On The Animal Ornamentation Form Of Prairie Bronze Piaques

From the Hsia-chia-tien culture (lower stratum) of about 4000 years ago, as well as the Hsia-chia-tien culture (upper stratum) to the Donghu,Xiongnu and Xianbei of the early iron age, different ethnic has created magnificent ancient prairie bronze culture, among these bronze artifacts, the animal emblazonry art on the bronze plaque is the important heritage of the ancient prairie plastic art. in ancient times, bronze plaque was used as the decoration of clothes, weapons, harness and other appliance. It had small shape in general, but it was the most splendid part of ancient prairie plastic bronze art and has been found smong the wide area of Mongolia highland as well as the area around it.This paper will mainly study these decorations. Through analyzing the different shapes and characteristics, listing some representative shapes of various bronze plaques, discoving the general rules on the aesthetic shape of them and studying the skills in making, I will generalize the methods used in the overall shape, the structure and the order it has reflected. Thus study its deeper meaning, take part the prairie ancestors' spiritual lives and the aesthetic abilities. Through this way we not only can get the historical and cultural information of the ancient prairie but draw beneficial nutrients through the ancestors'remains, thus we can further expand and rich the multiple art creation nowadays.