鼎代表国家。鼎是中国器物的极致。鼎是世界上古代工业最高水平的代表。先有了鬲,作为烹煮的生活用器。而后才有了鼎。鼎是古代的礼器、食器。王拥有九鼎,诸侯、公爵们当在七五以下。拥有鼎的多寡,自是身份与等级之象征。事实上,在有青铜器之前,早在石器时代就先有了鬲,夏代时,人们在陶鬲的基础上发明了青铜铸造的鼎, Ding represents the country. Ding is the ultimate Chinese artifacts. Ding is the world’s highest representative of the ancient industry. The first 鬲, as cooking appliances. Then there Ding. Tripod is an ancient ceremony, food. Wang has Jiuding, princes, dukes when the following seven or five. Have the size of the tripod, self is a symbol of status and rank. In fact, before the Bronze Age, the earliest stone artifacts were found in the early Stone Age. In the Xia Dynasty, people invented the bronze casting pottery on the basis of pottery,