从公元前20世纪开始至公元前5世纪左右,是中国的青铜文化时代,而公元前16世纪至公元前10世纪,则是中国这一青铜文化的鼎盛阶段。这一时期青铜器,无论是它的造型、纹饰和冶铸技术,都无疑是世界人类物质文化和精神文化的珍贵遗产。而它所表现的青铜文化特征,是世界古代民族文化中具有独特风格的东方民族文化。 From the beginning of the 20th century BC to the 5th century BC, it is the era of bronze culture in China. From the 16th century BC to the 10th century BC, it is the heyday of the Chinese bronze culture. The bronze ware of this period, no matter its shape, decoration and smelting technology, is undoubtedly the precious heritage of the world’s material and spiritual culture. The bronze cultural features it shows are the oriental ethnic cultures with unique style in the ancient national culture.