Human World: Xia, Shang and Zhou

During the reign of Shang King Wu Ding, Gao Tao, the master of tripod casting, was ordered to cast nine large tripods. He hid three lines on the inner wall of the cauldron's belly - not decorations, not inscriptions, but resistance. From then on, an invisible thread ran through three thousand years. His younger brother Tao Yong went to Xiqi and handed the pot to Bi Gong, the official of Zhou Dynasty. Bi Gong placed four bronze plaques engraved with seedlings in the Mingtang and said: "The roots are in the soil and the branches are in the sky. The farmers are bent down, but their children will look up at the sky." From Shang to Zhou, from tripod to pot, from blood to ritual. A line has been passed down to twelve generations - Tao Yong, Tao Lie, Tao Gu, Tao Jing, Tao Qi, Tao Li, Tao Fen, Tao Shuo, Tao Yi, Tao Ran... Each generation is doing the same thing in front of the fire: taking over the craft and passing it on. No matter how the world changes, the thread cannot be broken. Author's statement: The characters in this article are purely fictitious