The auspicious dragon in cultural relics: the special exhibition of 23 bronzes of the New Year's Celebration Album of the Music and Art Club

In the New Year of the Dragon, the music club congratulates readers on the new year, new scenery, and auspicious New Year.

The Year of the Dragon has always been a year that we are very eagerly looking forward to, the dragon flying in the sky is gratifying, the hidden dragon in the abyss can also guard the heart, reaching the peak is of course congratulatory, hugging the scenery is not beautiful. I wish you all the sincerity of life every day and the sincerity of life from time to time. Do the right thing that is difficult, gather the right person, follow the trend, and live the best version of yourself.

An auspicious dragon in cultural relics

Music and Art Club New Year's Celebration Spring Album 23 Bronze

Special Exhibitions

The Flower of China - The Essence of Ancient Civilization in Shanxi Special Exhibition

Special exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum

Pleasing to the eye

Shang Late Dragon-Shaped Look

Shang Evening beast face pattern dragon head Liang 卣

Jin Hou pot Western Zhou

About 1046 B.C. ~ 771 B.C

Chunhua Dading

Early Western Zhou Dynasty c. 11th century BC

Height 122cm, diameter 83cm, weight 226kg bronze

The tomb of the West Zhou Dynasty in Shijiayuan Village, Shiqiao Township, Chunhua County was unearthed from the collection of the Chunhua County Cultural Museum

Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasty Culture and Art Special Exhibition

Tsinghua University Art Museum

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After the renovation and upgrading of the Shaanxi History Museum, in the most conspicuous position of the exhibition hall to build a "National Treasure Hall", the museum has listed a list of the top cultural relics in Shaanxi, and the above 100 pieces (sets) of cultural relics will be in three months as a period, and will enter the National Treasure Hall for key display. The first to appear in the National Treasure Hall was Chunhua Dading from Xianyang. It shows the noble status of Chunhua Dading.

Chunhua Dading Dingkou is decorated with a beast face pattern composed of a ridge between the heads of two dragons, with a horn-shaped horn, round eyes protruding, and the mouth is curled with lips. The torso on both sides is wavy, the back is arched, the tail is rolled up, and the feet and claws are connected below, and the claws are particularly exaggerated, making a dance claw-shaped, full of dynamics). This kind of animal face pattern was popular in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and can also be seen in the collection of the Freer Museum of Art in the United States.

Kyushu bronze man shooting part

The Western Zhou single five-father pot

Ancient Chinese wine vessels, unearthed in January 2003 in Yangjia Village, Meixian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province

The pot is also an ancient Chinese wine vessel. The piece of the Western Zhou Dynasty has a single five fathers, a long neck, a hanging abdomen, and an oval shape. Rectangular sub-mouth cover, with dragon head rings on both sides. The neck is decorated with rings and convex strings, and the abdomen is dominated by protruding two-way dragon heads, supplemented by several dragon patterns with intersecting bodies. The lap foot is a variant dragon pattern, the lid is decorated with a ring pattern, the top is concave, and the interior is two dragons. The inscription is cast on the inner wall of the spout and its cover, and the inscription in the mouth is 4 lines, 19 characters, including 2 double runes. Cover with an inscription of 4 lines, 17 characters. The copper kettle has a beautiful shape, beautiful ornamentation, and exquisite casting, which can be called a fine product.

The Miracle of the Han and Tang Dynasties: The Origin and Development of the Chinese Artistic Tradition

Zhejiang University Art Museum

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