Introduction to the Shilou Dragon-shaped Gong: This bronze vessel with a unique shape and unique patterns is called the "Dragon-shaped Gong". It was unearthed in Taohuazhe Village, Shilou County, Shanxi Province in 1959. It is a piece collected by the Shanxi Museum. National treasure level cultural relic. (National treasure-level cultural relics are fine cultural relics that are unearthed and handed down from the first-level cultural relics collection every 10 years by an authoritative expert group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. They are rare in number, complete in shape, and have great historical value, scientific value, artistic value and economic value. At present, , Shanxi has a total of 12 pieces (groups) of national treasure-level cultural relics, 10 of which (groups) are hidden in Shanxi Museum). The dragon-shaped gong has its head raised high at the front, its eyes wide open and its teeth bared. The back is a long arc-shaped cover with a mushroom-shaped button on the cover. There are a pair of piercing ears on each side of the body for hanging. The whole body of the dragon-shaped gong is decorated with exquisite patterns with smooth lines. On the lid is a meandering dragon body. The pattern is integrated with the dragon head shape on the head, and the gaps are supplemented by swirling patterns. The sides are decorated with crocodiles and Kui dragons. Decorated with lifelike patterns, the dragon-shaped drink looks like a dragon boat moored in the waves.