In the Bronze Hall of the Shanghai Museum, a "large cylinder" is placed in the C position, which is officially called "Wu Wangfu Chajian".
Jian is a large water vessel used in ancient times, the specific use is three kinds, one is used to hold water, can also hold ice, in the winter to store ice, summer into the jian, you can be used as a "refrigerator"; the second use is to make a mirror, before the copper mirror has not prevailed, the ancients often used it to hold water reflection as a mirror to use, there is an idiom called "to history as a mirror", is the role of this layer of jian; the third is used for bathing, bathing.
On the inner wall of wu wangfu chajian there are two lines of 13-character inscriptions, "Attack Wu Wangfu cha jie ji jin to make his own imperial guard". It shows that this is the Royal Household Book made of Ji jin, that is, bronze.
When we went to Visit Shangbo, we only saw one of them, and there were 2 reviews in Shangbo. So how many lessons does Wu Wangfu have? The answer is: 6 archaeological excavations have been unearthed so far.
The Palace Museum acquired a fragment from the Shanxi Institute of Archaeology
Therefore, when you go to the National Museum to visit, you will find that the National Expo also has a Wu Wangfu Cha, in fact, they all belong to the Wu Wang Fu Cha, but the caliber of the Guobo is slightly smaller.
Wu Wangfu Chajian has 3 pieces unearthed in Henan and 3 pieces unearthed in Shanxi, why is the bronze jian of the State of Wu unearthed in Shanxi? According to the history of Wu Wangfuchai, it should be that Wu Wangfucha was passed down as a diplomatic gift.
Wu Wangfu Chajian can be described as "full of dragon spirit, domineering and exposed", the two sides are decorated with three-dimensional capuchin double-horned dragons, two dragons climb the edge of the wall, bite the jiankou, and the eyes of the jiong jiong are peeping inside the jian, which is very vivid. In addition to the three-dimensional double dragon, Jian's mouth and abdomen are decorated with dense dragon patterns. This kind of intertwined and coiled dragon pattern prevailed in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.
The calligraphy style of the Spring and Autumn Period and the bronze inscriptions of the southeastern countries have a tendency to beautify, some are bird and insect books, some are tadpole books and so on. The text of "Attacking Wu WangFu Chajian" is slender and long, the text and strokes are not modified, the text is beautiful, simple and regular, the lines are uniform, the sharp edges, word spacing, and line spacing are standardized, the layout is reasonable, and it has the rudiments of the small seal.
The two double-horned dragons on the edge of Wu Wangfu's cha jiankou have been peering inward for more than 2500 years, and every time I pass by, I can't help but step up like them to see what's inside, if you go to the Bo or Guobo next time, let's also join in a hilarity to see what's inside