中国很早就进入了青铜器时代。根据考古发掘中出土的青铜器考证,约在公元前十六世纪至公元前十一世纪间的商代,已是青铜器的制作日臻完美的时期。到了西周时期,青铜器的铸作工艺更加精细,这个时期的青铜器已达到光辉灿烂的境地。这些青铜器造型各异、用途不同,一般可分为礼器、乐器两大类。青铜器上所铸铭文(个别器物上的铭文是刻的)可分为六种:1.祭祀典礼;2.征伐纪功;3.赏赐锡命;4. China entered the era of bronze very early. According to the bronze unearthed in archeological excavations research, about the Shang Dynasty between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, it is the perfection of the bronze making. By the Western Zhou Dynasty, the bronze casting process was more refined, and the bronze ware of this period had reached a glorious spot. These bronze shapes, uses different, generally can be divided into instruments, musical instruments two categories. Bronze inscribed inscriptions (inscriptions on individual objects are inscribed) can be divided into six types: 1. sacrificial ceremonies; 2. conquests;