Simuwu Rectangle Ding

In 1939, a bronze ding which is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs, was unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province. This four-legged ding known as the Simuwu Rectangle Ding was so big and heavy it could not be removed after it was unearthed, although the Japanese invaders tried several times to plunder it. To protect this rare Cultural relic, the local people reburied it and then unearthed it again after China won the war against Japan in 1945. The Simuwu Rectangle Ding is now in the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum in Beijing .

Four-goat Zun, Shang and Zhou Dynasties

The opening of the Simuwu Rectangle Ding is 110 cm long and 78cm wide, its sides are 6cm thick and the loop handles are 133cm high. The whole ding weighs a 75 kilograms. The casting of this huge bronze vessel used over 1000 kilograms of metal and needed 70 to 80 craftsmen to work on it. It is the biggest bronzeware unearthed in China and is a treasure in the world's bronzeware collection.

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