What is a bronze giant? What is the historical collection value of bronze giant salamander?

The primitive bronze tree unearthed in our country makes us realize the proficiency of bronze smelting technology in our history and adds a new chapter to the history of bronze cultural relics in our country. The exquisite workmanship and realistic shape of the bronze tree have to be surprising. But of course, besides bronze trees, there are various bronze relics in China, which not only condensed the wisdom of our ancient people, but also inherited our long history and cultural heritage.

Catfish is a reptile that looks like a turtle. It is very big. They have existed for a long time, but they have been rare. As early as 3000 years ago, the ancients forged the shape of the giant salamander with bronze, and now it is collected as a bronze giant salamander in the National Museum of China.

Speaking of this bronze salamander, how was it discovered by modern people? There is also a legendary story. It is said that 65,438+05 years ago, an old farmer was fishing by the river, but no fish ever took the bait. Although he didn't catch the fish, he still caught a blue turtle. This turtle has four arrows stuck in its back. The old farmer looked intently and found that it turned out to be a copper turtle with a realistic shape. This strange thing really startled the farmer. He kept going home to contact experts to see what treasure it was.

Later, this "turtle" was sent to relevant experts for research. After careful study, experts were pleasantly surprised to find that this "turtle" turned out to be a bronze colossus made in Shang Dynasty, which experts said was priceless.

As for the origin of the bronze giant salamander, why there are four arrows on its back, this bronze giant salamander himself has made it very clear. Originally, Shang Dynasty attached importance to the record of events, and also attached importance to the combination of bronzes with dynasty divination and aristocratic life. It specially engraves the relevant figures and manufacturing background of bronzes on bronzes. Therefore, it can be said that each bronze has its own story, irreplaceable experience and witnessed the changes and development of the dynasty.

There is also an inscription on the back of this "turtle", which says that the Shang Dynasty and Wang shot giant fish like books. These four arrows were shot by two people, one by one. Later, the Shang King gave a book about shooting salamanders. This bronze salamander was made to commemorate and praise the great power and superb shooting skills of the Shang King, so it was also called "bronze salamander portrait book".

The short crosses on the turtle's back tell the origin of this priceless bronze giant, and also reflect the importance a king attached to his ministers more than 3,000 years ago. The bronze giant salamander has a long history. Thousands of years later, the shape of the giant salamander is still clearly visible. The weight of this bronze giant salamander is not light, 1.6 kg.

This bronze salamander is exquisitely made and looks like a real one. Of course, its value is not only reflected in the modeling of its works, but also reflected the shooting art in China's Six Arts, which is enough to prove that China paid attention to and loved shooting art activities in ancient times, and its historical significance behind it is far-reaching and significant.