The Early Chinese Bronzes Study

Since the 1980's, the early bronze research has been affected by many scholars' attention. At present, there is a large number of early bronze has been found. For many years, scholars focused on the issue of Chinese bronze origin,and there is two opposite views. Some people think that Copper smelting technology was created by ourselves, while others hold a strong opion that the copper smelting technology in Central Asia and Siberia have great influence to ours.Origin of China's early bronze is a complex problem. To solve this problem, the auther will distinguish the different areas of the early bronze in China, find their different characteristics. Then compare the different characteristics between bronze in China and in Central Asia Siberia. Through the analysis, the auther find that the origin of bronze In different regions is not similar, Copper smelting technology in zhongyuan area origin independently, the technology in hexi corridor and xinjiang province was under the influence in Central Asia and Siberia, the technology in the place along the great wall was affected by both zhongyuan area and hexi corridor.