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The Shang and Zhou dynasties were a peak in the development history of ancient Chinese bronzes.

The bronze wares of this period are exquisitely shaped, with a sense of solemnity and sacredness all over them.

At that time, bronze ware was mainly used for sacrifices and banquets, so it was endowed with special significance.

They are also often referred to as "bronze ritual vessels". Since ancient times, bronze vessels have been regarded as national treasures and are especially cherished by people.

This bronze ware has a cover at the back of the bird's top, and the handle of the you is connected by rings at both ends of the neck, and the rings are decorated with scales.

There is an inscription on the vessel with the three characters "Taibao Zhu", which is exactly the same as the Dabao Fangding.

At the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Gong was the Dabao.

After King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty, in order to resist the invasion of Rong and Di from the south, he enshrined the Duke of Yan in Yan and founded the country in the north of Beihe River.

At present, Liulihe, the capital of God, and Machanggou, Lingyuan, Liao Province, have unearthed bronze wares with the inscription "Yanhou", but no bronze wares with the inscription "Taibao".

Although this kind of you is a bronze vessel handed down from generation to generation, there is no place where it was unearthed, so we can only speculate that it may have something to do with the Zhaogong family.

The image-generating vessel imitating the image of birds and beasts is a particularly magical and beautiful type of bronze ware.

The idea is ingenious, the production is extremely beautiful, elaborate and thought-provoking.

The shape of the whole vessel is peculiar, very vivid and imaginative, and it is a fine piece of Zhou Dynasty bronze ware.

Such bronzes are sought after all over the world because of their unique historical and artistic value.

Due to the continuous wars in the modern history of our country, many precious bronze ritual vessels were lost overseas.

There are many collections in the neighboring country Neon, and there is also a big treasure among them.

In ancient times, "Tai" and "Da" were written in the same way, so it was also called Dabaoyou.

Because of its bird-like shape, it can also be called a bird-shaped you.

Its design style is unique in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it can be called a peerless treasure.

There is a bird-shaped wine vessel from the Shang Dynasty in my country, which is a couple of good owl statues collected by the Nanhe Museum and the Palace Museum.

Its design is very complicated, with layers of complex patterns all over the body, and the shape of the head is quite different from that of the bird.

The Taibao You in the Neon Baihe Art Museum is a work of the early Western Zhou Dynasty, which is completely different from the Shang Dynasty Owl Zun.

There are almost no animal face patterns and thunder patterns commonly seen on bronze wares, and only simple patterns express feathers. The simple decoration highlights the overall solemnity.

Taibao You's bird's head is raised slightly, its eyes are wide open, its beak is long and sharp, and slightly curved, realistic and spirited.

This is very different from the black bird pattern popular in the Shang Dynasty and the phoenix bird pattern popular in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but it has a little bit of ancient Egyptian feeling.

There are two large wattles under the jaws of the bird's head, possibly an exaggerated depiction of the wattles of a chicken.

There are two large fleshy crowns with scales on the top of the bird's head, hanging down to the back of the neck, which is a feature that real birds do not have.

From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, it was sometimes seen that the phoenix had a long meat crown on its head, which may be the continuation of this bird shape in later generations.

The tail of the crown protrudes from the surface, a more complex practice for bronzes, and also suggests that the work was a purposefully important object.

The Zhou people had the myth and legend of "Fengming Qishan", which shows that there is a custom of worshiping birds. The Taibao You should be the concrete manifestation of the mythology in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

Bronze ware had deformed bird patterns in the early and middle Shang Dynasty.

It is generally placed in a secondary position as an auxiliary pattern.

Among the deformed bird patterns, the phoenix bird pattern appears the most.

At this time, there were still several auspicious birds with mythological backgrounds, such as eagles, birds of prey, magpies, and owls.

From the composition point of view, bird patterns use different characteristics of bird head, bird body and bird tail to express specific bird patterns.

