Sacrificial vessel
From; Author:Stand originally
Sacrificial vessel is noble of period of week of business of summer of Chinese ancient time use at sacred, face to hire, the banquet provides dinner for, mortuary in waiting for formal activity with implement, its society function is the position position that uses the person that the delegate is used and grade influence, namely in order to " the row such as bright gentle and simple, differentiate. " (" the different hidden from view that pass · is general 5 years " ) it is at that time the ceremony makes reflect, namely " implement with Cang Li " . " left pass · to become fair 2 years " " the left announce that pass · is fair 3 years " , " outskirt of Chinese book · offers sacrifices to annals " wait for archaic document account " Yu Zhu 9 vessels " , represent crown, it is clear proof.
Period of summerly business week is the Bronze Age of Chinese ancient time, bronze ware sort is various, maqi of manufacturing tool, enginery, car and sacrificial vessel wait. Among them bronze sacrificial vessel very develop, this is the ethical characteristic with marked bronze ware of Chinese ancient time. Bronze sacrificial vessel includes to feed implement, drinking vessel, water implement with musical instrument (or stand side by side musical instrument and sacrificial vessel) 4 kinds big. Feed implement include cook a meal implement with food implement, basically vessel, Ge, 甗, a round-mouthed food vessel with two or four loop handles, jar, 簠 , 盨, honest, beans waits. Drinking vessel includes drink drinking vessel and fill drinking vessel, basically have the rank of nobility, horn, 斝 , wine vessel, an ancient drinking vessel, an ancient wine vessel made of horn, honour (include honour of birds and beasts) , an ancient small-mouthed wine vessel, crock, vase, 罍 , Fang Yi, v/LIT an amphora-like jar. Water implement basically have dish, 鑑, 盉, 匜. Musical instrument basically has big cymbals, bell, a bell-shaped percussion instrument, bell, 錞 at, beat.
