In the Tang Dynasty West City Museum, there was a famous bronze mirror, which was called "Zhenzi Flying Frost Mirror". As a treasure in the TangXi City Museum, this cultural relic has always been sought after by archaeologists from all walks of life, and even in its body, there are still three unsolved mysteries. What's going on here? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
Chinese civilization has a long history, Chinese culture is even more profound, from the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, after the promulgation of the famous policy of "deposing a hundred families and respecting Confucianism alone", Confucian etiquette and religious thought has since influenced generations of Chinese people, until today. However, it is worth mentioning that under the impact of the tide of Confucian cultural thought, another culture is also brilliant, which is both Taoist culture.
The founder of Taoist culture is Li Er, which is also known as "Lao Tzu", whose representative work is the Tao Te Ching, which is a relatively profound classic work. The prosperity and development of Taoism stemmed from the admiration of successive monarchs of the Li Tang Dynasty. As we all know, the Tang Dynasty was the domain of the Li Family Dynasty, and the Li Tang Emperors, out of the need to rule, declared themselves to be descendants of Lao Tzu and enshrined Lao Tzu's Taoist ideas as the guideline. The way the Tang Dynasty promoted Taoist thought was reflected in many cultures, and the most "visible and touchable" was a "True Flying Frost Mirror" collected in the Tang Dynasty West City Museum.
The diameter of the Zhenzi Flying Frost Mirror is 24 cm, the edge of the mirror is eight-petaled sunflower-shaped, and the back of the mirror is divided into four parts, including a lotus leaf rising from the lotus pond with ripples of water, and a quiet and leisurely turtle on it. On the right side of the mirror button is a sage wearing a crown, sitting intently on the violin, behind which is a dense bamboo forest and new bamboo shoots. In front of the sages, there was a long strip of several cases, on which there were scrolls, brick tables, and incense burners, which looked quite elegant and leisurely.
On the left side of the mirror button, there is a phoenix with fluttering wings, which stands on the mountain stone and looks back at the two lush flowers and trees. At the top of the mirror button, there is a sea of clouds engraved, and its red sun is slowly rising from the clouds, and below the sea of clouds there is a field of characters, and there is a word in the grid, known as "True Flying Frost". Generally speaking, "Zhenzi" refers to "Xuan Zhenzi", a fairy in ancient legends, and "Flying Frost" is derived from "Dreaming into the Remnants of the Immortal Building, Flying Frost Ridge on the Edge of Autumn Jade", expressing people's pursuit and yearning for the transcendent world with music. It is no exaggeration to say that this bronze mirror is rich in content and full in structure, which is a vivid embodiment of the Taoist thought of the Tang Dynasty.
However, it is interesting that although the True Flying Frost Mirror has long been seen, the content it represents has never been uniformly recognized, and such a controversial pattern is the Sage Drum and Piano in the Mirror. Some archaeologists believe that the person who plays the violin in the pattern is yin Boqi, a famous man in the Western Zhou Dynasty, who is the son of Yin Jifu. Legend has it that after the death of Yin Boqi's mother, his father married another wife, but his wife repeatedly entered into rumors and eventually exiled her. Yin Boqi was sad, and immediately composed a song "Walking Frost Exercises", with a song Mingzhi, which made his father repent and finally execute his wife.
However, some archaeologists believe that the person in the painting should be the boya of the drum and the piano. According to legend, Bo Ya and Zhong Zi period are acquaintances, Bo Ya is good at drumming and piano, and Zhong Zi period is longer than appreciation, and the two intersect deeply. However, the good times did not last long, and Zhong Zi died of illness, leaving only Bo Ya alone, because the world was no longer ignorant of the sound, and Bo Ya destroyed his own piano and never played again.
There are also a few experts who believe that this person may be Sima Xiangru, a famous lexicographer in the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Xiangru was an outstanding representative of the cultural history of the mainland, and his life was erudite and talented, especially good at writing lyrics, so later generations called it "Emperor Wu's literati, Fu Mo Ruo Sima Xiang, Wen Mo Ruo Sima Qian". In addition, Sima Xiangru was as good as the piano, and was also praised by the people of the time, and was the best among the ancient piano artists.
Although the above statement is difficult to form a unity, archaeologists have formed a unity on one thing, that is, the true flying frost mirror is not suitable for placement in the home. Why? Because in the "True Son Flying Frost Mirror", there is the word "True Son", and "True Son" is "True Son", and Sadako is a famous ghost, which inevitably makes people feel cold in the back, and then respect it. In fact, removing this layer of superstition is also the same, because the True Flying Frost Mirror itself is a meditative artifact, and according to the traditional concept of Chinese, for such artifacts, everyone is afraid to avoid it, let alone collect it, of course, it will not be placed in the home, attracting unnecessary obscurity.
It can be seen that cultural relics do not all have personal collection value, and it is necessary to know its use when studying cultural relics, otherwise some jokes will really be made.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm