Can ancient bronze mirrors be used as mirrors? How to take pictures?

A bronze mirror can be used as a mirror. This kind of mirror is polished and patterned at the same time. On the bright side, you can show the basic appearance.

There was no bronze mirror with a handle before Tang and Song Dynasties, because the person who looked in the mirror had a higher status, and there was a special person to help him or her hold the mirror. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, because mirrors began to be used by civilians and needed to be held by people themselves, bronze mirrors with handles gradually appeared.

Early bronze mirrors, because of high cost and manufacturing restrictions, can only be used by nobles in the palace. It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that bronze mirrors became popular.

Bronze mirrors have a history of 4000 years. Bronze mirrors in different historical periods all have the characteristics of that period, including decoration, copper, shape, rust color, thickness and casting.

In order to ensure the true and clear effect of bronze mirrors, when the ancients cast bronze mirrors, the size and radian of the mirrors were strictly proportional. A smaller bronze mirror can see a relatively gentle curvature. The bronze mirror over 20 cm is basically flat, and no obvious curvature fluctuation can be seen.

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The development of ancient bronze mirrors;

More than 30 bronze mirrors were found before the Warring States Period.

With the development of the Bronze Age, the smelting and casting industries became more and more developed. Early bronze mirrors were found in Erlitou site in Yanshi, Luoyang and tombs of Shang nobles. At that time, only a few royal families and high-ranking nobles could have it, but the poor could not enjoy it.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, bronze casting was very developed, but the number of bronze mirrors unearthed was very small. Comparatively speaking, the casting skills of early bronze mirrors were poor, and the decorative patterns were simple and simple, far less rich, mysterious and numerous than the bronze ritual vessels of that period.

The mass production and application of bronze mirrors was in the Warring States period, especially in Chu State. The bronze mirror of the Warring States period is thin, with a small bridge-shaped or three-stringed button in the center of the back, and a knot is worn on the button for easy grasping. After the Warring States period, bronze mirrors were portable and often embedded in the exhibition rooms of frames and stands.

In the Han Dynasty, the bronze mirror industry became particularly developed, with exquisite production and rich decorative patterns, which sold well abroad and were found in Xiongnu tombs in Japan, Korea and Russia.

When the bronze age ended, all kinds of bronze ritual vessels gradually disappeared. With the evolution of society, bronze mirrors surpassed the early primitive rudeness and entered a prosperous period of more than 1000 years.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the bronze mirror manufacturing industry declined. Although there were fine products, most of them were practical decoration. Until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, after the promotion of glass mirrors, bronze mirrors were finally completely replaced in the Qing Dynasty.

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