Chapter 103 Western Bronze Ware
When the old uncle saw the bronze, he came over.
Lin Yuan also glanced at it and lost interest in an instant. First of all, it was a Western-style bronze; secondly, the bronze was fake and probably made in China.
"Are there also bronzes in the West?" Henry asked with a smile.
It’s not that he looks down on the West, it’s that he saw too many Chinese bronzes while studying in China. Bronze culture is a splendid page of ancient Chinese civilization.
Therefore, when he saw bronzes, his first thought was of China, not other countries.
He even once believed that bronze culture was unique to China.
Lin Yuan said: "There are some, but relatively few. They are basically statues. According to Western experts, bronze culture first appeared in the West and then spread to the East.
However, I feel that this statement is untenable and I am skeptical. ”
We all know that bronze is an important artifact in ancient China, including various bronze vessels, weapons, tools, etc. They are important representatives of ancient Chinese civilization and have extremely high historical, artistic and scientific value.
Bronze ware originated in China around 3000 BC, during the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Yellow River Basin. The development and evolution of bronze ware are closely related to the society, politics, economy and culture of this period.
It had various functions in ancient societies.
First of all, bronze ware is a symbol of power and status and is often used as a ritual vessel to highlight the identity and status of the user.
Secondly, bronzes are practical tools, such as food vessels and weapons, which facilitate people's lives and wars.
According to Westerners, the Arretolian Peninsula was the earliest area where bronzes were smelted, and more than 6,000 years of bronzes have been discovered. The Mesopotamia region in the Mesopotamia entered the Bronze Age in 3000 BC, followed closely by the ancient Egyptian civilization. The Bronze Age in Europe began in 2300 BC and lasted for about 1,000 years.
Their scholars once said that if the sea water was drained, there would be a huge museum under the Mediterranean Sea, and some ancient temples would later sink into the Mediterranean Sea.
Therefore, they believe that the gradual delay of early bronze ware from west to east implies that the origin of Chinese bronze ware may have been influenced by Western civilization.
"Why do you say that?" Henry asked.
To be honest, he really doesn’t know much about Western bronze culture because there are so few.
"They said that the bronze culture came from the West. I asked, how did it come before? You know, there was no Silk Road at that time.
This is one, and the other is that the West lacks bronze and other mineral resources, dooming the development of bronze culture.
Due to the lack of bronze and other mineral resources, civilizations such as ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia produced and used limited bronze wares, which were mostly small tools, weapons, ornaments and utensils, and are rarely seen in archaeological discoveries. "Lin Yuan analyzed.
In addition, he also knew that the famous Tomb of Tutankhamun, which dates back to the 14th century BC, was slightly earlier than the Tomb of Fuhao but was in the late Bronze Age of ancient Egypt. A large number of gold and silver wares were also unearthed, but almost no bronze wares.
Although there are also very early bronze statues in these areas, such as the full-length statue of Papi I of the Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the head of King Akkad, etc., the number is very small.
Throughout Western civilization, a total of hundreds of bronze vessels have been unearthed.
Trying to prove that there was a Bronze Age in the West with these hundreds of bronzes is as ridiculous as using a workshop to prove that you have entered the industrial age.
In the same Bronze Age, the number of bronzes unearthed in China reached 1.4 million in the national collection alone. If it is considered a private collection, the number lost overseas can be at least double.
Of course, this does not mean that people do not have this kind of culture. Henry nodded: "According to the urine habits of some people in the West, those small amounts of bronze vessels may not be real!"
Although he is also a Westerner, he has to admit that there are too many cultural frauds in the West, especially in Europe. It’s hard to believe!
Take the ancient Greek civilization as an example. An ancient Greece was just a city-state at most, and their population was actually promoted to tens of millions.
I would like to ask, based on previous productivity levels, how could a land with many mountains and little land in ancient Greece be able to support tens of millions of people?
This is very unreasonable, let alone anything else.
Some people use scientific data to calculate that ancient Greece had a population of one or two million at most.
How can a population of one to two million create a brilliant civilization? Anyone with a brain would think this is nonsense.
Besides, Aristotle, whom they praise as a god, can be said to be a Western sage. One work is several million words long.
Damn it!
You have to be more professional when it comes to counterfeiting!
Completely ignoring the actual production and use of ancient writing materials.
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Moreover, Aristotle is almost omnipotent, covering areas including: ethics, metaphysics, psychology, economics, theology, politics, rhetoric, natural science, education, poetry, customs, and Athenian law wait.
How does one person become omnipotent and omniscient?
Oh shit! Computers are not that powerful, right?
We in China dare not brag like Zhuge Liang! How dare they. When normal people hear this, they think this is impossible!
Moreover, it is said that Aristotle's entire works amount to more than 10 million words.
More than 10 million words, what is the concept?
Calculating based on this data, Aristotle started to create 400,000 words of content every year when he was 37 years old. I have to create more than 1,000 words every day, and I can't stop for a day.
But Westerners did not stop. They arranged many "itineraries" for Aristotle, traveling almost throughout the Western world.
How do you find time to write in such a wandering life? Works such as natural science and psychology involving astronomy and physics require a large number of observations and experiments to arrive at the final results. How did Aristotle complete it in his turbulent life?
Taking a step back, if Aristotle really existed, the paper used to record these works at that time was mainly parchment. With more than 10 million words, how much parchment would be used?
Furthermore, apart from the fact that the parchment paper itself is not easy to preserve, how can the ink used for writing remain intact for 2,000 years? The Mediterranean has a humid climate.
Not to mention the suspicions of people from other countries, as a Westerner, Henry also felt that this loophole was too big. How to explain it?
Lin Yuan smiled: "Who knows!"
He called to his uncle: "Uncle, that thing is fake, let's go!"
"Fake?" Upon hearing this, the old uncle put down the bronze vessel and followed Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan nodded: "Not only are they fake, they are probably made in our country. They cannot make such exquisite bronzes."
Old uncle: "..."
(End of chapter)