Chapter 1,430 The Origin of Yangtze River Civilization
The reason why the Zilong Cauldron has received so much attention is not only because of its huge size, but also because of the two wonderful inscriptions - "Zilong".
What arouses great interest among people is definitely the word "dragon".
It is made of double hooks and looks like an upright dragon with its tail curled to the right. It has an open mouth and round eyes. It is extremely dynamic!
The ancestors of the Shang Dynasty used their amazing artistic creativity to evolve the "real dragon" into a "zilong", which is amazing!
This is also the unique charm of this "Zilong Ding", which is different from other bronze tripods of the Shang Dynasty!
As for who it originally belonged to? What is the real meaning of "Zilong"?
There is no unified and definite answer, because the true picture of history has been buried in the long river of history.
Without seeing the true tripod, even Chen Wenzhe didn't know its specific origin.
However, now Chen Wenzhe is really interested in taking a look at the real Zilong Cauldron.
Because through it, Chen Wenzhe can definitely see the place where it was unearthed.
For example, if he looked back carefully at the world's largest bronze plate in the hall outside, he would definitely be able to know its origin and eventually locate the place where it was unearthed.
In China, even if he cannot excavate ancient tombs, it is still good to know the location and protect it.
If there is danger, it would be better to conduct protective excavation.
However, there are too many treasures like Zilong Ding in China.
Not to mention the Stepmother Wu Ding, Siyang Fangzun, Maogong Ding, Lotus and Crane Square Pot mentioned before, there are many others, such as the bronze standing figures from the Shang Dynasty.
Few people have heard of this treasure, but it is definitely the top national treasure.
The standing bronze figure was discovered at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan City. It is the tallest and most complete bronze figure in the world.
It is known as the king of bronze statues in the world and is collected by Sanxingdui Museum.
Others include the familiar sword of King Goujian of Yue - from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Zeng Hou Yi’s Chime Bell—Warring States Period.
Bronze chariots and horses from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin - from the Qin Dynasty.
In particular, the bronze chariot and horses were excavated in the tomb of Qin Shihuang in 1980. They are the earliest, largest and best-preserved bronze chariots and horses.
It represents the highest smelting and carving art of the Qin Dynasty, and now it is collected in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum.
Then there are the important treasures that we have all heard of, the Changxin Palace Lantern and the Horse-Stepping Swallow.
The Changxin palace lantern was unearthed in the tomb of Douwan (the Sixth King of the Western Han Dynasty) in 1968. It is light, practical, yet gorgeous.
Unlike other bulky and complicated bronze vessels, the Changxin palace lantern's ingenious design and exquisite craftsmanship make it the first lantern in China.
The Horse Trampling the Flying Swallow was unearthed in 1969 from the Leitai Han Tomb in Wuwei, Gan Province.
"Horse Treads on Flying Swallows" is the highest representative of ancient my country's foundry industry.
It's impressive how the ancient craftsmen found the right spot on the swallow to support the entire horse so that it was stable in its current position.
This cultural relic is now stored in the Gansu Provincial Museum. In 1985, "Horse Treading on Flying Swallows" became a symbol of my country's tourism industry.
Like the Xiangzilong Tripod, there are also many bronze vessels with numerous mysteries surrounding them.
Not to mention anything else, the bronze standing figure just mentioned has countless mysteries attached to it.
It is even said that all the bronzes unearthed from the Sanxingdui site are full of mysteries.
Chen Wenzhe looked at the bronzes in front of him. All the bronzes he mentioned just now must be reproduced one to one.
This is not easy. Putting so many national treasure-level bronzes together and putting them together must have taken a lot of effort.
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And those mentioned above are still fragmentary and not a series.
What Chen Wenzhe likes the most is a series of bronzes, such as the bronze figure in front of him.
Turning around, there was the Bronze Sacred Tree over there.
These are very famous bronzes, and they all come from the Sanxingdui site.
Of course, these of his are also imitations, but this imitation is too good.
No matter who imitates this level of bronze, it is not easy to imitate it to the level you are looking at.
"How much did you spend?" Chen Wenzhe turned his head and looked at Li Jinli.
Li Jinli chuckled and said very proudly: "It didn't cost anything, because you can't buy such a high-quality product with money."
Chen Wenzhe naturally knew this, so he did not change his gaze. He just wanted to see how Li Jinli did it.
"It's not difficult. We can't give away hundreds of thousands of pieces of porcelain for nothing, right? Even if it's porcelain salvaged from the sea, we only need to pay the cost of salvage, which many museums can't afford."
Li Jinli said, waving his hands and leading Chen Wenzhe forward.
Bypassing the bronze standing statues and the bronze sacred tree, there are more bronzes in the back, and they are all kinds of, even some weird shapes, which feel very weird when you look at them.
High crown, tuxedo, bronze animal mask, don't these look strange?
Figures with human heads, faces, masks, and kneeling figures are all fairly normal.
Afterwards, the dragon-shaped ornaments, dragon-column-shaped vessels, tiger-shaped vessels, Ge, rings, Qi-shaped square-hole biscuits, dragon and tiger statues, sheep statues, gourds, lids, plates, etc., were quite satisfactory.
Afterwards, it is obviously not the same style.
However, the bronzes that appeared later were even more spectacular.
Chen Wenzhe could tell that the things in the past were not from the same period as the ones now, and they should not have been unearthed in the same place.
However, they are all unearthed from Sanxingdui.
These bronze vessels include large-scale bronze standing human figures, kneeling human figures, human-headed figures, human masks, animal masks, and animal faces.
Others include altars, sacred trees, and sun-shaped vessels.
These are considered normal things and conform to our aesthetics.
But the next thing is a little different, the eye-shaped organs and eye bubbles, no matter how you look at it, it feels weird.
Fortunately, the ones at the back are pretty normal, such as copper bells, copper pendants, copper Ge, and copper Qi-shaped square-hole biscuits.
Then there are some beasts, such as birds, snakes, chickens, monsters, buffalo heads, deer, catfish, etc.
These things look like sacrificial objects at first glance, and they must have come from the sacrificial pits.
As for sacrificial pits like this one, the Sanxingdui Research Institute has announced that the dating of the sacrificial pits is 3200 to 3000 years ago.
We have always felt extremely magical and shocked by the various types of cultural relics in Sanxingdui with weird shapes and exquisite shapes.
So where did they come from? Why are they so popular? Why do you always see "blind box dismantling" at the Sanxingdui site?
What is Sanxingdui? The Sanxingdui ancient ruins cover an area of 12 square kilometers and have a history of 5,000 to 3,000 years ago.
Sanxingdui is the ancient city, ancient country, and ancient Shu cultural site that has been discovered in southwest China so far with the largest scope, longest duration, and richest cultural connotation.
There are currently the most complete preserved east, west, and south city walls and the inner city wall of Moon Bay.
Sanxingdui ancient ruins are known as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century.
His appearance shows that the Yangtze River Basin, like the Yellow River Basin, belongs to the matrix of Chinese civilization and is known as the "source of Yangtze River Civilization".