Da Ke Ding, c. 1046 - 771 B.C.E. (late Western Zhou dynasty, China), bronze, 93.1 cm high (Shanghai Museum) Speakers: Dr. Kristen Chiem and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Impressed by Dr. Chiem' s in-depth explanation. Isn't it amazing that Chinese characters of 3000 years ago can be read by untrained eyes of today? Good or bad, A culture didn't change much in the last two millenniums.
Just as an FYI: No, these characters cannot be read by untrained eyes. Probably only one or two characters remained consistent. Actually, it took some time (quite a few decades) for the scholars to translate these words into modern Chinese.
@@sunjh2004 of course not if you refer to the script in the bronze Ding in this video, it is not the early script in the oracle bone which needs decipher.
It's taking so much longer for me to scroll to unwatched videos! This is bronze as I'd expect it, rather than large NY buildings made from it. I loved hearing more about the motifs and am curious what degree of certainty we have when identifying them. It must've been such a weight on the Emperor to try to appease the divine beings at risk of losing their divine mandate - not jealous! 290 characters! 😰 I hope that's the total number of characters rather than the count of unique characters, lol. It was nice seeing the two speakers in this video. ❤❤
Great to see you putting out superb videos more recently!
The history is so rich and the piece was remarkable for its day, so much so that it brought literal tears to my eyes.
Impressed by Dr. Chiem' s in-depth explanation. Isn't it amazing that Chinese characters of 3000 years ago can be read by untrained eyes of today? Good or bad, A culture didn't change much in the last two millenniums.
Just as an FYI: No, these characters cannot be read by untrained eyes. Probably only one or two characters remained consistent. Actually, it took some time (quite a few decades) for the scholars to translate these words into modern Chinese.
@@sunjh2004 They have dictionary to compare ancient Zhou script since Han dynasty. So it was not tedious job in find the meaning.
@@sunjh2004 of course not if you refer to the script in the bronze Ding in this video, it is not the early script in the oracle bone which needs decipher.
Lovely!
大克鼎銘文內容分為兩段：首段記載了克對其祖父師華父的讚譽，因其功績，周王任命其孫克擔任膳夫，負責出傳王命；次段記載了周天子對克官職的冊命和賞賜，克接受任命和賞賜，於是鑄造此鼎歌頌周天子的美德，同時祭祀祖父的在天之靈。
It's taking so much longer for me to scroll to unwatched videos!
This is bronze as I'd expect it, rather than large NY buildings made from it.
I loved hearing more about the motifs and am curious what degree of certainty we have when identifying them.
It must've been such a weight on the Emperor to try to appease the divine beings at risk of losing their divine mandate - not jealous!
290 characters! 😰 I hope that's the total number of characters rather than the count of unique characters, lol.
It was nice seeing the two speakers in this video. ❤❤
Bronze age China is impressive!
My favorite part of Chinese art history!
amazing
Am I incorrect in thinking these ritual bronzes didn’t have a patina when they were used, and were a beautiful shiny bronze colour in life?
It’s crazy how old Chinese history is
Interesting video. By the way, does anybody know what the intro music is?
Its old rights free music that apple used to provide via garage band.
Ah right, I thought I recognised it from a jazz song, I must be wrong then haha. Thanks for the reply.
Un sorprendente parecido estilístico a la cultura Chavín, de Perú.
We will be adding a video about a Cupesnique bottle soon.
Excellent! will be the famous huaco of "contortionist"?...
Feline-Head Bottle at the Met in New York: th-cam.com/video/EjoIS4F0Ca8/w-d-xo.html
The Chinese character for ding 鼎 looks like a ding