The Most Beautiful bronze

Mysterious symbol of the pattern Bashu copper bronze sword decoration is very unique. Often at the base of its bronze blade engraved the pictographic pattern, common tiger, hand lines, flower pedicle pattern, Bird, cicada patterns and so on, and many other abstract symbols do not know. These Patterns meet will not only found in the copper-bronze sword, is also widely seen in the Ba and Shu areas unearthed bronze weapons, such as Ge, spear, ax, etc.; not only have a single symbol, there are a variety of combinations. A great deal of bronze exquisite beyond compare was discovered.  According to the statistics of some researchers, the Prachuab bronze weapons on the pattern symbol dozens of categories, the group number change is more complicated, probably hundreds.
They are certainly not just the decoration of the form should also contain some deep meaning, is still unable to crack, and speculated that it might clan symbol or totem sign, or has the symbolic meaning of the auspicious gods? Some scholars think that they may have the function of the text, it is also known Prachuab Xhosa. In addition, I copper bronze sword, the body of surface often casting the formation of rough markings throughout all see from the shape of a tiger-shaped, semi-circular, oblique prism, and three flower-shaped, touch uneven, multi- showed a dark color or oil green or rust. This bronze is consisted of a zun and a pan. Previously, some research scholars of the ancient bronze swords have noticed, the world bronze sword of some ancient peoples, the control table often fine roughness patterns, hard and has a good anti-rust, or so-called "rough tread. Stripes of the Prachuab copper matte bronze sword, may also have this effect.
Southwest early off in the week cultural area was popular a flat stem willow-shaped copper short bronze sword. Is not difficult to see, I believe is extremely similar to the Warring States period the Prachuab copper bronze sword that (including the loading handle) and the beginning of the week flat stem willow-shaped short bronze sword. Therefore, researchers generally believe that, the Prachuab copper bronze sword from the Guanzhong region, its ancestor is the beginning of the week flat stem willow-shaped bronze sword, passed in the Ba and Shu areas, development in the Warring States Period, bronze weapons with unique ethnic style thus shape changes: If I type bronze sword of bronze blade longer, or even a long bronze sword; decorated with peculiar pattern symbols, bronze swords surface casting a unique matte stripes; stem perforation skew in the ridge line. The bronze is known as zun pan of Marquis Yi of Zeng.
 In contrast, small changes in the II-shaped bronze sword, divided by Prachuab pattern decoration outside, and almost exactly the same with willow-shaped bronze sword the beginning of the week, even with the shape of the copper bronze scabbard is also somewhat similar. "Book of Mushi records, cutting provider of Yin the end of King Wu of Zhou," Yong Shu, Qiang, mane, micro, Lu Peng, Pu "Tribes are allies. It is the most beautiful and complicated bronze of the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States.  "Huayang Ba Chi" said Zhou King Wu, and actually gets the Ba division. It is said that the Palestinian division Yong Rui, dance to the Ling Yin Dynasty. Weekly visible in the business end, the Pakistani family and family Sichuan and Zhou People in close contact, the Zhou people accustomed to using a copper bronze dragon into the Ba and Shu areas is possible.