The history of dog

      As human beings first domesticated animals, the dog's existence and evolution with the development of human civilization are inextricably linked. For it, people not only with fine works of art to be praised, but also to them as the most loyal patron, but also an important member of the Chinese zodiac ... ...

As a member of the Chinese zodiac, dogs in the eyes of the Chinese people have always had a high status. This steady stream of discoveries from China's archaeological discoveries can be seen.

October 2002, archaeological workers in the city of Luoyang City, Henan found shocking driving six Juma Keng Eastern Zhou Dynasty emperor. It has been discovered to solve since the Han Dynasty on the Shang and Zhou, "the emperor riding six horses" or "Son of Heaven riding four horses" argument, indicating at least in the Eastern Zhou period, "the emperor riding six horses" is there. However, the Juma Keng is the most striking of which seven sacrificial victims to the sad story of hunting dogs.

Let us return to the Eastern Zhou period, when the nobles who like to horse-drawn car to go hunting, the dog is the indispensable partner. The Juma Keng whose owner was the Eastern Zhou Dynasty emperor in a 25, his lifetime passion for hunting fun. Uncovered it was found that the Juma Keng has seven dogs, 6 of which appear only in the most northern of the wagon under the wheels. The experts analysis, these dogs are buried alive bondage in the car. Filling when the terrified little dog hiding in the wheel one after another, the result when the car after the pocket collapsed, then 6 dogs also have been crushed to death in a car pocket. Only the location of a puppy is very strange, it appears in the Ma Hang halfway, it is accompanied by a pebble. In other words, the dog then broke free from outside the ropes to climb to the pit, just one step away from escape when he was found, and a pebble hit on the head, interrupt the puppy's escape, but also ended its life. Thick loess buried all of this, supports the weight of this little life hovering at the edge of Ma Hang.

Looked at the Poling pet lovers sad scene, my heart, like spilled bottles of flavors. These dogs, while not pets, but the owner's hunting dogs, have been associated with horses in front of the vehicle owner, the all-powerful, won in hunting, no credit has elbow grease, how to eventually become the sacrificial lambs? Perhaps it is time the people, let the beloved dogs for their own sacrificial object, is to give the highest honor of the dog.

In fact, the dog is one of the earliest human domestication of animals, which is no doubt. It was domesticated about ten thousand years before the age of the Neolithic period. In Xi'an Banpo cultural heritage, our ancestors living area in a large number of dogs have been found for exhumation. In addition, Gansu Dadiwan Qin'an cultural relics unearthed from the Neolithic painted pottery pot, there are also found in four dogs of the image, but are depicted vividly lovely. Which shows that, when the relationship between people and dogs is quite clear, the dog has become a close partner of mankind.