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"Miss Theron, this is a wine vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties in China, and it is also a ritual ......"

Little Charlie can understand what a wine vessel means, but what is a "ritual vessel"?

If you meet a curious baby, you still can't send it at will, so let's accept your fate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, Boss Ma has been in the antique business for many years, which is experienced and knowledgeable, and it is not a thorough wild way, and he has studied Chinese history, so he patiently explained it.

"Ritual utensils are the utensils used by ancient Chinese nobles in ceremonial activities such as sacrifices, feasts, conquests and funerals, and are used to indicate the identity, rank and power of the user.

The period of the third dynasty of the Xia and Shang dynasties in ancient China, that is, the period of nearly 2,000 years between the 21st century BC and 221 BC, is the mature period of our ancient Chinese ritual system, and it is also the most standardized time of the ancient Chinese ritual system.

There is a saying that 'the ceremony is made by wine, and the ceremony is not made without wine', and the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were also the most complex period of Chinese wine rituals and the most closely combined wine and politics.

It is because the wine ceremony was most valued in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the development of wine vessels was the most rapid at that time, and bronze wine vessels became the most glorious category of bronze civilization in the third dynasty of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. ”

Charlize Theron is a person who seems to understand it, it is difficult to switch between different languages, and it is even more difficult to explain Chinese classical Chinese in English.

And Jiang Aihua couldn't understand such fast English, but fortunately, Guan Xingquan was translating for him in real time.

Now Boss Ma has the patience to explain, not only because Zhang Nan is the God of Wealth and has a deep background, but also because of the newspaper a few days ago.

The world's first Boeing 767 luxury private jet arrived at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, and only a tall Caucasian woman was clearly photographed in the photo of the mysterious rich man, and he recognized the photo as Miss Theron!

Can you not be enthusiastic?

Zhang Nan was also listening, and admired Boss Ma's knowledge. However, what Boss Ma said was more theoretical, and the topic of the result was: "Charlie, the understanding of drinking at that time was much more complicated than it is now, like now we only use several utensils for drinking?"

Three or four thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese people were more particular than us, and some scholars divided the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties into categories, divided into four parts: food vessels, wine vessels, water vessels and musical instruments, a total of 50 categories.

Among them, wine vessels alone account for 24 categories, and are also subdivided into several subcategories, such as wine cooking vessels, wine containers, drinking vessels, and wine storage vessels.

Moreover, the importance of wine vessels in the Bronze Age can also be seen from the archaeological discoveries in China: in the tombs of some Shang Dynasty nobles, most of the wine vessels such as Jue, Yao, and Xuan were placed in the wooden coffin together with the coffin, and the eating utensils such as Ding, Mustache, Ning, Gui, and Beans were placed outside the coffin..."

He explained the difference between "coffin" and said, "It's interesting, drinking is more important than eating."

And this situation is not only for the original aristocracy, but also for the common people 3,000 years ago.

Between 1967 and 1977, Huaxia carried out several systematic excavations of the cemetery in the western area of Yinxu in the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago in Henan Province, and found that the most common burial goods in the tombs of civilians at that time were also wine vessels and jue.

Yin merchants love wine, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are addicted to alcohol. ”

Xiao Nizi listened, patted the erected bronze statue with her hand, and asked, "Brother Allen, this thing is also three thousand years old, right?"

"Almost, if it's almost, it's not much."

"Oh, it turns out that the ancient Chinese people of 3,000 years ago loved to drink as much as my father, and they were both alcoholics. ”

Xiao Nizi had a big brain, and this was the first time she said what the discordant factors in the family were.

When Zhang Nan heard this, she seemed to feel distressed for the little Charlie in front of her: if she didn't show up, Charlize Theron would have seen her mother beat her father to death, a father who came home drunk and threatened to kill their mother and daughter!

Little Charlie's father seems to be very fond of wine, and he has become a captive of alcohol, which may have been more important to the Shang and Zhou people, because alcohol brought unprecedented joy to people who had just entered the threshold of civilization.

The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, especially the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, are estimated to be dynasties soaked in a large wine vat.

Zhang Nan likes to imagine how the ancients lived, it is estimated that 3,000 years ago, people's lives should have been very boring, and the luscious and stimulating charm of wine is estimated to make everyone who is in the beginning of chaos indulge in it.

Empty people love to drink, and those who enjoy love to drink, as for why Theron's father, whose family conditions are quite good, drink heavily, this question is probably only known to her father himself.

Zhang Nan will decide to wait for the affairs of Spain to be completed, and then accompany little Charlie back to South Africa, and by the way, she will meet her father to see if the person can be saved.

And Paul Kruger, Martin Eisen, and Dean Kitt have also called, saying that they are about to start an operation to find the Bull treasure, and all three have already done a lot of investigative work in the early stage.

The three South African miners have found another joy in life, and Zhang Nan is an antique from the $100,000 "treasure hunt fund", of course, he must be notified.

The three of them also thought that Zhang Nan had a super treasure hunting "sense of smell", and he was having some good luck in the treasure hunting operation.

As for whether there can be a gain in the end, it is secondary, this is a good game to help super tyrants.

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Zun Tong Yi put it away, Boss Ma still has a piece of ancient bronze ware on hand, or an old antique earlier than the previous group of wine vessels, a thing from the Shang Dynasty.

When Boss Ma moved out a thing weighing more than 30 pounds, Jiang Aihua asked Zhang Nan: "What is this?"

There are handles, full of work, fortunately, Comrade Aihua did not ask "what kind of pot is this", otherwise it would be a joke - the bronze ware with the handle 3,000 years ago not only has a pot, but also other utensils.

"This is 卣, pronounced yǒu, and now it seems that it is basically a category of items with pots. ”

"I looked at it about the same, and I remembered that there were a few similar ones in the Beijing Museum, but I forgot how to read it. At this point, Jiang Aihua also complained: "It's really troublesome, if you don't say it, you can't even call this name, and there are two names for similar things, and I don't know what people thought at that time." ”

When Zhang Nan heard this, he said with a smile: "The names of ancient bronzes are basically set by the people of the Song Dynasty, and the names of many artifacts are not in the ancient books and inscriptions.

If you don't even have this word, it is determined by the size of the object, and many times it is just guessing.

The difference between this pot and the pot is probably guessed based on the difference in size and body size: the pot is tall and short, and it is estimated that this is how it is divided. ”

Archaeology needs to be scientific and evidence, but many times it can also be guessed.

Today's people may be refuted, and the results guessed by millennia people have been precipitated over time, unless there are three thousand years ago in kind and words to refute, otherwise the guessed answer is the truth!

Not convinced?

It's kind of you go to 3,000 years ago and make a documentary and come back.