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"Tang Dynasty" in the bronze mirror
The Tang Dynasty is another new historical period in the history of the development of copper mirrors on the mainland, sui and Tang bronze mirrors have a new development compared with the previous generation, in addition to continuing to use the circles and squares of the previous generation, but also reflecting the people's lives and people's pursuit of ideals, auspicious and happy pictures applied to the mirror. The exquisite Tang mirror is the same as the Tang poems that have been passed down through the ages, and we will witness the brilliant Tang culture and the spirit of the times of the Tang Dynasty.
Qianqiu double mirror
Collection of Baoji Bronze Museum
This mirror is 27 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.28 kilograms, and was unearthed at The Bifeng Temple in Baoji. The mirror is like a blooming sunflower, smooth as new, and on the back of the mirror are two relatively auspicious birds of about the left and right, with long ribbons in their mouths, and the birds dance with auspicious clouds at their feet. The front of the head is decorated with a flower crown, the chin is straight, the chest is straight, and the wings are upturned, relative to the sides of the mirror button. There is a "thousand" word above the button seat, a "autumn" word in the lower frame, eight flowers around the mirror rim, and two streamers under the flowers and leaves below, so that the high-specification large-scale copper mirror is really rare and precious.
The bird, the legendary phoenix. Shaped like a pheasant but with colorful feathers, the world is peaceful, and it is a symbol of the messenger of the spring god and auspiciousness. The birds on the Tang mirror are not only numerous, but also vivid in shape and auspicious.
In this bronze mirror there are two exquisite ornate palace lamps, and the inside of the palace lamp is eye-catching and handsome, which means that the emperor has been living for thousands of generations and the fortunes of the country are prosperous. Why does the word "Qianqiu" appear? This has to mention the Thousand Autumn Festival of the Tang Dynasty.
What is The Thousand Autumn Festival?
The Thousand Autumn Festival was a carnival of the Tang Dynasty! Old Book of Tang. The Chronicle of Xuanzong records that in the seventeenth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the seventh emperor of the Tang Dynasty, under the advice of his ministers, Emperor Xuanzong set his birthday, the fifth day of the first month of August, as the "Thousand Autumn Festival", and "Thousand Autumns" was to bless the emperor with thousands of generations and immortality in spring and autumn.
Every year on the fifth birthday of Tang Xuanzong in early August, the whole country celebrates with the whole world, officials take three days off, and the people drink and gather to celebrate, and the capital is a scene of jubilation and lively birthday celebrations. On his birthday, Emperor Xuanzong would climb the Calyx Tower to be celebrated by courtiers and foreign envoys.
A thousand autumn mirrors
There is a very important program in the Thousand Autumn Festival: "Offering Mirrors" and "Viewing Mirrors", officials from all over the world should present exquisite bronze mirrors, and Xuanzong rewarded officials with bronze mirrors of more than four pins, which were called "Thousand Autumn Mirrors".
The Thousand Autumn Festival gives the group of courtiers mirrors
[Tang] Li Longji
Cast a thousand autumn mirrors, light born a hundred alchemy.
After the division of the group, the encounter saw the pure heart.
The ice on the stage is clear, and the moon shadow in the window is coming.
More long ribbons, pay attention to touching deeply.
This poem is during the Tang Xuanzong period, after the bronze mirror was given to the minister on the day of the Thousand Autumn Festival, Li Longji wrote this poem to record the story of the thousand autumn festival mirror.
The Thousand Autumn Mirror is engraved with the glory of the Tang Dynasty, condenses the extraordinary artistic creativity of the ancients, and carries the moving stories that have been passed down through the ages. Later, due to the influence of the Anshi Rebellion, the once-flourishing Qianqiu Mirror gradually withdrew from the historical stage. Although it has only been popular for a short period of fourteen years, the materials and craftsmanship of the Qianqiu Mirror are all fine works in the Bronze Mirror of the Tang Dynasty, and the extant quantity is rare, so it has more collection value.
Editor of this issue: Jin Wanying
Editor-in-Charge: Zhai Huiping
Review: Kang Junjian