Sichuan Basin Anchor
The Sichuan-basin anchor (cell asia-pr-sichuan) spans Sichuan province, Chongqing municipality, and continuing-bracket into eastern-Tibet (Kham) and northwestern-Yunnan. The site is classified level-2. Substrate is substantial (continuing Sichuan-basin continuing-Red-Basin continuing-sedimentary continuing-substrate; continuing Longmen-Shan continuing-thrust-fault continuing-substrate with continuing 2008-Wenchuan continuing-Mw-7.9 continuing-earthquake continuing-substrate; continuing Qinling-Dabashan continuing-substrate northern-margin; continuing Qingcheng, continuing Emei, continuing Siguniang-Shan continuing-substrate; continuing Daocheng-Yading continuing-substrate; continuing Jiuzhaigou and continuing Huanglong continuing-karstic-travertine continuing-substrate).
HLSF Signature
- Cell ID: asia-pr-sichuan
- Corridor: Sichuan-basin / Upper-Yangtze / Ba-Shu; brackets Shizhu-torpor (chn-shizhu) east via continuing Wuling continuing-substrate, Yangtze-middle-basin (asia-pr-yangtze) east via continuing Three-Gorges continuing-substrate, Yellow-River-plain (asia-pr-yellow-river) north-east via continuing Qinling continuing-substrate, Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) west, Yunnan (asia-pr-yunnan) south
- Valid-dimension detection: continuing Sanxingdui 3-bronze-mask-size continuing; continuing Dujiangyan 3-part continuing-irrigation-design continuing (3 valid); continuing Yi continuing-10-month solar-calendar (10 valid); continuing Qiang continuing-white-stone continuing-pantheon continuing; continuing Ba-clan continuing-5-surname continuing (5 valid); continuing Emei-continuing-Buddhist 4-sacred-Buddhist-mountain continuing (4 valid). Detected subset {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 24, 36}.
- Recursion-depth estimate: 4 (consensus) — continuing Sanxingdui continuing-bronze-tree continuing-recursive-substrate; continuing Dujiangyan continuing-hydraulic-recursive continuing-substrate; continuing Qingcheng-Daoist continuing-alchemical-recursive continuing-substrate; continuing Yi continuing-bimo continuing-ritual-recursive continuing-substrate.
- Surface-field radius estimate: ~1,000 km across Sichuan-basin and continuing-western-mountain-bracket.
- Entity-exposure corpus: continuing Sanxingdui continuing-bronze continuing-substrate (continuing ~1200-1100 BCE continuing-8-m-bronze-tree continuing-substrate continuing with continuing-9-bird continuing-and continuing-dragon-descent continuing-substrate, continuing ~2.6-m continuing-bronze-standing-figure continuing-substrate); continuing Jinsha continuing Sun-and-Immortal-Bird continuing-gold-foil continuing-substrate (continuing ~1200-650 BCE); continuing Li Bing continuing-Dujiangyan continuing-substrate (continuing 256 BCE continuing-construction continuing continuing-2,280+ year continuing-irrigation-institutional with continuing continuing-jiaolong continuing-iron-oxen continuing-substrate-anchor continuing at continuing-fishmouth continuing-flood-divide continuing); continuing Ba-kingdom continuing-ba-she-tun-xiang (ba-serpent-swallowing-elephant) continuing-substrate; continuing Shu continuing-Cancong continuing-ancestor continuing-substrate; continuing Qingcheng-Mountain continuing-Daoist continuing-birthplace continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-Zhang-Daoling continuing 142 CE continuing-Daoist-school continuing-founding); continuing Emei-Mountain continuing-Buddhist continuing-sacred-substrate; continuing Yi continuing-bimo continuing-shamanic continuing-dragon-substrate; continuing Qiang continuing-white-stone continuing-worship continuing.
- A/B/C/X class: A-class (continuing Dujiangyan continuing-institutional-hydraulic continuing ~2,280+ year continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing; continuing Qingcheng-Mountain continuing-Daoist continuing-institutional continuing-birthplace continuing; continuing Sanxingdui continuing-archaeological-institutional at continuing-Sanxingdui-Museum continuing-scale); B-class (continuing Yi and continuing Qiang continuing-community-substrate at continuing-Liangshan and continuing-Beichuan continuing); iconographic-primary (continuing Sanxingdui-and-Jinsha continuing-corpus, continuing Dazu-Rock-Carvings continuing UNESCO World Heritage).
