In the Shang Dynasty, there was a very important industry, which not only could achieve mass production, but also had excellent craftsmanship. That was the handicraft industry of the Shang Dynasty, which also started from this dynasty. At that time, people would wear this kind of thing on their bodies to show their status. In other words, jade pendant is not affordable to all. What do you mean? Because of the scarcity of types, only the rich can do this kind of work. At that time, if the poor people did this kind of work, they would starve to death. Now, let's take you to know the development of handicraft industry in the Shang Dynasty. What products were mainly produced? What's the use?
Generally, it's very delicate to make this thing, so it can't be finished in a short time. In that case, the wages and salaries received are very small. As a result, people in handicraft industry are the rich who are idle at home. They need not only time, but also money to trade. Every handicraft must be sold on the street or packaged. At that time, there were many jewelry smelting or production processes, which were very complicated. At that time, as one of the most important official handicrafts, smelting bronze was the most popular.
At first, the generals on the battlefield just took a bronze weapon. Later, they had their own economic ability, and gradually let these craftsmen make what they wanted. For example, add some patterns to weapons, or make them. So the handicraft industry at that time developed very rapidly, and tens of thousands of them were produced in a short time. They are used to control certain economic sources and income. In the Shang Dynasty, there was no trade. If there is trade, we can sell those handicraft products to other vendors, and then make certain transactions.
The generals gradually pursued their own weapons very highly. At first, they didn't have scabbard. Later, some people found it inconvenient to wear scabbard. And then the scabbard is bare surface, and some people have made certain depictions on it, so gradually these things have become wonderful crafts. What rich people need is also rare, so many people are willing to spend a lot of money to collect such small things. Slowly, even the wine cups and eating bowls are carved to a certain extent. In the Shang Dynasty, there were many kinds of bronzes. I will not list the most common bronzes one by one, including some weapons such as swords, spears, swords, spears, and so on. Some more and even later people used them for the benefit of mankind, as well as some accessories on cars.
So many bronzes belong to the handicraft industry, so the skills at that time were also very demanding. Gradually growing up in the commercial scale, many products are also widely used. Therefore, the important handicraft production has formed a certain batch, and the Shang Dynasty enacted laws to require these businesses to be supervised by certain departments, just as we now have food hygiene inspection and supervision. Therefore, in the handicraft industry, there are special departments responsible for a certain extent. At that time, the requirements of the representative works of pottery were also very high, which were necessary for many nobles.
That is to say, only the later Shang emperors could enjoy the blessings. At that time, it was the phenomenon of comparison that went deeper into the marrow. Therefore, in the slavery society at that time, people would not be surprised to see such a phenomenon. After all, the number of cattle in your family is the same as that of sheep in his family, so there is no comparison between them. But it's the handicrafts, the symbols of their identity. If a person has the majority of works of art to wear, then he can get the corresponding respect, which is also one of the characteristics of the Shang Dynasty. Every day, people are busy in the production, carving and trading of handicrafts. The most important step is the mining of materials.
The author thinks that people in ancient times were extremely smart, they used their brains to develop all kinds of novel small things, used for assembly or trading. It seems that the greatness of the ancients is far beyond our imagination.
