Study On Bronze Flat-footed Tripod In Shang And Zhou Dynasties

The three dynasties of Xia,Shang and Zhou were the bronze Age in the history of China,among which few bronze vessels in the Xia Dynasty were found at present,while the bronze wares in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were rich in number,well-made and beautifully decorated.Among the many bronze wares,the bronze tripod is the most important category,which played an important role in the national political and etiquette life at that time,and was endowed with profound cultural connotation.Because of this reason,since the Han Dynasty,the bronze tripod of the Shang and Zhou dynasties have been discovered and studied by scholars of that time.Copper tripod can be divided into round tripod,crotch tripod according to the different abdominal forms and square tripod,etc.According to the different foot forms,it can be divided into cone foot tripod,column foot tripod,hoof foot tripod,flat foot tripod,etc.In addition,there are some different tripod.Among them,cone foot tripod,column foot tripod and hoof foot tripod are the mainstream forms of copper tripod in different periods,while the number of flat foot tripod is small,but it continued from the early Shang to the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty.Since the research is not sufficient,it was chosen as the topic of the paper.This paper collects the unearthed and handed,summarizes the findings and research,and uses typology,chronology,statistics to study the shape of the tripod;second,frames the time frame;Then under this time frame,the decoration,inscriptions,casting technology,functions,grades and regional characteristics of flat tripod are studied,and finally the process and cultural connotation of the emergence,development and demise of flat tripod are discussed.Chapter 1,The Introduction.The discovery and research of flat foot tripod are divided into two stages:stone stone,artifacts and modern archaeology,and the research of each stage is summarized.Put forward the research methods and ideas.Chapter 2,type division.According to the different foot forms of flat foot tripod,flat foot tripod is divided into kui foot,fish foot,bird foot,tiger foot and ribbon edge flat foot,which are divided into various types.According to the type characteristics,the flat-foot tripod is divided into nine phases.The third chapter,decorative analysis.The theme of flat foot tripod is divided into five categories:geometric,animal surface,phoenix bird,Kui dragon and cicada,and the decoration position of the decoration is analyzed.Chapter 4,inscription analysis.The word count and inscription content of the flat foot ding inscription are mainly counted and classified.Chapter 5,Related Problem Analysis.In the early Shang,late Shang,late Shang and early Zhou dynasties,the casting technology of flat foot tripod was analyzed in the Western Zhou Dynasty,and the functional combination of flat foot tripod and the representative identity level according to the tomb scale and the combination of artifacts were analyzed.Chapter 6,Regional Analysis.On the basis of the above research,the characteristics of flat foot tripod are analyzed,and the regional changes of flat foot tripod in different periods are analyzed.