Chinese ancient bronze mirrors are a deep purples and bright reds-beautiful flowers in ancient art of the Chinese nation. They are gathered together drawing, carving, penmanship, poetry and word etc. arts, and talked about “four good” treasure by scholars in past dynasties. In developing history of four thousand years, they have profound and plural cultural intension, many eternal riddle and filling legendary color. Someone says that it’s the articles for daily use of shining face and its figures-words have many religion contents; someone says that it is musical instruments used in a Buddhist or Taoist mass and necessities of noble women in past dynasties. At the same time, it’s also a pledge love thing both male and female to make many love stories. They are sung by common people; It’s also a gem of guarding house of exercise evil spirits and vanquish demons and monsters, many stories are applauded as the best! There are many various figures, sometimes dainty and fine, sometimes broad and great vessels, sometimes elegant and poised, sometimes small and exquisite. In an age-old year, there are a hundred various faces in its life experience. Such as: Two Han, named “sovereign no lucky mirror”; Sui dynasty, “monster-revealing mirror” is early named; Tang dynasty, “Qin-Wang mirror”, “Qian Qiu mirror”; Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing etc. dynasties mirrors are vanquish demons and monsters’ mirror of thousand caves ten thousand faces, gem mirror, driving out ghosts’ mirror, poetry cultural mirror, Taoist magic figures or incantations mirror, Mythology and Story mirror, to be dazzled and the eye cannot take it all in. If you were filled about bronze mirror’s knowledge in brain of you, your wife and your son, you should go to the Bronze Mirror Museum in past dynasties to visit their true faces. You will see a few thousand ancient bronze mirrors in China to gather a vast cultural sea. Your field of vision will be wide. You will come back with fruitful results in spirit and culture. |