History of the Tripod

Scholars have confirmed that the first mountain in today's Lingbao City, Henan Province, West, and the Yellow Emperor casting tripod Jing Hill casting, is in Lingbao City, Yangping Town, near the casting of the original.

People eat for days, pottery tripod since it is the earliest people's cooking utensils, it is the most common and most important utensils in people's social life, so people have a deep affection for the tripod.

Since the emergence of copper tripods, and has become a cooking livestock jail to sacrifice to the gods of the sacrificial vessels.

The ancients lacked scientific knowledge and were still weak in front of nature, so they prayed for the blessing of the gods through sacrifices to achieve the purpose of turning misfortune into good fortune.

In this way, the bronze tripod has a sacred meaning.

:GC%P/uiznR Although the Yellow Emperor cast bronze tripods, so far not found, and even to the Xia Dynasty has not yet seen the bronze tripods unearthed.

However, due to the equivalent of the Yellow Emperor's era of Yangshao culture in the middle and late copper fragments have been found, the casting of copper tripods completely have the technical conditions, at that time, imitation of the shape of ceramic tripods pouring copper tripods is credible.

In addition, the Shang Dynasty found many bronze tripods, in the pre-Shang Dynasty capital - Zhengzhou Mall has found a pair of nearly 1-meter-high large square tripods, and in the late Shang Dynasty capital - Yinxu found a larger "Simusu" tripod, the casting technology is perfect, thus proving that the casting of bronze tripods, when it can be pushed back to the Xia Dynasty, or even earlier.

Early bronze imitated pottery, and in the Shang Dynasty, pottery in turn imitated bronze, which is proved by archaeological data.

Of course, the three bronze tripods cast by the Yellow Emperor, "like heaven, earth, and man", should be cast on the bronze tripods with three different decorations symbolizing heaven, earth, and man.

However, it should be said that, through the copper tripod cooking meat sacrifices to the gods, so that people as the main body of the gods of heaven and earth, that is, people can pass the gods, the gods can be blessed, so that heaven and earth into one, with a deep philosophical meaning.

As for the "tripod has become, there are dragons hanging beard down to meet the Yellow Emperor" "on the sky", is a reflection of the Western Han Dynasty Taoism, so-called "immortal" a reflection of the idea of casting the tripod has nothing to do, but the bronze tripod as a sacrifice to the gods of the treasures, there is a sacred significance.

|O0P&mt2gR The tripod is also closely related to the civilization of our ancestors.

It has already been shown that the tripod was one of the earliest cooking vessels.

Cooking porridge and rice with a ceramic tripod is not only conducive to gastrointestinal health and nutrient absorption, but also promotes the development of people's minds and civilized consciousness, and the tripod is a symbol of privilege in the social life of the aristocrats of the ancient times.

Slave-owning aristocrats monopolized the bronze tripods and other sacrificial treasures and sacrificial rights, or their daily life using the main vessels, the so-called "bells and tripods" is a reflection of reality.

At the same time, there were different levels of privilege among the slave-owning aristocracy, and the use of bronze tripods was one of the symbols of the difference.

In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a difference in the number of tripods used, such as "nine tripods for the son of heaven, seven for the vassals, five for the ministers, and three for the first sergeants".

This difference in rank has been confirmed in the Zhou Dynasty tomb archaeology.

It can be seen that the copper tripod has become one of the important symbols of the civilization of the ancient society.

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The bronze tripods have an even more sacred significance, that is, they are a symbol of state power.

I China, since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, that is the symbol of state power.

I China, since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the bronze tripod as the national treasure.

Although, the Xia Dynasty has not found the copper tripod, but according to the "Historical Records. Fengchan book" said "Yu collected nine pastoral gold, cast nine tripods", I'm afraid it is not a fiction, there should be this.

The large square tripods found in the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, are the most of the same period of bronze, should be the royal treasure.

The so-called "tripod should be seen in the ancestor, hidden in the imperial court", indicating that only the royal family has the right to own and use.

Over time, the tripod became a symbol of the state ***.

As late as the Spring and Autumn period, there was such a sacred meaning.

At that time, the tripod became a national weapon, a country lost the tripod, that is, equal to the country's demise, and for the enemy, but also efforts to seize each other's tripod and other national weapons.

In this context, there is the story of King Zhuang of Chu sending people to "ask for the nine tripods" when he was attacking Luhun, as recorded in the Zhou Benji.

"Ask the Nine Cauldrons" is an attempt by the powerful vassal state of Chu to challenge the Zhou Emperor and attempt to seize the Zhou throne.

Here, the Nine Cauldrons clearly symbolize the power of the state.

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the Zhou royal family was weakened, and the vassals fought for a long time for supremacy, only to fight for the ***, to replace the Zhou king and rule the world.

It is the so-called "Ding Ding Zhongyuan", that is, in the Central Plains of the world, that is, the establishment of the meaning of the country.

The tripod was regarded as a symbol of the state ***, and it was given the most sacred social significance by the people.

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The feudal landowners were opposed to the privileged rule of the slave-owning aristocrats, and after they gained power in the late Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, there was no longer any hierarchical difference marked by the number of tripods used, but in fact, there were new hierarchies and privileges for the feudal court, and the tripods were still one of the court's sacrificial vessels.

Feudal rulers still sacrificed to heaven and earth and ancestors, and copper tripods were still used.

Later, there were also iron tripods cast in iron.

With the development of society, tripods are more widely used, and gradually popular in society, into the temple, as well as major folk rituals.

These tripods, in turn, became the "incense burner" for the gods and ancestors, of which the later (Ming) "Xuande furnace" (copper tripod) is the most famous.

This cultural practice, which has been passed down to the present day, has become one of the important elements of China's unique traditional culture.

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In short, the tripod has been used for thousands of years.

In particular, it had the symbolism of state power, which made it enjoy a high status in the history of Chinese culture, and has been respected by the Chinese people so far.

In 1995, the precious gift of the Century Cauldron, presented to the United Nations by President Word Filtration on behalf of China, demonstrated to the world China's long history and profound cultural splendor.

We this time by the Shanghai people funded casting of the large bronze tripod (nine tripods), placed in Zhengzhou Yellow River Excursion Zone, Yan Huang two emperors giant plaza, but also concentrated the essence of traditional Chinese culture, will be such a symbol of the Chinese nation's excellent culture of the column tripod is the most appropriate, it will be the Chinese people and the world people's veneration, which has a major significance for the promotion of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation and the development of the spirit of patriotism. Significant significance