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Jaber pot
What was the dowry like before 2,000?
Why were they chosen as dowries?
"Descendants will always enjoy it"
This is the father's longing for his daughter who marries far away
The eldest daughter of Jia Bo, the king of the state of Jia
The day Meng Ji got married
The road is far away, and it may be difficult to see each other again in this life
Jaber ordered the people to build two pots
As a dowry for a daughter
This pair of pots has beautiful lines and gorgeous ornamentation
On both sides of the neck are a pair of lively dragon-shaped beast head ears
The corners of his eyebrows are raised and curled, and his eyes are shining
There are short 8 lines of 33 characters on the outside of the lid
The reluctance of a father to marry his daughter away
Unfold before our eyes
△ Inscription on the lid of the Jaber pot
Inscription: King Sui died in February and overlord Ding Hai Jiabo as a world Meng Ji Zun pot with filial piety, pray for long life, descendants and grandchildren forever treasure to enjoy.
Translation: In February of one year, Jia Bo cast a pair of copper pots for his eldest daughter who was about to marry into the kingdom, which was used to worship the ancestor gods and pray for longevity.
That day
A motorcade carrying a rich dowry
Accompany Meng Ji on the road to marry away from home
This pair of jugs and other dowries accompany the master
Spent a long time after marriage in a foreign country
More than 2,000 years have passed, and things have long been different
But the words on the jarber pot are still clear
A record of fatherly love that never fades
媵 (yìng) word record
The historical history of the marriage of princes
Writing on ancient bronzes on the continent
It is called inscription, also known as golden text and Zhongding text
The appearance of inscriptions
On the one hand, it reflects the progress of bronze casting technology
On the other hand, it also explains the text at this time
It has developed to a fairly mature stage
△ 逨 (lái) disk. The inscription records the history of the Shan family and lists the names of the corresponding 12 kings of the Western Zhou Dynasty, from King Wen to King Xuan, thus becoming the first complete genealogy of the kings of the Western Zhou Dynasty seen in the bronze inscription.
The appearance of the Jaber pot
Verify the record of Jia Guo in the Zuo Chuan
It was clarified that the rank of the state of Jia was a higher count
The political environment during the two-week period was mixed
Most marriages between princes have a strong political purpose
It has also had multiple impacts
(1) To a certain extent and for a certain period of time, the marriage between princes has reduced the war conflicts between countries.
(2) The person who marries brings the customs and etiquette of his country to the place where he or she is married, and promotes the exchange and integration of various cultures.
(3) Intermarriage between different ethnic groups has had an important impact on the formation of a unified multi-ethnic state.
△ Shanfu Ji Father 鬲 (lì) and Song Gong Luan (luán) 簠 (fǔ), both of which were instruments of the two-week period. Collection of the Museum of Chinese Characters
In this context, the yìng apparatus came into being
媵 (yìng) apparatus is mostly male elders
Artifacts made for the marriage of women of the same race
The instrument is often engraved with the word 媵 (yìng).
Including time, who made the instrument for whom, congratulatory messages, etc
They are not only documented
The historical history of the marriage of princes of the Zhou Dynasty
It is also an important evidence of many historical events
In the homeland of Oracle
Feel the charm of words
So far, Anyang, Henan
It is the first ancient capital of China that can be confirmed
3300 years ago
King Pangeng of Shang moved the capital to Yin (present-day Anyang)
It was the capital of the state during the late Shang Dynasty
△ Tortoise shell with inscriptions excavated from the oracle bone cave of the Yin Wu site
Anyang has found about 160,000 oracle bones
and the ruins of Yin Ruins
It is also a national museum with the theme of words
- Museum of Chinese Characters
An important reason to settle here
△ Museum of Chinese Characters
As a carrier of words
Oracle bone, Zhongding Yi (yí) vessel
Bamboo simple, wooden stalk, silk drapery
Pottery, jade, currency, seals, weapons...
They are in different eras, in different regions
There are different applications, specifications and values
It shows the evolution of "things in writing"
△Visitors watch the exhibition in the Museum of Chinese Characters
The museum also displays:
Original carved symbols unearthed from the site of Jiahu
To oracle bones, golden scripts, and simple scripts
Seal Book, Affiliation Book, Letter of Letters
Chinese characters all the way to the information age of modern society
There are also Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uighur languages
Zhuang script and other minority languages
And what they reflect
Splendid culture and glorious civilization
Now we can do it without hindrance
Taste ancient Chinese civilization
The role of Chinese characters is indispensable
This ability to travel through time and space
It is also the advantage that Chinese characters give to Chinese civilization