Urgent: the similarities and differences between painted pottery and bronze ware patterns and their explanations ... ...

Painted pottery patterns and bronze decorations

The content of painted pottery patterns is related to the real life of different clans or witchcraft rituals, such as pig patterns and bird patterns of Hemudu people, fish patterns and face patterns of Banpo people. There are realistic and abstract patterns in painted pottery, and there is a close relationship between them. Most abstract patterns are the result of realistic patterns. Gluttony, gluttony, dragon and phoenix in bronze ware patterns are all imaginary animals, which are more decorative and often arranged symmetrically. This change can be seen from the bird pattern and phoenix pattern in textbooks. Bronzes also have the same geometric patterns as painted pottery patterns, such as cloud thunder patterns, round vortex patterns, palindromes, squares, triangles and other patterns, which are often used as background patterns.

Symbolic decoration of painted pottery and bronze wares.

The decorative patterns of painted pottery and bronzes are symbolic and decorative. First, decorative patterns are attached to the objects, or the shapes of the objects themselves. The more important reason is the ideology of different societies. Painted pottery patterns are related to the real life or witchcraft rituals of different clans, which are mysterious and show awe and worship of natural gods. As a sacrificial "ritual vessel", bronze decorative patterns are mostly used to sacrifice ancestors or commemorate the victory of their military conquest. These decorative patterns have both historical inheritance and characteristics of the times. On the one hand, it is the embodiment of terror, on the other hand, it is the god of protection.