周口店

A visit to 周口店 has not only given me a greater understanding towards archaeological studies of the Peking Man, but also has allowed me to reflect on something else. We were shown to a 8-minute movie of the evolution of man. From apes to modern man, there was a significant change to our brain size as we get more intelligent. However, something struck me as I was watching the movie. What is the meaning of life? In the past, the peking man's main aim each day was to gather food for the family, mainly by killing the slower animals(larged horned deer). As the peking man evolves and becomes the modern man, they still have a quite a common goal, to fill their stomach each day. Modern man, being ambitious, tend to neglect nature, the roots of life and destroy nature. What is the meaning of life? What are we living for? Archaelogists want to find what is life about. They want to study about the roots of their lives. They want to understand human better.

Back to the topic. Other than the museum that showcases the different archaelogy findings, we were shown to the exact place where those artefacts in the museum was found. This allowed us to actually know how archaelogists work and also how they deal with the artefacts they find. I find it to be a very interesting career indeed.

Oh ya. Mr Ang(HC Teacher) looks like 北京猿人