Hong Kong can also be found in the mainland, which sufficiently demonstrates that the ancestors of Hong Kong had exchanges with the Central Plains long ago. Among them, the stone yazi unearthed at the Da Wan site on Lamma Island in Hong Kong is a relic from the Bronze Age. The jade yazi is a common "ritual jade" found in important sites such as the Central Plains, Shandong Longshan culture, Erlitou culture, Yin ruins, and Sichuan Sanxingdui. As a type of ritual vessel, it holds religious significance for worshiping heaven and earth. The stone yazi unearthed at the Da Wan site is engraved with the popular negative line patterns of the Shang Dynasty, indicating that 3000 years ago, the ancestors of Hong Kong had exchanges with the Shang culture of the Central Plains.
Particularly noteworthy is a model of a pottery house from the Han Dynasty, unearthed from the Li Zhengwu Han tomb in Hong Kong. Experts say that the structure and the types of artifacts unearthed from the Li Zhengwu Han tomb, discovered in 1955, are strikingly similar to those found in Eastern Han tombs in South China.
