Legend has it that Zhu Xia opened the curtain of the Bronze Age in China. China bronze art experienced three periods, namely Yin Shang, Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou, from maturity to prosperity, creating many bronzes with different artistic styles and writing the most magnificent chapter of the world bronze age. "Art is the most direct reflection of social ideology and social value." The bronze art of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty originated from the differences between its social politics, ideological culture and the previous generation, showing different style characteristics from that of the Yin Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty is an important period in the history of China, and great changes have taken place in the social system. The collapse of slavery and the initial establishment of feudalism brought about the opposition and contradiction between the old and the new, which made the society in a chaotic state of "ritual collapse and bad music". Decline of Zhou Royal Family, Hegemony of Governors and Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought

His philosophical thinking on the relationship between man and society, man and nature broke the imprisonment of theocracy and hierarchy, and his experience of his own life and concern for social reality made the bronze art of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty have obvious regional style. The number of brisk, changeable and interesting imitations has increased; The appearance of narrative and realistic decorative patterns was unprecedented in the previous generation, which made the bronze art of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty unique.

Characteristics, showing more human characteristics. First, the bronze wares of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty showed obvious regional style. After the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the casting of bronzes changed the phenomenon of royal monopoly and unified style. Not only big and small vassal states can cast bronzes, but even wealthy businessman dajia also participated in bronze casting and traded bronzes as commodities. Due to the influence of local culture, ideas and customs, bronze art in different regions has obviously different decorative styles.

This shows obvious regional characteristics. There has always been a strong belief in witchcraft in Nanchu area. There are many gods and monsters in bronze sculptures and decorations in Chu area, forming a unique and mysterious local art style. For example, 1978, the "Ceng Houyi monster-shaped woven tray seat" unearthed in Leigudun, Suizhou, Hubei Province in the early Warring States Period, the monster is composed of many animal forms, including a faucet, a crane neck, a bird wing, a beast body, a turtle foot and so on. And "He Luli". The upright crane spreads its wings, but a pair of exquisite and exaggerated antlers grow high on the crane's neck. These strange combinations,

It shows obvious myths and witchcraft colors. The Yellow River Basin and the Central Plains are dominated by Confucianism and Legalism, and their bronzes are rich in life and war themes. 1988 The "Bird Zun" unearthed in Jinsheng Village, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province is a fat vulture with its head held high.

A big bird with a hollow abdomen, a crowned head, round and bulging eyes, a long neck and a short, thick and bulging beak can not only open and close, but also vividly and exaggeratedly highlight the characteristics of vultures. The feathers and wings of birds are arranged layer by layer through decorative means, and the feathers are clearly portrayed. Put a tiger-shaped hanging beam on the bird's back and cover it with an arc cover. The cover is integrated with the feathers of the black body. For the balance and stability of the bird statue, a tiger was thrown on the bird's tail, stepped on the ground in front, and jumped upside down. The bird statue is not as fierce as the vulture, but a little more childish and naive, like a fat hen in a farmer's house, staggering and stumbling. Ingenious and complicated in conception

The combination of miscellaneous shapes and various modelling technique embodies the exquisite bronze casting technology and love for real life in the Central Plains. The bronzes of northern nomads are often decorated with animals, such as the tiger ribbon unearthed in Inner Mongolia, and the tiger-eating sheep ribbon discovered in Yangchuan, Ningxia, which is rough and bold in shape and has a strong flavor of grassland life, reflecting the life characteristics of northern nomads. Second, the number of animal simulators full of life interest and realistic expression techniques has increased, and the number of animal simulators full of life interest in bronze wares in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has increased, and they have been made into artifacts.