The largest number of unearthed bronze in China

1 is named "Mother Drum" inscription

bronze sculpture is China's splendid history and culture an important part of its unique-type, beautiful decoration, elegant inscriptions, to demonstrate the pre-Qin period of the casting process, educational level, often called the "State of the weighing device, China treasures. "

As the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties of the capital, Luoyang was the first to be known as "China" where the largest number of unearthed bronze in China.

In 1963, the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in the tomb in Luoyang Northern kiln drum side of the mother is a bronze statue jar typical.

Mother drum side jar-high 50.3 cm, Width 33 cm, weighing about 23 kg, whole body for the dragon, the composition of the relief Shoumian Yunlei Wen, abdomen decorated with dragon pattern consisting of vertical leaves, covers, like the slope from all sides roof-shaped, with protruding corners and jar the gates of the central edge.

"Mother drum inside of the lid side jar inscriptions cast a 'female drum' word." ZHANG Yu-fang, director of the city museum collections, said many experts believe that "mother drum" should encourage national women marry men with the Mushi from the title. And this wine the late Shang Dynasty unearthed in the Western Zhou Dynasty Tombs of the reason, should be involved in the noble business of war and get off the booty, before you get it out of its love letters hidden in their graves being.

2 beyond the era of the United States

Female drum-type tall square jar dignified, complex structure, decoration harassment. In the decorative techniques, and sculpture in the round, bas-relief, high relief, carved cross-line use, the main decoration both lined Yunlei Wen, plus line engraved itself; Animal Mask decorated also specifically highlight the eyes, four five-story multi-level decoration ; overall decoration full of light and shadows, often in grain pattern, layers of cover set, as many as 20 kinds of animal forms. Although this wine Tongshen full pattern, but it can not complicated magnificent, Guibian not messy, elegant, dignified, magnificent combination, can be described during the Shang and Zhou chinese bronze rare superior.

Shang's wine industry is well developed, businessmen millet, millet and other grains as raw materials, brewing a lot of wine, for wine in containers are also very large, including Jazz, jar, goblets (gū), He (hé) , pot, statue, wine container (yǒu), jade cup with ears (jiǎ) and so on.

"A large jar containing wine is." ZHANG Yu-fang said that wine is the main raw material for food, if not gain a lot of food, a lot of wine is not possible. Therefore, the prevalence of special wine, enough to explain the development of agriculture Shang Dynasty.

The late Shang Dynasty, "indulge in wine" has become the social ills, and ultimately lead to subjugation. But this is a piece of the Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Dynasty nobility luxury Tombs unearthed never shows any beautiful things are not separated by time and space for people in the world of love. (Reporter correspondent snow-Wen Jiang Chunhui / Chart)

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Jar - the ancient ritual of the large wine

Jar, a large ancient ritual of wine, popular in the late Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. Body mass slightly less than Yi (yí, ancient wine in appliances, also refers to the ancient common ancestral ceremonial vessels), with square and round two.

"The Book of Songs Volume ears" are: "Regardless of my discretion he gold jar, with no dimension pregnant forever." Jar of the body are generally full of decorative patterns, common decorations are gluttonous (tāo tiè, the legend of a Tanchan beast, common in bronze dragon, and used as decoration) pattern, dragon and banana leaf pattern, with its well-derivative style small opening round shoulder body-style flat-bottomed, square body-style small mouth round the shoulder ring foot, high cube shoulder high round neck ring narrow foot type, short-necked big mouth wide flat shoulder low body type and so on. Pattern of harassment coupled with heavy matrix, it is deep mystery, dignified and generous.

Jar a muddy gray, white pottery, stamped hard pottery, porcelain and ceramic products of the original points. Ceramics with small mouth short-necked, round shoulders, deep abdominal Drum, flat shape is common. The original porcelain in the Shang Dynasty to grabbing the mouth, deep belly for the common round-bottomed, low places in the Western Zhou Dynasty lead off the shoulder or the nose with a device, ring foot is common.