Cover news reporter Li Yuxin
Dazzling and shining gold objects, jade objects with great regional characteristics, bronze statues with exquisite shapes... At present, walking into the new Sanxingdui Museum, the bronze altar, the bird-foot statue, the top statue of the riding beast, the turtle back grid and other heavy objects are all unveiled, telling the thick and long history of this land, and reflecting the spiritual world and belief of the Sanxingdui people. So, behind these exquisite and mysterious cultural relics, what is the tradition of gold covering? Perhaps, in the narration of Wang Renxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, some answers can be obtained.
Wang Renxiang, researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, according to Bashu Books
On October 13, the 2023 Tianfu Book Fair opened in Chengdu, officially kicking off the four-day reading carnival. In the afternoon of the same day, a journey through the ancient Shu civilization was launched, "Sanxingdui people's spiritual world - "Sanxingdui: The Myth of Bronze Casting" sharing and signing meeting, held in the offline main venue located in Chengdu Century City, Wang Renxiang brought the book "Sanxingdui: The Myth of Bronze Casting" to the venue, from the many cultural relics unearthed from the Sanxingdui site, interpreting the vibrant and mysterious bronze world cast by Sanxingdui people.
"The discovery of the Sanxingdui site is very important, it should be said that it is a great discovery across centuries." At the beginning of the sharing session, Wang Renxiang was interviewed by the cover news reporter, talking about the original intention and process of creating this book. "So the first problem to be solved in the book is actually the problem I encountered. These issues require further understanding and research into new findings. I also did my best, hoping to guide readers to further understand the discovery of Sanxingdui. ”
"Sanxingdui: The Myth of Bronze Casting" according to Bashu Books
Approaching the "Divine Realm" of Sanxingdui man-made
Feel the extraordinary artistic imagination and creativity
"Sleep for thousands of years, and wake up again to shock the world." In recent years, the release of a new round of archaeological excavation results from the Sanxingdui site, the unearthing of cultural relics such as gold masks, bronze-roofed kneeling statues, twisted head kneeling statues, turtle-back grid-like objects, etc., has aroused the public's strong curiosity and desire to explore the Sanxingdui site. Therefore, open this "Sanxingdui: The Myth of Bronze Casting", you can find five chapters from the books "Man and God", "Altar", "Vessel and Pattern", "Shujin and Shu Jade", "Ivory and Others", slowly telling the unique ancient Shu civilization.
According to reports, this is a blockbuster new work in Sanxingdui research in recent years, including Wang Renxiang's research and thinking results in Sanxingdui artifacts and ornaments. These articles, which are published for the first time, include exclusive insights into precious artifacts such as bronze-topped figures, altars, screen seats, and jade changs unearthed from newly excavated pits 3 to 8, allowing readers to experience the extraordinary imagination of the ancient Shu ancestors from the book.
"The artifacts buried in Sanxingdui are the crystallization of wisdom and a precious cultural heritage that records the ideas of a region and an era." At the scene, Wang Renxiang specifically mentioned a word, that is, "divine world". He said that the Sanxingdui people created gods in bronze, and also created a special god realm. "Only by approaching the divine world created by the Sanxingdui people and the spiritual world of the Sanxingdui people can we have a deeper understanding of the art and culture of that era."
During the event, Wang Renxiang also combined a large number of exquisite pictures to conduct an in-depth and detailed analysis of the shape of the Sanxingdui excavated artifacts described in the book, and shared with the audience the spiritual world of the Sanxingdui people, the ancient Shu culture and its exchanges with the Central Plains culture displayed by the excavated artifacts.
"The ancient Shu man-made divine realm is majestic and ingenious, full of life and mysterious. Archaeological discoveries have found a large number of exquisite bronze cultural relics with tall shapes, majestic and sacred and strong regional characteristics, which reproduce the unique survival image and fantastic and magnificent spiritual world of the ancestors of Sichuan, and also reflect the extraordinary artistic imagination and amazing creativity of Sanxingdui people. ”
Wang Renxiang signs the book for readers by Li Yuxin
Start with the details
Recognize the deeper meaning of cultural relics
Thousands of years have passed, what do Sanxingdui people who have lived in the country of Tianfu look like? Where did they come from in this vast land? What is the tradition of covering bronze statues with a layer of gold leaf?
Looking at the table of contents of the book "Sanxingdui: The Myth of Bronze Casting", these topics that come into view naturally arouse the reader's strong curiosity. Take a closer look at these questions, whether it is a detailed interpretation of the ornaments in the cultural relics unearthed at the Sanxingdui site, or the observation of the birdman altar unearthed in Sanxingdui No. 8 pit, or the sun god ornament jade base unearthed in Sanxingdui No. 3 pit... Each article is focused on the details, leading readers into the deeper world of ancient Shu.
"I think one of the most important things about this book is the attention to detail." In the interview, Wang Renxiang also said that he believes that the interpretation of the book begins with details. "The details can sometimes see very important connotations, such as some ornaments, it should have a relatively clear symbolic meaning, we found the sun on the bronze ornamentation. There are also statues, among which there are statues of gods with fangs, which deserve special attention. Our attention to these details should be very meaningful for us to understand the meaning and symbolism of cultural relics. ”
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