匯豐銅雕-銅鼎

關(guān)于“鼎”的來歷及作用：鼎本來是古代的烹飪之器，相當(dāng)于現(xiàn)在的鍋，用以燉煮和盛放魚肉。許慎在<說文解字>里說：“鼎，三足兩耳，和五味之寶器也�！庇腥�足圓鼎，也有四足方鼎。早的鼎是黏土燒制的陶鼎，后來又有了用青銅鑄造的銅鼎。傳說夏禹曾收九牧之金鑄九鼎于荊山之下，以象征九州，讓人們警惕，防止被其傷害。自從有了禹鑄九鼎的傳說，鼎就從一般的炊器而發(fā)展為傳國(guó)重器。國(guó)滅則鼎遷，夏朝滅，商朝興，銅鼎，九鼎遷于商都亳（bó）京；商朝滅，周朝興，九鼎又遷于周都鎬（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， 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).