The Avengers-Unicorn from the East.
Foreign body records: there are wild animals in the wilderness of Northeast China, whose names are parallel. A corner, loyal, can't touch straight.
The origin of the argument comes from a historical legend in the Spring and Autumn Period. ...
At that time, there were two ministers under Qi Zhuang, one was Ren and the other was Zhong Lizhou. The lawsuit has been fought for three years without results.
Because the case is difficult to judge, Duke Zhuang of Qi asked the beasts to come out and listen to their statements.
After reading the complaint of Renguo, there was nothing to say. Before Zhong Li had read half of the complaint, he was turned over with a loudspeaker, so Qi Zhuanggong ruled that Renguo won the case.
The case itself is nothing, but it will be interesting if the god beast comes out to judge the case.
So far, there are two main opinions about the identity of an arrogant person.
First, in ancient Chinese legal culture, it has always been regarded as a symbol of fairness and justice. It is a symbol of courage and justice, and it is a symbol of "openness" and "fairness and justice".
Its other identity is the tomb beast, which can be placed in the tomb to protect the soul of the dead and the funerary objects. Because it can point to the unreasonable side from its angle, it makes the offenders shudder and is considered as an auspicious thing to ward off evil spirits.
The bronze cassock above came from the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was unearthed in the Han Tomb of Xiaheqing 18 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province on March 1956, with a height of 24.5 and a length of 74.7 cm. It was discovered by farm workers during the construction of drip irrigation project at that time, and now it is collected in Gansu Provincial Museum.
This piece came from Wei and Jin Dynasties and was unearthed in Xincheng Township 1975, Jiayuguan from 220 to 420 A.D., and is currently collected in Jiayuguan Great Wall Museum.
The two pieces are very similar in shape. If you don't look carefully, you will think they are works.
This bronze cassock was unearthed in the tomb of Sun Yan, the former balcony of Zhucheng City, Weifang, Shandong Province 1970. It is 30 cm high, 64.5 cm long and weighs 13.5438+0 kg.
This artifact is very distinctive. Except for the protagonist on the top of the head, the mane at the back of the neck becomes three sharp corners, and two long ears are pierced like spears.
As one of the earliest times discovered in China, bronze cassock is a rare treasure.
This cultural relic comes from the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is strong, bent at right angles and ready to go. Now it is collected in Shaanxi History Museum.
This work is made of wood. It was unearthed in the Han Dynasty in Mozuizi Han Tomb in Wuwei City, Gansu Province. It is 35 cm high and 93.7 cm long. The body, horns, tail and feet are made separately and then glued together, with white paint as the background, red and black. This beast is ready to sprint forward, with a smart body. Its head, horns, neck, back and tail are undulating, patchwork and colorful.
This painted wooden tablet in Han Dynasty is very abstract, with a height of 3 1cm, a length of 73cm and a width of 9. 1cm. Painted red and black, eyes are black, and there is a red box outside. The right front leg is raised, and all four hooves are painted black. Make a forward sprint, with simple body and vivid limbs.
Muzuizi Han Tomb in Wuwei, Han Dynasty, 57 cm long.
The red and black colors painted on the animals of this artifact basically fall off, and the whole first half is tight and balanced, while the second half is ready to go, showing arrogant strength and momentum. From an artistic point of view, it is a rare treasure of woodcarving.
Most of the tombs in Qilin Town of Chu Tomb are "tiger heads", which are carved into curly eyebrows, glaring, grinning, ferocious and horrible, with real antlers. The base is round, square and trapezoidal. "
The unicorns in Mo Zuizi Han Tomb in Wuwei are mostly painted red and black, with long horns and long tails and forked legs. The unicorn as a whole is in a state of tight front and loose back, just like the moment when bulls collide with each other, showing arrogant strength and momentum.
As can be seen from the two places, the unicorn shape in Hexi area is in sharp contrast with the Chu tomb, with different shapes.
The modelling of unicorns should be derived from the extinct rhinoceros in ancient China, and the upright, frank and courageous character of rhinoceros is in good agreement with the upright and frank morality.
According to historical records, Wang Yin often hunted rhinos in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty in China. However, due to climate and hunting, rhinoceros became extinct at the latest in the late Western Han Dynasty.
This is also a unicorn wood carving, and its shape is relatively simple.
1966 unearthed from the Eastern Jin tombs in Astana, Turpan, from 1500 years ago.
The unicorn is painted black. It is a deer-legged cow with slender limbs and a tall body. The long tail is high and the head is pointed and long.
Although the production is simple, but the emphasis is on freehand brushwork, this cultural relic displayed in the museum of the autonomous region in a one-horned shape is called Kirin.
In addition, there are many shinto in front of the imperial tomb, such as the stone carvings in front of the Ming Tombs.
Interestingly, the unicorn horn of this stone carving is not straight forward, but backward close to the scalp, as is the unicorn horn in front of the imperial tomb in Qing Dynasty.
Why since the Ming Dynasty, the forward unicorn symbolizing justice has made a 180-degree turn is actually very easy to explain.
This is the struggle fact of the game between power and law. In the face of supreme power, the one-man horn of progress seems so out of place. So in the face of the infinite expansion of imperial power, the unicorn finally succumbed backwards and became a tool of the ruling class and a puppet to protect the emperor.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "As a sacred sheep, it can distinguish straight, and the king of Chu tasted it and thought it was a crown."
Cigarettes: hats worn by ancient law enforcement officials,
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Wen of Chu once got an adversary and made a crown to wear on his head according to its shape, so it became popular in Chu.
This kind of crown was worn by the law enforcement censor in the Qin Dynasty, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the portrait of Hao Tao and the portrait of the enemy's horse became indispensable decorations in the yamen, and the head of the enemy's horse's horse's horse was crowned as the crown of law, and this custom continued.
In the Qing Dynasty, censors, judges and other judicial supervision officials all wore sabre crowns and auxiliary clothes embroidered with the pattern of "sabre". Obviously, the mocking image is a relic of the age of ignorance.
It must be noted that there are some stone carvings standing in front of the court, but they are all ends (lê du ā n).
Yan Duan is also one of the ancient beasts, and his reputation is not as good as Yan Duan. It is characterized by rhinoceros horn, lion body, dragon back, bear claw, fish scale and oxtail.
The two brothers are often confused, the head horn, four claws and tail are often randomly matched, and the body is also arbitrary, which is difficult to distinguish.
The most typical difference between the bone end and the bone end is that the bone end has scales and the bone end has no scales.
(The difference between the two is pointed out by a reader's brother, and I am especially grateful to the teacher! )
Yan Duan is said to be able to travel 18,000 Li a day and speak four languages. He only accompanied Mingjun, especially for the wise emperor to pass books and escort him.
The most striking difference between the horns of Aralia orientalis and those of the West is that they are neither magical nor toxic.