Sanxingdui unearthed a large number of "shapers"
Some resemble eyes, some resemble the sun, and some resemble dragons
It shows the worship culture of Sanxingdui people
Today, let's pass
Special exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum
"Gaze at Sanxingdui - New Discoveries of Sichuan Archaeology"
Let's find out what Sanxingdui people worship
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The "eye shaped device" expresses the eye worship of the ancient Shu people
Sanxingdui unearthed a large number
Bronze eye shapers and eye bubble shapers
Various eye-shaped ornaments also appear on figures and objects
It is proof that the ancient Shu people worshiped the eyes
President of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Tang Fei introduced
There are three combinations of eye shapers currently on display
The first is monolithic
The second is made up of two triangles spliced
The third is a combination of four right triangles
Tang Fei believes that it can be seen from these three combinations
At that time, Sanxingdui people cast bronze technology
Very skillful
Materials can be used flexibly
Achieve the expression of "completer"
The sun worship displayed by the "big steering wheel"
This relic resembling a large steering wheel in front of you
In fact, it is a "sun-shaped device" unearthed by Sanxingdui
It is one of the cultural relics that many netizens want to focus on
The object is centered on the wheel and on the wheel
Each has small holes for fixation
Excavation status display
The vessel was smashed and burned before being buried
Most scholars will take this artifact
Associated with the sun and sun worship
On other artifacts unearthed in Sanxingdui
Similar sun-shaped ornaments have also been found
Some scholars believe that the artifact may be
Ancient instruments for observing celestial phenomena and time
Harness the great beasts in the world of "gods and witches"
In 2022, in the No. 8 pit of the Sanxingdui site
Unearthed "Great Divine Beast"
It is the largest bronze divine beast found so far in Sanxingdui
Spelled out and found
The part above the Great Divine Beast was supposed to be
At the top of pit number three, there is a kneeling figure
It is one of the most peculiar objects in Sanxingdui
It may also be a heavy weapon in the temple at that time
The discovery of various cultural relics in Sanxingdui
To understand the unique cosmology of Sanxingdui people
Provides the most direct channel
Do you want to experience the worship culture of Sanxingdui people up close?
Let's come and see the exhibition together
Source: Voice of the Greater Bay Area