Chief reporter of Jimu News Rong Yu
Correspondent Huang Min Sun Xia
The new "Harry Potter Universe" and the Hollywood blockbuster "Fantastic Beasts 3" are being screened in theaters across the country, and the ancient Chinese beast Unicorn shines in the film, allowing global audiences to see a fresh look. This is also another Chinese mythical beast that appears in the "Fantastic Beasts" series of movies after The Book of Mountains and Seas, which shows the love of "Harry Potter's mother" J.K. Rowling for Chinese culture.
J.K. Rowling once revealed in an interview that in order to shape the Chinese mythical beasts in her works, she consulted a large number of ancient books and materials, and finally carefully selected and designed these magical animals from the East. In fact, reading thousands of books is not as good as walking thousands of miles, and want to make more Chinese mythical beasts appear in "Fantastic Beasts 4"? Ms. Rowling can find more inspiration at the Hubei Provincial Museum.
Tiger bird drum
Speaking of the magical animals in the cultural relics, Chen Xia, a docent of the Hubei Provincial Museum, first recommended one of the "treasures of the ten town halls" of the museum to the Jimu news reporter.
According to reports, this tiger bird drum was excavated in Zaoyang, Hubei Province in 2002, the base is two Crouching Tiger with its head curled up, its limbs bent, and its back to sit on its back, and on the tiger's back stands a beautiful phoenix bird that sings and sings, and the most special thing about this artifact is that in addition to Crouching Tiger and Li Feng, there are two small animals that live and appear. The small beast's hind feet stomp on the back of the bird, and the front foot supports the drum cavity, and the hard-working and flexible appearance makes the visitors want to look twice.
Chen Xia strongly recommends visitors to savor this "treasure of the town hall", "it highlights the romantic magic of Chu culture, and is a work of art with both musical and aesthetic value." ”
Gold and silver alloy tiger-shaped ornament
Unearthed in the GuoJia Temple in Zaoyang, Hubei Province, the gold and silver alloy tiger-shaped ornament is about 2600 years old. Its morphology is typical of that of a tiger, with "S" markings on the body, feet, and tail of the tiger. There are 9 pairs of perforations on the tiger body, and the jewelry adopts hammer forging, die forging, punching and other processes, and its composition is gold and silver alloy, with a gold content of about 87%. This artifact is exquisite and beautiful, not only representing the noble status of the owner, but also carrying the auspicious and good wishes of the ancients.
Tiger Man-Eater Copper Wèi (wèi)
The Tiger Cannibal Copper Carriage, also unearthed in the Guojia Temple in Zaoyang, Hubei Province, is a typical "Tiger Cannibal" theme cultural relic. Looking closely at the details of the cultural relics, the tiger's face is convex, high nose, ample ears, and the tiger's mouth is open to hold a person's head. But if you look closely, you will find that the large open tiger's mouth is not chewing and swallowing, and the human head does not appear to be afraid, which shows that the ancients regarded the tiger as a god, and the tiger cannibalistic car designed was intended to symbolize the bravery and invincibility of the army.
Antlered crane
"Yo yo deer singing, eating wild apples." I have guests, drummers and trumpeters. "Deer and cranes symbolize auspiciousness and longevity in the hearts of the ancients, and this "deer horn standing crane" composed of antlers and crane bodies combines the auspicious representatives in the hearts of the ancients into one, highlighting the imagination of the craftsmen.
According to reports, in addition to the elegant posture, the head, neck and antlers are decorated with false gold patterns, the back ridge, wings, and lower part of the tail are inlaid with turquoise, and the wings and claws are also beautifully decorated, which is very suitable for the elegant British Hogwarts College to "gild" and let the human "Muggles" open their eyes.
Lacquerware pig-shaped box
This lacquerware painted pig-shaped box from the Warring States period of the Chu Kingdom has a unique shape and is cute and cute. The artifact consists of two small pigs with connected bodies, the pig's mouth is slightly open, and the two tailwind ears are facing backwards, looking well-behaved and clever. According to reports, this painted pig-shaped box is likely to be a portable lunch box more than 2,000 years ago, just thinking of "cute pet + lunch box", it is enough for the screenwriters to open a "brain hole".
Painted wood carved animal seat screen
This small painted wood carving screen allows future generations to see the magic of ancient craftsmen. A dazzling zoo appears between the square inches, and 55 animal figures such as phoenixes, deer, snakes, pythons, frogs, etc. are interspersed and interspersed, circling and circling, both interconnected and different from each other, and the forms are vivid, showing the interdependence and harmony between creatures in nature.
Painted wood carved Mandarin duck shaped box
Friends who pay attention to luxury bags, when they see this colorful lacquered wood carved Mandarin duck shaped box, they may feel familiar, and a luxury brand has previously launched almost exactly the same bag, which makes netizens sigh "when is the Mandarin Duck Reciprocal Report".
Don't underestimate this Mandarin duck, but it has a mechanism: it has a lid on its back that can be opened, its head can rotate freely 360 degrees, and at the highest level, it also comes with its own "tattoo": it has two exquisite lacquer paintings on each side of its abdomen, showing future generations a unique chimes and dance performance more than 2400 years ago - isn't this a proper magical animal? According to experts, this "little Mandarin duck" is likely to be a box used by ancient women to hold cosmetics or jewelry.
Dragon Beast Head Copper Ribbon (Léi)
Dragon Beast Head Copper Ribbon (Léi)
In addition to these "magical animals" collected by the Hubei Provincial Museum, the bronze head of the dragon beast that appeared in the "Yangtze River Wanliqing - Yangtze River Basin Bronze Ware Exhibition" last year is also worth ms. Rowling's pondering. The artifact is currently in the Suizhou City Museum, and the artifact is richly decorated and richly decorated, with a dragon standing tall on the lid, with its eyes protruding and its feet standing in front. There is a semi-ring ear on each side of the shoulder, and a small round carved animal head in the middle of the front of the shoulder. The heads of the animals are carved on both sides of the shoulders, and a group of opposite dragons is decorated in front of and behind the circle feet. This kind of high relief decoration is currently only found in the bronze culture of the Yangtze River Basin, and careful excavation makes every detail suitable for "Fantastic Beasts 4" as material.
Bronze dragon-shaped ornament
The "copper (kuí) dragon-shaped ornament", also hidden in the Suizhou Museum, is a cultural relic from the early Western Zhou Dynasty. At first glance, it looks a bit like the T-Rex that came out of "Jurassic Park", but in fact, people are just a good-looking decoration... "Fantastic Beasts" has a phoenix, will the dragon be far away?