The invention and use of bronze is a great leap in the history of human civilization. As an important symbol of advanced productive forces at that time, the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in China were called "the glorious bronze age".

After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bronzes gradually declined and were replaced by iron, the representative of more advanced productive forces. However, the manufacture and use of bronze mirrors did not decline because of the decline of bronzes. On the contrary, they experienced unprecedented prosperity and development. It can be said that the bronze mirror is independent and self-sufficient in the big family of bronze culture, or it is a continuation of bronze culture.

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Bronze mirror appeared in the early bronze age, and it was not until the emergence of mercury glass mirror in the Qing Dynasty that it withdrew from the practical field. However, its cultural and historical value attracts more and more people to study and collect it.

The casting technology, copper use, decorative patterns and inscriptions of bronze mirrors in past dynasties all reflect the specific background of the times, politics, economy, religion, literature, art and customs at that time.

Bronze mirrors not only have high cultural value, academic value and artistic value, but also have huge appreciation space and investment potential. The primary problem of investing in bronze mirrors is to distinguish authenticity.

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