In ancient times, it was believed that after the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, a descendant of Yandi, he cast three cauldrons, symbolizing heaven and earth. Xia Yuzhu Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu. In ancient times, Baoding was the treasure of the town. The design on the tripod was considered by the ancients to have the function of suppressing evil spirits, and sometimes legal provisions were engraved on the tripod to show the solemnity of the law. After the change of dynasty, the first task of the newly enthroned king is to cast a tripod and issue a decree, symbolizing the beginning of a new era and expressing good luck. Therefore, the replacement of dynasties, the symbolic significance of ancient bronze tripod, is called Dingge. Now, the shape of the tripod is mainly used to symbolize auspiciousness. Decorating a bronze tripod at home means that everything will have a new beginning.
The extended data tripod is one of the most important bronzes, which was used to cook and store meat in ancient China. The three dynasties of Qin and Han dynasties lasted for more than two thousand years, and the tripod has always been the most common and mysterious ritual vessel.
Ding is divided into three-legged round ding and four-legged Fang Ding, and it is divided into two kinds: covered and uncovered.
There is a group of ding, from big to small, in a row, called leding. The number of tripod stands for different status levels in the Zhou Dynasty. Tripod is usually singular. According to literature and archaeological findings, Jiuding should be a vassal, the seventh and fifth ding should be a great doctor, and the third and first ding should be a scholar. However, the system of the Emperor of Heaven is twelve ding, which is even, and the tomb of the Emperor of Zhou has not been seen so far, so whether this record is correct remains to be verified. Of course, Jiuding in the ranks does not represent Jiuding of the central government.
On the origin and function of "Ding": Ding was originally an ancient cooker. There are three-legged tripod and four-legged Fang Ding. The earliest tripod was made of clay, and later there was a bronze tripod made of bronze.
Legend has it that Yu Xia once collected the gold of nine animal husbandry and cast Jiuding under Jingshan Mountain to symbolize Kyushu, and carved fascinating figures on it to alert people and prevent them from being hurt. Since the legend of Zhu Yu's nine cauldrons came into being, the cauldron has developed from an ordinary cooker to a national heavyweight vessel. The country was destroyed, Ding moved, Xia dynasty was destroyed, Shang dynasty was prosperous, Jiuding moved to Beijing, and Shangdu. With the demise of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Chaoxing and Jiuding moved to Beijing. From Shang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, "Dingding" was the capital or established a dynasty.
Ding is the representative of bronze culture in China. It is the witness of civilization and the carrier of culture. According to the legend of Zhu Yu Jiu Ding, it can be inferred that China had bronze smelting and casting technology as early as 4000 years ago; The bronze ding of Shang Dynasty unearthed underground proved conclusively that Shang Dynasty in China was a highly developed bronze age. Bronze artwork.
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Ding (Bronze)-Baidu Encyclopedia