Chapter 1,437 The earliest dragon was not the Jade Pig Dragon
Why does this terracotta warrior from the Sui and Tang Dynasties have an aggrieved expression?
Some people speculate that his facial expression may be a moment during his performance, just to amuse the audience.
There are other pottery figurines like this, and the other one is a fine pottery figurine.
Its expression is even more interesting. If you see it, it is: Bashi Depan!
Also as a pottery statue of a terracotta warrior, this pottery terracotta warrior on display in the Sichuan Du Museum shows another kind of emotion.
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A pottery figurine with a big belly sits on a round cushion.
He wears a turban, trousers and bare feet.
The upper body is exposed, the shoulders are shrugged, the drum is held in the left hand, and the right hand is clenched in a fist, as if holding a hammer to beat the drum.
He kicked with his right foot, curled his left foot, and laughed on his back. His exaggerated facial expressions and posture were hilarious.
Different from the Western Shaanxi painted pottery necked figurines, the facial expression of this pottery figurine blooms outward.
With a smile on his face, he seemed to be praising "Bashi Deban" in Sichuan dialect.
It is worth mentioning that there are two national first-class cultural relics among the Eastern Han rap figurines.
The drumming and rapping figurines unearthed from Tianhui Mountain in Sichuan in 1957 are now in the National Museum of China;
The vertical rap figurines unearthed in Pidu District in 1963 are still displayed in the dragon gate formation with the audience in the exhibition hall of Sichuan Provincial Museum.
Their smiling faces convey the optimism of the Bashu people.
Perhaps it is passed down from generation to generation, the earliest Sanxingdui is also a product of the ancient Bashu civilization.
This Sanxingdui pottery pig is an angry pig.
Interesting cultural relics, in addition to human expressions, animals like the bronze galloping horse can also make people smile.
With nostrils as big as eyeballs and a tongue that flicks wantonly, he looks like a runaway "drama queen" with an expression comparable to that of a galloping bronze horse.
Unfortunately, these are all imitations. No matter how good the imitation is, it is not the real thing!
I’ve seen all kinds of mythical beasts, and then there are all kinds of bronze statues.
Each of these bronze statues has its own characteristics, and even in the eyes of modern people, each has its own interesting features!
There are quite a few bronze statues discovered in Sanxingdui, and they all have their own characteristics.
For example, the bronze man excavated in Pit No. 3 was discovered when extracting the large bronze mask in the pit.
The shape of his head wearing a crown and hat is reminiscent of Zhuge Liang's "feather fan and scarf".
The bronze figure of a kneeling figure with his head turned and his head unearthed from Pit No. 4 is in a kneeling posture, with his body slightly tilted to the left and front.
His head was slightly nodded and twisted to the right side of his body, and his hands were raised flat in front of the left side of his body in a semi-"clasp" position.
Both knees are on the ground, the front soles of both feet are on the ground, and the back soles are raised.
But the most attractive thing is undoubtedly its "touching" hair volume and "superb" hairstyle.
This is not the only such bronze statue. Another bronze standing figure was found in the south of Pit No. 3.
The portrait is not large, no more than 20cm high.
But he wears a pointed crown, protruding eyes, exaggerated face, and his overall appearance is somewhat similar to Ultraman.
Of course, the shapes of these artworks may be very exaggerated, but they are still within the acceptable range.
There are other things that seem normal, but make us feel very weird when we look at them.
For example, the "pottery three-legged cooker" is divided into two layers: the outer layer can be filled with water, and the lower layer can be heated by a fire.
This is a "small hot pot" that can be heated, and it is indeed a product of the Bashu region!
Of course, this is not the weirdest thing. The weirdest thing about Sanxingdui is definitely the bronze sun wheel.
This cultural relic is named because its shape resembles the sun.
Its shape has been exclaimed by many netizens as "just like a car steering wheel".
The Sanxingdui Ruins are an ancient Shu cultural site dating back about 5,000 to 3,000 years ago.
It is known as "one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century", and this is not without reason.
Since the first archaeological excavation in 1934, a total of 37 excavations have been carried out at the Sanxingdui site.
Especially since the discovery of bronzes from two sacrificial pits in Sanxingdui in the 1980s, the archaeological community has gradually formed a consensus.
The ordinary statues and lei in Sanxingdui are similar to those in the Central Plains and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River at the same time.
Unique standing figures, masks, and sacred trees are artifacts with a strong local style.
Since the excavation started again in 2020, archaeologists have discovered 6 new "sacrificial pits" at the Sanxingdui site, and a total of recent numbered cultural relics have been unearthed.
Among them, more than 500 important cultural relics such as gold mask fragments, bronze sacred trees, and ivory were unearthed.
But this is just a "drop in the ocean" among the Sanxingdui ruins. There are still many mysteries to be solved in Sanxingdui, waiting for us to solve them and explore them.
As a witness to the romantic and extraordinary rise of the ancient Shu civilization, Sanxingdui is a vivid example of the pluralistic integration of Chinese civilization.
Exploring the Sanxingdui ruins also brings us the excitement and excitement of unraveling infinite mysteries and exploring the unknown.
“It’s better to use archeology to unearth ancient civilizations!”
This time I visited my own museum, and Chen Wenzhe was very moved when I saw it.
"Yes, people can discover tens of thousands of precious cultural relics in one archeology, and one excavation can turn into a large museum!" Zheng Yu was also very emotional.
Zhang Yijie said even more: "It is also very good to discover sunken ships on the seabed."
Cao Qingchun laughed: "Hundreds of thousands of pieces of porcelain harvested from the sea at a time can support a large museum."
At this time, Li Jinli said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this."
Attracting everyone's attention, Li Jinli continued: "Whether it is a shipwreck or an ancient tomb, there are dangers. It is not something that ordinary people like us can get involved in. Let's buy it. What follows will not be imitations, but genuine ones.
Please correct me, boss."
Next, the one who walks in is the one who actually leaves the exhibition hall.
The scenery just now can only be regarded as roadside, after all, it can be touched by all tourists, and there is no fear of being damaged.
How valuable can such a piece of art be?
After walking through the bronze jungle of Sanxingdui, the venue I entered early seemed rather shabby.
"This is the Dragon Court. All the dragons on display are dragons. The boss should be familiar with the first thing."
As they walked, Li Jinli made introductions.
Because Dragon Hall is a bit petty, this exhibition hall was named Longting!
Looking at the booth directly opposite the door, Chen Wenzhe was naturally very familiar with the things on display, because one of them belonged to him.
He picked up the Jade Pig Dragon of Hongshan Culture a long time ago and bought it.
The strange thing is that there is another jade pig dragon next to it.
If you think about it carefully, this is actually not surprising, because the number of Jade Pig Dragons excavated at the Hongshan Cultural Site is not one or two, but a lot.
There are even many people selling them in the private collection market, and of course most of them may be fakes.
The jade is real, but it is an imitation of a Hongshan cultural relic.
It is generally believed that the Jade Pig Dragon is the earliest dragon unearthed in archeology in my country.
So, this pair of jade pig dragons were placed directly at the door?
This is actually wrong.
Modern archaeological history tells us that this is not the case.