Bronze nose button dance music acrobatics pattern print

[Copper nose button dance acrobatics pattern print]

Copper nose button dance acrobatics pattern print, Western Han Dynasty, printed 1.4 × 1.4 cm, 1.3 cm in height
Printed copper cast, nose button. The printed surface is embossed with a pattern, and four people each hold one corner. The person in the upper right corner sings and dances while the person in the lower right corner kneels and plays an instrument like a yu. The person in the upper left corner plays a cross in front of the seat. The person in the lower left corner seems to be performing acrobatics
Dance music is a necessary ritual for the Han court to perform sacrifices and ceremonies, in order to ensure the peace of the country, avoid disasters and diseases, and ensure the prosperity of the grain. The content of dance music in the court is different. The new voice changes the music and often sings the new music. It is always aimed at catering to the interests of the emperor, and then seeks fame and wealth. Li Yannian and his sister during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty are typical examples: Li Yannian has a good temperament, and it is said that his music “everyone who hears it is moved”, and he is good at singing and dancing, which is deeply loved by Emperor Wu. Once, he served as Emperor Wu’s song and dance entertainment. He sang in a quiet voice and said, “There are beautiful women in the north. They are peerless and independent. When you look at the city of beauty, you look at the country of beauty. You would rather not know the city of beauty and the country of beauty. It is hard to get a beautiful woman again!” The emperor repeatedly sighed, “Good! How can there be such a person in the world?” So Yannian’s sister got close to the beauty of heaven, and her brother and sister were rich and noble
This seal is the most abundant one in the Han Dynasty pattern print that shows the singing and dancing and performing scenes, and clearly represents a scene of the performance, which is the portrayal of the “today’s rich people’s bell, drum and dance music, the number of songs is Cao; the middle people call Yu tune, and the Zheng dance and Zhao Acu” in the “Salt and Iron Theory.

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