I was watching the exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum
The husband uses copper as a mirror, and can be dressed properly; With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. ”
The mirror has the cultural connotation of knowing the past and learning from the present, and standing upright. The crown, contouring, bun, powder, every move in front of the mirror are all manifestations of the ancients' self-knowledge and self-respect. The front of the bronze mirror reflects the appearance, and the back shows aesthetic interest. The ancients were also very particular about the mirror holder where the bronze mirror was placed. According to the existing unearthed cultural relics data, as early as the late Warring States period, people have used the bracket for the bronze mirror, and the bracket uses small bamboo pipes and hollow wooden stoppers as the main materials. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were more hand-me-down documents and unearthed discoveries. For example, Cao Cao's "Shang Miscellaneous Matters" has a Tao "Mirror Terrace out of the Wei Palace, there is a sterling silver ginseng with a mirror platform, a sterling silver seven, and a noble princess Mirror Table" four", "Shang Miscellaneous Matters" is the earliest document to appear the word "mirror platform", and it also shows the materials used by the nobles "mirror platform".
In the Tang and Song dynasties, the position of people's use of mirror stands has changed significantly. The frames that were originally used to sit on the mat became the equipment of the bed in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, people would place mirror frames on tables, and the folding and mechanisms were more diverse. Looking at the Ming and Qing mirror platforms in the museum's collection, it is not difficult to see that the design and shape of the mirror platforms in the Ming and Qing dynasties were deeply influenced by beds, chairs and screens, and their designs are fine and decorative. The mirror platform of the Qing Dynasty is regarded as an extension of the art of ancient mirrors. Although Western mercury glass mirrors had been introduced at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court nobles still loved to use ancient mirrors to illuminate their faces, and would configure a mirror table with a suitable style for the ancient mirrors.