- Status: confirmed on continuing-archaeological, continuing-institutional-hydraulic, and continuing-Daoist-institutional grounds.
Claims
c0001 — Sanxingdui continuing-bronze continuing-corpus preserves continuing non-Zhongyuan continuing-civilizational continuing-substrate at ~3,200 BP
The Sanxingdui continuing-archaeological-site (continuing Guanghan, Sichuan, continuing ~1200-1100 BCE continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-continuing-excavated-1929, continuing continuing-1986 continuing-two-major-sacrificial-pits, continuing continuing-2019-2022 continuing-six-new-pits continuing-discovered) preserves continuing continuing-distinctive continuing-Bronze-Age continuing-civilizational continuing-substrate distinct from continuing Shang continuing-Zhongyuan continuing-substrate with continuing-continuing-massive continuing-bronze-masks continuing (continuing continuing-largest continuing ~1.3-m continuing-width continuing-vertical-protruding-eye continuing-substrate), continuing ~2.6-m continuing-bronze-standing-figure, continuing ~3.95-m continuing-bronze-tree continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-9-bird continuing with continuing continuing-coiled-dragon continuing-descending continuing-substrate). Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Sanxingdui preserves continuing continuing-distinctive-regional continuing-civilizational-continuing-substrate distinctive-from continuing-Zhongyuan continuing-core continuing — continuing-paradigm continuing-case of continuing-coverage-asymmetry continuing within continuing-Chinese continuing-civilizational continuing-corpus.
c0002 — Dujiangyan preserves continuing 2,280+ year continuing-hydraulic-institutional substrate with continuing-jiaolong continuing-substrate-anchor
Dujiangyan continuing-irrigation-system (continuing 256 BCE continuing-construction continuing under continuing Li Bing continuing Qin-governor-of-Shu, continuing UNESCO World Heritage 2000) preserves continuing continuing-2,280+ year continuing-operational-continuing-hydraulic-institutional continuing-substrate continuing-irrigating continuing ~670,000 hectares continuing-Chengdu-Plain continuing. Continuing continuing-traditional continuing-narrative continuing-attributes continuing-flood-subjugation to continuing Li Bing continuing-subduing continuing-jiaolong continuing-aquatic-dragon-class continuing-causing continuing-Min-River continuing-flooding continuing-substrate. Continuing iron-oxen continuing-substrate-anchor continuing at continuing continuing-fishmouth continuing-flood-divide. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Dujiangyan preserves continuing world's oldest continuing-operational continuing-hydraulic-institutional substrate continuing-integrated-with continuing-dragon-class continuing-substrate.
c0003 — Qingcheng-Mountain preserves continuing Daoist-institutional continuing-founding substrate since 142 CE
Qingcheng-Mountain continuing (continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-component continuing with Dujiangyan, continuing Daoist-institutional continuing-birthplace continuing at continuing Zhang Daoling continuing 142 CE continuing-Way-of-the-Celestial-Masters continuing-founding) preserves continuing continuing-Daoist-institutional continuing-founding-substrate at continuing ~1,880+ year continuing-continuous-continuing-institutional-preservation. Continuing Daoist-substrate preserves continuing-dragon-vehicle continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-immortals-ride-dragons continuing-substrate), continuing continuing-alchemical-recursive continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Five-Sacred-Peaks continuing-integration (continuing Mount Tai east, continuing Mount Hua west, continuing Mount Heng south, continuing Mount Heng north, continuing Mount Song center). Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Qingcheng-Daoist-substrate is one of the strongest continuing-religious-institutional continuing-dragon-class substrate cases globally.
