To Ling Fong Ting

Detail

Name of object: Du Ling Fang Ding

Date: Early Shang Dynasty

Objects Specification: through 87 cm high, 61 cm wide mouth length, 17 cm high ears, 25.5 cm high, weighing about 64.25 kg

Unearthed time: 1974

Unearthed place: Henan Zhengzhou Zhangzhai South Street

Du Ling Square Ding is the earliest, the largest, the most perfect cast and the most complete preserved bronze heavy ware that mankind can recognize at present. At present, the earliest adornment Taotie pattern and tit-nail pattern of Chinese ritual ——is still alive on the land of China and in the hearts of the Chinese people.

 The discovery of Du lingfangding provides a strong evidence for confirming that Zhengzhou Shopping Mall is an early Shang Dynasty shopping mall.