The jade hall of the Shanxi Museum exhibits several pieces of Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Yuge, which are large and smooth in size, as well as carved, which are very exquisite.
Jade, although the texture is solid but very brittle, it is okay to smash people with large pieces, and it is really not a good thing to make a thin Ge Lai thorn, which is really not a good fight in actual combat.
The museum gives a schematic diagram of each part of Yuge, before only knowing that weapons should have blades, it turned out that Yuge not only had blades, but also ridges and diaphragms, and Yuge was also divided into two parts: aid and interior.
Yuge first appeared in the Xia Dynasty and was one of the popular jade ritual vessels in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, mostly used in major sacrificial activities, and was a symbol of power. The Shang Dynasty Yuge shape is generally direct aid, straight inside, with many holes, and some local animal face patterns, geometric patterns or carved characters. The Western Zhou Dynasty Yuge follows the Shang Dynasty Yuge shape system, and the phoenix bird pattern, the divine beast, and the god pattern Yuge are the pioneering works of the Western Zhou Dynasty jade, and the charm is sacred.
Schematic diagram of Yuge parts.
Shang Dynasty Yuge. The long aid has a blade, a triangular front, a straight inner single wear, and a diaphragm. The diamond-shaped pattern is engraved near the diaphragm, five straight lines are engraved in the middle of the inner part, and seven straight lines are carved convex at the inner end, such as a fishtail. The color is ancient yellow, with green spots.
Western Zhou Dynasty human head beast pattern jade Ge.
The tongue-shaped long support, a straight inner hole, with a diaphragm. The decoration on both sides of the interior is the same, and it is the image of the side squatting of the head of the divine beast. The word "Chen", big ears, and curved hair droop to the feet, one hand holds the beard, the thumb is a human finger, and the rest are animal claws. The long hair is as fine as silk, with 5-6 yin lines per millimeter, and the carving skills are superb.
The Western Zhou Dynasty bird-shaped Yuge Quwo Jin Marquis tomb was unearthed.
The upper part is Ge, and the lower part is the standing bird. Gui Ge supports the ridge, triangular front, with a side edge, straight inside. The bird resembles an eagle, with its head held high, its round eyes and curved beak, its abdomen slightly bulging, its wings slightly extended, its tail feathers reaching the ground, and its feet perforated. The neck is decorated with a heavy ring pattern, and the abdomen is engraved with a water vortex feather pattern, the shape is bizarre, and the color is simple.
The tomb of the Marquis of Quwo Jin in the Western Zhou Dynasty was unearthed.
Western Zhou Yuge.
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