鼎位列古代青铜礼器之首，是王权、贵族身份和财富的象征。古语有黄帝鼎成，得道天下；大禹鼎成，四海攸同；商王成鼎，风调雨顺之说。

   司母戊方鼎是中国商代晚期最重的青铜器，1939年河南安阳出土。原物高133cm，长166cm，重875kg。此鼎造型朴实厚重，方正的鼎腹，圆柱的鼎足和谐的结合在一起，沉稳而庄严，鼎体饰以饕餮纹，耳上铸有两虎相向食人头的形象。气魄沉雄，器形凝重，纹饰华美，是商代青铜器风格的典范。体现了中国殷商时代青铜业的技术水平，有重要的历史价值。

Simuwu Square Pod

    Late Shang Dynasty,it was used as a cooking vessel,133cm in height,79.2cm in bore,112cm in mouth breadth and 875 kg in weight.Unearthedfrom Wuguan Village,Nanyang City,Henan Province,it is the largest andheaviest bronze cooking pod ever excavated in China.It is also a rare relicin the world bronze culture.It in now kept in China

History Museum

    Simple and heavy in design,the square vessel has two large handles and four hollow legs.Its sides and handles are decorated with animalface,one-legged animal and Huren Patterns, On its interior side is 3 Chinese characters“司母戊”which say to the effect that the ussel is casted by the owner tomemorize his dead mother .It is a typical bronze xessel of the Shang Dynasty, Signi-fying the of dignity of the slave owners