This feast led the participating citizens to cross the space-time corridor of China for more than 5,000 years, and stroll in the culture filled with thick bronze breath. It not only provides all participants with supreme visual enjoyment, but also makes them deeply feel the splendid southwest ancient civilization.
Many exquisite cultural relics on display come from five ancient southwest countries with a long history, including ancient Shu, ancient Cuba, ancient Yunnan, Yelang and Baiyue. Perhaps, most modern people will take it for granted that southwest China has been an inseparable part of our territory since ancient times. However, this is not the case.
In fact, as early as thousands of years ago, the southwest region was independent of the Central Plains Dynasty. Because the geographical location of this area is remote and the climatic conditions are special. So many ethnic minorities have been born, and naturally, the forces in this area have become complicated. Over the years, they not only have their own independent political power, but also have their own unique civilization.
Although the Central Plains Dynasty never stopped its determination to bring it into the territory, the special geographical environment and climatic conditions endowed it with unique advantages and kept it independent all the time.
It can be said that it is precisely because of this independence that it successfully bred its own ancient civilization.
Well, having said so much, it seems a bit off topic. Next, let's see how the museum reveals the so-called "historical records" through these silent cultural relics. Southwest ancient country? The mystery of.
When entering the exhibition hall, the first thing that catches everyone's eye must be a bronze head unearthed from Sanxingdui site. In addition, there is a bronze bird in Jinsha, which is also very eye-catching. Then, let's talk about this head. There are many similarities between this cultural relic and our current head portrait. From this cultural relic, we can not only clearly distinguish human facial features, but also clearly see the holes in the earlobe.
Moreover, the meaning represented by this person's head is also controversial. Among them, some experts said: The bronze statue of Sanxingdui is a group of worshiped authorities and idols, which not only symbolizes gods, territories and ancestors, but also represents secular leaders or spiritual leaders such as kings and wizards, and shows the social form and group relationship of the ancient Shu people's unity of god and politics and religion. ?
After talking about heads, let's talk about bronze birds. In ancient China, there was a phenomenon of totem worship in many countries, and among the totems worshipped by people, the totems related to birds were not uncommon. ? The mysterious bird of destiny, born in business? Is one of the most typical representatives. In addition, there are also many descriptions of god birds in many ancient books.
It can be said that for the people of ancient Shu, birds are unique mascots in their hearts. The bird is very unique in appearance and appearance, with its head held high and its eyes bright. Although its wings are tightly attached to its back, its tail is slightly upturned. Generally speaking, it gives people a lively feeling. And its tail droops slightly, giving people a feeling of being somewhat tame. Moreover, its casting technology is superb, and the whole appearance gives a vivid feeling.
These two cultural relics are typical representatives of ancient Shu culture, representing the ancient Shu people's awe of nature and enthusiasm for life.
Next, let's talk about the ancient Dian culture. Geographically, the ancient Dian kingdom is located in Yunnan. Among the exhibits provided by Yunnan Provincial Museum, the most representative one is a bronze container depicting the hunting scene of ancient working people beating drums. This is a beautifully made shell container, and the scenes described above are not only detailed in character description, but also give people an immersive feeling.
As one of the business cards of Jinning County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, the ancient Dian culture is a national culture with strong local characteristics and distinctive national characteristics, which was formed from the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, centering on Dianchi Lake, and integrating the neighboring brother national cultures, the Central Plains Han culture, the Chu culture and foreign cultures.
From these detailed descriptions, we seem to feel that the life scenes of ancient Yunnan people are close at hand. This is not the only cultural relic that reflects the ancient Dian culture, but it is the most representative one. It makes us deeply feel the life breath of ancient Yunnan people, and at the same time, it also makes us feel the profoundness of its culture.
Next, what caught our attention was a name called. Hook? Cultural relics. Although this cultural relic is small in size, it plays a significant role. This is a cultural relic with a long history. Legend has it that it first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it has been widely circulated in the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties. At first, it existed as a hook on a belt. At the beginning, it was mostly cast in bronze, and in the later period, there were hooks made of jade and other materials.
What we are going to talk about today is a bronze hook, which is actually a status symbol in that hierarchical society. If you are not a member of the royal family or an aristocrat, you are not qualified to wear this kind of jewelry at all.
And with the development of the times, people at that time also got great improvement in casting technology. At first, its style was very simple, but with the development of hook culture, its style and modeling have also been greatly improved. Among them, hooks with different styles and materials show the different identities of the owner.
Today, what we see in the exhibition hall is a bronze hook in the shape of a bird and an animal. Other museums, on the other hand, use different animal shapes as prototypes and display them with hooks, and all kinds of animal-shaped cultural relics are brought together with hooks, showing the rich and colorful ancient civilizations in Southwest China. At the same time, this exhibition also adopts the way of combining cultural relics with academic argumentation.
They take the relevant historical records in Historical Records as clues and correspond to these cultural relics one by one to prove the accuracy of the statement in the book. They put the cultural relics of different ancient countries in the same exhibition hall, so that people can clearly feel the rich cultural connotation behind them in this small world, and at the same time, they can appreciate the richness and diversity of ancient cultures.
Usually, stories full of legends are often the most touching, and these cultural relics are full of such legends. This exhibition is not only rich in exhibits, but also rich in forms. It opened a brand-new door to our cognition, let us know a different southwest, and let us know more about those ancient civilizations outside the Central Plains civilization. At this point, the mystery of southwest ancient civilization has been completely solved by us. Seeing this, I think everyone's doubts can be solved one by one.