China was likely originated in Jiahu,Jiahu first domesticated east Asia's pigs（black hairy pig）and transform to Peiligang and finished the domestication,and brought to Hongshan,The dna test on the Peiligang leader he is O2a1c-002611-f11,Jiahu sample tested to F in reports,But Ryan wei confirm that was M122 by called the agency,In old books said first domesticated pigs were Fengxi,similar to Fuxi,Pao xi,They all mean pigs,and has An Hmong-like southern origin,which O2a1c's brother O2a1a resided now,In Yao people.
Do you have any ideas on why ancestor worship is such a long run tradition in Chinese (and other peasant societies?) culture? Does it promote fertility and so gets selected for or something along those lines?
"It is possible to trace a thread from the Shang and Zhou dynasties back to the Peiligang culture, although this line of reasoning would repel most Western archaeologists."
Could you elaborare on that? Why would it "repel most Western archaeologists"?
Semi-related, but what exactly is an "altar"? Is it just a term we use for superficially similar things that exist in many unrelated cultures, or are there strong commonalities? How do you differentiate an altar from a pedestal, a table or a shelf? I imagine that we can trace the Roman, Greek, Hindu etc. altars back to a PIE altar: I assume that the Jewish altar is a completely separate tradition (shared with e.g. Phoenicians?)? I assume that the Chinese altar is another tradition?
Can you recommend any book-length reviews of what you are relating here? This is extremely interesting material. Thanks.
Peter Lamborn Wilson talks about early Chinese shamanism in his masterpiece "The Shamanic Trace"... which I reposted some months back: https://nevermoremedia.substack.com/p/what-is-the-shamanic-trace-my-mind
Interesting reading!
China was likely originated in Jiahu,Jiahu first domesticated east Asia's pigs（black hairy pig）and transform to Peiligang and finished the domestication,and brought to Hongshan,The dna test on the Peiligang leader he is O2a1c-002611-f11,Jiahu sample tested to F in reports,But Ryan wei confirm that was M122 by called the agency,In old books said first domesticated pigs were Fengxi,similar to Fuxi,Pao xi,They all mean pigs,and has An Hmong-like southern origin,which O2a1c's brother O2a1a resided now,In Yao people.
Do you have any ideas on why ancestor worship is such a long run tradition in Chinese (and other peasant societies?) culture? Does it promote fertility and so gets selected for or something along those lines?
"It is possible to trace a thread from the Shang and Zhou dynasties back to the Peiligang culture, although this line of reasoning would repel most Western archaeologists."
Could you elaborare on that? Why would it "repel most Western archaeologists"?
Semi-related, but what exactly is an "altar"? Is it just a term we use for superficially similar things that exist in many unrelated cultures, or are there strong commonalities? How do you differentiate an altar from a pedestal, a table or a shelf? I imagine that we can trace the Roman, Greek, Hindu etc. altars back to a PIE altar: I assume that the Jewish altar is a completely separate tradition (shared with e.g. Phoenicians?)? I assume that the Chinese altar is another tradition?
There's Wikipedia but it doesn't give me much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar Does anyone know of good writing on the altar?