The present paper deals with a sailboat design bronze mirror in the collection of the Hunan Provincial Museum and depicts its peculiar designs representing musicians seated on heel, fight with shield and sword, tiger ...The present paper deals with a sailboat design bronze mirror in the collection of the Hunan Provincial Museum and depicts its peculiar designs representing musicians seated on heel, fight with shield and sword, tiger show, ritual animals, ox butchering, mountain spirits, the Water Palace,and boat-rowing accompanied by drumbeats. The author believes that they reflect to a considerable extent the concepts of heaven, immortals and the nether world, as well as the custom of performing music,dances and acrobatics, and present distinctly the cultural tradition of South China. The mirror can be dated to the time between the mid and late stages of the Eastern Han and may have been produced in Hubei, Zhejiang or their surrounding areas.展开更多
文摘The present paper deals with a sailboat design bronze mirror in the collection of the Hunan Provincial Museum and depicts its peculiar designs representing musicians seated on heel, fight with shield and sword, tiger show, ritual animals, ox butchering, mountain spirits, the Water Palace,and boat-rowing accompanied by drumbeats. The author believes that they reflect to a considerable extent the concepts of heaven, immortals and the nether world, as well as the custom of performing music,dances and acrobatics, and present distinctly the cultural tradition of South China. The mirror can be dated to the time between the mid and late stages of the Eastern Han and may have been produced in Hubei, Zhejiang or their surrounding areas.
