Discussion: Xia, Shang and Zhou bronze cultural evolution and development of the **** the same characteristics.

***The same characteristics: bronze itself and the power of the king to do a close combination, free from the previous production process of rough, as well as the impression of fewer styles, a large number of adopted by the aristocracy.

Popular in the late Neolithic period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, to the Xia Shang Zhou artifacts are the most exquisite. Initially appeared small tools or ornaments, the Xia Dynasty began to bronze containers and weapons.

Mid Shang Dynasty, the variety of bronze has been very rich, and the emergence of inscriptions and fine patterns, the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, is the heyday of the development of bronze.

Vessel types are diverse, thick and heavy, inscriptions gradually lengthened, patterns are rich and colorful. Subsequently, the bronze body began to become thinner, gradually simplify the decoration, the late Spring and Autumn period to the Warring States, due to the popularization of the use of iron, bronze tools less and less.

Extended information:

Qin and Han period, with porcelain and lacquer into daily life, bronze containers varieties reduced, simple decoration, mostly plain, the body is also thinner.

Ancient Chinese bronzes are a great contribution of our ancestors to the material civilization of mankind, although from the current archaeological data, the emergence of bronzes in China is later than in some other parts of the world.

But in terms of the scale of use, casting technology, modeling art and varieties of bronze, there is not a single place in the world that can be compared with ancient Chinese bronze. This is one of the reasons why ancient Chinese bronzes occupy a unique position in the history of world art.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Bronzes