The Study Of Bronze Dragon Pattemis From Shang Dynasty To The Western Zhou Dynasty

Since the 20 century,the study of Bronze dragon pattemis' classification and installment has become one of the most important field which has been focused on by sholars.But as an interdisciplinary subject,it always cause one-sidedness discussion between scholars in different areas,which lead the Bronze dragon pattemis to a unknown situation.Among all kinds of Bronze pattemis,dragon pattemis was one of widely used type.Therefore,this paper try to give a scientific study about Bronze Dragon pattemis'classification and installment,and hope to make the development and evolution of the Bronze dragon pattemis clearer.To solve above problems,this paper try to study starting with classification and installment.About classification,this paper use the number of the dragon's head and the form of the dragon's body as a classification standard,and classify the Bronze dragon pattemis into 11big types,16 small types,then give every period of Bronze dragon pattemis a standard pattemis.In the end,use the standard pattemis to judge time-unknown Bronze dragon pattemis.By the study of' classification and installment of the Bronze dragon pattemis,this paper stort out the characteristics of every period which from the Late Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty mainly,and provide a reference for Bronze pattemis study of installment.