After passing through several exhibition halls one after another, Ye Tian and the others finally came to the 'Ancient Kingdom' exhibition hall of the Guimet Museum, and came to the bronze elephant statue, through the bulletproof glass, and began to appreciate this famous object cast three thousand years ago!

Walking into the exhibition hall and seeing the bronze elephant statue on the display table from a distance, Ye Tian and Betty were completely shocked by the bearing it showed, without exception!

When they got closer, the shock brought to them by the bronze elephant was even stronger, so that they completely lost the ability to speak, and their attention was attracted by the bronze elephant!

This is a huge bronze object, about 64 cm high, 96 cm long, 45 cm wide, with a back opening of 26 and 21 cm in length and width, making it the largest known animal in the world!

It's a pity that the lid of the back opening of this bronze elephant has long been lost, and the trunk part is also seriously damaged, and it looks a little broken!

However, these mutilations do not prevent the bronze elephant from becoming a priceless treasure, nor from becoming the jewel of the Guimet Museum of Asian Art!

Through the opening of its back, it can be seen that the wall of this bronze elephant is thin, the whole body is blue-black, the trunk is short and upturned, the ears are horizontally open, the small tail is curled right, and the four legs are thicker.

On both sides of the elephant's abdomen, you can clearly see the main pattern of the horned beast's face, decorated with inverted patterns on both sides, decorated with cloud and thunder patterns around the main pattern, and decorated with scale patterns on both sides of the elephant's trunk, quadruped segments and the periphery of the mouth.

The whole elephant statue is beautiful, simple and elegant, simple and lovely, vividly reflecting the superb bronze casting skills in ancient times, as well as the unparalleled level of artistic creation.

Due to its age and excavation, traces of rust can be seen all over the elephant, which is the kind of green rust unique to ancient bronzes, speckled and spotted!

It is also the traces left by these long years that add a sense of historical weight to this bronze elephant.

Standing in front of the bronze elephant statue, admiring this important weapon from 3,000 years ago, it seems that you can see the country 3,000 years ago and see the splendid Huaming!

Compared to others, Ye Tian saw more content!

When he saw the first sight of the bronze elephant, he was completely attracted by this priceless treasure cast by his ancestors and the dazzling purple light emitted by it, and instantly fell into a state of obsession!

Through the intensity of the purple light, he was extremely accurate in judging that this bronze elephant statue was indeed from the late Shang Dynasty, with a long history of more than 3,000 years, and was one of the best evidence of Huaming!

In addition to the dazzling purple light, there are nearly 20 layers of charming halos, indicating that this bronze elephant has extremely high artistic value and is a well-deserved national weapon!

After standing in front of the bronze elephant statue and admiring it carefully, Ye Tiandian opened the perspective and began to explore the internal situation of this bronze heavy artifact and explore the glorious history it contains!

As far as the eye could see, this bronze heavy weapon was immediately seen through by Ye Tian, and everything inside and outside was fully visible!

There were no secrets inside the Bronze Elephant Venerable, Ye Tian only saw some cloud and thunder patterns, and the rust traces left by the long years, and there was nothing else!

However, on the bronze used to cast this important weapon of the country, Ye Tian saw the traces of thousands of tempers, saw the prosperous scene of the Huanghuang Heavenly Dynasty, and saw the incomparably brilliant Huaming!

As if he were there, he stood beside the craftsman, witnessed the birth of the bronze elephant, and listened to the melodious sound of tinkling and tapping.

The moving percussion sound has traveled through a long history of 3,000 years, from ancient times to today!

In Ye Tianyan, every molecule that makes up this bronze elephant statue embodies the diligence and wisdom of the ancestors three thousand years ago, which is so dazzling!

At the same time, he seemed to see this bronze elephant statue being placed on the altar, filled with fine wine, sacrificing to God, and the sound of Hong Zhong Da Lu echoed in his ears, solemn and elegant, deafening!

Before he knew it, Ye Tian's mind had already flown out, flying straight to the late Yin Shang period more than three thousand years ago, staring at the ancient yellow earth!

