According to the "Sayings", Ding has three feet and two ears, and the treasure of the five tastes is also. Xi Yu collected the gold of the Nine Mu and cast it under the JingShan Mountain.
Ding originally meant a utensil used to cook food. In ancient times, ding was not only used to cook food, but also a ritual vessel for sacrifice.
When it comes to Ding, the first thing that comes to mind must be Simu Pengding. As the world's largest bronze ceremonial vessel, Simu Pengding has reached a very high level in its shape, ornamentation and craftsmanship, and it is a representative work of the peak period of bronze culture in the Shang Dynasty, and it is also a typical representative of Chinese bronze civilization.
However, Chiang Kai-shek almost transported this treasure out, but in the end it was too big to be left behind, and now it has become a "national treasure".
The origin of the name of the artifact
The original name given to this Ding was Guo Moruo, who called this Ding "Simu Pengding".
He believes that "Simu E" is "Sacrifice Mother E". As a result, this name has been used ever since.
However, the relevant controversy has also been continuous, and some scholars have proposed that the word "si" should be interpreted as the word "hou", because in ancient texts, si and hou are the same word.
The name "Houmu E" is more reasonable than "Simu E", which has the meaning of "great and respected", which is synonymous with the "Hou" in "Emperor Tianhou Earth".
In 1976, the tomb of The Lady of anyang Yin Ruins excavated the Houmu Xinding, and after comparison, it was found that the shape, ornamentation and inscription style of the Houmu Xinding were consistent with the Shang Simu Pengding, and the historical record of the woman was the queen of the Shang King Wuding, so experts concluded that the owner of the tomb of the excavated Houmu Pengding was the wife of Wu Ding.
The Shang Si Mother Peng Ding is a sacrifice vessel made by the Shang King Zu Geng or Zu Jia to sacrifice mother Peng.
If you push it back in this way, then "division" should mean "after". However, the name of Simu Pengding has been difficult to change back.
The story behind the artifacts
Hindymu Pengding is not only one of the most precious cultural relics in China, but also records a historical story. And the story will start from the Shang King Wuding.
According to Sima Qian's "Records of History", "Wu Ding cultivated the government and practiced morality, the world was salty, and the Yin Dao was revived." Wu Dingde said that he was called Emperor Gaozong. ”
During the reign of King Wuding of The Shang Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty developed unprecedentedly.
Wu Ding was one of the few male lords in the history of the Shang Dynasty, and during his 59-year reign, he frequently made foreign conquests.
He also successively conquered the ethnic minorities in the northwest and southeast, thus expanding the territory of the Shang Dynasty, and the history says that the period of his reign was Wuding Zhongxing.
Wu Ding had three sons, the eldest son, Zuji. The second son, Zu Geng, and the third son, Zu Jia. Among them, the eldest son, Zu Ji, was the son of him and the famous Empress Dowager Shang.
This ancestor is a filial piety, so it is also called filial piety.
Zu Ji had to get up five times a night to see if his parents were sleeping well, so he was deeply favored by Wu Ding, and he was also the eldest son of a concubine, so he was the best candidate to inherit the throne.
According to the "Century of Emperors," "Emperor Gaozong had a virtuous son who was filial to himself, and his mother died early, and Emperor Gaozong's words to confuse his wife were let go and die, and the world mourned."
However, due to the early death of Zuji's mother Concubine, and the newly established Queen Concubine Jing did not like him very much, she wanted to make her son the crown prince, and naturally she would exclude Zuji everywhere.
Later, Wu Ding exiled Zu Ji to other places. After Wu Ding's death, the throne was inherited by Zu Geng, and later, Zu Geng cast her stepmother Peng Ding for her mother Peng Ding to commemorate her care for herself.
Simu Pengding became an exhibit and was almost transported out by Chiang Kai-shek
In 1946, a "Senator Chen" of the Anyang government found out the whereabouts of Dading, and he persuaded the villagers who dug up Dading to hand over Dading to the government.
Then, a team of policemen dug up the big ding.
"Minsheng Bao" once wrote: "Send a team and negotiate with the assistance of the X Department of the garrison, dig to the village until the end of the night, and in the morning transport the ancient furnace in a large carriage to the county and store it in the ancient committee." ”
The "ancient furnace" in this article is the famous Simu Peng Dafangding.
At that time, the Antiquities Preservation Committee exhibited the Houmu Pengding, and for a while the people in the city rushed to visit, and the grand event was unprecedented.
As a result, the sound of the wind about the stepmother Peng Ding actually reached the ears of Wang Zhonglian, who was stationed in Xinxiang. At the time of Lao Jiang's 60th birthday, Wang Zhonglian learned about his stepmother Peng Ding and planned to use it as a gift.
As a result, the stepmother Peng Ding was transported to Nanjing overnight.
At that time, Old Jiang saw that the stepmother Peng Ding was "in love" and wanted to take the stepmother Peng Ding away.
However, the stepmother Pengding weighed more than 1600 pounds and could not be taken on the plane, so Lao Jiang had to give up this idea and left the stepmother Pengding at the airport. After that, it was handed over from Nanjing to the Central Museum for preservation.
brief summary
In 1959, Simu Pengding was transferred from Nanjing to Beijing and stored in the Museum of Chinese History, which became the "treasure of the town museum" in China's national museum.
This precious cultural relic also records a glorious history of the Chinese nation, it is the symbol of our China, the symbol of the whole years from the ancient past to today, it symbolizes the Chinese nation, symbolizes the Chinese culture!
References: Minsheng Bao, History