兽面纹四方铜鼎-宁夏四方铜鼎-汇丰铜雕塑(查看)

   大孟鼎是铜鼎的一种，是从古代流传下来的一种传承接地的工艺文化，想要了解大孟鼎的由来，宁夏四方铜鼎，得追溯到我国的青铜器时期。

   青铜器的发展史可以追溯到我国的商周时期，商朝出土的铜器不是很多，数量不多，西周、东周两个朝代的铜鼎很多，平民百姓都可以用到，大孟鼎在古代代表帝王的象征，大孟鼎是礼器和祭旗是皇权的象征，固有天子九鼎之说，楚王就证明铜鼎的重要意义，很多汉墓也出土过铜鼎，现代社会中铜鼎成为企业上市的礼品。商周时代大孟鼎艺术已经达到了---的水平，当时在---、、生活等领域已经的大量使用铜制品。在秦以后的二千多年里，铜文化概括了社会生活的所有领域，如货币、邮政、、、冶金、天文、建筑、气象、---学等。

关于“鼎”的来历及作用：鼎本来是古代的烹饪之器，相当于现在的锅，用以炖煮和盛放鱼肉。许慎在《说文解字》里说：“鼎，三足两耳，和五味之宝器也。”有三足圆鼎，也有四足方鼎。早的鼎是黏土烧制的陶鼎，后来又有了用青铜铸造的铜鼎。传说夏禹曾收九牧之金铸九鼎于荆山之下，以象征九州，让人们警惕，防止被其伤害。自从有了禹铸九鼎的传说，鼎就从一般的炊器而发展为传国重器。国灭则鼎迁，夏朝灭，商朝兴，九鼎迁于商都亳bó京；商朝灭，周朝兴，九鼎又迁于周都镐hào京。

about the origin&function of ding: ding was originally an ancient cooking utensil， equivalent to the pot now， used for stewing&filling fish. xu shen said in shuowen jiezi: ding， three feet&two ears，&five flavors of the treasure also. there are three-legged round tripod&four-legged square tripod. the earliest tripod was pottery tripod made of clay，&later bronze tripod. legend has it that xia yu once took jiu mus gold&cast jiu ding under jingshan mountain to symbolize jiuzhou， so that people are alert to avoid being hurt by it. since the legend of yuzhu jiuding came into being，春秋战国四方铜鼎， the tripod has evolved from a common cooker to a traditional heavy one. when the state was destroyed， ding moved，四方铜鼎大号， xia dynasty was destroyed， shang dynasty was prosperous， jiuding moved to the capital of shang du bo (b); when the shang dynasty was destroyed， zhou dynasty was prosperous，&jiuding moved to the capital of zhou du ho (h o).