Specifically, the vast majority of beaks are closed hooks, similar to those of birds of prey.

Individual beaks also have open beaks, which can be seen in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

There are horns or horns on the bird's head, and the horns are roughly curved, fleshy and sharp.

The body of the bird pattern is mostly just the body of a bird without wings.

Sometimes due to the needs of the pattern structure, the shape of a long curly tail is also adopted, forming the characteristics of the bird-headed dragon body.

People in the Zhou Dynasty regarded the phoenix bird as an auspicious bird, so since the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the phoenix bird pattern has become the theme decoration of bronze wares.

In the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, the use of phoenix and bird patterns reached its peak, and some people call it "the era of phoenix patterns".

The neon piece should be a treasure that appeared in this era. This bronze scorpion is also on the cover behind the bird's head and on the inside of the throat. Each has three characters "Taibaozhu".

The font is extremely ancient, the character Bao is the son of the king (actually jade) next to the herringbone, and the character cast is placed on the refining boiler with two hands holding the 鬲.

There are also two Fang Dings with the same inscriptions as the Taibao You, one in the Chou Kingdom and the other in the Jincheng Museum.

This domestic treasure is definitely not allowed to leave the country. It is called "Taibao Ding", and it should be made by one person at the same time.

"Historical Records Yan Zhaogong's Family" records: "Zhao Gongshi has the same surname as Zhou, and his surname is Ji. When King Wu of Zhou destroyed Zhou, he named Zhao Gong in Beiyan."

It can be seen that the authors of the Taibao Ding and Taibao You may have been Zhao Gongshi, a minister in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

Both Taibao tripods were unearthed in Liangshan, Shouzhang County, Qilu Province during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty.

As for the Taibao You, it is said that it was unearthed from the tomb of Xin Village, Jun County, Hebi, Nanhe Province during the Republic of China, and it is estimated that it was passed down to future generations and scattered into the soil.

The high-quality bronze you of Baihe Art Museum is not the only one of Taibao you.

In addition, there is an extremely precious "beast-faced Kuilongwen Fangyou (also known as the Taotie Kuilongwen Fangyou)".

This you are not big, 39.2 cm high, but its shape is also unique.

Its body is square, but when it reaches the mouth of the you, it becomes round, and the lid is also round, with a black bird standing on it as a cover button.

This is likely to be a concrete round sky, which is extremely rare and precious.

From top to bottom, the whole you are decorated with complex patterns, presenting a typical Yin Ruins artistic style.

It is rumored that this work was unearthed from the royal tomb of the Yin Ruins, and many domestic scholars think it is very likely after reading it.

The handle beam of the beast-faced Kuilong pattern is a double-headed Kuilong, and there is a black bird standing on the lid.

A plate-shaped Kuilong was also made separately for decoration, which is the only one seen in China.

The cover, the neck of the you body, and the four corners of the belly of the you are all decorated with animal-mask patterns. This kind of animal-mask pattern was previously called Taotie pattern.

Later, it was found that it was wrong, and they were all called animal face patterns.

In fact, it is an exaggerated dragon pattern on the face.

What is rare is that the animal horns are raised.

However, it is different from the raising of animal horns in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. It is an early form of animal horn practice.

In addition, there are many blue rust spots on You's body, which is also a highlight.

This belongs to copper sulfate pentahydrate, that is, bile alum. This kind of rust is not very stable, it is easy to be decomposed by heat and lose water, and has slightly higher requirements on the stability of the environment.

There are too many fine works in Baihe Art Museum. In addition to the bronzes of Shang and Zhou dynasties, several precious treasures from the Tang Dynasty were invited this time to commemorate the 1400th anniversary of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Among them, the most precious is the first bottle of Tang Sancai Phoenix, which is a huge and exquisite Hu bottle.

This type of vessel comes from Persia, and it is also the most wonderful three-color phoenix-head vase that Chen Wenzhe knows.