Trace out the Ancient Pengcheng：Different Kinds of Bronze Ware

There was a period called Bronze Age which was experienced by ancient people of lots of different areas. Bronze Age means that people make tools and other wares by bronze during that age. About 2000 B.C., the Xia Dynasty had entered Bronze Age. The Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty was the prosperous period of bronze. Compared with other countries, the copper resource was not abundant in our country. However the Bronze Civilization created by ancient Chinese people was glorious and had an important position in the world.

The function of bronze ware was very wide and involved all aspects of social life, including ritual vessels, musical instrument, weapons, tools, appliances, money building components, decorative arts and so on. ,

The famous Houmuwu Ding weighs more than 800kg and rises lots of researchers’ interests. Zeng Houyi chimes have a unique design and complex structure to play with “two tone effect”. A set of chimes have all the sound of the white and black keys of piano. Goujian, the king of Yue, had a sword before present 2000 years. The sword was still very sharp and cold when it unearthed, and caused the attention of the experts of metallurgical. The bronze chariots of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty was the most complicated and extensive ancient bronze form at present. The Changxin palace lantern, the first light if ancient China, had the utility function and air purification function and beautiful shape. The China tourism logo, the antique statue of Horse Stepping on a Swallow, shows to us an beautiful realm with the combination of realism and romanticism.