The Three Great Shang and Zhou Bronze Round Tripods Gather with Heavy Weapons, Shining to the State Museum
On September 14, the "Ceremony and Ten Thousand Square Special Exhibition of Bronze Ding in Shang and Zhou Dynasties" opened in the National Museum of China. This exhibition has collected nearly 40 bronze ritual vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, among which the Zilong Ding and Da Yu ding collected by the National Museum and the Da Ke ding from Shanghai Museum jointly appeared. These three Ding are classics of ancient Chinese bronze Ding.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese modern archaeology, and the National Museum and the Shanghai Museum jointly celebrate the event. This exhibition brings together nearly 40 representative bronze ritual vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Combining ceramic models and full shape development, it comprehensively presents the bronze ritual civilization of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties from the tripod system, Plastic arts, decorative patterns, inscription content, production technology, etc.
This exhibition is divided into three units: the first unit is "the respect of round tripod", which focuses on the three most representative bronze round tripods in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties - Zilong tripod, Da Yu ding and Da Ke ding from the Shanghai Museum, which can be called "the respect of round tripod" based on their size and connotation; The second unit "Seeing Everything from a Ding" focuses on cultural relics such as Ding, Gui, Nangong Liu Ding, Yu Ding, Yu Ding, Ren Ding, Zha Bo Ding, etc; The third unit, "Jijin Relics", shows several full forms of Da Yu ding, Da Ke ding and Mao Gong ding, which were born in different historical periods. They have special significance and value in understanding the history of the collection and spread of these three bronze heavy objects, studying their inscriptions and appreciating their writing arts.
Bronze tripods, as the core type of bronze ritual vessels in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, not only carry various connotations such as identity, hierarchy, etiquette, culture, etc., but also reflect the political concepts and aesthetic arts of that era. The inscriptions cast on the tripods have also become important material evidence of historical events and political systems. According to the Beiqing Beijing headline reporter, among the large bronze round tripods of the Shang Dynasty seen at present, the Zilong tripod in the National Museum of China is the largest; In the Zhou Dynasty, the Da Yu ding in the National Museum of China, the Da Ke ding in the Shanghai Museum and the Mao Gong ding in the Palace Museum are the most famous large-scale bronze round Ding.
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