铜鼎-汇丰铜雕

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， the tripod has evolved from a common cooker to a traditional heavy one. when the state was destroyed， ding moved， xia dynasty was destroyed， shang dynasty was prosperous，铜鼎， 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).

鼎古代原是饪食器，后来变为统治---权利的重要象征，视为镇国之宝和传国之宝，也是“明贵贱，别上下”等级制的标志。史载，广场青铜鼎，天子九鼎，诸侯七鼎，卿大夫五鼎，士三鼎或一鼎。

shanyuan baoding design for the three tripod shape， ding high 7. 158 meters， maximum diameter 5. its 8 meters&weighs 90 t. it had three tiers&its ears were one high. 842 meters， ding ht= 3. 68 meters，铜鼎， full ht= 1. 48 meters. the tripod has eight compartments in one week， among which six compartments are the real picture of the four famous buddhist mountains， the panorama of the xilai temple&the jading tripod. the other two compartments are respectively inscribed with eight characters: xilai ancient temple&shanyuan baoding.