There is a bronze inscription "666". Was there an old iron in Shang Dynasty?

Of course not in Shang dynasty? Laotie 666? Yes, so what's on this bronze? 666? The symbol is actually other meaning.

Before we say this symbol, let's introduce this bronze ware. What's its name? Shang Yan? His name is exquisite. After identification, it belongs to a wine vessel in the late Shang dynasty, which looks like an owl, so it is shot? Shang Yan? The name of. (pronounced yǐu, it is an ancient wine vessel)

According to the data collected by the Palace Museum, the serial number of this Shang bronze ware is therefore 00077454, with a height of 38 cm, a width of 2 1.5 cm and a weight of 5.78 kg.

As for this? Internet celebrity owl? Protruding head position? 666? Symbols, according to their historical periods and building materials, can be considered as typical? Lei Wen? . This pattern prevailed in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and was the basic pattern of bronzes at that time. So what exactly does this symbol mean?

According to Mr. Guo Moruo, the author of "Exploring the Origin of Yi Image", the inspiration for the ancient people to make thunder patterns came from making pottery. Sometimes people accidentally leave fingerprints on pottery. At first, these fingerprints were considered as failures. This pottery was considered as? Defective products? Yes

But with the passage of time, the ancients felt that such fingerprint patterns were very beautiful and had a unique aesthetic feeling, which seemed to have a mysterious power. As a result, people in ancient times began to deal with this careless fingerprint in a standardized and graphical way. Just like Oracle Bone Inscriptions, over time, these? Fingerprints? Gradually evolved into a shocking pattern.

Shang Yan? Expenses? 666? Symbol, its position is just in the blank of filling and shaping the eyes, so it belongs to? Eye thunder pattern? . According to expert analysis, here? 666? Symbols are roughly equivalent to Kun hexagrams in the Book of Changes.

"Zhouyi? Is it recorded in Shuo Gua? Kun is a kettle? And said: Kun, the land is also, everything is raised. ? In Xun Shuang's Nine Plus One, he said:? Kun is scum? . It can be inferred from this that this? 666? The specific meaning of the symbol indicates that this is a vessel for holding wine.