The Xunlei Digital Collection Platform Feitongshuyi has once again listed the new museum collections. This collection is a bronze mirror series launched by Xi’an Datang Bronze Mirror Museum. The Datang Bronze Mirror Museum is the only special museum in Northwest China with the theme of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors. There are 6 collections in the bronze mirror digital masterpiece series launched this time. The first collection is the huge Wancheng Yuren mirror and Yijiaren cloud and thunder pattern mirror of the Han Dynasty. Each collection is limited to 2,500 pieces. The reservation lottery is now open. Users can participate in the lottery by prepaying, and users who win the lottery will get pre-ordered collections. Users who do not win the lottery can also participate in the official sale at 11:00 a.m. on July 5 to buy the collections they want.
On the day when all sales of this series are over, users who have collected 4 or more collections in this series will also receive the collection of “Four Mountain Mirrors” from the Warring States Period. , feather-like patterns, etc. as ground patterns, prevailed in the Warring States Period.
The digital collections on different art are all cast and generated based on the Thunder Chain technology, and the digital collections purchased by users have the characteristics of uniqueness, non-tampering, and inseparability.
The collection shows the beauty of the oriental treasure “Bronze Mirror”
Bronze mirrors are splendid gems among oriental treasures. They have a long history in my country. They began to appear in the Qijia culture in the late Neolithic Age and were used until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient bronze mirror can not only be used for makeup and photos, but also the rich patterns and beautiful inscriptions on the back reflect the profound Chinese traditional culture and the superb casting skills of the ancients.
These bronze mirrors are beautiful in shape, exquisite in decoration and rich in themes; or in unique inscriptions and exquisite in production, they relatively completely show the development peak of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors. They have rich cultural connotations, exquisite casting and exquisite decoration, which are of great appreciation value.
The huge Wancheng Yuren Mirror and Yijiaren Cloud and Thunder Mirror in this collection are from the Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, respectively. The portrait mirror is a newly created bronze mirror in the Han Dynasty. It mainly appeared and became popular from the late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Huge Wancheng Feather MirrorThe huge Wancheng Featherman Mirror is one of them. The Featherman in the mirror has long ears, feathers on his body and feathers on his legs. Among the unearthed cultural relics, the earliest “feathered man” is a jade ring-shaped jadeite unearthed from the Shang Tomb in Xingan, Jiangxi Province. The feathered man already has wings on his body. In addition to being commonly seen on bronze mirrors, the images of feathered figures in the Han Dynasty also appeared in large numbers on portrait stones, including many scenes depicting the realm of immortals, all of which express the Han people’s yearning for fairyland.
During the Han Dynasty, the inscriptions on the bronze mirrors experienced a process of continuous change from less to more. At first, they were the common blessing words on bronze mirrors and tiles in the Han Dynasty. Later, bronze mirrors with long inscriptions ranging from ten to twenty characters were found. These bronze mirrors with long inscriptions usually have patterns engraved on the outer edge of the mirror, which are distributed around the back of the mirror. This composition method can make great use of the limited space of the mirror surface, and utilize the part of the mirror edge that was not involved in the drawing, so that the bronze mirror appears in a way that the inscriptions and images do not interfere with each other, making the mirror surface clean and layered.
Yijiaren cloud and thunder mirrorThe cloud and thunder pattern mirror of Yijiaren is also one of the evolutionary products of the bronze mirror culture of the Han Dynasty.
Airdrop the four mountains of the mysterious atmosphere of the Warring States Period
The Sishan Mirror is a typical bronze mirror in the Warring States Period, with a mirror surface on the front and a patterned surface on the back. The mirror body is round, with three-string knobs, a round knob seat, and a concave surface around the periphery. The pattern is composed of a combination of ground patterns and main patterns. The ground patterns are feather-like patterns or flower-leaf patterns, and the main pattern is a mountain pattern. The pattern of the mirror surface uses the concept of mathematical angle initially developed in the Warring States Period, which makes the mountain character pattern full of mystery.
Four Mountain MirrorsThe bronze mirrors of the Warring States Period do not have inscriptions, but the patterns are extremely colorful. In addition to plain ones, there are also single-layer or double-layer patterns. The division of patterns is very important, and it can be used as an important basis for distinguishing bronze mirrors in different periods of the Warring States Period. The four mountain mirrors in this airdrop are composed of four big “mountain” characters between heaven and earth. The sky is round and the place is harmonious and coexisting between heaven, earth and people. The patterns are delicate and delicate. When the cloud pattern, swirl pattern, and feather and wing pattern are densely covered, it is a vibrant scene.
Taking copper as a lessonCorrect dress
Tang Taizong Li Shiming wrote in “Old Tang Shu Wei Zhengzhuan”: “If you take bronze as a mirror, you can correct your clothes; if you take history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; if you take people as a mirror, you can understand your pros and cons.” Mirrors can not only make We reflect on the past, and we can better look forward to the future, and the digital collection is a mirror of technology that brings rich and heavy historical texts back to life.
In the follow-up series, there will also be reindeer pattern bronze mirrors from the Han Dynasty, homely wealth mirrors from the Western Han Dynasty, Yang Sui mirrors from the Warring States Period, and the valuable Fanghai Beast Grape Mirror, so stay tuned!
(Source: New Vision)