Spring and Autumn Period Qin Gong Bo

Period: Spring and Autumn Period, Grade 1

Specifications: A: Total height 75.1 cm, height of the bi body 53 cm, weight 62.5 kg. B: Height 69.6 cm, height of the bi body 50.8 cm, weight 56.25 kg. C: Height 64.2 cm, height of the bi body 46, weight

Excavation site: Excavated from Taigong Temple, Baoji County in 1978

Percussion instrument. A total of three pieces were unearthed, with the same shape and decoration, and in order of size. The middle waist of the two sides of the bi body is bulging, the lower mouth is convergent, and the cross section is oval. The door edges on both sides are made of nine dragons coiled together, extending to the dance part to connect to form a button. The door edges on the front and back of the gong part are made of five dragons and a phoenix. The dance part has a dragon and a phoenix, looking back at each other. The dance part is decorated with hook-connected dragon patterns, and the gong part is decorated with hook-connected cloud patterns. There are strips composed of deformed cicada patterns and stolen curve patterns on the upper and lower parts of the gong part. There are four diamond-shaped pieces between the front and back gongs and drums. Each bi drum has a single inscription of 135 characters, recording the five generations of the Qin ancestors, Wen Gong, Jing Gong, Xian Gong, and Qin Gong, and the historical value is extremely high. Qin Gong bi and Qin Gong Zhong, which were unearthed at the same time, were used as musical instruments for Qin royal family ancestral temple sacrifices.
When unearthed, pieces B and C had "S"-shaped hooks, 16 cm long, one end was closed in a circular shape, and the other end had a coiled hook, with an octagonal cross-section.