The development of successive dynasties is inseparable from war, whether it is Qin Shi Huang swept away Liuhe, or Emperor Wu of Han laid the territory of the Han Dynasty, war is always the main theme of a dynasty, when these pacify the world, future generations will build buildings to commemorate their merits.
In the pre-Qin to Han, copper is an important alchemical element, so the bronze sword, bronze Ding in the Han tomb appears a lot of times, but the copper horse is relatively much less, the copper horse can generally only be used as a work of art, China's most famous copper horse is the horse Ta Fei Yan.
In 1969, several villagers were digging air raid shelters, digging and digging, came across a hard stone, the villagers cut the soil and found a brick, several people were trying to dig it out, but when cleaning, they found several bricks, and after these bricks were disassembled, they entered and revealed a large hole.
It turned out that this was an ancient tomb, after a few down, found some copper horses, a few people realized the seriousness of the situation, they informed the local department, several experts also heard the news rushed to, after determining that it is an ancient tomb, also immediately implemented rescue excavation, according to the excavated cultural relics identification, this is a tomb of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The tomb is divided into three rooms, the front, middle and back and the left and right ear chambers, and 231 pieces of gold, silver, copper, iron, jade, bone, stone, pottery and other cultural relics have been excavated, and the most prominent Chinese is 99 pieces of bronze carriage and horse ceremonial figurines, and the highest value is a copper galloping horse. Bronze horses are rarely seen in Han tombs.
According to the inscription on the chest of the excavated horse figurine, the owner of the Han tomb is "Shou Zhangye Chang Zhang Jun", the age of the tomb is about 186 to 219 AD, and the recognition of the value of this bronze horse is Mr. Guo Moruo.
Horses in the Han Dynasty is a symbol of honor, according to the Book of Han, in order to expedition against the Xiongnu, open up territory, let the fei general Li Guang out of the Western Regions to conquer for four years, the first four years (101 BC) from the Kingdom of Dawan introduced Dawan horses, according to legend, this horse sweat is red, like blood, so it is called "sweat blood horse".
The Wuwei area where the copper horse was found has the saying of "Liangzhou Big Horse, Rampant in the World", so it is no accident that 99 bronze horses appear here, since the birth of the copper horse, it has been exhibited in the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Sweden, Austria, Italy and other more than ten countries.
British archaeologists have praised: copper galloping horse is simply the highest peak in the work of art, for a time copper galloping horse became the moon in the sky, the stars are held together, but whether it is on display, or on the newspaper, are side images, never positive, when seen positive, netizens are understandable.
The original frontal horse flying swallow is almost like a batch of wild horses that scatter joy, but this is also because the image of the horse in the rapid running is highly restored, which also means that the bronze carving technology of the Han Dynasty is indeed amazing.