青铜器是铜和锡的合金，它比起红铜来，熔点低、硬度大。这种银、锡合金，颜色发青绿、故称“青铜”。青铜器在我国始于何时尚不清楚，但古代有大禹治水，铸九鼎的传说，因而推断青铜器出现于约公元前ZI世纪。我国古代的青铜器，以数量多，器类丰富，造型典雅，纹饰精美，铭文 Bronze is a copper and tin alloy, it is compared to copper, low melting point, hardness. This silver, tin alloy, color bluish green, so called “bronze.” Bronze began in China is not yet clear, but ancient Dayu flood control, casting Jiuding legend, and thus concluded that bronze appeared in about century BC ZI century. Ancient Chinese bronze, with a large number of categories, rich, elegant, beautifully decorated, inscriptions