Comprehensive Study On The Bronze Pan,He,and Yi In The Western Zhou Dynasty

During the Western Zhou Dynasty,bronze Pan,He,and Yi have the characteristics of abundant unearthed types and quantities,diverse shapes and functions,long popularity,and wide range of use.They are an important combination of bronze ritual vessels.Bronze Pan,He,and Yi unearthed from tombs,cellars and handed down often have the same inscriptions,consecutive names,and mutual names,indicating that there is a certain connection between the three in shape,function and combination.However,previous studies mostly focused on a single type of utensils,and there was a lack of comprehensive and comprehensive research on the three.This thesis takes the bronze Pan,He,and Yi unearthed from tombs,cellars and handed down from the Western Zhou Dynasty as the research objects,and uses the methods of archaeological typology,spatial situation analysis,gender archaeology,cultural factor analysis,statistical method,contrast method,literature method and other methods to study formation,maturation,and prosperity of the Western Zhou bronze Pan,He,and Yi combination,as well as the changes in the system of utensils in the Western Zhou period,and furthermore Reveal the evolution track of the ritual culture and political and social life of the Western Zhou Dynasty.This article mainly includes the following parts:The first chapter,Introduction.According to the different research objects,research methods and material sources,the research history of bronze Pan,He,and Yi in the Western Zhou Dynasty is divided into three stages:traditional epigraphy and ancient artifacts,traditional epigraphy and modern archaeology in parallel,and modern archaeology.The results and deficiencies of the stage research are sorted out,and the research objectives and methods are proposed.The second chapter,typological analysis.Selecting the difference in the shape of the abdomen as the first classification standard to analyze the types of bronze Pan,He,and Yi in the Western Zhou Dynasty,the shape evolution of the three was roughly clarified,and the development and evolution of the three were divided into three in combination with the changes in the patterns and combinations of utensils.In the sixth period of the period,the analysis found that the three have derivation relationship,mutual relationship and replacement relationship in form.The third chapter,spatial situation analysis.Taking the decorations,inscriptions,and unearthed placement of the three as the spatial situation analysis criteria,it is found that bronze Pan,He,and Yi had temporal and spatial changes in their functions and combinations during the Western Zhou Dynasty,reflecting political and cultural influences behind them.The fourth chapter is the analysis of cultural attributes.According to the ruling scope of the Western Zhou Dynasty,it is divided into Guanzhong region,Shanxi region,Central Plains region,Haidai region,northern region and southern region.The cultural factors of the shape,function and combination of bronze plates,shells and shells in each region are analyzed,and the origin,development and cultural exchange of water vessel combinations in each region are discussed..The fifth chapter is research on related issues.Using the methods of gender archaeology,comparison,statistics and literature,this paper discusses the gender grade difference,the change of utensil use system and the change of ritual system in the Western Zhou Dynasty from the perspective of water utensils,that is,the problem of "people and ritual system" reflected behind utensils.