摘要：The tribes located in the east of the Central Plains were collectively referred to as Dongyi in ancient China, and they were large

这件陶鬹（guī）器，造型奇特，带有漏斗状的粗短颈部，顶部朝身体前侧有一斜出的流。环形把手连接颈部上端与身体下部，表面压印成索状。

This pottery gui (vessel) is incanous with a funnel-like stubby neck and an oblique spout at its top toward the front of the body. The annular handle connects the upper neck and the lower body, with its surface pressed into a noose shape. The belly of the gui is slightly spherical.

在位于中原以东的部落，古代中国被统称为东夷，其主要活动范围大致在今山东、江苏一带。自新石器时代的大汶口文化开始，该地区的文化取得了空前发展。

The tribes located in the east of the Central Plains were collectively referred to as Dongyi in ancient China, and they were largely active around today’s Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. Starting from the Dawenkou culture in the Neolithic period, the regional culture of this area has achieved unprecedented development.

东夷人以鸟为图腾。陶鬹完全模仿了鸟头（尤其是颈和喙）的形态与神韵，造型如昂首之鸟。这种结合写实与抽象的艺术手法，生动体现了他们对鸟的崇拜。

The Dongyi people revered birds as totems. The pottery gui imitates the form and spirit of a bird's head, especially its neck and beak. Its posture, like a bird raising its head, artistically combines realism and abstraction to manifest this worship.

责编：李一珊

来源：吼唔熊