Man for knife tricks, I for fish meat.
Many people know this idiom. This sentence comes from the idiom in the "History of History", saying that at the Hongmen banquet, in the face of the other party's killing intentions, Liu Bang took the opportunity to go to the toilet to ask Fan Duo what he should do, and Fan Duo said: "Now that people are knife tricks, I am fish meat, what is the word?" ”
This idiom shows through the relationship between the kitchen knife and the fish and meat that the power of life and death is in the hands of others. The "trick" here refers to the cutting board.
So, what did an ancient cutting board look like?
There is a process in which the shape, material and function of the cutting board evolves. In Jinzhou City, our province, a bronze artifact from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties was unearthed - the "Copper Bell Trick".
Brass bell trick
This is an instrument used by the ancients to hold sacrifices during sacrifices, and it is precious because under the panel, a copper bell is pendanted. It can be imagined that when the ancients were sacrificing, the breeze blew through the brass bell and made a crisp sound.
In the tombs of the Two Han Dynasties excavated in our province, a large number of ceramic "cutting boards" have been excavated. However, these cutting boards are not practical utensils, but rather bright utensils specially used for funerals.
Nevertheless, through these pottery tricks, historians can also peek into the appearance of the cutting board used by the ancients. For more information, stay tuned for this video.
(This article is reproduced from the Liaoning Daily news client, written by Zhu Zhonghe and Han Zhuohang.) ）
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