As a jade cong ritual vessel emerges from the void, a 5,000-year-old civilization stirs to life. From agricultural communities taking root around 3300 BCE, to hydraulic marvels built with grass-wrapped clay, and the interlocking beams and columns of the palatial complex at Mojiaoshan, the people of Liangzhu brought craftsmanship and sacred symbolism together in an enduring chapter of human history. Civilization is not merely the continuation of survival; it marks the birth of a cosmology. This is not merely the past—it is where we come from.