The Western Han Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels

This article mainly discuss several questions about the bronze dringking vessel in Western Han Dynasty. Among them,the typology problem of the bronze drinking vessel,which predecessors have researched on the bronze vessels of the Han Dynasty,but still need to collect.For the structure of the bronze drinking vessel,trend and the problem of the relation to Western Han Dynasty,the predecessors seemly not to focus on,so it worth to discuss.The first explores the distribution of the bronze drinking vessel.By collecting Archaeology data and literature materal from various regions,and from the form,functions of the drinking vessel,for case to statistics and analysis,evertually got the distribution of the bronze drinking vessel in Western Han Dynasty.Second,to emphasize the changes of the bronze drinking vessel in Western Han dynasty from the tradional ceremony to practicality,and commence inqury.Trough comparative research,found that the following changes:first,the function and nature of the bronze drinking vessel had been changed,from early ritual to practical.Secondly, the face of Chinese culture about the bronze drinking vessel increasingly shaped,the local color weakened.Then connect with the social of Western Han dynasty and analysize,recognize that these changes not only reflected affections of the Western Han Dynasty’ political situation and workers official system,but the merging of the culture system.Third,from a specific feast,worship,funeral ritual point of view,to explore the development clues of the bronze drinking vessel in Western Han Dynasty,so as to recover some profiles of the social and cultural life.