History of Chinese Gold and Silver Development

China has found that the earliest gold products have been found in the archeological excavation so far, and it has a history of more than 3,000 years. The distribution range of Shang Dynasty gold wares is mainly the Central Plains region centered on Shang culture, as well as ethnic minorities in the north of the Shang Dynasty, northwest and southwest. In today's Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan have all found gold wares during this period. Generally speaking, the gold wares of this period are relatively simple in shape, small shapes, and rare decorations. Most of them are decorations.
If compared with gold wares unearthed from the surrounding areas, they will find that they seem to develop on several parallel lines that do not interfere with each other. In terms of shape and occasional discovery, the characteristics of regional culture are very distinctive. Most of the gold products in the Shang Dynasty Rule of Rule are gold foil, gold leaf and gold, mainly used for utensil decoration. Gold jewelry in the north and northwestern regions of the Shang Dynasty is mainly gold jewelry worn by personal. Among the gold wares discovered during this period, the most notable of people was a batch of gold wares unearthed from the early Shu cultural site in Samsung, Sichuan, Sichuan, Sichuan. Not only the number is large, but also a unique shape. Among them, the unique golden masks, gold sticks and various gold ornaments are also unprecedented by business culture and other regional culture. The early development of gold and silverware also reflects the diversity and imbalance of China's early civilization development. This is determined by the vast number of Chinese and natural conditions.
The prosperity and development of bronze craftsmanship during the Zhou Dynasty, laid a strong material and technical foundation for the development of gold and silver instruments. At the same time Make gold and silver instruments in a broader field to play its aesthetic function in more forms. Most of the early gold and silver products were decorations, and the most common gold foil was mostly used for accessories on other utensils, or in other words, to enhance the beauty of the utensils in the form of combining with other utensils. At the latest in the Western Zhou Dynasty, gold and silver officers appeared. Spring and Autumn and Warring States Gold and Silver Word: Fresh and lively
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, social change brought major changes in the field of production and life. The emergence of a large number of wrong gold and silverware has almost become a sign of the high level of technology at this period.
In from the point of view, the distribution area of ​​the gold and silver instruments during this period was significantly expanded, and it was found in the south and north. There are many types of gold and silverware. The emergence of gold and silver utensils and the appearance of a considerable part of silverware are very eye -catching. From the perspective of gold and silver artistic characteristics and production technology, the north and south are different and the style is very different. The high development of a large number of gold and silverware unearthed from the Tomb of the Northern Huns and its golden craftsmanship is particularly dazzling.
During this period, in the tomb site in the Central Plains area, the tomb of Qin Guo, No. 2, Baoji Yimen Village, Baoji, Shaanxi, the Tomb of Jincun, Luoyang Village, Henan, Weiwei Village, Henan Hui County, Wei Guo Cemetery, Hebei Pingshan County Wang Tomb The most representative gold and silverware. At this time, although the number of gold and silverware unearthed in the southern region was not large, it was very eye -catching. The most important discovery is a batch of gold wares unearthed from Zenghou Yi in Sui County, Hubei. The gold and silver wares in the Central Plains and the southern region are generally different from the shape style of the gold and silverware in the Northern Huns' ethnic minority areas. Most of its production techniques come from bronze technology.

Qin and Han Gold and Silver Wealth: Prosperity and Development
The Qin Dynasty gold and silver instruments are extremely rare so far. In the funeral utensils of Liu Xiang, the King of Western Han Dynasty in Zibo Village, Zibo, Shandong, he found a gold -engraved silver plate made by Qin Shihuang in 33 years. Exquisite production and decoration. This method of gold in the silverware pattern is very popular in the Tang Dynasty, and the golden flower and silver disk are also very distinctive varieties in the Tang Dynasty gold and silver wares.
In the study of these gold and silver accessories, it can be proved that the production of gold and silver instruments in the Qin Dynasty has comprehensively used casting, welding, silk, embedded casting, grinding, polishing, various mechanical connections and adhesive adhesion Waiting for technology and reaching a high level.
The Han Dynasty was a magnificent unified feudal empire, and his national strength was very strong. The gold and silver wares unearthed in the tomb of the Han Dynasty, whether it is quantity, variety, or production technology, far exceeds the pre -Qin era. Generally speaking, the most common in gold and silver wares is still jewelry, there are not many gold and silver utensils, and gold containers are even less common. It may be because the method of gilt gold in this period is prevailing, so it is used as a gold device. So far, the Han and silver utensils seen in the archeological excavations are mostly made of silver. Silver bowls, plates, pots, 匜 boxes, etc. are found in various places. Generally, the shape of the instrument is simple, mostly plain.
The gold and silver products in the Han Dynasty, in addition to continuing to use bags, inlaid, plating, errors to decorate copper and iron, they also make gold and silver into gold foil or clay dandruff. The most important thing to enhance the sense of richness is that the golden technology of the Han Dynasty itself gradually matured, and eventually escaped the traditional technology of bronze technology and moved towards the path of independent development. The maturity of the golden cricket craftsmanship in the Han Dynasty made the shape of the gold and silver, the decoration, and the color more delicate and exquisite, rich in rich, and laid the foundation for the development and prosperity of the future gold and silver instruments.
The gold and silver instruments in the Han Dynasty were found in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Yunnan and other places. In addition to a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, there are mainly car and hunter, hooks, utensils, gold seals, and gold and silver medicine needles, which involve a wide range of surfaces. In the northern Xianbei tombs in the northern part of Jilin Province, the tomb of Xinjiang Wu Sun in the northwest, the hometown of the car master, and the ancient city of the ancient city, as well as the gold and silver in the Shizhai Mountain of Shizhai Mountain, Jinning, Yunnan, most of them are gold and silver accessories. Such as cards, golden flowers, jewelry, buckle, etc., have strong national colors. The gold and silver instruments of the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties: Unique exotic
It Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, social turmoil, dynasties more frequently, and social and economic damage. On the other hand, in the long -term coexistence of ethnic groups, the lives of each ethnic group have gradually merged with each other, exchanging further exchanges, and the spread of Buddhism and its art, which has made the cultural and artistic development of this period unprecedentedly. In the development of gold and silver, the development of the gold and silver device has made obvious imprints.
It from the situation of archeological excavations, the number of gold and silverware during this period is more. The social functions of gold and silver wares have further expanded, the production technology is more skilled, and the shape and patterns are constantly innovating. The more common gold and silver wares are still jewelry.
In tombs during this period, we can often see signs of mutual influence and integration between ethnic groups. The "Fanyang official seal" Turtle New Gold Seal, Golden Crown Towers, Character -shaped gold ornaments, and hollow mountain -shaped gold jewelry were unearthed in the tomb of Feng Sufu in Liaoning North Tickets. Nomadic style characteristics.
The gold and silver utensils during this period are still rare, and most of them have foreign colors. Such as the gold and silver disk unearthed in the village of Datong Station, Shanxi Datong Station, the silver high -footed cup and the Tremella cup, etc., except for the ear cups, the gold and silver plate and the silver high -foot cup are all Persa Sassas products. At the same time, with the spread of Buddhism and its art, the production and functions of gold and silver wares during this period were also affected. A golden card unearthed in the Tomb of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, is rectangular. The front line is engraved with a naked whole body Buddha statue. This type of gold and silver products for Buddhism is extremely common after the Tang and Song dynasties.

The gold and silver instrument: gorgeous and colorful