A unique Qing stone that was discovered in the Shang Dynasty.
The Shang Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāngcháo), formerly known as the Yin Dynasty (殷代; Yīndài), was the Chinese dynasty that ruled the lower and middle Yellow River Valley in the 2nd millennium BC as successor to the Xia dynasty, followed by the Zhou dynasty. Tales of the Shang Dynasty are mentioned in some historical texts and records such as the Book of Documents, the Bamboo Annals, and the Records of the Grand Historian.
According to an ancestral chronology based on calculations by historian Liu Xin 2,000 years ago, the Shang Dynasty ruled China from 1766 to 1122 BC; But according to the chronology based on the current version of the Bamboo Annals, that dynasty ruled from 1556 to 1046 BC. While the Xia Shangzhou Dating Project concluded that the Shang Dynasty period extended from 1600 to 1046 BC based on radiocarbon dates of samples taken from the Erligang civilization site.
Qing stone musical instruments are an important part of "gold and stone music", and have undergone extensive developments from natural sound to artificially engineered sound. By the Shang Dynasty, the number of large one-piece stone bells had increased, and they were characterized by exquisite workmanship and amazing craftsmanship. Various shapes were engraved on their surface in the form of various animals, including tiger, dragon, fish, birds, etc., so that these instruments were distinguished by their wonderful shapes.
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