Ancient Sichuan endemic a bronze dragon dagger

The ancients believed that the hemispherical dome, and the idea embodied in the ritual. The inner circle of this foreign Cong, whose main purpose is to Jide. Cong is the typical artifacts of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Liangzhu culture in Sanxingdui bronzes description of the two places there will be some early cultural exchanges. Sanxingdui bronzes and jade more round objects are: Bi, Yuan, ring.
These rather artifacts of the Central Plains and cultural features Sanxingdui bronze culture and the Central Plains and cultural ties have been more closely. These three objects in the most well-known bi, bi in the eyes of the ancients is the symbol of the canopy. "Zhou Li" will be bi as a "six", showing bi belong to one of the most important ritual in the ancient rituals. The bronze sculptureof this time still retains a certain real childishness. Is the largest nationwide found body Shek Pik, its diameter of 70 cm, 7 cm thick, weighing pounds more than the shape of the lid side of the wells, Shek Pik on the obvious traces of drill pipe. Shek Pik, the large diameter of more than 10 cm, the small diameter of only 23 cm, unearthed in the pit from largest to smallest overlay, such as stalagmites, a symbol of the group Luan peaks, there may be a Babel meaning.
The archaeologists found some spinning wheel of life such tools is taken down from the middle of the Shek Pik Shek core processing, can be described as the best use. "Zhang the Sanxingdui bronzes and a jade, Yu Zhang of the Sanxingdui bronzes into side Chang and teeth Zhang, front-end called teeth Zhang points teeth to split the bevel flat called the edge Cheung. In this case, the bronze sculpturesends out a non-reproductive and unattainable beautiful style. This teeth Zhang, choice of materials, the whole body glossy black, and 90.8 cm long, 5 mm thick, the edge part of the thin but sharp as new, the bottom on both sides of the shank fine processing of multi-toothed of Fei edges and openwork pattern , dignified and elegant. It is found that the country's largest Zhang residue length 1.59 m, estimated original length more than two meters at both ends engraved with exquisite decoration, flowing lines, fine hair. The etiquette of jade weapons, tools are an important feature of the Sanxingdui bronze jade culture. Yu Jian despite this forward a torn still precious. Ancient Sichuan endemic a bronze dragon dagger because of the shape of willow called "willow sword." The past, people have always thought that popular late times, derived from other regions, Yu Jian The Sanxingdui bronzes unearthed to prove that willow sword most likely originated in the Shu. The mix of superman’s mysterious history and the concept of the primitive religion lead the bronze sculpture to exude a serious atmosphere of fate. Now, some scholars have proposed a novel insight: that the willow sword called for many years, but it is the correct name should be called "bamboo sword". In fairness, the shape of this sword of view, than the willow like bamboo leaves, look at the Sichuan region and over the lush bamboo forest, and perhaps Ancient Shu Kingdom made this sword is modeled after the look of bamboo leaves made of. Sanxingdui bronze jade ritual which the number of Ge and Zhang (zhāng).
 "Ge" is a weapon, but the production of these jade Ge, fine processing, the body is very thin, do not have the lethal blade unearthed complete, as new, no traces of use, should be used for ceremonial artifacts in religious rituals or performing activities and growth momentum, while worshiping their ancestors, and calls upon the activities of the gods come for the evil town of magic. The characteristic of this era have been deeply cast into every decoration of thebronze sculpture.