Colorful Guizhou Network · Zhongwang News (This network reporter Ying Teng) On the 1.2-meter-high bronze tree, han Dynasty musicians, CALL people, phoenixes, birds, panlongs, turtles and handsome little brothers sitting on their knees are gathered! Guizhou and Sanxingdui site unearthed "bronze god tree" god-like tree lamp, what is the origin?
Recently, in the Guizhou Provincial Museum's Exhibition Hall 7 of the "Diversity and Integration into China: Huiji and Muke Bronze Cultural Relics Exhibition", a piece unearthed in Xingren, Guizhou, composed of characters, animals and other elements of the Panlong seat kneeling copper lamp, and exhibited 204 pieces (sets) of bronze cultural relics, witnessing and telling the story of Chinese civilization a thousand years ago.
Panlong seat kneels with copper lamps
At the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, bronze culture spread to the Yangtze River Basin, and the ancestors of Muke's homeland, located on the edge of China, formed a unique Yelang bronze culture after absorbing the essence of the Central Plains culture, Dian culture, Bashu culture, Baiyue culture and Chu culture. What kind of clue does this tallest and most magnificent bronze tree lamp in the Guizhou Han tomb provide for the search for Yelang? Come, follow Zhang Herong, deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and "Yunjian" Panlong seat kneeling people with copper lamps!
Bronze tree lamp with archaeologist "Yun Jian"
Watching the tree lights——
A unique bronze treasure in Guizhou
With a height of 1.2 meters, it brings together the vivid elements of Han Dynasty musicians, CALL people, phoenixes, birds, panlongs, turtles and handsome little brothers sitting on their knees!
Kneeling is the traditional sitting posture of the ancient Chinese
Two layers of branches, segmented casting and then sleeved, multiple consecutive lighting echo, the details show the style!
Multiple consecutive chandeliers echo each other
The second dragon coils around the bottom, a dragon tightly wraps around the lamppost, and the dragon head roars upwards, exposing its domineering spirit and shocking the whole field!
A dragon clings to the lamppost, and the dragon head roars upwards, revealing its domineering spirit
In 1987, the M6 of the Xingren Jiaole Han Tomb Group in Guizhou unearthed a Panlong turtle and a seat lamp. This tree lamp, which is close to the bronze sacred tree of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties excavated at the Sanxingdui site, is still the largest, most complex structure and most complete preserved bronze ever seen in Guizhou today.
The Han Dynasty was a popular period for the use of bronze lamps. Up to now, there are nearly 20 bronze lamps excavated from the Han tombs in Guizhou, covering three categories: seat lamps, row lamps and chandeliers, mainly excavated from Hezhang Coke in northwest Qianxi, Qianzhong Pingba to Anshun Xixiu District, Xingren Jiaole and Xingyi Wantun.
The base of the tree is driven by a turtle that symbolizes the town house
"Whether in terms of volume, shape or artistic style, this tree lamp is a unique bronze treasure in Guizhou, and it is also a rare bronze in the country." Zhang Herong introduced that the turtle on the base of the tree lamp, the dragon coiled around the lamp pole, the bronze man sitting on the knee, and the elements such as the whistle blower, the high-five, the phoenix and the bird on the branch contain a lot of historical, ethnic, folk and mythological information of the Han Dynasty.
Vivid blowpipes on the branches
In the era of chiseling walls to borrow light and reading with the moon, using lamps is not only a luxury, but also given a deeper spiritual meaning.
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Huainanzi, it is recorded that the three trees of Jianmu, Fuso and Ruomu are sacred trees that run between the sun and the moon and communicate with man and god. The shape of this Panlong turtle and zaren lamp is close to the "sacred tree". According to the "Lü's Spring and Autumn" record, the dragon is the mount of the gods into the heavens and the earth, in this tree lamp, a bronze dragon tightly surrounds the branches, the dragon head at the top of the tree in a roaring shape, may reflect the ancient people's pursuit of feathered immortality, immortality and soul immortality.
Bronze phoenix on a branch
"The dragon, the phoenix, and the sacred tree are a symbol of the ancient power and prestige. The image of the divine tree and the dragon as one symbolizes the totemic consciousness of the nation, but also shows the grandeur of the noble and powerful people. Zhang Herong said.
Study tree lights——
Provide clues for the search for night lang
The ancient Yelang Kingdom, which arose during the Warring States period, was destroyed during the peaceful years of the Han Cheng Emperor at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. The original unscripted Yelang is also quite brief in the historical records of The Han literature. So, where is the capital of the Night Lang Kingdom that has existed for about 300 years? How big is the control of the Night Lang Kingdom? Can the Golden Night King Seal still be found?
"Studying the history of ancient Yelang from archaeological remains is an important topic in archaeology." Zhang Herong believes that from the perspective of archaeology to explore the history of Yelang and explore the process of integrating Yelang culture into Han culture, this tree lamp provides clues for decoding the mystery of Yelang's ancient country to a certain extent.
Listen to the sound of the whistle beating the beat of the bronze "calling people"
When human beings learned to use bronzes for production and survival, the development of human history began to accelerate. From mining, smelting, design, casting, welding, in ancient times, being able to own and use bronzes was almost a sign of the noble status of high society.
"Bronze chandeliers like this, which generally appear in the court or in the homes of dignitaries and dignitaries, are a powerful item representing power." Zhang Herong said that from the land from the tree lamp and the information transmitted, it can be inferred that the area around Xingren Jiaole and Xingyi Wantun in Guizhou during the Han and Jin Dynasties may have been the administrative center set up during the development of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the Han Dynasty.
A plump bronze bird
In addition, compared with the relationship between the bronzes of the surrounding ethnic groups, the Bashu culture has a certain influence on the development of Yelang bronzes. In this regard, Zhang Herong believes that many bronzes in the Yelang Cultural Area are borrowed or imitated from Bashu bronzes, but there is also a certain degree of selectivity in the absorption and transformation of Bashu cultural bronzes.
"Diversity and Unity into China: Huijian and Muke Bronze Cultural Relics Exhibition" will be on display until January 5
It is reported that the "Diversity and Integration into China: Huiji and Muke Bronze Cultural Relics Exhibition" will be exhibited until January 5. In the New Year's Day holiday of 2022, it is better to walk into Guibo, look at the 204 sets of bronzes in the two places from an archaeological point of view, savor the interesting information in this bronze tree lamp, see how national cultures blend and integrate with each other, and enhance the understanding of the historical process of the common prosperity of the Chinese nation.