During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, bronzes prevailed in China, and many bronzes were unearthed. In the late Qing Dynasty, four national treasures (Dayu Ding, Shisanpan, Maogongding, Polygonum cuspidatum white plate), He Zun, Dakeding, bronze floating figure, wall plate, piece plate, folding plate, tiger eye and Ding Wei were unearthed in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, and many countries prohibited them from going abroad. Its unearthed cultural relics are collected in the Forbidden City, the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Shanghai Museum, the Nanjing Museum and the Shaanxi History Museum.
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Baoji became the "hometown of bronzes";
As the birthplace of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Baoji witnessed the peak of bronze civilization in China. Since the Han Dynasty, the bronzes unearthed in Baoji rank first in China in terms of quantity, quality and the importance of inscriptions. It can be said that the bronzes unearthed in Baoji are an important symbol of the Western Zhou civilization, and their production skills have reached the highest level in China Bronze Age.
According to archaeological excavations, the main features of Baoji bronzes are many pits, dense unearthed sites, many unearthed bronzes in Joo Won?, and many unearthed bronzes in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Judging from the objects themselves, Baoji bronzes are characterized by many heavy objects, many fine products, many inscriptions and many standard objects.
Therefore, a large number of bronzes unearthed in Baoji with age inscriptions have become one of the focuses of research. Before the discovery of Yang Jiacun cellar in Meixian County, there were only 60 bronzes and 38 standard wares in China, of which 15 were unearthed in Baoji, accounting for 40%. All the 27 bronzes unearthed in Yang Jiacun cellar have inscriptions.
Among them, Bi Ding and Bi Pan are standard vessels, with a total of 12 pieces of Bi Ding * *. The inscriptions in Bi Pan almost completely record the Wang clan in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which confirms the authenticity of the records about the Wang clan in the History of Ji Zhou by Sima Qian, and is a study and analysis of the bronze clan in the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
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