Divine Dragon: Learn from my spirit, splendid Chinese year.
New Copywriting: Since ancient times, dragons have represented extraordinary momentum, courageous spirits, and auspicious blessings in Chinese culture. Whether it is the dragon cultural relics treasured in the museum, or the crowds in the National Treasure Hall of the Shaanxi History Museum during the Spring Festival, we can deeply feel the unique charm and spiritual power of Chinese civilization.
This Spring Festival, let us taste the style of the museum's star exhibit - gilt iron core copper dragon and feel the charm of Chinese culture.
It's a dragon, presented in its entirety"s"The mane on the dragon's head is flying and the eyes are blazing, and the dragon's tail is folded back to the top of the dragon's head, as if it is fluttering from the sky, giving people a feeling of lightness and pleasure, and at the same time without losing the majestic bearing.
The production process is fine, the dragon's mouth is open, you can clearly see the long tongue curled up in the mouth, the front claw bone joints are clear and close to the ground, and there are two auspicious clouds on the body.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Yimiao "This cultural relic is called gilt iron core copper dragon, unearthed in 1975 in the southern suburbs of Xi'an City, grassland slope, iron for bones, copper for tendons, gold for skin. ”
Xu Dawei, a docent at the Shaanxi History Museum, explained, "It symbolizes the unrestrained and flamboyant aesthetic style of the Tang Dynasty and the superb craftsmanship level. "During the Tang Dynasty, the country was strong and culturally tolerant and open.
Tang Dynasty artworks present a positive, confident and optimistic style, and this radiant gilt iron-core bronze dragon is a symbol of this cultural self-confidence. David Xu said.
Dragons are imaginary creatures, and artists throughout the ages have created works based on legends and imagination to depict a variety of dragons, such as four-clawed dragons, five-clawed dragons, and some have been given characteristics such as beast shapes or wings.
As a sacred object, the dragon is depicted spectacularly in Chinese painting. There are not many works by artists who specialize in painting dragons in history, but Chen Rong, a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty, is undoubtedly one of the best.
His "Ink Dragon" scroll is one of the treasures of the Guangdong Provincial Museum, and his works are depicted in ink with majestic spirit. Chen Rong is known as Weng, who is good at painting dragons in ink, and his creation has created a precedent for ink painting dragons, which occupies an important position in the history of Chinese painting.
His paintings were later called "Soweng Dragons" and had an influence on the dragon painting style of many painters.
With the image of the Southern Song Dynasty dragon as the theme, the "Ink Dragon Picture" depicts the moment when a flying dragon leaps into the clouds, showing the momentum of soaring for nine days and dominating the clouds. On the screen, a large piece of ink renders the characteristics of the Southern Song Dynasty ink paintings, while Chen Rong's inscription poem echoes the flying dragon on the screen, showing the majestic spirit of the mountains and rivers.
The same place people's good wishes are the "Han Jade Treasures" of the Dingzhou Museum in Hebei Province - the Han Dynasty Green Jade Dragon Title Ring Valley Pattern. This ancient bi was unearthed in the tomb of Liu Chang, King Mu of Zhongshan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, carved from a whole piece of Xinjiang Hetian green jade, which is the largest and most complete piece of ancient jade seen in our country.
Its jade is translucent, the surface is warm and moist, and it has a bright luster, and it is regarded as a "treasure of Han jade" with its exquisite and atmospheric atmosphere.
This Han Dynasty green jade dragon claw title ring valley pattern is from the Dingzhou Museum in Hebei Province. The ancients believed that "the sky is round and the earth is round" as a way to express their reverence for heaven and earth. The inner and outer edges of the bi are decorated with convex and wide string patterns, which symbolize auspiciousness and perfection.
The grain patterns on the bi are arranged in an orderly manner, symbolizing people's desire and prayer for a good harvest.
The Dingzhou Museum in Hebei Province provides a part of a grain pattern bi **, which has a pair of dragon claw rings on it. The claw is a legendary dragon without horns, a dragon and a claw pass through the clouds, in the middle is a circular perforation, on both sides there are clouds and rain dragons and claws together to hold the ring.
The ring symbolizes fulfillment, while the dragon mantle shows the momentum of forging ahead. Reporters Yang Yimiao, Deng Ruixuan, Feng Weijian, editors Jia Zhen, Wu Mengtong.