at the Chinese Archaeological Museum
The third exhibition hall on the second floor of "The Origin of Civilization".
I finally saw this famous broken clay pot.
The treasure of the Chinese Archaeological MuseumOne of them.
Zhu Shu text pottery flat pot
This is the angle above that is often seen on the Internet.
You don't know until you see the real thing.
It turns out that this national treasure has been broken like this.
The treasure of most museums is the whole piece.
Broken into such a piece of pottery
Why can it become the treasure of the town?
First of all, we need to know its origin and age.
to judge its value.
It comes from:About 4,000 years ago
Neolithic pottery temple ruins
That era was probably Yao Shun's era
The ruins of the Tao Temple. Xiangfen County, located in the south of Shanxi, belongs to the Longshan culture of the Central Plains, and scholars believe that it is the capital of Yao. The time span is from 2300 BC to 1900 BC, that is, about 4,000 years ago.
It is said that the ritual music system was formulated by Zhou Gong Ji Dan in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but in fact, the ritual music system can be traced back to the Taosi culture. 28 musical instruments were unearthed in the Tao Temple, including 6 earthen drums, 8 stinging [tuó refers to crocodile skin] drums, 4 special chimes, 1 copper bell, 7 pottery bells, 1 pottery xun, and 1 mouth spring.
More than 1,300 tombs have been excavated in the early days of Tao Temple, including the tomb of the supreme chief, and the special ritual music configuration of the Tao Temple leader is the highest level, including drums, earth drums, chimes, etc.
Its greatest value lies in the fact that there are two words on the body of the pot.
It is vermilion writing written with a brush.
This illustrates at least two things.
First, there was already writing at that time
Second, there were already brushes at that time
How unimaginable it is.
It's like what is written in the current crossing **.
Modern man has traveled to a primitive society.
He made a pen and taught primitive Chinese characters.
Let's see what these two words are.
The first word is.
Usually you can see the words from the angle of shooting.
This is a "Wen" word, the text of the text.
At first glance, I thought it was a patronymic character.
Because it's exactly the same as the current father.
But no, this is not the case with the oracle bone inscription of the father.
This character is very similar to the oracle bone inscription of "Wen", take a look.
I always thought that the ancients invented writing.
It should be that there are more nouns and verbs used in daily life.
In fact, this notion is very wrong.
The ancients invented writing, many words that we don't commonly use now.
Look at the three words Yao Shunyu.
It's hard to understand how it was invented at the time, and what it means.
Those abstract concepts.
It takes a lot of thoughts, a lot of thinking to understand.
For example, the word "Wen".
I don't know how to explain it at the time.
Look at another word, on the other side of the pot.
That's the red part of the picture above.
This is more abstract, what is this word?
So far, the jury has not been reached.
Some people tend to be the word "Yao".
"Wen" means "Wende".
The meaning of the word Wen Yao is that Emperor Yao is the king of Wende.
Very specially.
This broken pot is broken in a circle
It was painted with a red edge in vermilion
That's even more interesting.
This shows that it is likely to be when writing Zhu characters.
The pot was already broken.
Is it because this pot is so important that it is written?
Or is it because this pot is broken, so it is painted casually?
There are still many mysteries to be solved.
Continue to the pottery excavated at the site of the Tao Temple
The broken clay pot above is already a very rare national treasure.
However, there are even more important national treasures in Tao Temple.
That's the last room of the show.
It has been included in the "Catalogue of the Third Batch of Cultural Relics Prohibited from Leaving the Country".
Painted dragon pattern pottery plate
Four pieces of this dragon plate were unearthed (another one is sent below).
This piece is the best and most beautifully preserved.
The dragon plates are all from high-level tombs.
It should be an important ritual vessel.
It is a symbol of royal power and status.
The dragon may be the symbol or totem of the clan.
This animal has no horns and no claws.
It's like a snake, so why do you say it's a dragon?
Looking at its head, it doesn't look like a snake.
It spits not hyacinths, but rice or ears of wheat.
It shows that agriculture was the foundation of the clan at that time
It has a square head, a large mouth, and two rows of fangs that resemble a crocodile.
The square-like one on the top of the head, probably the ears (or antennae?) ）
Explain itIt is a combination of 2 or more species of animals
This is the basic characteristic of dragons
In addition, a beaulieu is a dragon that lies on the ground or coils in a ball.
Maybe it's the dragon, or the prototype of the dragon.
It isThe earliest dragon ornament seen in the Central Plains so far
Here's another piece.
The color and ornamentation are not as good as the previous one.
And the damage is more serious, and it has been repaired.
However, only this one piece of this color has been unearthed.
Then, send some more.
Other painted pottery bars unearthed from the site of Tao Temple.
The faience of these pottery temples.
Both the shape and the ornamentation are exquisite.
Most likely, they are all ritual vessels.
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