In China, the ancient history of the mind “cast Jiuding summer,” the legend is probably open the Bronze Age marks the first page. Xia culture, though still in the exploration, but Henan Yanshi Erlitou site represented Erlitou, that is, the late Xia Dynasty. For some bronze sculpture, like Jue of Erlitou culture, their level of technology has got rid of the primitive state.Some Erlitou bronze Jue, see marks from the cast, both inside and outside, “Van” as many as four, the wall thin and uniform, their level has been from the most primitive state.

China can not rule out early in the summer generation of bronze smelting technology has been mastered possible. Bronze established along with the emergence of early states, will naturally become a symbol of royal power. In these activities, the ritual bronze sculpture were important props on the altar. Li Xia Ding business legend and weeks, whenever dynasty Gaiyi, Ding will shift to the new primary. Spring and Autumn Period, the royal weakness, over-week sub-Chu border, the severity of aspirations, its royal Kay desired by the heart, is obvious.

The china bronze sculpture of Erlitou after the Shang Dynasty can be divided into two periods. Zhengzhou Erligang early Shang dynasty bronze culture representatives. Subsequently Hebei Gaocheng, Jiangxi and Jiangsu City, Hubei Panlongcheng, Daxinzhuang Shandong, Henan and other places have also unearthed Yanshi bronze over the same period, indicating that its distribution was very extensive. Yin Xu Yin period that providers Wang Pangeng moved after the late Shang Dynasty. Since the Pan Geng moved the Shang Yin, the strength gradually strong, especially in the Wu Ding period, reaching its peak. In order to meet its theocracy, the need for a large number of complex ritual activities. The bronze sculpture with heavy volume and solemn and mysterious ornamentations emerged in large numbers, and then establish the most prosperous period of China’s bronze culture. In these activities, bronze ceremonial vessels is an important prop on the altar, so this period of bronze casting process has made substantial progress, the volume heavy, solemn mystery of bronze ornamentation in large numbers, to form China’s bronze culture of the most prosperous period.

The direct successor of the early Shang Dynasty bronze Erlitou a number of features, such as the container is thin tires.china bronzein early Shang directly carried forward several features of Erlitou culture. However, compared with two bronze inside, kind of the early Shang Dynasty bronze device was significantly increased, such as tableware Ding, Ge, Gui, wine with MG, angle, Gu, respect, wine container, pots, and water devices are disk, glenoid and so on. There are many features in shape, easy to distinguish, such as the tripod foot multi-cone, MG, flat, body crude short goblet.

During this period bronze decoration, not as a pattern to the pattern lining, the so-called land lines. Mostly for decoration ribbon, and common Xianwen, Animal Mask, and Kui Dragon. Inscriptions on bronze sculpture began to turn up during this period. Animal Mask lines round to flow, very unique. Animal Mask folder to the strip joint beads up and down pattern, it was a popular design. Inscriptions also during this period there, began to have only a bronze on the words, to pictographic inscriptions characterized by family name.

Anyang Yin Ruins is the capital seat of the late Shang Dynasty, this was a political, economic and cultural center, is the center of bronze casting process, after the liberation of bronze found in the Yin Ruins are numerous.

The late Shang Dynasty, bronze tire wall are thick, objects types further increased. There are a variety of shapes and features. The chinese bronze full of patterns are very popular and most of them will employ the yunlei wen(clouds and thunders) as the ground-tint to fill the space outside of the motif pattern. Ornamentation is rich in content, more prominent changes, not only popular to spend the whole body is full, the vast majority use Yunlei Wen as land lines, to fill the space outside the theme of decoration, but also appeared on the overlap in the pattern of so-called three-plus spent flowers. Consequently, the splendid and over-elaborate style on bronze sculpture has been formed.

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