Baoji is known as the "Hometown of Bronze Wares" because a large number of bronze wares from the Western Zhou Dynasty have been discovered many times in this beautiful land. The reason is that in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, and even before the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a relatively splendid history and culture here. The earliest one belongs to the Beishouling culture in Baoji. At the Beishouling site, we have unearthed a large number of cultural relics from the transition period between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. No one knows what these cultural relics are and what they were used for. As a worker in the cultural relics field in Baoji, my father has done in-depth research on this and has even gotten a glimpse of it. However, compared with the breadth and depth of this culture, it is only a piece of cloth and an incomprehensible view.
There have been numerous discoveries of bronzes. Since they are relatively recent to us, and we can already see clues from many of the unearthed cultural relics, from an understanding perspective, we recognize Baoji as one of the earliest bronzes. Township, according to my opinion, this is nothing in our land of Western Qin. Compared with Beishouling culture, it is already inferior! ! !
Judging from the bronze cultural relics unearthed so far, the cultural relics unearthed in Baoji are mainly from the Western Zhou Dynasty, that is, most of the cultural relics from the Zhou dynasties since the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty. The most unearthed cultural relics include copper gui, copper tripod, copper plate, copper ge, copper pot, copper beans, copper pot, chimes, and daily necessities.
About 25,000 bronzes have been unearthed. Since the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty (54 BC), bronzes have been unearthed in the Baoji area and have continued throughout the ages. Its huge quantity, exquisite works, and important inscription contents rank first in the country and are well-known at home and abroad. The Maogong Tripod, the Da Yu Tripod, the Guojizi White Plate and the Sanshi Plate, which were once hailed as the four national treasures of the late Qing Dynasty, came from the magical and ancient land of Baoji. The nationally-famous national treasure bronzes such as He Zun, Zhe Gong, Qiangpan, Weiding and Qin Gongzhong more fully demonstrate that Baoji is well-deserved as the hometown of bronzes.
If you want to ask about the most representative bronzes unearthed in Baoji, it’s hard to say. The nine treasures listed above are all priceless, regardless of each other, because it can be said that these nine cultural relics are the most valuable. It represents Baoji’s reputation as the hometown of bronzes.