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Chapter 1437 "Mudslide" in the cultural relics world

The bronze snake unearthed in Sanxingdui was made by segmental casting.

There are riveting holes between the castings. After being cast in sections, they are riveted and connected to form.

The snake is huge and has a realistic style.

The body is decorated with rhombus patterns and scale armor, and there are hollow knife-like wings on the top and back of the head, which may indicate its flying function.

Judging from the ring buttons under the snake's neck and abdomen, it is estimated that it was hung on some kind of object and worshiped as a god.

Bronze wares such as snakes, dragons, and some unknown beasts are all totem worship after artistic processing.

These all originated from real animals, such as pigs, chickens, cows and so on.

These things have also been unearthed in Sanxingdui, such as copper chickens.

The side of the square seat is 2.5 cm long, the chicken is 11.7 cm long, and the overall height is 14.2 cm.

When the bronze rooster was discovered, it was cast on a square seat in the shape of a "gate".

The lower end of the vessel base is incomplete, and the copper chicken may have been the end shape of a certain vessel.

Considering the size of the base, is it possible that the square base was originally covered with a rod-shaped object made of copper or other materials, and the copper chicken is the first decoration of the "stick"?
Since there is only one copper chicken in Sanxingdui and there is no reference, we can only make this preliminary speculation.

Whether the bronze rooster is a complete vessel or an accessory of a certain vessel needs further research and archaeological discoveries.

The bronze rooster is cast by the fan casting method, with plump tail feathers, neck and head raised, imposing.

Its crown, eyes, beak, claws, feathers, etc. are meticulously depicted, with both spirit and form.

As far as the technique of expression is concerned, the shape of this bronze rooster is in a realistic style.

This is in stark contrast to the shapes of many statues, gods and other utensils in Sanxingdui that are exaggerated and surreal.

This can be regarded as one of the most representative works among the Sanxingdui bronze cultural relics.

This copper rooster is not a "chicken" in the sense of poultry, but has a deeper symbolic meaning.

The chest of the copper rooster is specially cast with fire patterns. There is no doubt that this rather eye-catching decorative symbol is intrinsically related to the connotation of the copper rooster.

The bronze rooster may represent the "Heavenly Chicken" and "God Chicken" in ancient myths and legends.

As the saying goes, "When the rooster sings, the world will be white." The shape of this rooster seems to show that it is singing, calling for the sunrise, and bringing infinite light to the world.

And like this bird, there is another copper bird.

It is 15.4 cm wide and 27.8 cm high.

The bronze bird stands on a round seat with a slightly raised top, four round holes in the concave part of the waist, and hollow ring feet underneath.

This copper bird has a smooth "S" shape in its entirety.

The copper bird has round eyes, a long and pointed beak, small wings and long tail feathers.

The bird's crest and feathers are huge, like a row of banners waving in the wind.

The crown feather form and the ornamentation inside the crown feather shape have a clear and graceful style.

The scale-like feathers on the bird's head, neck and chest, and the cirrus patterns on the outside of the legs are all fine and dense.

It echoes the graceful and melodious configuration of the bird body, giving people an elegant and solemn beauty.

It is estimated that the copper bird may have been a decoration socketed on the top of a certain utensil.

The bird holds its head forward, has big eyes and a sharp beak, a slender body, long wings on both sides, and the tail is upturned with the tail feathers.

A vertical wing with three branches is cast on the back of the bird, which makes the original relatively plain structure of the bird's body somewhat interesting.

This kind of shape and style, as always, is the Sanxingdui model.

It has a special shape like this, and there is a pottery pig that is more representative.

Previously, there was a Tao Zhu with a weird appearance on the Internet, which unexpectedly became popular.

The main reason is its appearance, which is very similar to the villain Green Pig in the "Angry Birds" game.

This also caused netizens to exclaim: Could this be the predecessor of "Angry Birds"?

Tao pig is pleasing, with first-seeing eyes, round body and round nostrils.

The rough pottery tires are not less naive, and the mottled weathering can't erase the smile of thousands of years ago, which is the reason why it can become popular.

In fact, works like this that appear cute and even a little funny were not uncommon in ancient times.

Chen Wenzhe knew of one, and it was a very famous one, that is Ma Ta Feiyan.

The treasure of the town hall of the Gansu Provincial Museum, "Horse Stepping on a Flying Swallow", has become popular very early with this "little green horse".

The primary school text "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallows" is described like this: "Look! This bronze horse is fat and healthy, with a well-proportioned body, a neat mane, and strong and strong hooves."

Why is this vigorous and powerful bronze galloping horse always shown in profile?

If you look at this horse from another angle, it will reveal the mystery of the front.

It turns out that from the front, the bronze galloping horse tilted its head, grinned, and had a happy expression, which is hilarious.

In fact, apart from the bronze galloping horse, there are quite a lot of hilarious cultural relics in the museum.

Those cultural relics that are not good at expression management have been dug out by netizens for various jokes, which can be called "debris flow" in the cultural relics world.

For example, the fairy stone terracotta human face, has few people heard of this?

If you want to use an expression to describe the bronze galloping horse doll you just saw, the terracotta human face is very suitable.

This cultural relic was unearthed at the Chaijiaping site in Maiji District, TS City. It belongs to the Shilingxia type of the Yangshao Culture and is about 5200 years old.

It is now collected in the Gan Provincial Museum together with the bronze galloping horse.

This terracotta figure with high cheekbones and wide face, half-open mouth seems to be smiling, and seems to be talking, showing a surprised expression.

When people see this cultural relic, they can imagine a voice: "Ah, that's it?"

Isn't it interesting?And there are many cultural relics like this.

For example, Ya Chou Yue, your first impression when you see it is: you look so pretty when you smile!

The Yachou Yue, which was unearthed in Qingzhou, Qilu in 1965, is now in the Qilu Museum.

The body of this bronze vessel from the Shang Dynasty is openworked with a human face pattern, its eyes are wide open, and the corners of its mouth are raised.

Its teeth that look like bricks are exposed in its mouth, and it is ridiculed by many people who have seen it as "you look so good when you smile".

Although the name of this cultural relic is "Chou", in fact, because of the symmetrical inscription of the word "Ya Chou" on both sides of the mouth, it is named "Ya Chou Yue".

Yue itself is a killing weapon, but it gradually evolved into a symbol of power and status.

Ya Chou Yue was originally a symbol of the majesty and authority of the ancients, but today people regard it as a super cute emoticon package, revealing a sense of happiness.

Coincidentally, such as painted pottery figurines with shrink necks: as if they have been wronged!

Some were laughing, some were crying.

Different from the happy Yachou battleaxe, the painted pottery figurines shrunk their necks and turned their heads to one side.

Its facial features were wrinkled towards the center, and there were two lines of cracks beside the bridge of the nose like tears passing by.

Coupled with the twisted eyebrows and the mouth pouted to the nose, this terracotta figurine seems to have suffered a great grievance, which makes people feel inexplicably distressed.

This cultural relic is hidden in the Xishan History Museum, and it is a figurine of comedians in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In "Ping An Guan Fu" written by Li You, it is written that "Singing and dancing comedians can play with laughter".

In layman's terms, comedians are performers of ancient farce, entertaining the audience with amusing language and actions.

(End of this chapter)