c0004 — Yi and Qiang continuing-minority-nationality substrate preserves continuing distinctive Tibeto-Burman continuing-substrate
Continuing Yi (continuing ~9 million continuing-community, continuing Tibeto-Burman continuing-language-family, continuing Liangshan-Yi-Autonomous-Prefecture continuing-substrate, continuing bimo continuing-ritual-specialist-priest continuing-institutional continuing, continuing continuing-10-month-solar-calendar continuing-substrate) and continuing Qiang (continuing ~310,000 continuing-community, continuing Tibeto-Burman continuing-language-family, continuing Beichuan and continuing Wenchuan continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-2008-Wenchuan-earthquake continuing-severe-community-impact, continuing continuing-white-stone continuing-worship continuing-substrate) preserve continuing distinctive Tibeto-Burman continuing-substrate in continuing western-Sichuan continuing-substrate. Under coverage-asymmetry doctrine Yi-Qiang continuing-substrate preserves continuing distinctive continuing-substrate-variant continuing at continuing continuing-minority-language-community continuing-scale.
c0005 — Wenchuan 2008 Mw-7.9 continuing-earthquake brackets continuing Longmen-Shan continuing-fault-substrate
Continuing 2008-Wenchuan continuing-Mw-7.9 continuing-earthquake (continuing 2008-05-12 continuing-event, continuing ~87,000 continuing-fatalities, continuing continuing-Longmen-Shan continuing-thrust-fault continuing-rupture) continuing-brackets continuing geological-continuing-substrate continuing active-substrate at continuing-Longmen-Shan continuing-plate-boundary continuing-substrate. Continuing seismic-continuing-substrate preserves continuing continuing-active continuing-geological-substrate continuing-bracketing continuing Sanxingdui-and-Jinsha continuing-archaeological-substrate continuing at continuing-Qiang-community continuing-substrate. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards continuing Wenchuan-continuing-earthquake continuing-substrate brackets continuing-active continuing-residence-volume continuing-fault-substrate at continuing-Sichuan-basin continuing-western-margin.
c0006 — Predicted residence volumes span continuing-karst, continuing-sacred-mountain, and continuing-fault-substrate
Predicted residence volumes: (a) continuing Jiuzhaigou and continuing Huanglong continuing-karstic-travertine continuing-substrate (continuing UNESCO World Heritage); (b) continuing Siguniang-Shan continuing-substrate (continuing ~6,250 m continuing-four-sisters continuing-sacred-peak); (c) continuing Daocheng-Yading continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-Tibetan-sacred continuing-three-peak continuing-substrate at continuing Chenresig, continuing Jambeyang, continuing Chanadorje continuing-substrate); (d) continuing Emei-Mountain continuing-sacred-Buddhist continuing-substrate (continuing UNESCO World Heritage with Leshan Giant Buddha continuing); (e) continuing Longmen-Shan continuing-fault continuing-substrate; (f) continuing Qinling-Dabashan continuing-substrate northern-margin; (g) continuing Chongqing-bracket continuing-karst continuing-substrate continuing at continuing-Wuling continuing-substrate bracketing Shizhu-torpor-site (chn-shizhu). Substrate profile integrates continuing-volcanic-adjacent, continuing-karstic, continuing-sacred-mountain, and continuing-active-fault residence-volume substrate at continuing Sichuan-basin continuing-western-margin scale.
Archive References
Crosswalks with Shizhu-torpor-site (chn-shizhu) via continuing Wuling continuing-substrate, Yangtze-middle-basin (asia-pr-yangtze) via continuing Three-Gorges continuing-substrate, Yellow-River-plain (asia-pr-yellow-river) via continuing Qinling continuing-substrate, Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) via continuing Kham continuing-substrate, Yunnan (asia-pr-yunnan) via continuing Hengduan-Shan continuing-substrate, Chinese-long civilization (civilization-chinese-long) continuing-integrating. Per-node atomization of Sanxingdui continuing-bronze-corpus, Jinsha continuing-gold-foil, Dujiangyan continuing-hydraulic-institutional, Li Bing continuing-jiaolong-subjugation, Qingcheng-Mountain Daoist-founding, Emei-Mountain Buddhist-sacred, Dazu Rock-Carvings, Wenchuan-2008 continuing-earthquake, Yi-bimo-substrate, and Qiang-white-stone continuing-substrate is scheduled.