Henan Daily client reporter Zhang Tianyi
On January 26, the Hantang Network of the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Bureau reported that the creativity of the Tinder Terrace of the Beijing Winter Olympics Ceremony was inspired by He Zun, the treasure of the town hall of the Baoji Bronze Museum. This 1963 excavation of the National Treasure inscription on Jiacun West Street, Jiacun Town, Chencang District, Baoji City, records a historical story related to Luoyang.
The Tinder Terrace of the Beijing Winter Olympics Ceremony is an important image element of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Beijing Winter Olympics Ceremony Tinder Terrace is designed with the concept of "inheriting the heavens and carrying things", and the creative inspiration comes from the traditional Chinese bronze ceremonial vessel - Zun. The ritual tinder table adopts the curved shape of the zun and the pedestal is calm, symbolizing "all things on the ground". The top stretches wide, symbolizing the welcome to the olympic flame of purity. The auspicious cloud pattern gradually turns into snowflakes from the bottom up, symbolizing the spiritual inheritance of the "City of Double Olympics". The red ribbon flutters and wraps upwards, in harmony with the torch design. The colors of red and silver symbolize the fusion of tradition and modernity, technology and passion.
The creative inspiration for the Beijing Winter Olympics Tinder Terrace came from He Zun, and in addition to the beautiful design, the earliest "China" recorded in the He Zun inscription is also an important factor.
He Zun (何尊) was a sacrifice vessel made by a nobleman surnamed He in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Height 38.8 cm, caliber 28.8 cm, weight 14.6 kg. Round mouth prism, long neck, abdominal slightly drummed, high circle foot. The gastropods have a delicate high-relief animal face pattern, and the horned ends protrude from the vessel table. There are four ridges on the side of the body. The shape is thick and the craftsmanship is exquisite. The inner sole is cast with 12 lines and 122 characters, which record that King Cheng inherited the legacy of King Wu and built the eastern capital of Chengzhou (present-day Luoyang), which is consistent with ancient documents such as "Shangshu Zhaoxuan" and "Yizhou Shu Duyi", which has important historical value. The inscription "Zhaozi China" is the earliest written record of the word "China". As a result, He Zun became one of the first batch of cultural relics in China that were banned from going abroad (abroad) for exhibition and national first-class cultural relics. This year, He Zun will appear in the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Beijing as a key cultural relic of the "National Treasures and Performance Season" in the "Why China" exhibition.
Ma Chengyuan, the nametist of He Zun, the former director of the Shanghai Museum and a famous bronze expert, once wrote that the time and place recorded in the He Zun inscription and the words of King Cheng's admonition to Zong Xiaozi involved two major events in the early Zhou Dynasty, namely, the destruction of the Shang by the King of Wu and the successive creation of Zhou Luoyi by the King of Wu and the King of Cheng. This is a very important artifact about the ancient history of the continent. After King Wu destroyed the Shang, he proposed to establish a military and political stronghold to take advantage of his rule, saying that the geographical situation around Yishui and Luoshui was very good, it was the former residence of the Xia people, and the capital city should be built here. Therefore, "King Wu camped Zhou Ju Luoyi and then went", "Zhou Ju" is the capital of Zhou, and King Wu returned to Zong Zhou after initially building Luoyi. In the He Zun inscription, "King Wu ke Dayi Shang, then the court told the world: Yu Qi's house is in China, from the people", which refers to the importance and role of building Luoyi. "China" refers to the central region of the four sides of the world, that is, the Luoyi between Yi and Luo. King Wu explicitly stated that Luoyi was built to "self-rule the people", that is, from here to rule the remnants of the Shang Dynasty and the distant Dongyi and Huaiyi. After the death of King Wu, King Cheng succeeded to the throne, the Duke of Zhou was regent, and Wu Geng, the son of King Huan, launched a rebellion with Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai. After the suppression of the rebellion, King Cheng re-camped Luoyi on a larger scale. The first sentence of the inscription records the major historical facts of King Chengwang of Zhou's five years of moving to Chengzhou (present-day Luoyang). The inscription also records the prayers made by King Keshang of Zhou Wu during a sacrifice held by Empress Yin at Mount Song.