Three ancient cultures together form the source of Shanghai culture

“If Songze culture is the source of Shanghai, Guangfulin culture is the root of Shanghai, Maqiao culture It is the foundation of Shanghai. These three ancient cultures are like the three points of water that make up the word "Shanghai". They are indispensable and together create the glory of Shanghai's ancient culture. "Gao Menghe said that these three ancient cultures are indispensable. The existence of Shanghai shows that Shanghai participated in the construction process of the origin and formation of Chinese civilization.

Archaeological findings show that after about 4,000 years ago, equivalent to the Xia and Shang periods in the Central Plains, the primitive culture of the mountains in southwestern Zhejiang, the Yueshi Culture in Shandong, and the Erlitou Culture in the Central Plains continued to enter the To the "Gangshen" area in the west of Shanghai. Together with the local Liangzhu cultural remnants in Shanghai, they jointly developed the "Maqiao culture". The Maqiao ruins are located in Maqiao Town, Minhang District, roughly in the middle of the "Gangshen" cultural heritage corridor on Shanghai's ancient coastline.

"Maqiao culture is not only the starting point for ancient Shanghai to get out of its historical trough, but also the starting point for ancient Shanghai to climb up to a modern international city. The open and multicultural integration characteristics of Maqiao culture, to a certain extent It has become the source of modern Shanghai’s urban spirit of embracing all rivers,” Gao Menghe said.