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Nebula Mirror and Han Dynasty Astronomy
There are many kinds of bronze mirrors in the Han Dynasty, among which the nebula mirror is also a strange thing in the Han mirror.
Nebula mirror excavations are widely distributed. Most provinces in the country have been excavated, with Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong and Jiangsu finding more, of which Shaanxi Province has the most excavations.
Nebula mirrors are not only widely distributed, but also more popular than other bronze mirrors with ornaments, appearing around the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, popular in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, declining in the late Western Han Dynasty, and disappearing during the Wang Mang period.
Part One
Han Dynasty Nebula Mirror
The nebula mirror, also known as the star mirror and the hundred mirror, is named because of its shape like an astronomical astrological sign. Because of the universality of excavation and the relative certainty of the use time, the nebula mirror has become an important yardstick for the Western Han Dynasty tombs.
Han Nebula Mirror
Collection of Baoji Bronze Ware Museum
Diameter: 13.5 cm Weight: 358 g
Mirror shape: round
Mirror button: Boshan button
Button seat: Nebula pattern button seat
The outer part of the button seat and the mirror rim are sixteen arcs inward
The main pattern of the back of the mirror is divided into four zones with four round of the beaded seat
One set of nebula patterns per zone
The nebula consists of six small and curves
Part Two
Nebula patterns and astronomy
The ornamentation composed of small and curves in the figure is the nebula pattern. The six small are arranged in turn and connected by various curves, forming a pattern similar to an astronomical constellation.
These nebula patterns reflect the ancient people's understanding of astrology, astronomy in the Western Han Dynasty has been very developed, people have mastered the movement of the five planets, and recognized the reasons for the formation of solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, sunspots and other phenomena.
The astronomical records at that time were also quite rich. As early as the book "Huainanzi", there is a record of "cūn wu in the day". It is the image of the sunspot. There is also a more accurate record in the Book of Han and the Five Elements, "The first year of The Chengdi Heping (28 BC). In March, the sunrise is yellow, and there is black gas as big as money, living in the center of the day. "The location and time of sunspots are described in great detail here, which is the earliest record of sunspots recognized in the world today. There was no record of sunspots in Europe until 807 AD, more than 900 years later than the mainland. Galileo only saw sunspots in 1610 AD.
The book "Five Star Astrology" excavated from the Mawangdui Han Tomb contains records of the movement of the five major planets, which is the earliest surviving astronomical work on the mainland. It can be seen that the mainland was the most developed country in the history of world astronomy at that time.
Some scholars believe that the so-called nebula pattern is still a manifestation of the cockroach pattern, which is evolved from the cockroach pattern, the breast nail is the mutation of the size of the joint of the dragon, and the curve is the body of the dragon.
Whether it is a cockroach pattern or a nebula pattern, it is not only similar in patterns, but also similar in connotation. The dragon itself is closely related to astronomical astrology, and the East Palace, one of the four elephants, is the Dragon Residence.
Part Three
The meaning of nebula mirrors
The appearance of nebula mirrors represents the ultimate concern of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty for astronomical astrology and the yearning for an auspicious and beautiful life.
At the same time, with its rich connotations, in the grand and majestic style, the nebula pattern reveals the aesthetic connotations of religion and secularization, reflecting the popular ideas and concepts in the society at that time, and becoming a mirror for us to understand that era today.
Today we are not only admiring the exquisite copper mirrors, but also talking with the ancients through the bronze mirrors, and seeing the social scene of prosperity, prosperity, prosperity and development.
It can be seen that only when the country is strong and the nation is rich and strong can there be vigorous economic, ideological, cultural, and artistic development.
May China be rich and strong, and unite the nationalities, so that this era can also leave a historical mark worthy of being pursued by future generations.
Editor: Liu Ruixue
Editor-in-charge: Zhai Huiping
Review: Kang Junjian
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