Bronze Sculpture in the Mind of Later Generations

From the arts itself that it is the human concept of the external appearance of the aesthetic, the aesthetic tendencies by the time the specific political and cultural infiltration of local influence, art forms and demonstrated specific expression, can not take the artistic community in which it is separated from the life, living environment outside. The later generations call this bronze sculpture Yu Ding or Da Yu Ding in that it is Yu cast this ding. As a Shang and Zhou bronze relief sculpture of the Shang and Zhou dynasties very important form of artistic expression, reflecting the characteristics of the art produced between two thousand years of evolution process, not just the art itself, change and self-improvement, Shang and Zhou dynasties specific political, economic, and cultural public have a significant impact. Worship, ritual is the art of the Shang and Zhou bronze relief characteristic shape produced by ghost worship is the main cause of parameters important to the spirit of early human activity.

Worship, ritual and ancestor worship has been the ruler of the Shang and Zhou pillar of the regime can not be ignored. Merchants still spirits, totem ancestor worship and other superstitious activities prevalence of Shang and nobles every expedition, Hunting, rain, rituals, etc., no matter the size should be prayer and the so-called ancestral spirits, divination good or bad fortune, fortune from the prevalence of this dramatically demonstrated. bronze statue from the other Yu Ding unearthed at the same time, Xiao(small) Yu Ding.  Shang dedicated a history of BU, I wish other official to manage the rituals, divination, and the text of the record, and divination is one of the important activities, such activities rests in the hands of slave-owning aristocracy, everyday things to do with popular form of divination bones typical of Shang divination unique culture, in fact, dressed slave ancestor worship of the gods used to paralyze people's clothes to show their special status, the class will practice their own secretive means.

Into the Western Zhou Dynasty, with the development of productive forces and production relations, similar to the Shang Dynasty ritual use of relatively less brutal murder, but the awakening of the rulers and slaves continued to face resistance, but also developed a set of "ritual" system, slaves to the majority of civilians in accordance with the provisions of this set of criteria for social activities, according to the criteria governing slave owners also act to ease the increasingly complex and copper door, Shang and Zhou bronze embossed plastic arts feature causes the formation of sharp class conflict, but the "ritual" of the essence is still "not jeopardize the illegal gift" to the detriment of the interests of the ruling class, so the class nature of society has not changed. It is the large-scale chinese bronze sculpture among the existing ones of the Western Zhou.

Rapid expansion in the private ownership of the Shang and Zhou slavery society, through annexation and exploitation of the war means to obtain private ownership of slaves, the lower class slave owners to seize more private property, more brutal and bloody to class oppression. The bronze dragon is dignified and solemn in shapes, magnificent and gorgeous. To this end need to be generated by a materialized form of paralysis and mental strength to better conceal their naked exploitation, as the ritual bronzes, ritual and cultural domination of the media and political tools to specific visual appearance, ancestor worship of the gods, political functions and sculpture fit together perfectly, fully meet the requirements of the rulers of this awareness of the concept, from the early china bronze sculpture "cast Jiuding, like Kyushu," to establish the Western Zhou Ding column.