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This mirror of the Four Gods Boju was unearthed in 1989 in the Han Tomb in Li Dayang Village, Dayang Town.

It is round, silver-gray, 15.6 in diameter, with a round button hole (for lacing), and a quatrefoil button seat.

There is a grid outside the mirror button, and a "t" pattern is formed at the midpoints of the four sides of the grid.

Opposite to the "t", the outer ring has an "l" pattern.

The outer ring opposite to the four corners of the grid has a "v" pattern.

These constitute the Bo Bureau pattern of the Han Dynasty, and divide the mirror back area into four directions and eight areas.

There are four spirits of basalt, blue dragon, white tiger, red bird and basalt, each with an auspicious beast or auspicious bird.

Surrounded by inscriptions: "Shangfang's beautiful mirror is so ingenious. There are gods on it who don't know how to grow old. They are thirsty to drink Yuquan and hungry to eat, just like the Queen Mother of the West."

There are three layers of decoration on the edge of the mirror, two layers of zigzag patterns, and zigzag patterns in the middle.

This mirror has superb casting technology, complicated composition and delicate and vivid decoration, which can be called a fine product.

It originated in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Xinmang. It reflected the cosmology at that time and had important research value.

That funeral custom has been continued in previous generations.

The ancients put the bronze mirror back for two purposes, one is to drive away demons and avoid evil, put it in the tomb passage or hang it under the tomb door, it has no function of "reflecting the demon mirror";

At the midpoint of the seven sides of the grid, there is a "t"-shaped pattern on each side.

According to archaeological findings, a bronze mirror is usually hung under the tomb door of Liao and Jin tombs.

Those all reflect the bronze mirror culture, which has not yet become an integral part of your country's culture.

It reflects the spiritual pursuit of people in the Han Dynasty, looking forward to becoming immortals.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu represent the seven directions of east, south, west and north and the seven seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The most famous allusion to the bronze mirror is "Reunion after a Broken Mirror".

As mentioned before, during the Qijia culture period about 4000 years ago, bronze mirrors appeared in our country, and they were first used as witchcraft props.

In fact, not all bronze mirrors in ancient times were used for face-to-face, and many of them were specially used for burial.

So we divided a bronze mirror into seven parts, and agreed that every year on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, we would go to Chang'an market to sell mirrors as a means of communication.

That love story has also become the subject of literati singing in the past dynasties.

Bronze mirror, which appeared in the Qijia culture and disappeared in the late Qing Dynasty. After nearly 4000 years, it is the utensil with the longest and widest range of use among bronze wares, and it has also been deeply integrated into social life and cultural consciousness.

When visiting the museum, tourists will ask this question: "Why only the back of the bronze mirror is displayed? Can the front still see people?"

It is too difficult to identify those ancient bronze mirrors, because the decorations on the bronze mirrors have not changed in each era, and they all contain rich meanings.

In the seventh year, Shenbo Bureau rushed to Chang'an as scheduled, and saw that no one was selling half a piece of bronze mirror.

The Boju mirror was once known as the regular mirror, and its common pattern is that there are no squares in the mirror button.

The inner circle opposite to the "t" has no "l"-shaped ornamentation, and the inner circle opposite to the seven corners of the square has no "v"-shaped ornamentation.

In the past, the Shenbo Bureau was lost in the rivers and lakes, and Princess Lechang became the concubine of Yang Su, an important minister of the Sui Dynasty.

The seventh is to guide the promotion of immortals, and place them outside the tomb or inside the coffin to break through the darkness and get the light, and become immortals.

The Qixu Deyan mirror in Dongping Museum is surrounded by the inscription "Shangfang Jiajing is so small, there is no god in the world who knows the old, thirsty to drink Yuquan and hungry to eat, just like the Queen Mother of the West".

The mirror does not have the word "Shang Fang", and the craftsmanship is excellent, it is very likely that it was cast by the official.

Both tin monoxide and tin heptoxide have anti-corrosion ability, and this technology was mastered by our ancestors as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Bronze mirrors were also hung on the bottom of the coffin, or on the seven walls, and the iron nails were rusted and fell off.

For example, people often say "the bright mirror hangs low", "the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water", "the hairpin breaks the mirror", "taking history as a mirror" and so on.

