Many sculpture in bronze had been discovered in the ancient burial tombs

A book in the Western Han Dynasty, "Huainanzi astronomical trains” that reads: "Heaven said circle, said authentic side." Ever since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been creating artistic bronze sculpture of his world. Taoism that: the sky is round and the earth is square, in this universe of thinking under the guidance of God in the four rules mirror the outer edge of most of the cast back pattern goes Watermark, which means that the universe again and again without end, center of the mirror back button within the recessed seat outside the box represents the earth; central territory, one can only survive on the earth , mirror button is the center of the earth, to the mirror button box area is the earth. Because the earth is square, so the earth has four directions. In the four directions outside, guarded by four gods. The four Dragon White Tiger Suzaku is the patron saint of basalt.

The center of each side of the earth, that is within the recessed center of each side of the box, there is a out the "T"-shaped ornaments. "Shan Hai Jing ? the shortage by the" Cloud: "Kunlun Mountains, there are studs Yan, its high into the sky, the so-called Tianzhu also." Since the very earliest times have been smelting metals to create beautiful and decorative china bronze sculpture. From a Taoist way of thinking to consider the four gods rule the mirror back four outside the box "T" should be decorated with four studs. With four Tianzhu wore a result, that makes four people live and work without worrying about the sky would fall.

God rules in the four corners of the mirror back of the box, all four were facing "V"-shaped symbol decoration, in the past people called it "rules." Circle tool is used for regulation, today known as Compass. Some bronze sculpture have survived for thousands of years. Been in business as early as the mid-skilled people to apply compass. Ornamentation in the mirror with the back four "T"-shaped decoration is of an "L"-shaped decoration, is known as "moment." Moment is the square, is a square wood woodworking plane used to draw lines or when measuring tool. According to legend, Fu Xi invented a moment to educate people to make tools, build houses; from the application point of view, the usefulness of more moment than the regulations, rules should be invented than the earlier period.

Back from the mirror decoration of view, many of the Western Han Dynasty mirror types are back with a compass to mirror decoration design. Even within the arc pattern, as many mirror with the number of arc lines is 16, is to use the compass points out. Four gods rule the mirror back decoration design, no doubt using the compass. Many sculpture in bronze had been discovered in the ancient burial tombs of Chinese emperors. Our gods rule the mirror looking back pattern, it is easy to engender the feeling of mirror decoration is the rules. God rules from four layout view mirror back decoration, decoration rules and evenly distributed among the moment, very regular, it is more focused reflection of the ideology of Taoism. People often say "no rules no standards" in this four gods rule the mirror back of the decoration is a typical example.

Expert Weapon Identification bronze fine collection "bronze" first learn the aesthetic. Recently, the Guangdong Provincial Museum Lin Yaxing teacher sent to the bronze to the reader identification, and found several items, arts and crafts is the conjecture is not new products, both crude and products. Lin Yaxing that collectors must be at least the basics, in addition to academic learning, but also more contact between true and false in-kind, comprehensive study of the artifacts for analysis; other but also to improve the aesthetic level, otherwise it will easily be the crude products confused. Apart from being beautiful, the chinese bronze sculpture does have some other qualities.

Lin Yaxing: to judge from the pictures, this is a new arts and crafts copper bowl. The copper bowl is generally not so thick, and coated with mud inside the bowl, there are traces of the old man to do. You see, the common bronze sculpture actually expand a little just before they set. Produced rough pattern on the bowl, decoration Dragons dull, blunt; dragons are rarely in the same one with Lianban Wen utensils, very inconsistent; oxidation of the surface is not a natural result, there are traces of the old man to do; the bottom of the imitation bronze statues and aliasing.