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กกกก More than 200 gold pieces
have been unearthed in the Jinsha ruins to the day which
is largest in both number and variety in terms of gold wares
unearthed of the Pre-Qin period. As for bronzes, there are
more than 1,200 cases including bronze pieces, eye-shaped
pieces nad figure-shaped pieces.Jade pieces come to over
2,000 of various shapes and patterns. There are also nearly
1,000 pieces of stones, of which the stone statues of people
and animal are the most exquisite. Still others are lacquer
wares of more than 10 pieces with the wood carved human
head and tiger head as the main works. So far, the number
of the wares unearthed in the Jinsha Ruins has gone over
5000 which include golds, bronzes, jades, stones and lacquer
objects. There are also thousands of pottery, tons of ivory,
hundreds of wild boar fangs and deer antlers and so on.
All of these objects were basically unearthed in a large
worship activities area. They are brilliant and gorgeous
and religiously mysterious, most of which are supposed to
be used by distinguished persons in worship rites and ceremonies
when they were praying to gods of heaven or river and mountain
for blesses. Meanwhile, they may be also thespecific expression
of the powerful national strength, affluent supply and advanced
technology of the time. |