Wei Jian

Wei Jian

Wei Jian, male, was born in December 1955 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. After graduating from high school in 1974, he worked in the countryside of tumetzuoqi in Hohhot, and was once named as the model of educated youth. He was admitted to Jilin University in 1978 and graduated from the Department of history of Jilin University with a bachelor's degree in Archaeology in 1982. Since 1982, he has been engaged in field archaeological excavation and academic research in Inner Mongolia Institute of cultural relics and archaeology. In June 2004, he was transferred to Renmin University of China as professor and doctoral supervisor of Archaeology and museology in school of history. In 2005, he was employed as an expert of the chronicle group of the national Qing History Compilation Committee.

brief introduction

In 1985, he was qualified as a field archaeology leader of the State Administration of cultural relics. In 1989, he was selected by the State Administration of cultural relics to participate in the "Chinese Archaeology theory seminar" of Peking University. In the same year, he served as the deputy director of Inner Mongolia Institute of cultural relics and archaeology. He was awarded associate researcher in 1992 and researcher in 1997. In 2004, he received a doctorate in history from Jilin University. At present, he is also a visiting researcher of civilization research center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a director of Chinese Mongolian history society, Inner Mongolia University and Inner Mongolia Normal University

Main research directions

1. Research on the chronological system of the primitive culture in central and Southern Inner Mongolia from the 1980s to the early 1990s, mainly engaged in the archaeological culture research from the Neolithic Age to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in the Yellow River Basin and surrounding areas in central and Southern Inner Mongolia, excavated more than 30 sites of various types, and named "miaozigou culture" and other four new archaeological cultures through the comparative study of archaeological stratigraphy and typology In addition, several different types of archaeological culture were distinguished, and the chronological system of primitive culture in this region was initially established, which laid the foundation for the study of Prehistory in this region and filled the blank in this stage of study in Inner Mongolia. Since the 1990s, he has presided over the investigation of the Qin and Han great wall and ancient cities in Inner Mongolia, organized the excavation and investigation of a large number of Han Dynasty tombs and some Qin and Han city sites in the south of Yinshan Mountain, and obtained a large number of valuable cultural relics. In particular, the excavation of the Juyan bamboo slips and the fengsuizhangsai of the Han Dynasty has aroused great repercussions in the academic circles at home and abroad. In the study of the economic development, military setup and Han Hungarian relations in the north of Han Dynasty, a breakthrough has been made. The Mongolian Plateau is the cradle and stage of the ancient northern ethnic groups. From the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the famous northern ethnic groups such as Xiongnu and Xianbei left rich cultural relics in the north and south of Yinshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia. Since the 1980s, he has presided over the excavation of the tombs of the northern Di Xiongnu, Xianbei and Turks in Yaozi, dongdajing and qilangshan of Guxian county. He has given a new understanding and distinction to the remains of many different cultures, clarified the differences and controversies that have plagued the academic circles for a long time in many research topics, and promoted the research of the archaeological culture of the northern nationalities to make new progress Progress of the project. (4) archaeological research in the period of Yuan Dynasty since the 1990s, he has been in charge of the investigation and excavation of the city sites and tombs in the period of Yuan Dynasty with the Shangdu site of Yuan Dynasty as the center. The research on the site of Shangdu City, the tombs around Siguan and the Han white jade statues of the Yuan Dynasty unearthed from the sacrificial sites of Shangdu and the ancient Arabic stone carvings unearthed from Shangdu has attracted great attention from the academic circles at home and abroad. The research results in this field are in a leading position in China and the world, and enjoy a high reputation.

Main academic achievements

Over the years, he has presided over the excavation of more than 60 ancient sites and tombs. Among them, the Neolithic site of miaozigou, which is in charge of the excavation, has been announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit; the Shangdu site of the Yuan Dynasty has been listed in the world cultural heritage list by the state. Over the years, more than 60 research reports and papers, about 1.5 million words, have been published in national journals and anthologies. He edited the first and second collections of cultural relics and Archaeology in Inner Mongolia, with a total of 2.35 million words. He translated and published 120000 words of Japanese materials. Many papers and monographs have won awards in the past selection of Inner Mongolia Federation of social sciences. He has a wide influence in the archaeological circles at home and abroad

