1972年,在郑州市北郊大河村仰韶文化遗址房基内发现一件造型极为独特的彩陶,
高20厘米,两壶并列,腹部相连处有一圆孔相通。两壶两侧各附一耳,圆腹平底。
泥质红陶,红衣黑彩,器表布满平行线条,古朴流畅。在众多绚丽多彩的仰韶文化彩陶
中,双连壶以其独特造型和新颖的构
思,独压群芳,被誉为中国彩陶之管,对研究原始社会的习俗和制掏艺术有重要的价值
。--
"the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or
religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.
Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do."
--Samuel P. Huntington http://www.pbase.com/viamedia (update