Bronze mirror engraved in common

Germany, such as lamb - the culture of the bronze four sheep parties respect for Hunan unearthed in the Shang and Zhou bronzes, to sheep in the shape of objects, not only in larger quantities, but production is almost perfect, the most prominent of which is the famous bronze Yang Fang Zun. Bronze four sheep side statue is considered one of the most outstanding works of Chinese bronze casting in the history of. That artifacts are considered to be the pinnacle of the traditional clay method of casting of the level reached by this masterpiece of incredible, once mistakenly thought to take a new casting process. In another word, bronze was the fruit of that era.  The sheep become the objects of bronze heavy focus on the performance of its unique symbolism. Started heavenly
First of all, the status of sheep in the Fiesta after the cattle, where the Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang, Henan Xiaotun found a large number of burial pits, most cattle, sheep, dogs, a king during the one about suppliers royal ritual of Wuding material refers to "Pu 100 dogs, 100 sheep," "15 sheep", "50 sheep" mentioned in a separate material, seen sheep as the amount of sacrificial. Yang personality to become a favorite object. Some taotie on the bronze is even connected with the bird designs with two obvious bird heads. The Qin Dynasty, people on the sheep's personality has two induction: good Jirye; inside, soft on the outside. Sheep the kneeling milk "habits, good polite, even was later interpreted as a model of your parents; soft on the outside to the inside come out of the many divine natures, ancestor of the legend of the Gaoyao King Yang.
 The Book of Songs Zhao South "," King Wen Chih-cheng, inexpensive, and Germany, such as lamb "saying in ancient China a horned monster haitai related with the sheep, you can see the guilt or innocence, we can distinguish between the merits of. The bronze of the Shang and Zhou acted as the sacrificial wares for the rulers to worship the gods and wine vessels to enjoy luxuriously.  Therefore, the future generations to Unicorn Law and Justice. The sheep are the most popular or folk symbolism is "good luck" at least from the Han Dynasty, Yang and good luck with the Han Dynasty tiles, bronze mirror engraved in common, "Yi Hou Wang Taiji Yang (Cheung)" auspicious sometimes written as "Ram" direct, sheep and Cheung not only the word false, but the sheep have been given all these natures dictates. Sheep is an animal with horns.
Angle is that many people, especially primitive peoples worship things, God created by human beings with horns, such as the ancient Chinese god of war Chi known as the horned god and the ancestors. The bronze gave the priority to the taotie motif.  Qiang word in Oracle, the glyph is wearing horns of the original peoples of the world learning see the horns, horn, antler accessories, its meaning: the first wearing angle, wearing animal skins is the temptation of the beast in order to hunt ; clan festival, to participate in the dance wearing the double angle or angular mask;, class divisions, tribal sheikhs, dignitaries was wearing a claw, said that the meaning of power and honor the shaman ceremony God the practice of wearing a claw cap; clan worship the God angle.
Sheep at Oracle, about forty kinds of shape, shaped the most obvious common feature is to highlight the dual angle. The ancients had a saying, "water of the fine jade, the soil of the essence for the sheep" Yang is the object of focus on the performance of a variety of art forms. Neolithic there are pottery sheep, Yin Ruins in Anyang Shang tomb of Fu Hao, Shanxi Quwo late North Zhao Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn early Marquis of Jin Mrs. tomb unearthed jade sheep, the Eastern Han Dynasty in the sheep first pot of one hundred play auspicious portrait of stone, the Eastern Jin Dynasty porcelain . Qing Dynasty like crafts, Italy Apartments "Yang (Yang) Kaitai" composed of three sheep. Among the rich and colorful patterns on the bronze of China, especially taotie motif became the mainstream of that period.