Why are the Western Zhou bronzes Dabu Ding and Dake Ding, two of the "Three Treasures of the Sea," so famous?

The exhibits of this exhibition include the "three treasures of bronze in the sea" of the Western Zhou Dynasty Dabu Ding, Dake Ding, Maogong Ding in full form and inscription topography, "the originator of stone carvings" of the Warring States Stone Drums in the early Qing Dynasty good topography, the best of Tang Yan Zhenqing Dongfangshuo portrait of the Song Dynasty topography, the Lanting Preface of the Kaihuang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty Song topography, the "first ancient stele in the Northeast" Good Dabu. Lanting Preface Song topography, "the first ancient monument in the Northeast," the good king monument fine topography, as well as "full-form topography" masterpieces, "six boat monk picking lamps," etc., including 70 groups of collections of gold and stone topography.

Ritual is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, representing the ancient Chinese philosophers' realization of the order of heaven and earth and the harmony of all things in the process of transforming nature. Bronze tripods are the most important weapon of the state that integrates the power of the king and the power of the gods. The son of heaven with nine tripods and eight gui, the vassal with seven tripods and six gui, the great doctor with five tripods and four gui, the scholar with three tripods and two gui. These all reflect the ritual culture system of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the higher the hierarchical status, the use of bronze tripod specifications will be higher.

Da Yu Ding, Dak Ding, Zi Long Ding is a classic of ancient Chinese bronze tripods, carrying the brilliant achievements of early Chinese civilization, its volume and connotation, can be called the "tripod of the round". According to the organizers, the exhibition focuses on fine artifacts, focusing on highlighting the bronze tripod this civilization carrier show, such specifications of the bronze rarely have the opportunity to appear in a single exhibition **** with the current three respect for the instrument gathered together, rare. The audience in the exhibition can appreciate the "three treasures of bronze in the sea" Western Zhou Dabu Ding, Dake Ding, Maogong Ding full form and inscription topography.

The "Three Treasures of Bronze Ware" refers to the Western Zhou Dynasty's Dabu Ding, Dake Ding and Mao Gong Ding, of which the Dabu Ding and Mao Gong Ding are among the four national treasures of the late Qing Dynasty. The exhibition brings together nearly 40 representative bronze ritual vessels and other precious relics of the Shang and Zhou periods, combining with pottery models and full-form topographies to comprehensively present the long history of the Shang and Zhou bronze ceremonial civilization from the system of using tripods, stylistic art, decorative patterns, inscriptions, production technology, etc., and to show the profundity of traditional Chinese culture. The theme wall through the multimedia technology scrolling display of the big Yu Ding, Dak Ding inscription, the center is the Zilong Ding Ding inscription.