Sanxingdui bronze welding revealed
The manufacture of Sanxingdui bronzes has always been the focus of attention, and while the process of making the bronzes is mysterious, what is even more shocking is its welding technology. Making bronze is already incredible, and being able to master the art of welding is even more impressive.
Today, we're going to dive into the technology of bronze manufacturing and its welding.
Archaeology is like a debate contest where evidence is needed to substantiate a point. The bronzes of Sanxingdui are not cast in the same period, just like there are always a few of the telephone poles that do not fall down all year round, even if they need to be updated.
Tracing the origin of bronzes, the earliest records come from 6,000 years ago in the valley of the two rivers of ancient Babylon, but China's carbon-14 dating technology confirms that 3280 BC to 2740 BC is the earliest copper knife in China, which is the oldest evidence so far.
Bronze techniques appeared in the Three Emperors period before 3280 BC, and although the technical level is not so sophisticated, they do confirm the ** of bronze objects.
Although the bronzes unearthed at the Linjia site correspond to the Neolithic Age, this does not mean that the history of bronzes is only so short, on the contrary, it proves that there were prototypes of bronzes in the Neolithic Age.
Compared with the bronzes unearthed in Sanxingdui, the bronzes of the Lin family site immediately made a judgment. Most of the bronzes excavated in Sanxingdui have been identified as the late Shang dynasty, so most scholars speculate that they were products of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, which is reasonable.
But before the summer, there must have been some form of bronze road, otherwise how could there be the appearance of Jiuding, which symbolizes Kyushu?
From the Neolithic Age to the Xia Dynasty after 1210 years, 3280 BC is the Bronze Knife Age, 2070 BC is the establishment time of the Xia Dynasty, subtract to get 1210 years, such a calculation should not be in doubt.
The Shang Dynasty was established in 1600 BC and perished in 1046 BC, so it has been 3624 years, and 3070 years forward, and the bronzes of Sanxingdui have a history of 5000 to 3000 years, but it is close to the late Shang Dynasty at the end of the age, and it cannot be said that what dynasty is close to is the product of what dynasty.
The bronze knife is 5304 years old, and Sanxingdui is only 300 years away, which makes me feel very puzzled. Why Sanxingdui's bronze casting technology has become an unsolved mystery?
300 years is enough time to improve and optimize, even if the technology was not mature at that time, and it is worth the struggle to make relevant bronzes based on the accumulated experience?
For the welding technology of ancient bronzes, many people think that they were invented by modern people, and it is impossible to imagine that the ancients had such wisdom. However, if the ancients really invented this technology, we cannot consider it as an outlier either, because the essence of technology has not changed.
Unlike modern people who read from left to right, the ancients read from top to bottom, but this does not mean that the reading is incorrect. Again, the ancients may have used more primitive welding methods, but this did not prevent them from succeeding in making bronzes.
It's the result that matters, not the process, that matters. We should not blindly judge the rights and wrongs of technology according to our own understanding, but should respect the experience and efforts of our predecessors. As for whether the bronze manufacturing and welding technology is still a mystery, we still need more research and exploration.
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