Nowadays, people like personality, especially in the field of art, and often make some things that look strange, so that some people simply call this kind of behavior funny art. So, do only modern people understand funny art? Of course not, such as this five-thousand-year-old national treasure, Liangzhu Yuqun King.
Five thousand years ago, the national treasure Liangzhu Yuzhen King
When it comes to funny art, that's not the preserve of modern people. In fact, as early as thousands of years ago, our ancestors have begun to play funny art. If you don't believe it, take a look at a national treasure from 5,000 years ago, the Liangzhu Yuzhen King.
Liangzhu Yuzhuang King was discovered in 1986 when archaeologists excavated ancient tombs in the Liangzhu area of the Taihu Lake Basin.
Speaking of the situation at that time, it was really interesting, because in the excavation mission, there were many things unearthed in the ancient tomb, and when this jade was unearthed, archaeologists only took a cursory glance.
Found that the ornamentation on this thing is very similar to the face pattern of the gluttonous animal that has been found in large quantities before, because it has been seen a lot, so it is not too concerned, just let the staff take pictures and archive.
The Liangzhu Yuzhu King was found in the Liangzhu area of Taihu Lake
At that time, there was no digital camera, and film was used. But guess what? Something went wrong while flushing the film. The film in front of it was all unexposed, it was black, only this one was photographed.
And it was this one that surprised all the experts, what kind of photo did they take?
I saw a pair of funny copper bell-like eyes, which were larger than copper bells to be precise. In contrast, the nose and mouth are only a little bit, which can be regarded as extreme exaggeration. Crucially, the pattern of these eyes is something that has never been seen before.
So the experts quickly found out Yu Chun and studied it carefully. It is very interesting that this national treasure from five thousand years ago has attracted the attention of experts in this case.
The pair of large eyes of the Yu Chun King aroused the idea of archaeologists
So, what did the experts come up with? Experts found this pattern strangely outrageous. At first, experts thought it was an exaggerated portrait of a person with a vertical striped hat on top and eyes, nose, and mouth underneath.
But if you look closely, there is a pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth under the vertical striped hat above, which means that there is actually a human head on the top.
Looking at the sides of the big eyes again, at first the experts thought it was decoration, but a closer look found that these were the two hands of the person above, as if they wanted to grab the pair of big eyes, as if they could not start.
What does this mean? How can this pattern be so funny? On the top is a personal head, and on the bottom is a pair of large eyes, also with a nose and mouth. What exactly is this pattern trying to express?
The strange shape of the Liangzhu Yu chun king made the experts very confused
Later, through observations of other objects found in the tomb. Experts judge that the ancient tomb is a representative of the Liangzhu culture 5,000 years ago, and the owner of the tomb should be the high priest of the tribe, that is, the big man responsible for communicating with heaven and earth, gods and ghosts in ancient times.
With these as a basis, coupled with other relevant historical materials, experts have interpreted this map. This picture is not the common gluttonous animal face pattern in the past, but a fully shaped god-man-beast face.
This kind of image is extremely rare, the so-called god-man-beast face, wearing a hat, small eyes, small nose, and small mouth, that is the god! And from its two arms, it was bent, its five fingers were open, its head was constricted, and it felt like it was leaning forward, then it should be controlling the Divine Beast.
That's right, this pair of big brass bell-like eyes should be the eyes of the Divine Beast, and the following one is the body of the Divine Beast. The unity of the gods and beasts is the interpretation of experts, of course, this is only an interpretation.
The motif of the Jade King depicts the ancient high priest
For this extremely funny pattern, some people say that it is not necessarily the god who is controlling the divine beast, but it should be the embodiment of the human-beast combination. Or rather, it may well be a different face of the same God.
However, for this pair of deep eyes from ancient times, exaggerated and funny eyes, everyone has the same view. That is, it has crossed the ancient and dark consciousness of mankind, and is telling us about the love and fear of the ancient ancestors for this world, and their faith!
By the way, because this pattern is the only god-man-beast face that China has found so far, because of this pair of mysterious big eyes, of course, because this jade statue is the largest existing jade in terms of size, ornamentation, and craftsmanship, and it has thus become the king of jade.
As a national treasure, The Liangzhu Yuchun King is not allowed to go abroad for exhibition
Since 2002, the national treasure Liangzhu Yuzhuang Wang has been designated as the first batch of cultural relics in China that are forbidden to leave the country, and it can only be seen in China, which shows its weight.