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Brief introduction of staghorn crane
Unearthed: 1978 Unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Houyi, Leigudun, Sui County, Hubei Province.

Original specification: height 143.5cm, seat length 45cm and seat width 41.4cm..

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Deer is a long-lived beast. According to ancient records, it is a thousand-year-old pale deer, a five-hundred-year-old white deer and a five-hundred-year-old mysterious deer. Moreover, deer is a symbol of wealth because it is homophonic with the word "Lu" of "Fu Lushou". Therefore, it means "good luck and long life". Beautiful in shape, beautiful in form and unique in style, it is a fine work of art in bronze ware. "Antlers on the Crane" has also been designated as the symbol of Suizhou, and the mascot "Chuchu" of the 8th China Art Festival in 2007 is based on the deer crane.

The staghorn crane is made of bronze, and its shape is based on the base, and the crane stands upright. Antlers are connected by pressing nests. The crane has a long neck, a round head, a hooked beak, an arched abdomen, spread wings, drooping tail and flat legs. It has a pair of branched antlers on both sides of its head, which bend upward and inward. The head, neck and antlers of the crane are decorated with staggered golden vortex moire, triangular moire and circular moire; Feather pattern on the back of abdomen; There is a convex ridge on the back, and turquoise is inlaid on the ridge, abdomen, wings and lower part of tail; On the wings, there are relief patterns and circular patterns; The connection between the abdomen and the wings is surrounded by a dragon, and the dragon mouth holds the wings; Eddy legs; Claws decorated with palindromes; The whole device is divided into eight parts, which are connected and assembled after casting.

In the past, the yellow crane carried saints to heaven, but now only the yellow crane tower is left. The Yellow Crane will never return to earth, and the white clouds will never fly ... "The poem about the Yellow Crane Tower written by Cui Hao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, is the most famous in China. The cranes in China are world-famous. There are 15 kinds of cranes in the world, and there are 8 kinds in China, including some precious ones, such as red-crowned cranes, white cranes, gray cranes, black-necked cranes, red-necked cranes, white-naped cranes, white-headed cranes and demoiselle cranes. Crane has been regarded as an auspicious bird since ancient times, and it is the leader of a group of birds, and it is known as "one-quality bird". Apart from auspicious accidents, cranes can live for 60 to 70 years, so being juxtaposed with pine trees and turtles is a symbol of good luck and longevity in people's hearts. "Celebrating the Year in Song He" is the favorite birthday message of China people. The ancients liked to call the red-crowned crane "crane". Crane is not only a common theme of ancient painters and painters, but also bronze cranes have been found in unearthed cultural relics many times. 1978, a bronze staghorn crane was unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Sui County, Hubei Province. This is a work of art that combines antlers and cranes. Height 143.5cm, weight 38.4kg ... The crane has a slender neck, stands with its head held high, its wings stretched, a pair of bent and upturned copper antlers inserted on its head, its back arched and its tail hung down, and its slender legs stand on a rectangular seat plate. Its head, neck and antlers are decorated with staggered golden vortex moire and circular patterns, its abdomen and back are decorated with oblique and wide feather patterns, with triangular patterns and ridges in the middle, and its wings are decorated with embossed flat small circular patterns. The seat plate is 45cm long and 4 1.4cm wide, and there is a gecko-shaped collar button in the middle of each of the four sides, decorated with moire patterns. On the right side of the crane mouth, there is a seven-word inscription: "Ceng Houyi as the end of holding". This kind of antlers symbolizes good luck and longevity, with beautiful shape, beautiful shape and unique style. It is now in the Hubei Provincial Museum.