The beginning of the phoenix: Shangfeng Yufeng

Yufeng (Shang Dynasty) has a height of 13.6 cm and a wall thickness of 0.7 cm.

Unearthed from the Tomb of Women's Tomb of Yinxu, Anyang, Henan Province in 1976, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Dragon in Fengxian

The phoenix and the dragon are the auspicious animals in the imagination of the ancients. The dragon and the phoenix are the incarnations of the Chinese nation. The dragon represents the male and the phoenix represents the female, but they do not come to the world at the same time. As early as 5,000 years ago, Yangshao culture in the Central Plains region, the ancestors of the Hongshan culture in the Liaohe River Basin in Northeast China, have begun to shape the image of the dragon, the dragon tree as the god in mind, and the phoenix is ​​the new creation of the Shang Dynasty. The object of Yin businessman worship.

Mysterious bird business

According to the "Historical Records", Xia is a descendant of the dragon, and Yin Qi, who helped Dagu to control the water, is a descendant of Feng. Yin Qi’s mother, Jane Di, ate the mysterious bird (that is, the phoenix) while she was taking a bath outdoors, and she was pregnant and gave birth to a deed, that is, the so-called “destiny and mysterious bird, but fell into the business”. After the longevity, he helped Dagu to control the water, and later Become the first ancestor of Yin Shang. Yin Shang Chongxin mysterious bird, so the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty cast a lot of phoenix patterns. A lot of jade dragons were unearthed from the women's tomb, and Yufeng was only one of them, indicating that women are extremely attached to the phoenix.

Exquisite

This device is very similar to the Fengzi character in the oracle bones of Shang Dynasty. It is an excellent object to study the image of the phoenix in the minds of Shang Dynasty. The jade phoenix has a high-crowned hook, a short-winged long tail, and the pavilion looks back to fly, and is elegant and free-spirited. The long tail of the stretch is naturally curved, and the tail scorpion has a combination of points and cleanliness. There is a through hole in front of the body, which makes the phoenix body full and charming. The perforated round button on the back of the back should be where the string is hung.

The shape of the phoenix is ​​beautiful and exquisite, and the jade is crystal clear and clean, which makes people can't help but look at it more and more difficult.

Good luck

"Shan Hai Jing" said: "The phoenix bird first 曰德, 翼文曰顺, 膺文曰仁, 曰文曰义, see the world and." 足见凤 was still a symbol of morality and righteousness, perhaps the woman Good to admire this jade phoenix, in addition to expressing noble, but also auspicious meaning.

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