When the bronze sacred tree was first excavated, I couldn't see the shape of the tree at all, because it was badly damaged, and all I saw was a pile of fragments. However, after an expert 10 years of restoration, the fruit and birds of this tree were finally completely restored. At present, it is the largest of all bronzes, with a height of nearly 400 cm.
This tree is called a sacred tree mainly because of the shape of the main dragon. When experts said that the dragon on the holy tree was repaired and connected, they found that the texture and shape of the dragon were very consistent with the tree and looked lifelike. At present, there are 9 birds in the holy tree, but experts believe that there should be one bird missing, and this bird is standing at the top of the tree.
And we know that there is a hibiscus tree in Shan Hai Jing, and the 10 sun on it is the 10 bird on the bronze tree. And the position of the sun is exactly the same as that of the bird. The bronze sacred tree also embodies the exquisite repair technology of China craftsmen.
After talking about the bronze sacred tree, let's introduce the bronze sun gear, which is a very controversial cultural relic. Because its shape is similar to many things, many people have different guesses about its use. Some say it's a wheel, some say it's an ancient shield, and some say it's a religious instrument. ......
Anyway, there are various opinions about its use, but if we study this object carefully, we will find that it has five awns, so why did the ancients divide the circumference into five equal parts? It was said before that the bronze sun gear represented the ancient people's worship of the sun. There are indeed such elements in it, but it is more about the ancient people's exploration of the sun.
From this bronze sun gear, we can see two numbers, namely 12 and 4. It stands for 12 months and our four seasons. It shows that Jinsha people at that time were already exploring astronomical calendars.
Let's look at the shape of this object again, and we will find that its vertex angle is just 36 degrees. Isn't this the height angle of our winter solstice sun? It can be seen that the ancients have long explored the different angles of Tai * * * in different periods, and the accuracy is almost the same as now, so it can be confirmed that the bronze sun gear is an ancient version of astronomical measuring instruments.
The wisdom of the ancients is beyond our imagination. However, due to the lack of relevant ancient records in the long history, we are not very clear about the achievements of the ancients in various fields. We can only use these cultural relics for backward inference and evidence. I believe that with the excavation of more cultural relics, we can find more wisdom of the ancients.