What are the characteristics of gold wares in Qin Dynasty? What is the technological level of gold wares in Qin Dynasty?

Bronzes in Qin dynasty have declined. The view that gold is beneficial to longevity promotes the wide use of gold wares. The goldware craft was separated from the bronze craft and developed greatly, and began to become an independent craft. Because of the short life of the Qin Dynasty, no other gold wares have been found so far, but there must be many gold wares in Qiang Qin, which unified the world. Sima Qian said in Historical Records of Qin Benji: "Qin Shihuang buried Mount Li and regarded gold as a goose." This means that there are wild ducks and geese made of gold in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.

A batch of gold wares unearthed from the ancient tomb in Lixian County, Gansu Province in the Qin Dynasty have been lost to Europe. One of them is called Hu Jin, which is 4 1 cm long and 3~4 cm wide. Look back when walking. Hu Jin is wrapped in ten pieces of gold foil with different shapes. The tiger is decorated with cinnabar, with round eyes, straight ears and hooked legs, which is concise and vivid. There are also two wild ducks cut out of gold foil, with long tails and bent claws, and the whole body is decorated with deformed and stolen patterns. In addition, there are some gold ornaments with animal faces, moire patterns and fish scales, some with nail holes and some without nail holes.

Stealing curve pattern is a kind of decorative pattern, which is a decorative pattern evolved from dragon pattern or animal pattern, so it is also called good body deformation pattern. Usually, it is an inverted "S" or inverted "C" structure, with the eye shape as the center, and there is an upward or downward curved line at both ends. There are also many stolen patterns that omit the middle eye shape pattern and only consist of thick lines. Stealing patterns are common on bronzes in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty and early Spring and Autumn Period. Although the Qin dynasty was short-lived, it was powerful and rich in wealth, so there were many gold wares and decorations. There are as many as 737 pieces of gold products in the bronze chariot unearthed in the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, including gold pawns, gold collar parts and gold beads embedded in the base. , are all cast.

Danglu, also known as the "head cover", is an ornament hanging on the narrow forehead of a war horse. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, nobles have used copper as chess pieces to hang on horses' foreheads, and gold as chess pieces is unique and precious. The research on these gold wares proves that the gold wares of Qin Dynasty were made by various mechanical connection and gluing technologies, such as casting, welding, threading, inlaying, filing and polishing, and reached a high level.