Ling Du Fang Ding is a bronze ware in the early Shang Dynasty in China, which was dug up by a sanitation worker named Yuan Haijun during the excavation of 1974. The location is Zhangzhai South Street, Ling Du, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Two pieces of Fang Ding were unearthed.

One is 1 m high, with animal face patterns on the upper abdomen and chest nail patterns on both sides and lower part. Simple and solemn, it is now in the National Museum of China. The other one is smaller, with a height of 0.87 meters, and is now in Henan Museum, which is one of the "treasures of nine towns" in Henan Museum.

China has always attached importance to bronzes as a national symbol. Ding is the most important. "Historical Records" said: "The Yellow Emperor is Baoding III, like a man from heaven and earth. Yu received the gold from nine shepherds and cast Jiuding." Although there are written records, the archaeological history of China began in Yinxu, Anyang, with Wu Dafang Ding as the representative, and its further traceability was provided by Ling Du Fangding unearthed in Zhengzhou Mall.

The representative significance of bronzes:

Ling Du Fang Ding was not only a bronze heavyweight in the early Shang Dynasty, but also the first bronze civilization monument created by China and even the world in the human bronze age. Ling Du Fang Ding is the earliest heavyweight bronze that human beings can recognize, with the largest volume, the most exquisite casting and the most complete preservation.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ling Du Fangding