Research On The Archaeological Discoveries Of Xinjiang In The Wei And Jin Dynasties

Gold and silverware occupies an important position in the historical relics,and almost of them were articles of luxury for the royal family and upper nobility in the ancient society.Besides,they were also the crucial carrier of traditional culture and arts in the eastern and western countries,specially in the Eurasia inland areas.Before the Wei and Jin dynasties in China,namely from Xia to Wei and Jin dynasties,the craft and category of gold and silver wares were continually changing,the majority of them were decoration,life utensil was rare.In this period,archaeology researchers found that there were many gold and silver wares and they were unique and distributed wildly in Xinjiang areas of China.In addition,many gold and silver wares included eastern and western cultural factors,it could provided the material objects for further studying social culture,custom before Wei and Jin dynasties in Xinjiang area and promoted the eastern and western countries cultures exchanging.The present study firstly sorted the gold and silver wares those were in before Wei and Jin dynasties and found in Xinjiang areas through table method.And then further analysis of the age of utensils.Unearthed gold and silver wares had big age gap,and they mainly concentrated in Qin and Han,Wei and Jin dynasties.Besides,conducted the researches for the category and craft of gold and siler wares before Wei and Jin dynasties.The categories of gold and silver wares mostly were jewelry,dress decoration,showed that local people beautified their body by gold and silver in Xinjiang areas was very prevalent,also revealed a custom that they worshiped the gold and silver.Moreover,the decorations in the gold and silver wares mostly were animals,including tiger,leopard,deer,eagle etc.,showed Griffin image and Skater art style,also suggested that Eurasian grassland culture and Central Asian culture were spreading in Xinjiang areas.Furthermore,conducted a comparison analysis for northern areas in which have the similarity of presentative gold and silver wares in before Wei and Jin dynasties in Xinjiang areas,decoration's constructure and design,emblazonry were quite similar,it was related to constant changing,spreading and integration of grassland culture and western culture in the nomadic nation movementprocess.Finally,explored the related culture those reflected from gold and silver wares.Because there were communication between Xinjiang area and central plain,Eurasian grassland and central Asia,related to different cultural factors,and spreading to China northern areas by Xinjiang areas and the silk road,and then those areas Xinjiang,northern grassland area and central plain of China would amalgamate,improve for the foreign cultures,which was based on the local area feature,it would become a part of chinese traditional cultures lastly.