It wasn't until Betty's voice sounded in his ears that he woke up and his mind flew back.

"Wow! This bronze elephant statue is so huge, it's incredible, who would have imagined that the ancient Chinese people more than 3,000 years ago could actually cast such a huge bronze!

What's more, this bronze elephant looks so vivid and realistic, and the appearance is not so different from the real elephant that I can't even believe that it comes from more than 3,000 years ago!"

Ye Tian, who was awakened, immediately retracted his gaze and ended the perspective.

Immediately afterward, he turned his head to look at Betty, then smiled and whispered:

"My dear, although this bronze elephant has a long history of more than 3,000 years, it is not the oldest bronze, the oldest known bronze is more than 6,000 years old!

It is a bronze knife carved with the image of a lion, from the valley of the two rivers of ancient Babylon, a historical relic of the Sumerian Ming Dynasty, and the ancient kingdom also began to smelt and cast bronze about 5,000 years ago!

The exquisiteness of the bronzes cast in ancient countries far exceeds that of the Sumerian Ming and the ancient Egyptian Ming, almost unparalleled, and enjoys a high reputation and artistic value in the history of bronze in the world.

The bronze elephant in front of me comes from more than 3,000 years ago, when it was the late Shang Dynasty in ancient China, which is a ritual vessel used for sacrificial ceremonies to hold wine, and it is also a veritable important vessel of the country.

In ancient times, although there were larger bronzes than this, they were all heavy weapons such as tripods, such as Simu Wuding, in terms of the field of animal-type statues, this bronze elephant is the largest in the world!

You just said that this bronze statue is very realistic, it is because when casting this elephant, the craftsmen of the late Shang Dynasty used elephants as models, and they were cast according to the real thing, which is naturally very realistic!

From this bronze elephant, we can clearly see how superb the bronze casting technology and how brilliant the antiquity was in the late Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago.

This bronze elephant is a veritable treasure of the museum, no matter which museum it is, it is a priceless treasure, with extraordinary artistic value and historical value!"

"Wow! The bronzes of more than 3,000 years ago can't be imagined, what a long history it is! The country is worthy of being one of the four ancient Ming countries, and it really deserves its name!

Sti, you can explain this bronze elephant to everyone, I think everyone is very interested in learning about this object and the splendid transformation of ancient times!"

Anderson said with emotion, shocked and full of curiosity about this bronze elephant.

He is a Yankee, and the history of the country is only two or three hundred years, and for him, the history of more than three thousand years, long and eternal, is unimaginable!

Like Anderson, everyone else at the scene also looked at Ye Tian, expecting him to make a professional and wonderful explanation.

Even those Frenchmen in the Guimet Museum were all looking at Ye Tian, ready to see how he performed, to see if he was like the legend, omnipotent!

Ye Tian did not refuse, he nodded lightly, and then said with a smile:

"Since you want to hear it, then I'm going to explain this bronze elephant to you, to be honest, it's something I'm very happy to do, just like I like this bronze elephant very much!

At present, there are five bronze elephants in the world, three are from the Shang Dynasty, and the other two are relatively late.

At the same time, it is also the largest known animal-shaped statue in the world at present, and its value is immeasurable! According to legend, this bronze elephant statue was unearthed in Changsha, Hunan, China, and was unearthed at the end of the 19th century.

Since there is no relevant information, this point can no longer be verified, but through its natural and realistic shape and ornamental style, I am inclined to think that it came from the hands of craftsmen in the Yangtze River Basin!

In 1903, when the French collector Count Camondo was traveling abroad, he received this elephant statue for 3,000 francs, and donated it to the French government in the same year, and in 1911 it was collected in the Louvre!

In 1945, when the French state-owned museums were extensively reorganized, the bronze elephant was transferred to the Musée Guimet and became the crown jewel of the Musée Guimet,......"

With Ye Tian's explanation, Betty's understanding of this bronze elephant is rapidly deepening, and their understanding of its extraordinary artistic value and historical value is also more profound!