During the Spring Festival, this national treasure of Yunnan was invited to Beijing for a "business trip"

"Cows go tigers"

On the occasion of the old and the new

Yunnan Provincial Museum

There is a cultural relic with a harmonic sound of "cow and tiger tong'an"

It's a good fit

The Niuhu copper case was excavated from Lijiashan mountain in Jiangchuan, Yunnan, with a height of 43 centimeters and a length of 76 centimeters, and was a ritual vessel cast in bronze by the Dian people in the Warring States period. Its shape is skillfully combined by two cows and a tiger, the main body is a large cow, standing, the horns of the bull flying, the back naturally falls into a case; the tail is decorated with a tiger with a reduced proportion, the tiger is climbing, opening its mouth to bite the tail of the ox; the belly of the big bull is hollow, standing a leisurely calf, the head and tail are slightly exposed outside the belly of the big cow.

Photo by Xing Yi, Yunnan Provincial Museum

The Niuhu copper case is the treasure of the Yunnan Provincial Museum and town hall, and has a high reputation. And because the artifact itself has cattle and tigers, and the harmonic sound "cow and tiger tong'an", at the turn of the year of the ox and the year of the tiger, the attention is getting higher and higher. This precious cultural relic was also selected for the "National Treasure" cultural relics special exhibition, and during the Spring Festival, "traveled" to Beijing on business to meet more audiences.

Transferred from: Xinhua News Agency

Source: Yunnan Net