On Exquisite Casting Skills of Ancient Bronze Sculpture

Open the mouth of the beast in the world are the life and death in many cultures, secular and divine worlds divided to the symbol, which shows the monster who devoured the monster motif not really want to eat, of which the person is divine and wish to help animals through animal symbol of the mouth of the channel between the two worlds into the world of the gods. Silkworm pattern of the bronze sculpture is usually round head, protruding eyes and buckling body. In the analysis of this motif, the Mr. Zhang also pointed out more specifically, animal excuse the atmosphere, "Shi Qi was rampant," and thus help the shaman guest of honor on the day.

American anthropologist Foer Si off (Peter T. Furst) has concluded a "Asian-American-style ideological content of Shamanism," in particular: 1, Shamanism is a magical universe of the universe, the natural witchcraft and supernatural phenomena are the result of the deformation style. 2, the universe is generally divided into layers, and to the middle, lower and upper world as the main distinction between the rulers and gods often each supernatural residents, there are four or four-earth god of the god, as well as both the ruling heaven can rule the boundary of the Most High God. It is often decorated on the mouth or feet of the bronze statue. Between the various layers of a central column through.

Between people and animals can turn to each other form. Shaman who have animals assistant, led by the shaman rituals, the shaman and the subsidiary to wear animal skins, masks, and use other features to complete the transition to the animals. 5, all the phenomena of the natural environment are given by a life of vitality or soul. The pattern of elephant is also common on the chinese bronze sculpture. 6, human and animal soul, or essence of vitality among the general living in the bones, human and animal bones from their regeneration. 7, the human soul and body separately and can travel around the world, or upstream, downstream or lower bound first sector, the average person's soul may be snatched hostile elves, and for the shaman to save back.

People lost soul of a common cause of illness, disease, another reason is that the hostile environment of the material penetrated the body, the shaman has the diagnosis and treatment of such diseases. This pattern on china bronze sculpture displays like an elephant with obvious feature of long trunk. The shaman of the state of Ecstasy (ecstasy) is often caused by hallucinogenic drugs. Accordingly, Mr. Zhang Guangzhi sure that: the mid-Neolithic Yangshao culture in China bones style art, the eastern coast of the late Neolithic culture in the Animal Mask and Bird's Jade, Yu Gui. Shaman have a World Tree, often above the birds habitat. 3, and animals are equal in nature.

Oracle in the Shang Dynasty seen in the worship of nature gods, the four winds of the earth and the Quartet's call, Shang and Zhou Appliances worship the image of the above animals, "gas" in faith as a form of continuous existence, "Songs of the South" in the Shaman Shaman and their poetry and their movements on the description, which lost the soul of the call, which always attached importance to evidence that the world through faith and ritual of ancient Chinese system of core shamanism. There are some other images on the bronze sculpture at that time with merely an elephant head or trunk.