The New Year is coming, and the "Dragon" Gate Array of the Year of the Dragon is put up! Today, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, a bronze statue from the Western Zhou Dynasty and now stored in the Sichuan Museum is a bronze dragon covering the face of the beast to greet everyone! On top of the bronze squirt, the pouting "baby dragon" made a "milky" posture, cute and cute. It is understood that at present, in addition to Pengzhou, Sichuan, China has also found a very similar Panlong Gaiwei in Kazuo, Liaoning, Suizhou, Hubei and other places. Therefore, this dragon not only carries the beautiful meaning of dignity and auspiciousness, but also reflects the close exchange between the ancient Shu culture and the Central Plains culture.
Panlong Cover Beast Face Pattern Bronze Ring: Hello everyone! I am a bronze statue of the Panlong covered beast face pattern in the Western Zhou Dynasty, from Zhuwa Street, Pengzhou, Sichuan, and now live in the Sichuan Museum. Today, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, I hope to bring you the "dragon" Huafu!
As the name suggests, there is a dragon standing tall on the lid of my vessel. This dragon has protruding eyes, feet forward, and a standing ridge on its back; My shoulders are also decorated with two ears with dragon patterns, and my body is decorated with exquisite ornaments, including animal face patterns, kui patterns, phoenix bird patterns, etc., showing the typical style of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. When I unearthed it, a total of 5 pieces of copper were unearthed, which was also the first time that 5 pieces of 1 group of cellar copper were unearthed in New China. Scholars have found that the copper jar unearthed in Zhuwa Street is different from the cellar that was buried indiscriminately, and was intentionally buried by the ancients. Experts speculate that the cellar may be the remains of a sacrifice. They are large and four small, two or two pairs, this unique way of preservation, shows that in addition to holding wine and water, they also have a purpose, that is, the ritual utensils used in the sacrificial activities of the ancients.
Chengdu**Jinguan News Reporter Wang Ruyi **Wang Ruyi Poster Design Su Ying **Sichuan Museum Editor-in-charge He Qitie Editor Wang Qi.