銅鼎在很早之前的功能作用和現(xiàn)在是不一樣的，現(xiàn)在是銅鼎的風(fēng)水作用，象征意義發(fā)揮著大作用，之前的功能隨著社會(huì)的發(fā)展，在不斷地變化中。

    中國(guó)成語(yǔ)中有鐘鳴鼎食和一言九鼎之說(shuō)，反映了鼎在中國(guó)古代社會(huì)生活中的獨(dú)特地位。鼎作為一種重要禮器，象征著團(tuán)結(jié)、統(tǒng)一和權(quán)威，是代表和平、發(fā)展、昌盛的吉祥物。銅鼎，是中國(guó)古代最重要的一種禮器。在王墓出土了一套鼎，共九件，這套鼎又名升鼎，這九個(gè)鼎大小不一，依次縮小。

史載，天子九鼎，諸侯七鼎，卿大夫五鼎，士三鼎或一鼎。

鼎，是中國(guó)古代最重要的一種禮器。鼎的使用，反映出中山國(guó)政治制度已經(jīng)漢化，采用了中原大國(guó)的禮制，同也有力地證明中山國(guó)已躋身于強(qiáng)國(guó)之列

中國(guó)銅器起源很早。銅器鑒定的傳統(tǒng)方法是對(duì)器物的類(lèi)別、器形、紋飾、銘文、銹色和鑄造工藝等方面，

進(jìn)行綜合分析、對(duì)比來(lái)劃分和斷定該器年代、真?zhèn)魏蛢r(jià)值。

關(guān)于“鼎”的來(lái)歷及作用：鼎本來(lái)是古代的烹飪之器，相當(dāng)于現(xiàn)在的鍋，用以燉煮和盛放魚(yú)肉。許慎在《說(shuō)文解字》里說(shuō)：“鼎，三足兩耳，和五味之寶器也?！庇腥銏A鼎，也有四足方鼎。最早的鼎是黏土燒制的陶鼎，后來(lái)又有了用青銅鑄造的銅鼎。傳說(shuō)夏禹曾收九牧之金鑄九鼎于荊山之下，以象征九州，讓人們警惕，防止被其傷害。自從有了禹鑄九鼎的傳說(shuō)，鼎就從一般的炊器而發(fā)展為傳國(guó)重器。國(guó)滅則鼎遷，夏朝滅，商朝興，九鼎遷于商都亳（bó）京；商朝滅，周朝興，九鼎又遷于周都鎬（hào）京。

About the origin and function of "Ding": Ding was originally an ancient cooking utensil, equivalent to the pot now, used for stewing and filling fish. Xu Shen said in Shuowen Jiezi: "Ding, three feet and two ears, and five flavors of the treasure also." There are three-legged round tripod and four-legged square tripod. The earliest tripod was pottery tripod made of clay, and later bronze tripod. Legend has it that Xia Yu once took Jiu Mu's gold and cast Jiu Ding under Jingshan Mountain to symbolize Jiuzhou, so that people are alert to avoid being hurt by it. Since the legend of Yuzhu Jiuding came into being, the tripod has evolved from a common cooker to a traditional heavy one. When the state was destroyed, Ding moved, Xia Dynasty was destroyed, Shang Dynasty was prosperous, Jiuding moved to the capital of Shang Du Bo (b); when the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, and Jiuding moved to the capital of Zhou Du Ho (h o).