"It's good, but it's not unique."

Chen Han smashed his mouth and said with some pity.

Although, the Chinese people's concept of "time" and "calendar" is far ahead.

But because it was already very common in the Han Dynasty, seven or eight of these copper leaky pots of the Han Dynasty have been unearthed across the country.

All were excavated in the tombs of great nobles, princes and princes.

It's precious, but it's not special enough.

After Chen Han discovered the native peanuts and cordyceps of the Western Han Dynasty one after another, and even the bronzes suspected of being "stills", his vision also changed.

It's not the kind of discovery that can change history and shake the archaeological world, and it's out of his eyes.

Seeing Chen Han's attitude, Wen Suozhang said angrily and funny: "Where are so many unique cultural relics? ”

"However, we also unearthed a few Boshan furnaces, which are very beautiful."

"Boshan Furnace?" Chen Han looked at Director Wen with interest.

Throughout the ages, incense culture reflects the brilliant brilliance of Chinese civilization from a unique perspective.

The furnace is warm and warm, and in the green smoke and mist, I don't know how much inspiration has been aroused, how much enthusiasm has been added, and how much anger has been calmed.

In the incense burner bird bird cigarette, I don't know how many national decisions are made, and decisions are made.

It can be said that the unique incense culture in Chinese culture has accompanied the Chinese people for thousands of years.

The Boshan furnace is the representative of the incense burner in the incense culture.

This thing, just listening to the name, has an indescribable sense of "fairy energy".

The poem "Yongbo Mountain Furnace" says: "The prince of Qin is carved up, and the crane rides the purple smoke."

Li Bai's poem "Yang Rebellion": "Agarwood fire in the Boshan furnace, double smoke and one breath Ling Zixia."

These poems describe the charming artistic conception of the cigarette smoke when the Boshan furnace smokes incense.

The so-called Boshan furnace is actually a smoker made in the style of "overseas fairy mountain".

China has had the custom of incense since ancient times.

In the process of burning firewood and grass, the ancient ancestors discovered the effect of vanilla and fragrant wood, so they consciously put it in the fire to smoke it to purify the air and improve the living environment.

With the inheritance and spread of incense customs, incense culture has been developed, and incense utensils have also come into being.

By the Warring States period, some smokers had reached a level of sophistication that is unimaginable today.

During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the society was stable, the people's material and cultural living standards were further improved, and the style of the smoker began to gradually become unified from a colorful situation.

This has a special shape that represents the fashion of the times - Boshan furnace!

Although the Boshan furnace is also a kind of smoker, it is a fantasy utensil.

In the Han Dynasty, it was rumored that there were three immortal mountains on the sea: Penglai, Boshan and Yingzhou.

Yes, the legendary abbot Xianshan did not have a shadow at that time.

The "Boshan" of the Boshan furnace is named after Boshan, which symbolizes the legendary fairy mountain on the sea.

Boshan furnace is called Boshan incense burner, Boshan incense, Boshan mao furnace.

The body of this incense burner is bean-shaped in bronze, with a cover, the cover is high and pointed, hollowed, it is mountain-shaped, the mountain-shaped overlaps, there are many birds and beasts withered in the middle, and the craftsmanship is very exquisite!

The excavation of the Boshan furnace has no lack of precedents in the large-scale Han tombs excavated by archaeological excavations over the years.

At the 4th World Expo held in Shanghai in 2010, the exhibit that had amazed people - the Western Han Dynasty Co gold and copper Boshan furnace was unearthed in 1968 in the tomb of King Jing in Zhongshan, Hebei Province.

The Boshan furnace is 26 centimeters high, and the whole body is decorated with gold wire to make a smooth and delicate pattern, and the gold wire is thick and thin, and the thin one is like a hair.

It can be called the pinnacle of the craftsmanship of the Western Han Dynasty!

Chen Han asked with some surprise: "The Boshan furnace of the Marquis of Haiyang is more exquisite than that in the tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan?" ”

"Not really." Director Wen spread his hands, pulled Chen Han to a position where cultural relics were being cleaned up, and said: "The Boshan furnace that is more exquisite than the tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan should not be available in the same era. ”

"But there are still Boshan furnaces that are equally exquisite."

