Bronze Wares

"The Zhouyuan relic is unique for its large quantity of cellars, the density of distribution, the elaboration of the casting skills, and the length of the inscriptions, which reflects Zhouyuan's prosperity in the Western Zhou Dynasty."

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Without adequate archaeology evidence, any view can only be taken with a grain of salt. So Xu Tianjin and his colleagues continued to search for evidence.

In July of 2004, they found the ruins of a bronze wares shop, which was built in the early Western Zhou Dynasty at an even earlier time. In that time, copperware casting was a very important production field in society, and only the capital had workshops for making copperware. On December 31, 2004, Xu and his colleagues discovered the Zhou city, located approximately 20 kilometers from the Zhougong Temple…

With many new ruins gradually appearing in front of people's eyes, it seems that a vague impression of the Western Zhou Dynasty is forming.

At present, many archaeologists are still striving to find the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Whatever the changes in Zhouyuan, those bronze wares buried in the earth still retain their original faces.

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