The tenth episode of "City of Museums", the second season of "Chinese Civilization Discovery Season", exclusively titled and broadcast by Guojiao 1573, which has been brewing for 450 years, will be with you tonight. In this episode, Shan Jixiang and Wang Wei, the origin exploration instructors, lead the exploration group Hu Lan, Wang Yuheng, and Li Jie to the Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan Province, the Bronze Holy Land, to explore the brilliance of the beginning of civilization. The Yin Ruins are the starting point and cornerstone of the project to explore the origins of Chinese civilization. As a highly developed bronze civilization in the late Shang Dynasty, here we can analyze the five thousand years of China through various factors such as country, city, writing, and metallurgy. civilization. "Tracing the origin" of bronze civilization is of great significance to the inheritance of ancient Chinese civilization.
"Tracing the Origin" of Bronze Civilization in Fuhao Tomb and Exploring the Shang Dynasty
Yin Ruins is an important site in the history of Chinese archeology. It is not only the place where oracle bone inscriptions were discovered, but also a large number of bronzes from the Shang Dynasty were unearthed, taking us back to the Chinese Bronze Age. peak. In this episode, the exploration team followed the prompts from the bronze owl statue in the exploration box and came to the ruins of Dashikong Village in Anyang, Henan. At the excavation site, the excavation area was divided into a number of equal square grids. Various special symbols were marked on the walls within the grids, such as: T9717, F54, H4498... What are the specific meanings of these symbols? Woolen cloth? Through the introduction of Yue Zhanwei, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, we learned that the relatively rare bronze jue unearthed on April 13 was excavated at this site. However, the etiquette system of the Shang Dynasty was a system of jue and nobility. Why are there only jue but no gou in the unearthed materials this time? Stay tuned for tonight's episode.
Fuhao's tomb is the only Shang Dynasty royal aristocratic tomb that has been certified as not stolen since the scientific excavation of the Yin Ruins. Therefore, her burial utensils completely retain the combination of bronze ritual utensils that were buried with the Shang Dynasty royal tombs. At the Anyang workstation, Yue Zhanwei, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, showed the exploration group several cultural relics unearthed from Fuhao's tomb that had never been exhibited to the public and were made public for the first time - Fuhao Bronze Goblet and Fuhao Bronze Jue. Both were unearthed from Fuhao's tomb, so why are the sets of Gujue not consistent? A total of 53 vessels and 40 vessels were unearthed from Fuhao's tomb. With so many vessels, who is Fuhao? On the oracle bones displayed by Niu Shishan, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the word "women are good" appears frequently. What is recorded? In order to have a deeper understanding of Fuhao, the exploration team came to the excavation site of Fuhao’s tomb. 1,928 artifacts were unearthed from Fuhao's tomb, including 468 bronze artifacts, many of which are national treasure-level cultural relics. This is mainly due to the fact that the technical difficulties of bronze casting had been overcome in the late Shang Dynasty. During the period of King Wu Ding, the entire bronze casting technology , artistic modeling has reached its peak, and the special status of the owner of Fuhao's tomb has resulted in many cultural relics in the tomb being national treasures, some of which are even orphans, such as Sanlian Zhi and Oupang Yi. The length of Fuhao's tomb is 5.6 meters, the width is 4 meters, and it is about 7.5 meters above the ground. It is not large in size. What is the purpose of so many bronzes?
Visit the museum to imagine the Bronze Age and explore bronze technology
Sanjiazhuang Village in Anyang is not far from Fuhao's Tomb, and they are both within the scope of the Yin Ruins declaration for world heritage. When you stroll through the village with the exploration group, you will find that the walls along the way are covered with bronze decorations and oracle bone inscriptions. Many children here are familiar with oracle bone inscriptions. Shan Jixiang, the instructor of Discovery, impromptuly asked Hulan and Wang Yuheng about their knowledge of oracle bone inscriptions. Who recognized the word "qu" in oracle bone inscriptions as "socks"?
There are a large number of precious bronzes in the Henan Museum. Looking at them seems to see the prosperity of the Bronze Age started by craftsmen in the copper casting workshops from the Xia and Shang Dynasties. He Yuling, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and deputy director of the Anyang Work Station, led an exploration group here to learn more about the bronze culture.The bronze owl statue unearthed from Fuhao's tomb attracted everyone's attention. The shape of the owl, the front feet like a war horse, and the layers of decorations. What are the meanings of the shapes and decorations? How are bronze vessels with such complex patterns and designs cast? Tonight’s program will answer them all for you!
Chinese bronze ware has gone through the Xia, Shang, Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Periods and the Warring States Period. It has expanded from the original single wine vessel to all aspects of daily life utensils, occupying an important position in people's production and life. Therefore, many idioms related to bronze ware have been derived: aspire to conquer the Central Plains, Yan Jiuding, Zhong Ming Ding Shi, etc. Today, we no longer use bronze vessels, but the bronze civilization continues in our lives to this day, which profoundly reflects the continuity of Chinese civilization.
Who was the royal wife of the Shang Dynasty? Why are there a large number of bronze funerary objects in his tomb? Today at 20:20, watch the second season of Beijing TV's "Museum City" - the season of exploring the origins of Chinese civilization. In the Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan, explore the brilliance of the beginning of civilization and feel the charm of the bronze civilization at its peak.
