China entered the era of china bronze sculpture

China's first bronze sculpture found in Henan Yanshi Erlitou site, its about which years ago when the 21th century BC to the 17th century, equivalent to the historical records contained in the era of the Xia Dynasty, established for the slavery period. To the Shang Dynasty, was highly developed Bronze Age. China's Bronze Age ended in the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States period to the Iron Age began to be replaced slave society has always been basic throughout. This time, agriculture, handicrafts have rapid development, and the emergence of text. The construction of state power gradually improved.

About 2000 BC, China entered the era of china bronze sculpture, the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, about the development of the 15 century. Bronze is copper and tin or lead alloy, the melting point of between 700 ~ 900 ℃, with excellent castability, high abrasion resistance and good chemical stability. Cast bronze sculpture must address the mining, smelting, molding, turning range, copper and tin-lead alloy composition ratio of preparation, furnace and crucible of manufacturing a series of technical problems. From the use of stone to cast bronze sculpture is a leap in the history of human technological development, social change and progress is the great driving force. bronze sculpture in the world culture of the era of uneven development.

China's bronze sculpture to extensive use of bronze age ritual and production tools, weapons for the feature. Understanding of the ancient ancestors of the long history of copper. Xi'an Banpo and Lintong Jiangzhai Yangshao site are individually found in the impure ingredients brass pieces; Gansu Dongxiang, Gansu Yongdeng Lin and Jiang Jia Ping Majiayao cultural sites, are unearthed a bronze knife; Shandong Jiaozhou Sanlihe unearthed in Longshan culture site of two copper-zinc alloy cone. At present the earliest known Chinese bronze culture as a typical late summer on behalf of the Erlitou culture, unearthed in the production of tools, weapons, tools and musical instruments such as the chinese bronze sculpture, casting technology is quite mature, has non-initial form. After early Shang Dynasty, the development of the mid-to late-and early Western Zhou business, bronze smelting industry reached a peak production of superb musical instruments and ritual sets the number of varieties as much as unprecedented. Animal Mask ornaments on the bronze sculpture and a variety of animal pattern, reflects the forces of nature worship. Beginning from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the ritual has a long inscription on the cast in general, covering military, political, economic, cultural, religious and other aspects, important historical information. Iron Age to the late Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, early development of productive forces of feudal society, and promote the improvement of bronze casting technology; the decline of the old ritual to eliminate all the constraints, showing a delicate novel style, fine ornate decoration generation of china bronze sculpture, the ritual features gradually disappear, a considerable part of everyday life into the Used. The whole era, bronze workers and peasants with the use of the trend was increasing year by year, but not completely rule out the stone, wood and other tools. To the Han dynasty, bronze sculpture of iron, lacquer replaced.