In the history of the Central Plains, what are the very strange unearthed cultural relics?

Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City, Gaoling District, Yang Guanzhai unearthed a Neolithic painted cinnabar human face pottery, this is a remnant, fortunately the human face is well preserved, and has obvious expression characteristics, but unfortunately it is only the human face is complete, can not know what kind of artifact this is. Experts believe that its function appears to be related to witchcraft activities. I've found that as long as there are "human faces" in them, they probably can't escape speculation about sacrifices or witchcraft.

The deer-shaped golden monster unearthed in Nalin Gaotu Village, Shenmu County, Shaanxi Province, a Neolithic human-face-shaped cylindrical pottery unearthed from the Goubao site in Jixian County, Shanxi Province, and the ancient Dian hanging bronze spear unearthed in Yunnan Province, etc. Yunnan Dianchi Bronze Ding, which is a box similar to a storage jar, this bronze tripod is cast with 52 figures, surrounded by pigs, dogs, snakes, and a tiger on the top pillar.

Town tomb beasts, calipers, human-headed fish-body terracotta figurines, double-headed snake-body terracotta figurines, crystal cups in the Warring States Period, household routers, wheel-shaped vessels unearthed from Sanxingdui ruins, and human-faced dragon patterns in the late Shang Dynasty These cultural relics are relatively weird.

Human-faced birds, jade tooth zhang, snake eyebrow copper fish, shell storage vessels, bronze trees, these cultural relics are very weird, and the appearance of these cultural relics is very distinctive.

Bronze masks, bronze trees, shell storage vessels, jade tooth zhang, golden jade clothes, these are relatively magical, and the culture of the time is related.

It is very valuable, and it can fully reflect the manufacturing level and development of the society at that time, which is of great help to us in studying the past, and can help us re-understand a phenomenon reflected by the society at that time. There are thousands of cultural relics, and today we will talk about the more "weird" unearthed cultural relics in China.

Zeng Hou Yi built a drumThe shape of Zeng Hou Yi's drum base is rich in imagination to the point of being almost peculiar。The base is made up of eight pairs of large dragons and dozens of tangled and intertwined small dragons, and the dragons are intertwined with each other.

Countless small dragons entangled from end to end are coiled together, climbing upwards, giving people a strange feeling that is both chaotic, unpredictable and comfortable, vivid and orderly, and the base is hollowed out and inlaid with turquoise. No one has yet been able to count how many dragons there are.

Shellfish storage vessel Western Han Dynasty bronze sacrificial shell storage vessel, the body of the vessel is copper drum-shaped, and the drum surface is coveredThere are 4 semi-annular ears around the waist and 3 feet at the bottom. The carcass and waist are decorated with feather rowing patterns, dance patterns, string patterns, triangular tooth patterns and concentric circle patterns。The lid is cast with 35 men and 2 horses, depicting the scene of the sowing sacrifice.

There are many kinds of animals on the cover, such as cows, sheep, horses, monkeys, birds, tigers, etc., especially the cow shape, because the cow is a symbol of wealth. The shellfish storage vessel is a bronze container unique to the Yunnan people for storing sea shells, and the shellfish storage vessel is on the lidAdopt the technique of sub-casting and then welding, decorate many three-dimensional statues, the content involves many aspects such as textile, hunting, war, sacrifice, etc., the scene is large, the characters are many, the carving is fine, it is the true epitome of the social history of the ancient Dian Kingdom.

The human face pattern Fang Ding He human face pattern Fang Ding is the only tripod in China that is decorated with a human face pattern. The date is the late Shang Dynasty. Height cm, mouth length cm, width cm.

The color is turquoise, the body is slightly rectangular, and the exterior of the body is decorated with a semi-embossed human face. There are clouds and thunder patterns around the human face, and there are horns on both sides of the forehead and claws on both sides of the chin. The inner wall of the belly of the tripod is cast with the inscription of the word "Dahe", so the tripod is also called Dahe Fangding.

