What is the significance of the discovery of Jinding?

The excavation of Jinding in the Western Zhou Dynasty confirmed the records in the literature that Zhao Sui's eldest son was granted the title of Yan State and stayed in the royal family, which filled the gap in the records of Yan State in the Western Zhou Dynasty and further confirmed that Beijing was the original fief of the ancient Yan State at that time. Jinding in the Western Zhou Dynasty became a witness to the historical origin of Beijing.

Cultural relic value

The shape, style, inscription and glyph of the Jinding in the Western Zhou Dynasty are completely consistent with those unearthed in the Shang and Zhou sites in the Yellow River valley, which shows that Beijing had a high level of material civilization more than 3,000 years ago and formed a unified whole with the Central Plains politically, culturally and economically. Such a huge and exquisite bronze ware also reflects the large-scale smelting and casting industry in Beijing and the high development of production technology during the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Jinding in the Western Zhou Dynasty is the largest and heaviest bronze ritual vessel unearthed in Beijing, which represents the height of the development of bronze culture in Beijing. Jinding in the Western Zhou Dynasty has been treasured in the Capital Museum since it was unearthed in 1974. Known as the "treasure of the town hall" of the Capital Museum.

Cultural connotation

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, casting inscriptions on bronze tripod was essentially a ritual performance. They praised Zude with a large number of bronze ritual vessels and cast dragon inscriptions, carved Ji Gonglie, recorded the life of Zhou Wang and passed it on to future generations.

It can also be seen that the bronze inscriptions in the early Western Zhou Dynasty developed significantly compared with the late Shang Dynasty. The inscriptions in this period are all important materials reflecting the social, political, economic, military, legal and etiquette conditions at that time, which have a distinct nature of book history. These inscriptions can prove ancient history, make up for the shortcomings of historical books, and are of great significance to our study of ancient history, ancient language and ancient calligraphy art.

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