我们知道铜鼎在很早之前就出现了，历史悠久，铜鼎早出现是用来烹煮食物的，后来慢慢的用于祭祀或者是宴享。发展到现在，铜鼎仍然是很受欢迎的。

   鼎和其他青铜器上的铭文记载了商周时代的典章制度和册封、祭祀、征伐等史实，而且把西周时期的大篆文字传给了后世，形成了具有---审美价值的金文书法艺术，鼎也因此身价---，成为比其他青铜器更为重要的历史。美学家李泽厚认为，青铜器以其特有的三足器—鼎为代表，器制沉雄而且厚实，纹饰狞厉神秘，刻镂深重凸出，是我国青铜艺术成熟期审美价值的青铜艺术品。鼎是我国青铜文化的代表。我国出土的鼎是司母戊大方鼎，除此之外，还有很多的铜鼎，如大盂鼎、盘龙城大铜鼎等。它是文明的见证，也是文化的载体。

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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。欢迎前来光临汇丰铜雕工艺品厂，我们将以热情的服务，---广大社会人民。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, 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).