This bronze tripod.
It has a mysterious "human face".
"Who is the face?".
Today, let's get to know each other.
At present, our country is the only tripod decorated with a human face pattern
Shang Dynasty Dahe face pattern square ding
Mysterious "human face".
Probably an "ancient god".
Shang and Zhou bronzes.
Animal face patterns are common, and human face patterns are rare.
And the four sides of this bronze tripod.
All are decorated with large and striking semi-embossed human face patterns.
Extremely rare and precious.
Hence the name "human face pattern square ding".
It is the only tripod in our country that is decorated with a human face pattern
Note: In ancient times, the tripod was a ritual vessel used for sacrifice. ）
This "human face".
He has a round face and round eyes, a big nose and a big mouth.
Who exactly is this "human face"?
So far, there are many mysteries and different opinions.
Gluttony?Zhu Rong?Chi You?The Yellow Emperor?
In addition to the facial features. There are horns on both sides of the forehead and claws on both sides of the chin.
"Human face" is actually a totem of half man and half beast.
Chinese prehistoric totems.
Half-man, half-beast is the most common form of ancestral god worship.
For example. Fuxi and Nuwa are the images of "human heads and snake bodies".
The green jade head snake body ornament is now in the Henan Museum. The figures represented by this pair of human-headed snake body ornaments should be the image of "Fuxi and Nuwa".
Thor is the image of a "dragon body and human head".
"There is a thunder god in Razor, a dragon body and a human head, and a belly is thunder. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".Therefore, experts speculateThis "human face" is one of the gods
Probably. The legendary ancestors of a certain ethnic group
A hero of a certain clan.
It could also be. Condense the spiritual sustenance of the tribe.
"Cultural heroes" created out of thin air
Names are real or legendary "historical figures".
More than 3000 years ago
The ancients also had a "dream of enjoying the cool under the Hexia".
This bronze tripod is also known as "Dahe Fang Ding".
It is named because the inner wall of the tripod has the inscription "Dahe".
The word "big" on the left.
A humanoid in a lunge.
Big, adjective, as opposed to "small".
"Great, the heavens, the earth, and the people. Hence the elephant in human form. —Saying the Text and Interpreting the Words
The word "big" evolves.
The word "He" on the right.
It resembles the shape of a plump ear of rice when it is bent.
He refers to all food crops.
The evolution of the word "He".
Dahe" means.
I hope that the rice will be harvested and the crops will grow as tall as people.
It can be seen that the ancients more than 3,000 years ago
There is also a "dream of enjoying the cool of Hexia".
Hexia Cool Dream" is used to describe the ideal pursuit of high yield of hybrid rice by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice".Dahe Fangding, unearthed in Shengxi Village, Ningxiang, Hunan.
Hunan has been based on agriculture since ancient times.
It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice".
The inscription "Dahe" can also corroborate with it.
I was almost thrown into the furnace as scrap copper!
The "bumpy past" of a national treasure
Dahe face pattern square tripod because of its uniqueness.
It was included in the "Third Batch of Prohibition on Leaving the Country".
Catalogue of Exhibited Artifacts
Although it is now a national treasure.
But there was once a "bumpy past".
The national treasure is regarded as "scrap copper".
Around 1958-1959.
A farmer in Shengxi Village, Ningxiang, Hunan Province, when digging the ground.
This bronze tripod was found.
The farmer who only knew that it was a piece of copper.
The bronze tripod was sold to the scrap yard as "scrap copper".
Subsequently, the bronze tripod was sorted into a scrap copper warehouse.
Almost threw it into the furnace.
Urgently recover the national treasure
Luckily. A fragment of a bronze tripod.
He was dispatched to the scrap copper warehouse by the Hunan Museum.
The staff who selected the cultural relics found it in time.
Follow-up investigations are urgently carried out.
Eventually, more than 10 fragments were found.
After spelling and repairing, only one leg and bottom are missing.
I had to use a "prosthetic" to top it first.
"Real legs" for "prosthetics".
After two years, the mutilated leg was also found.
The "prosthesis" was replaced with a "real leg".
Today, the bronze tripod has been restored intact.
Bronze tripod. It carries the ancient people's desire for a good harvest.
The word "Dahe" is cast.
It's like a time code, opening the door to history.
The moment of gazing at the mysterious "human face".
As if to tell us.
Hexia Cool Dream", has its own descendants.
Producer丨Tang Yi.
Producer丨Bi Lei.
Copywriting丨**Ni.
Vision丨Lin Qi.
Technology丨Zhang Yuheng.
Proofreading丨Zuo Zhongming.
Co-ordinator丨Liu Ying, Dai Guangyu.
Special thanks to Hunan Museum, Hunan Station, China Cultural Relics Newspaper.
Editor in charge: Zhang Jing.