The Characteristics of Ancient Chinese bronze sculpture
All of the ancient civilization in world history research, must be based primarily on the archaeological results, such as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc., are like this. One rectangular-shaped bronze sculpture (an ancient cooking tripod with hollow legs) looks like three steamers standing on a long table. Archaeological discoveries is to study the origins of bronze first-hand information, and is the most important basis. Ancient Chinese bronzes is characterized by:
Large. How many Chinese bronzes. Not done a precise calculation, the number is too large because it is difficult to ascertain. Yin Ruins: the Yin Ruins after 1949 bronze ritual vessels have been unearthed more than 1,000 pieces of weapons about 3000, of which the most important discovery in 1976 to explore the tomb of Fu Hao, the bronze tomb of a total of over 460 m of soil, of which ritual 210, 130 pieces of weapons, while musical instruments, tools, life Appliances and so on. Three ring-like oven holes on the table support the china bronze sculpture. The tomb; soil bronze estimated total weight of 1,600 kg. Terms of the Shaanxi Province, from October 1949 to 1979, three decades has unearthed more than three thousand pieces of the Shang and Zhou bronzes. December 1976 Fufeng Micro’s family village unearthed bronze base, a cache of buried 103 fine on the bronze.
Who has a bronze from the Han Dynasty, only a bronze inscription on a million pieces. Of course, there are few inscriptions of the bronze, in turn, projections, coupled with no inscriptions of the bronze, their number can imagine. Existing number can be said tens of thousands. In this way, the bronze sculptureis not only paced stably, but the china bronze sculpture is also possible to warm and cook three pots of rice. Complete Works of Chinese bronzes, 16, the museum focused on the essence of home and abroad, a collection of 3000 pieces of fine bronze. Wide variety of uniquely shaped. There are ancient bronze wine vessel, food control, water control, musical instruments, weapons, tools and small tools, traveling, all kinds of life equipment, money, seals, etc. There is only wine MG, angle, goblet, fresh, statue, pot, wine container, square Yi, Gong, sin, Yu and other kinds of more than twenty devices.
And each device planted in every age presents a different style, the same device types of the same era is also colorful style, and different parts of bronze are also different, as if the blossom, and colorful. Thus the bronze with a high ornamental value, the more interesting of appreciation, more attractive. The two ears of the bronze sculpture are both shaped in the animal head. Mix, the production superb. Ancient Chinese bronzes to the number of world renowned not win, the key lies in its quality. Chinese bronze quality extremely high. Especially in the business end of weekly, at the peak stage of manufacture of bronze, with its superb production, Rose different shape, pattern of harassment, magnificent and beloved for the collectors. Of course, there are many spring ring war novel and unique style of bronze. Bronze is different from the bones, it has a complex shape, colorful patterns, increased its artistic ornamental.
Large geographical span. Styles. The bulk of Chinese bronzes in the Central Plains region, which we usually refer to Huaxia living areas, such as Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other areas. But it goes far beyond the scope of the distribution of the Central Plains region, from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River, from the northeast to Guangdong, from Tibet to the East China Sea fishing island. Bronzes have been found. And because the cultural differences, they show their own unique artistic style. There is a circle of pan dragon pattern decorated around the frame of the bronze sculpture, intermixed with round swirl pattern under which is the pattern of drooping leaf.
For example, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi and Inner Loop of bronze, which we previously called the Ordos culture of bronze, bronze is different from many Central Plains. The decorations on this bronze sculpture are rather fabulous. Like the first sheep, horses first, the first deer like animal heads as decoration, as well as daggers, knives and decorative boards, unique. Another example Sanxingdui bronze human head was weird charm of the ancient Shu State. They reflect the diversity of Chinese bronze culture and nationality.

