Bronze Mirror in the Sprout Age:
Copper Mirror was invented by Yellow Emperor from one to another. “Huangdi metallurgy was made a sublime work, it is a mirror.” < > also said: “Emperor was meeting king mother in King House, they casted twelve big mirrors to use in twelve months.” Huangdi casting mirror passed from mouth to mouth. 1976, the Chinese archaeologists discovered a circle plat button-bearing copper mirror, diameter 8.9 cm, back of mirror had seven corner stars and them rays of light design in Guinan Gamatai Qinghai. Qijia culture belonged to later the Neolithic age, before today 4100-3700 years. It was not far with Huangdi age. This mirror is circle, button-bearing (bad) design that its designing mind has higher recollecting. Thus, this is not an isolated artistic work. The earliest copper casting article of China was appeared early the Yangshao culture before today 6700 years, 1973’ Jiangzhai discovered semi-circle yellow copper (Zn-bearing) damaged article in Lintong, Shanxi, through 14C result of determination, its age was 4700 BC. 1975’ a single mould casting copper knife was bronze knife to be unearthed in Majiayao type site, Dongxiang Linjia, Gansu, before today more 5000 years.
The casting History of the Mirror Culture is started from copper slices of Yangshao culture. To be smelted Zn-bearing copper made in copper slice and used long time to be polished, and produced function of shining person. The magical function was slowly depended on forefather to understand nature. They worshiped the sun, the sun brings temperature warm for people, and lease of life for all things of creation. Thus, the rays of light look like the sun line that the first appearance of early copper mirror’s back was very rational.
From copper slice in early Yangshao culture to seven corner stars and them rays of light Mirror in Qijia culture, they were at a distance of 2500 years. How developed copper mirror? we don’t know. We can only arrange, analyse, induce, summarize from archaeological articles and collected objects to find developing veins. Here put on display early copper figure to be all forefathers researching result. They were a piece of mirror figure as wave flowers in great sea of Chinese civilization, and twinkled the wisdom light of mankind civilization.
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