A new museum in Fujian Province shines a spotlight on major discoveries linking the roots of Austronesian people to the Chinese mainland Amajor chapter in the story of humanity’s maritime past has come to light with ...A new museum in Fujian Province shines a spotlight on major discoveries linking the roots of Austronesian people to the Chinese mainland Amajor chapter in the story of humanity’s maritime past has come to light with the recent opening of the Keqiutou Site Branch of the China Archaeology Museum in Pingtan,Fujian Province,on April 9.展开更多
Widely recognized as the ultimate homeland of the Austronesians,Southeast China’s archaeological records bear direct implications for understanding the chronology,seafaring and the impetus of the proto-Austronesian e...Widely recognized as the ultimate homeland of the Austronesians,Southeast China’s archaeological records bear direct implications for understanding the chronology,seafaring and the impetus of the proto-Austronesian expansions.The available evidence demonstrates that as early as 8300 BP,the ancestors of the Austronesians started to explore the offshore islands in Southeast China.By 5000 BP,with the breakthrough of long-distance seafaring skills,a substantial population started to colonize the island of Taiwan.Maritime subsistence pattern and the seafaring served as the primary impetus for the earliest Austronesian dispersals.展开更多
Austronesian is the only large language family in the Pacific Rim Islands in the world.Its cultural continuity,which spans thousands of years,has attracted multi-disciplinary attention,thus becoming a major issue in e...Austronesian is the only large language family in the Pacific Rim Islands in the world.Its cultural continuity,which spans thousands of years,has attracted multi-disciplinary attention,thus becoming a major issue in exploration of the origin and development of human civilization.This paper shows that the Austronesians have utilized the human media identity of"nature users"to deal with maritime history and culture.In an""oral memory,"Austronesian people have turned the laws of nature into a visual memory language similar to that in comic books,thus giving myths,legends,and rituals"humanized and expanded media contents."Their marine civilization developed in the course of socialization and features belief in and respect for nature.This process is a model of the continuity of a human civilization characterized by"human-nature interaction."The marine civilization originating in the southeast coast of China is the foundation of the long history of Chinese civilization.This fine traditional Chinese culture that"complies with nature"presents the wisdom of China's healthy development and integration with the world.展开更多
文摘A new museum in Fujian Province shines a spotlight on major discoveries linking the roots of Austronesian people to the Chinese mainland Amajor chapter in the story of humanity’s maritime past has come to light with the recent opening of the Keqiutou Site Branch of the China Archaeology Museum in Pingtan,Fujian Province,on April 9.
文摘Widely recognized as the ultimate homeland of the Austronesians,Southeast China’s archaeological records bear direct implications for understanding the chronology,seafaring and the impetus of the proto-Austronesian expansions.The available evidence demonstrates that as early as 8300 BP,the ancestors of the Austronesians started to explore the offshore islands in Southeast China.By 5000 BP,with the breakthrough of long-distance seafaring skills,a substantial population started to colonize the island of Taiwan.Maritime subsistence pattern and the seafaring served as the primary impetus for the earliest Austronesian dispersals.
文摘Austronesian is the only large language family in the Pacific Rim Islands in the world.Its cultural continuity,which spans thousands of years,has attracted multi-disciplinary attention,thus becoming a major issue in exploration of the origin and development of human civilization.This paper shows that the Austronesians have utilized the human media identity of"nature users"to deal with maritime history and culture.In an""oral memory,"Austronesian people have turned the laws of nature into a visual memory language similar to that in comic books,thus giving myths,legends,and rituals"humanized and expanded media contents."Their marine civilization developed in the course of socialization and features belief in and respect for nature.This process is a model of the continuity of a human civilization characterized by"human-nature interaction."The marine civilization originating in the southeast coast of China is the foundation of the long history of Chinese civilization.This fine traditional Chinese culture that"complies with nature"presents the wisdom of China's healthy development and integration with the world.
