The world biggest bronze ware Simuwu Ding

Simuwu Ding	Simuwu Ding

The world biggest bronze ware, Simuwu Ding, arrived in Anyang to boost the city’s last spurt to declare its hometown Yin Ruins to be listed by UNESCO as world culture heritage.
It is the first time that the over 3,000-year-old national treasure returned to its hometown in the past 59 years. The bronze ware came to Anyang from Beijing after a three-month lease contract was signed between the municipal government and China’s National Museum. The four-legged bronze cauldron, measuring 133cm high and weighing 875kg, is the world‘s biggest bronze ware item that has ever been excavated.
Archaeologists said it was used in worship ceremonies and it was also a symbol of the aristocrats at that time. Simuwu Ding was handed to the government in 1946 and is treated as the most precious item in the National Museum. The official said that having the treasure back to its hometown was one of the efforts that the government made as their final sprint in declaring the Yin Ruins as world culture heritage.