青铜壶功用之再思考

The Second Thinking of the Bronze Pot's Function

青铜壶出现并流行的时间长,即贯穿了整个商周时期。将文献中有关青铜壶的记载与考古学资料相结合,在青铜壶的功用的问题上提出了新的认识。墓葬中青铜壶作为一种陪葬礼器存在,其功用不仅仅是酒器,个别墓葬中也有作为水器、储器的情况,可视作青铜壶的其他功用,功用的多样可以说是青铜酒器中流行时间最长的原因之一。因此对青铜壶功用的研究,有助于我们加深对商周青铜礼容器、社会和礼仪制度等问题的认识。

Through documental records of tion,this paper presented a new understanding bronze pots, combining with archaeological informa- of the function of the bronze pots and raised the idea that the bronze pot is not only used as drinking vessel for the reason that there are cases of them being water containers as well as reservoir table wares. Also,bronze pot in known tombs is an existence as a buried ritual,which can be seen as its another Bronze pot＇s function, throughout the entire Shang and Zhou dynasties,has been popular for a long time. Therefore, the study of the function of the bronze pot will help us deepen the understanding of the bronze ritual vessels, and the social and ceremonial systems of Shang and Zhou dynasty.