The Development Of Traditional Bronze Wares In Qin And Han Dynasties

Bronze ware is one of the most important cultural relics in the history of China.The bronze ware in the pre-Qin period is the golden age of the development of bronze ware,and has always been the favorite of archaeological scholars.With the system of rites and music in the ChunQiu era after the collapse of the early Qin and Han system and cultural reconstruction,the pre-Qin era had an important position of the traditional bronze has also undergone tremendous changes.Qin and Han Dynasties,as an indispensable part of the history of bronze,have the traces of the historical development of the process,culture and artistry.With the development of changes in traditional ritual,Qin and Han Dynasty bronze while the mainstream stage gradually out of history,but still has its own characteristics and breakthrough,and reflects the different historical stages of the social features of this period to a certain extent.The Qin Dynasty ended the split state of the country since the ChunQiu era,and after the unification,the history of China came into the empire.In the early Han Dynasty to Huang-Lao thought,by the emperor began to Confucianism,the Confucianism deified,cultural reconstruction caused by Wang Mang's reform,the system and the changes in ideology are more or less directly or indirectly in the symbol as the bronze on.During this period,not only to get rid of the traditional bronze ritual which originally has political and religious attributes,but also gradually emerging as a practical device to start development.The development of these bronze wares is not only the basis of the periodization and chronology of the objects,but also the ideological culture and social background of this historical period.Through the study of the traditional bronze wares' decoration,inscriptions,in the development process on the Qin and Han Dynasties,summarizes the innovation and change of pre-Qin bronze wares in this period,combined with the social background for further discussion.From the material development angle,using the method of comparative and historical factors,explore the Qin and Han Dynasty bronze ritual gradually disappear out of decline.