[Copper nose button spitting fire magic pattern print]
Copper nose button spitting fire magic pattern print, Western Han Dynasty, printed face 1.3 × 1.3 cm, pass height 0.7 cm
It is made of copper, with three layers of printing table, gradually converging upwards, and nose button. The printed concave pattern shows that two people sit with their backs facing each other, their forearms are bent, and they look like objects. They puff their cheeks and puff, and there is a cluster of dancing flames in front of them
Spitting fire is one kind of magic, originally introduced from abroad. According to the book of the Later Han Dynasty, The Biography of the Southwestern Barbarians of the Southern Barbarians, “In the first year of Yongning, the King of Shan Yong You dispatched an envoy to pay tribute to the Que Dynasty, offering music and magic people, and being able to change, spit out fire, and disintegrate themselves.” The Biography of the Western Regions quoted Wei Lue: “The customs of the Great Qin State are more fantastic, and fire comes out of the mouth, and it binds itself and dissolves itself.” The magic of spit out fire and bind itself and dissolves itself is still being performed today.
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