Brief introduction of bronze mirror of Chinese zodiac

This framed decoration of the zodiac has become the most distinctive decoration in the bronze mirrors of the Sui Dynasty. Since then, there have been bronze mirrors casting decorative patterns of the zodiac. For example, the mirror of the inscription zodiac in the Song Dynasty and the mirror of the four animals zodiac in the Ming Dynasty. , are masterpieces of bronze mirrors at that time.

Decorative patterns (patterns): the general name of decorative patterns on objects. Generally, it can be divided into individual patterns, applicable patterns, corner patterns (corner patterns), edge patterns, scattered patterns, continuous patterns (including two-way continuous and four-way continuous) and so on.