Papers and reports

1. Discovery and research of primitive culture in central and Southern Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and Archaeology collection, Volume 1, encyclopedia press, 1994. (2) on miaozigou culture, the first volume of Qingguo collection, China Encyclopedia press, 1993. 3. On Ashan culture, the second volume of Qingguo collection, China Encyclopedia press, 1997. 4. On yongxingdian culture, cultural relics, No.9, 2000. 5. A review of Neolithic Archaeology in Hetao area, Inner Mongolia, cross century Chinese archaeology, Heritage Press, 2000. Gu 6, Yaozi cemetery in Gu County, Liangcheng, Journal of archaeology, No. 12, 1989. 7. Sacrificial sites and tombs of sheep temple in Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and Archaeology collection, Volume I, encyclopedia press of China, 1994. 8. Research on the stone sculptures unearthed from the sheep temple, Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and Archaeology collection, Volume 1, China Encyclopedia press, 1994. 9. Archaeological discovery and preliminary study of Shangdu and its surrounding areas, Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and archaeology, No.1, 1999. 10. Stone sculptures of sheep temple in Inner Mongolia and the sacrificial site of Yan tiemu'er family. Proceedings of the Symposium on religious archaeology, University of Salzburg, Austria. May 2003. Chen 11, report on the excavation of Erliban site, archaeology, Vol. 11, Science Press, 1998. 12. The site of Zhaizi pagoda, the second volume of the collection of cultural relics and Archaeology in Inner Mongolia, China Encyclopedia press, 1997.

Academic monograph

Six academic monographs have been published and are being compiled and published: 1. A collection of special reports on tombs of Han Dynasty in central and Southern Inner Mongolia. There are 600000 words, 30 plates and 260 illustrations. Encyclopedia of China Press, Beijing, 1998. 2. Miaozigou and dabagou: excavation report of Neolithic sites. It is divided into two volumes, 1.8 million words, 200 plates and 750 illustrations. Encyclopedia of China Press, Beijing, 2003. 3. Research collection of the special report on the discovery and research of Xianbei tombs in Inner Mongolia. There are 600000 words, 52 plates and 120 illustrations. Encyclopedia of China Press, Beijing, 2004. 4. Collected works of the special report on Ejina bamboo slips of Han Dynasty. There are 400000 words, 120 color plates and 50 illustrations. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, 2005. 5. Collection of research papers on the special report of yuanshangdu. It is divided into two volumes, 800000 characters, 355 plates and 540 illustrations. Encyclopedia of China Press, 2007. 6. A collection of special reports on the excavation of the cave site of kingstai Xilingol. There are 500000 words, 80 plates and 200 illustrations. Science Press, to be published.

Anthology and Atlas

1. Collection of cultural relics and Archaeology of Inner Mongolia, Volume I, 1.2 million words. Encyclopedia of China Press, 1994. 2. Collection of cultural relics and Archaeology of Inner Mongolia, Volume II, 1.15 million words. Encyclopedia of China Press, 1997. 3. One of the chief editors of the large Atlas of grassland culture. 150000 words, 300 pictures. Hong Kong Commercial Press, 1996. 4. Large scale Atlas of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. He is a writer and photographer. 1. 50000 words and 260 color pictures. Inner Mongolia University Press, 2004.

other

1. In 1998, he organized and presided over the project of "investigation of traditional architecture and residential business in Hohhot", which won the third prize of excellent achievements of the Ministry of construction. 2. The 12 episode cultural feature film grassland civilization, which was planned, written and produced by the director, won the first prize of national excellent documentary "Horse Award" and the first prize of photography in 2000. 3. Declare the world cultural heritage for Shangdu of Yuan Dynasty, produce 2 TV films, plan and write articles. since 1996, he has been invited to give lectures in Japan, the United States, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions due to his achievements in the study of primitive culture, northern ethnic archaeology, and the excavation and research of archaeological cultural relics of the Mongolian Yuan period. He was specially appointed as a master's and doctoral supervisor by Peking University, Harvard University and University of Pittsburgh. From August to September 2002, he was invited to participate in the archaeological investigation and excavation in Mongolia as a special consultant for the archaeology of the ancient city of Mongolian Yuan. From January to February 2003, he was invited by Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh and University of British Columbia to give a one month academic lecture. From February to March 2004, he was invited to give lectures at Hokkaido University in Japan and Leiden University in the Netherlands. From February to April in 2006, he was invited to Taiwan to give an academic lecture on the archaeology of ancient northern ethnic groups in China.

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