"After all, in terms of status and identity, Liu He and Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan, are similar, and even Liu He's status is higher at his peak!"

Following Director Wen's gaze, Chen Han looked at the excavation site and saw a well-made Boshan furnace, which was being cleaned by several archaeologists.

This Boshan furnace is about 30 centimeters high, not only gilding technology, but also immortals, Rui beasts are surrounded by auspicious clouds.

The whole lid and the upper part of the furnace plate cast the shape of Boshan, the mountain is steep, the peaks turn back, and the layers are undulating.

The mythical beasts on the stove lid are infested among the mountains, tigers and leopards are running, and immortals appear in the mountains, the picture is vivid and lifelike.

In the middle is the place where the spices are placed, and the pillars below are wrapped with dragon-style ornaments, and at the bottom are trays, and there are silver decorations on top, which are quite elaborately made.

It is indeed a masterpiece with extremely exquisite craftsmanship, which can fully represent the peak skills of the craftsmen of the Western Han Dynasty!

Director Wen said very happily: "The West Han Boshan furnace, which is so well preserved and has such exquisite craftsmanship, has been discovered for the first time in Jiangxi!" ”

"This not only reflects the noble identity of the tomb owner, shows the superb handicraft level of the Western Han Dynasty, but also is a record mark of China's incense culture inheritance for thousands of years."

After hesitating for a moment, Director Wen said again: "Boshan furnace is actually closely related to the foreign exchanges of the Western Han Dynasty. ”

"Some foreign scholars have shown that the prototype of the Boshan furnace may have originated from Central Asia and West Asia, which was transmitted to the Central Plains through the Silk Road, and combined with the idea of becoming an immortal in China, it was quickly localized in the name of Xianshan."

"This Boshan furnace may also represent a witness to the exchanges between the Western Han Dynasty and Central Asia and West Asia at that time!"

Chen Han scoffed at Director Wen's statement.

After a meaningful groan, he said slowly: "The Silk Road is a basket, and everything can be loaded into it." ”

Boshan furnace symbolizes the typical expectation of cultivating immortals in China.

As we all know, the Western Han Dynasty is a dynasty that highly respects the theory of "cultivating immortals", up to Zhang Liang, a great talent, down to ordinary people, all have the heart to ask for immortals.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also had the same mind as Qin Shi Huang, wanting to become an immortal and live forever.

In addition, Huang Lao's doctrine is the ruling doctrine of the early Western Han Dynasty, and there are many "cultivating immortals and maintaining health", and the first is the doctrine of Zhuangzi.

In this way, from top to bottom, the Western Han Dynasty wants to become immortals.

In this case, the Boshan furnace was born.

Let's not talk about whether there is a unique incense culture in Central Asia and West Asia.

Even if the guess is correct, the prototype of the Boshan furnace did come from West Asia and Central Asia.

But in BC, an era when everything was slow, how many years did it take from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the death of his elder brother Liu Sheng?

The Boshan furnace in Liu Sheng's tomb is already a very mature and exquisite workmanship.

Can a foreign artifact be quickly localized and reach its peak in just over a decade?

Besides, if it is a foreign object, why has no smoker with West and Central Asian styles been unearthed so far?

Since the Boshan furnace is based on the smokers of West Asia and the Middle East, there must be incense burners from West Asia and Central Asia that are popular in China first, and then they will be localized, right?

Some Western scholars, with the smoker-like products that have been unearthed in West Asia and Central Asia, say that this thing was transmitted to China from Central and Western Asia.

Isn't that?

The smoker has been unearthed in China since the Warring States Period, and it has a complete local development and evolution route!

Even if smokers were unearthed in West Asia and Central Asia, it is more likely that they were transmitted from China through the Silk Road, right?

What's the matter, just allow foreigners' things to come to China, and not allow China's things to spread out of the country, affecting Central Asia and West Asia?

The double standard of this group of foreign scholars is really good!