Let's first talk about a cultural relic unearthed in Dianchi Lake in Yunnan Province, from, the historical records of the southwest Yi Liebiography, which has repeatedly mentioned the mysterious ancient Dian Kingdom, the ancient Dian Kingdom is a southwestern ethnic tribe that flourishes and exists in Yunnan Dianchi Lake, the ancient Dian Kingdom appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in 109 BC was conquered and surrendered to the Western Han Dynasty by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, since then, this mysterious ancient country has disappeared in the historical records, for a long time, archaeologists have tried to find the Dian civilization, Finally, one day they excavated an extremely strange bronze vessel on the shore of Dianchi Lake, and the details on it were terrifying, which was a rare shellfish storage vessel for the murder pillar scene of the Western Han Dynasty.

China's more "weird" unearthed cultural relics are, Changxin Palace lamp, copper ancestor, Jin Lou jade clothes, agate cups, big jade mountains, chimes and other cultural relics

This is a Neolithic Age human face shaped cylindrical pottery unearthed from the site of Goubao in Jixian County, Shanxi Province, although the appearance of the human face is a bit strange, but it can also be seen that the key is that it does not have a top cover and a bottom, when it is unearthed, only a stone slab is covered on the top. Obviously, it can't be a vessel for things. Some scholars speculate that it is related to sacrifice, but there are different views on the object of sacrifice.

Human-face-shaped tubular pottery.

This is a Neolithic Age cinnabar painted human face pottery unearthed in Yangguanzhai, Gaoling District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, this is a remnant, fortunately the human face is well preserved, and has obvious expression characteristics, but unfortunately it is only the human face is complete, and it is impossible to know what kind of artifact it is. Experts believe that its function appears to be related to witchcraft activities. I've found that as long as there are "human faces" in them, they probably can't escape speculation about sacrifices or witchcraft.

Cinnabar painted human face pottery.

The Neolithic gray pottery unearthed from the site of Straw Shoes Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, looks like a big meat worm, and there are four legs to support it underneath, but it is not clear what kind of animal it is. This artifact is not supposed to be a container, because there are holes on the side, and whether it is food or water, it will slip out when poured in. What does such a non-utility do?

Gray pottery beast-shaped ware.

Henan Anyang Xiaotun women's good tomb out of the "good" word inscription steam column retort-shaped ware, this type of vessel is very rare, there is an inscription "good" word on the inner wall under the mouth. It is speculated that it is used as a shovel on the mustache, and the hollow bottom column in the middle circulates steam, quite similar to today's steam pot, that is, as early as 3,000 years ago, women have already tasted the taste of steam pot chicken, no wonder people say that Chinese will eat! ~

The word "good" inscription steam column retorter.

It is also unearthed in the tomb of Xiaotun women in Anyang, Henan, this Shang Dynasty bronze hammer-shaped vessel, shaped like a four-clawed bird's foot, what does it do? Originally, it was a metal sleeve that was set on the lower end of the wooden handle of the weapon, which played the role of protecting the end of the wooden handle and making it easy to insert on the ground. Of course, it also has the function of smashing, and if the holder "cultivates" the Fa, it seems that it can be used as a special-shaped weapon.

I think Sun Wei is the most weird is the Warring States crystal cup unearthed in Hangzhou Banzheng Teajin Mountain, with the technology of the Warring States period it is impossible to make such a precision crystal cup, but it is real, this is really confusing.

In fact, there are still a lot of weird unearthed cultural relics in China, such as the Tang monk in the ceramics stepping on the stove and burning filial piety, I think he is not only very beautiful, and then it is also very beautiful, cautious but he also has some weird parts.

Personally, I think that China's more treacherous and strange unearthed cultural relics are, such as the golden building and jade clothes, the terracotta warriors and horses in Qin Shi Huang, the Taibao Ding, the Naizhi Dayu Ding, the Four Sheep Fangzun, the Tao Ying Ding and other cultural relics Changbi.