The Year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar is approaching, there are a lot of items about the dragon among the people, Chen Xiaoyou, deputy secretary-general of the Yangzhou Ancient Ceramics Research Association, said that he has collected old objects such as bronze mirrors with dragons, dragon yang (silver dollars), dragon incense burners, etc.
Chen Xiaoyou's collection of dragon pattern bronze mirror (1).
Chen Xiaoyou's collection of dragon pattern bronze mirror (2).
Chen Xiaoyou's collection of dragon pattern bronze mirror (3).
Chen Xiaoyou's collection of dragon pattern bronze mirror (4).
Chen Xiaoyou said that Chinese bronze mirrors originated in the Neolithic period and flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. In ancient times, the dragon pattern bronze mirror was mainly used by nobles and dignitaries to show their status, and the folk usually used plain mirrors. Chen Xiaoyou's collection of Tang Dynasty dragon pattern bronze mirror, the dragon body is vigorous, shuttling in the clouds and mist, simple and atmospheric.
Qing double dragon play pearl blue and white incense burner.
In addition to the bronze mirror, Chen Xiaoyou also collected a Qing double dragon playing with pearls blue and white incense burner, the incense burner as a whole is cylindrical, the unruly double dragon on the tube body, teasing the fire beads on the choppy sea, the scene is vivid and majestic.
Long Yang. As for Longyang (silver dollar), Chen Xiaoyou said that in the late Qing Dynasty, silver taels were abandoned and Western technology coins were introduced, so silver dollars and copper coins became mainstream circulating currencies. Chen Xiaoyou's collection of Longyang coins is printed with the date number and face value on the surface, and the whole dragon is printed on the back.
The dragon is an animal in ancient Chinese mythology, and it is regarded as auspicious among the people, so many objects related to dragons are made in the year of the dragon. Chen Xiaoyou said that this is also the reason why there are many dragon objects in the folk, which are used for various purposes, and even daily life items are often decorated with dragons.
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