Introduction to the Execution Cart: In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to strengthen the stability of the rule of the slave-owning class, there were a variety of torture methods for slaves. There was a record in the "Zhou Rites" of "The Executioner was sent to keep the confinement". It means to let the slaves who were executed to guard the gardens and gardens of the nobles. "Mutilation" is a cruel punishment second only to the death penalty in which the victim's left foot is chopped off. Some scholars believe that this was done to prevent slaves from escaping and to facilitate the management of slave owners. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, people who were subjected to mutilation were often treated with mutilation. Slaves were buried with their owners in their graves, indicating the penal system and class oppression at that time. This national treasure of the Spring and Autumn Period, the "cutting people to keep the confinement" car unearthed in 1989 in Shangguo Village, Wenxi County, Shanxi Province, is a vivid embodiment of "cutting people to keep the confinement". On this small bronze device, which is 9.1 centimeters high, 13.7 centimeters long and 11.3 centimeters wide, and can be held up with just one hand, the image of a car pops up in front of the eyes. On one side of the car's door leaf On the top, there stands a "cutting man" wearing a pointed hat. His left foot has been lost forever. On the body of the car he is supporting, a total of 14 animal images, large and small, are cast, including birds and beasts, monkeys, birds, Tigers and leopards are everywhere. This is the image of "囿" in the garden that only nobles can watch and hunt. These vivid and interesting animal image components of different shapes are not only beautiful, but most of them can rotate freely. The craftsmen at that time used superb design ideas to cast these components separately and then combine them, thus forming this unique national treasure "Cutting Man Shouji" car - but in fact, the car is just an artifact. Strengthening the image of entertainment, the real purpose of this utensil is a small square box used by nobles to hold miscellaneous utensils.
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