Observe the Bronze Sculpture In Terms of Patterns

A Study of Phoenix Patterns on Bronze Utensils Of Shang and Chou Dynasties Lu, Tsai-Chieh Graduate Student of Department of Chinese Literature, National Chiayi University Fu, Rong-Ko Formerly Chair of Department of Chinese Literature, National Chiayi University; There are many fine artworks of bronze weapons in Western Zhou of art. Currently Professor of General Education Center, Southern Taiwan University of Technology Abstract The phoenix is a kind of gigantic, magnificent and mythic bird in oriental cultures. Despite its fictional nature, the phoenix has been adored, and even worshiped, by the Chinese people since the ancient time. The bird’s majestic beauty, as embodied by the colorful and rich patterns on its wings, has captivated the creative imaginations of artists of many generations, and a multitude of phoenix patterns have appeared on daily utensils and art works throughout the Chinese history.

This paper is intended, on the one hand, to delineate the bird’s mythic origin, the etymological development of the written forms of the bird, and the changes in the phoenix curves in different periods of times, and, on the other, to relate the above with the social, cultural and religious realities of the Shang and Chou dynasties. Shang and Zhou bronze phoenix decoration exploration I. The niu zun, a figurine bronze is the most charismatic. Introduction Shang and Zhou bronzes are representative works of ancient Chinese bronzes, with its high degree of historical, artistic value and superb cast for technology known to the world. Shang and Zhou bronze musical instruments art is very brilliant, dazzling, art and culture of the Shang and Zhou representative of the ancient Chinese aristocracy is a product of culture, it not only as tools of daily life, it is important to the ritual of religious worship. Academic research on the bronze of the past, all the emphasis on shape, inscriptions, archaeological dating of the Interpretation and analysis of research, while ignoring the decoration of the study.

However, inscriptions, three of the shape and decoration as a whole. Not all can be used for bronze inscriptions dating Jie research use, most only a decoration, or only the appearance of bronze shapes, bronze so the research should be toward the comprehensive study, is the best direction. As the author of the ancient myths and legends of phoenix birds were very interested, although not full and comprehensive study of bronze, bronze only on the "phoenix bird decoration," a preliminary inquiry, Bineng have income, the foundation stone for the future study. Bronze decoration on the analysis, research, undoubtedly the first modern scholar, Mr. Rong Geng, in his "Book of the Shang and Zhou Yi device" (Note 1) a book, with great length seventy decorations listed seven. The nude statues was excavated in Qishan County of Shaanxi Province in 1967.

Bronze decoration for the first time detailed the classification, a specific enumeration of all kinds of decoration, and introduced the name of the source of all kinds of decorations, evolution, and their age. Mr. Rong Geng books through the introduction, so that future generations of scholars, bronze, bronze ornamentation began to address the existence and value. The bronze sculpture wildlife is entirely based on the shape of a bull with a round body, thick feet, protracted head and wide-open eyes.  Recently, many works of china bronze sculpture decoration, all kinds of animals: such as Bird, Animal Mask of the Dragon and the number of its lack, in these types of decoration, although the decoration of the Phoenix Bird has more research, but most only for Phoenix Bird of the classification, origin inking it, the times have changed for the Phoenix Bird, the phoenix is rarely identify and test interpretation of, this article is intended to phoenix decoration for the research, hope to better understand the phoenix decoration content.