Then my mind started racing and kicking around one question: Would these mirrors be designed in the same style as the Han Dynasty bronze mirror or would they be of more significate in design to show their importance? I looked up the appearance of the bronze mirrors from Han) on the internet.Īs you can see, the characteristics of the Han Dynasty bronze mirror are round, thin, flat, round button and decoratively stylized. But what kind of bronze mirror? Is that the Wei Mirror? Since The technology of the mirror from Wei Dynasty belongs to the Previous Han Dynasty (25–220 AD). ‘Bronze mirrors numbering in the hundreds! This could be the most important clue! I thought, and I assumed "Wei mirror" prototype is closely related. Image from : History of the Three Kingdoms In a royal letter to the Queen of Yamatai, the Chinese emperor listed in detail all the gifts that was sent to her, the manifest referred to:".cattle, royal cloth, gold, rice, plants, bronze mirrors numbering in the hundreds of pieces." Until I read that at the end of the Three Kingdoms period – Wei Dynasty, as the Queen of Yamatai - Himiko sent envoys to visit Wei Kingdom in China, the emperor of the kingdom - 曹叡 Cao Rui greeted the messengers from Queen Himiko in Luoyang (Capital city of the kingdom back then), and granted numerous royal gifts upon them to take back to their Queen.Įmperor of the kingdom - 曹叡 Cao Rui ( 204 or 206 - 239) So, I went through the history of Three Kingdoms period and tried to trace the connection between China and Japan back then. "I didn't have any acknowledge about the origin of this artifact in the beginning, as the comic books mentioned in its telling of the origins of the "Wei mirror", the first thing that crossed my mind was how is it connected to the Wei Dynasty from Three Kingdoms period in China. Photo was taken at Luoyang,China by Ade Tong Special thanks to one of our members – Ade Tong who has spent great deal of time and energy researching the history of this intriguing artifact "Wei Mirror" (Just like Lara!) Upon that, she took a special trip in the New Year to one of the most ancient city – Luoyang (洛阳), China to seek this Powerful Mirror, and discover all the truth behind it! Tomb Raider China present this special archeology report (Journal) to all the Tomb Raider fans who are interested in the facts and mysteries behind this artifact, and its relationship to Queen Himiko. Image resource: Dark Horse – Tomb Raider 2016 ![]() Did this mirror really existed? If so, what is it like exactly? What kind of "power" does it have? Can it really suck a person's soul into it? If you are following the current Tomb Raider official comic books (Dark Horse 2016), you may be wondering about one of the key artifacts "Wei Mirror" and how it relates to Queen Himiko's power.
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