In order to clear up doubts, Qian Zhongshu threw the ten bronze mirrors in his collection to the ground one by one, and none of them fell apart.

The "seven spirits" originated from the ancient worship of celestial phenomena and stars, and are imaginary animal gods.

Then, sand it with a coarse woolen cloth to improve the reflection effect.

As a result, Shenbo Bureau learned of his wife's whereabouts, and the two secretly contacted each other.

Come here, Yang Su knew about that matter, and was also moved by our true feelings, so he sent someone to call the Shenbo Bureau into the mansion, and let the seven husband and wife return to Jiangnan.

According to legend, it has always been a traditional popular decoration in your country to guard the seven directions, subdue demons and eliminate demons, and benefit the world.

Even if it is a mirror for daily use, after thousands of years of corrosion, the surface of the mirror is mottled and mottled, and it has long lost its reflection function.

The main reason for showing the mirror back is that the back is even more worthless.

Yes, at that time private workshops often used the inscription "Shangfang as a mirror" frequently.

In the Ming Dynasty, people also put a bronze mirror in the coffin, but what is missing is that a bronze mirror was also placed in the lower part of the back and front wall of the inner coffin.

According to archaeological discoveries, inscriptions appeared under the bronze mirror in the early Western Han Dynasty.

So he came to the conclusion that "the bronze mirror was broken by Suo Si", and wrote it in the book "Guan Zhui Bian".In the seven squares and four areas on the back of the mirror, there are no green dragons, white tigers, red birds, basaltic seven spirits, each with an auspicious beast or auspicious bird.

Those "tlv" patterns are actually not the chess route map of the game pattern of the Han Dynasty.

In the tombs of the Han Dynasty, one or less bronze mirrors would be buried with Sosi.

Then cool it to 160c under fire, and the tin monoxide on the surface can turn into tin heptoxide, which becomes the surface of "mercury ancient".

For example, the eight-legged golden crow (symbolizes the sun), the toad (symbolizes the moon), the jade rabbit smashes medicine (symbolizes longevity), the four-tailed fox (symbolizes peace in heaven), the flounder (symbolizes love), the feathered man (symbolizes ascension to heaven), and the Queen Mother of the West. (Symbolic longevity is old) and so on.

"Shangfang" is an institution specializing in the manufacture of swords, weapons and treasures for the royal family. It was lost in the Qin Dynasty, and it was well-known in the Han Dynasty.

When the bronze mirror was just cast out, it was hazy and had to be painted with black tin.

In ancient times, it required a series of processes to make the bronze mirror reflect a clear human face.

Modern scholar Qian Zhongshu, when reading the allusion of "a broken mirror reunited", thought that the bronze mirror is so strong, how could it be divided into seven parts?

When Nanchen died, Chen Guo's son-in-law Shenboju and his wife, Princess Lechang, expected to get together.

Precisely because bronze mirrors were used to ward off evil spirits in ancient times, tomb robbers at that time especially took the initiative to take them away.

It is not the powder form of tin at high temperature (above), and it is oxidized before grinding the mirror with tin tin to form a tin oxide crystal film.

There are two breast nails on each side of the square. The ancient people in your country called the breast nails "zi", which generally refers to descendants and daughters.

It is not because of its low value that it has become a custom to bury bronze mirrors.

The bronze mirrors of the Han Dynasty have complicated patterns and rich meanings.

Among the bronze mirrors of the Han Dynasty, the Boju mirror can best demonstrate the cultural characteristics of the Han Dynasty.

Bronze mirrors are a reflection of history, reflecting the social life at that time in terms of craftsmanship, copper quality, ornamentation, inscriptions, etc., with extremely low historical, cultural, and artistic values.

It is an auspicious pattern that emerged in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods and was popular in the Han Dynasty, implying that everything goes well.

That is not the usual "white paint ancient" appearance;

Gaming games are won by capturing, and games of that kind were very popular in the Han Dynasty.

On the Qimei Ningce mirror in the Dongping Museum, the seven-leaf pattern around the round knob is also called the persimmon pedicle pattern.

Therefore, it has become one of the least number of decorations under the Han Dynasty bronze mirror, implying the peaceful scene of the country's prosperity.

Therefore, the "rule mirror" was renamed "Boju mirror".