[name] light brass four legged Fang Ding

[number] 1297

[unit] a

[] about 659 grams of weight

[size] length 11.1cm width 7.5cm high 13.7cm Ding mouth edge: length 7.9cm width 5.1cm

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Ding was originally a kitchen which was later used for cooking ritual sacrifice to God and rose to the ritual a monarch minister state powersymbol.

Ding is regarded as a symbol of the jack the state and power "Ding" words have also been given "glorious" "noble" "Royal" extended meanings such as: the word the famous the heyday help, etc.. DingJing Gong Ji Ji is the ritual.

In ancient times, Ding is a town treasure the jack. Ding on the pattern,the ancients believed that the town evil role, sometimes the law inscribed on the tripod, to display the legal dignity. After the new change dynasties a king the first piece of work was cast tripod promulgated by the law which is the symbol of the beginning of a new era andauspicious. Now the other is mainly used for the auspicious ding. Home furnishings tripod meaning all will have a new start.