Memories of the Bronze Sacred Tree

In 2800 BC, a baby girl named Xiaoqing was born in a settlement by the Duck River. Her first cry came at the same time as dawn. A mysterious sacrifice connected her with the newborn sacred tree and gained stagnant youth and a long life. From then on, she became an eternal witness of this land. With a rigorous chronicle-like structure, the novel spans 300 chapters and 1,700 years. Through Xiaoqing's eyes, he experiences the entire process of Sanxingdui civilization from spark to glory: from polished stone tools to towering bronze sacred trees, from tribal alliances to the rise of a theocratic royal city, from witch dance sacrifices to the shining golden scepter. She participated in the planning of the capital, witnessed the bronze craftsmen casting such world-shaking treasures as masks with vertical eyes, sun-shaped vessels, and statues of kneeling figures, and experienced first-hand the ultimate splendor of the divine power. However, when the climate changed, resources were depleted, and her faith was shaken, she also witnessed the most tragic decision of civilization - to smash, burn, and bury the important national artifact carrying the power of the gods in the loess with her own hands through a solemn "return" ceremony. Then came the silence of the capital, the migration of her tribe to the south, and her lonely years as the last tombkeeper, until her life and the land fell into silence. The story doesn't end there. Time and space flowed to modern times, and when archaeologists' shovels awakened the sleeping bronze, Xiaoqing's memory that had been sealed for thousands of years also awakened, becoming the ultimate key to connecting ancient and modern times and interpreting the rise and fall of that great civilization. This is not only an epic of a lost bronze civilization, but also a grand aria about time, memory and inheritance.