早期的青铜器种类很多，用途广泛，主要种类有兵器、炊器、酒器、食器、水器、乐器、铜镜、车马饰、带钩、度量器、动物造型等。西周社会还对青铜器使用制定严格的等级。以礼器来说，就有“天子九鼎，诸侯七，大夫五，元士三”的规定。许多贵族视青铜器为身份的象征，除身前大量享用，死后也把大量的青铜器随葬。《吕氏春秋·节丧》曾记载：“国弥大，家弥富，葬弥厚，含珠鳞施。夫玩好、货宝、钟、鼎、壶、舆、衣、被、戈、剑，不可胜其数，诸养生之具无不从者。”此外，青铜器的文字，对后世了解当时社会发展，重大事件、生活习俗，有着极其重要的价值。 Early has a variety of bronze ware, wide range of USES, the main species have weapons, cook, wine, food, water, Musical Instruments, bronze mirror, chariots and horses, hook, DuLiangQi, animal shape, etc. The western zhou society also has a strict hierarchy for bronze ware. In the case of the sacrificial vessels, the rules of "the ninth tripod of heaven, the seven, the doctor five, the three". Many aristocrats saw bronze ware as a symbol of identity, and they were buried in large Numbers of bronze ware after death. "Section on · bereavement" has recorded: "the family" big, rich, and was buried "thick, including pearl scales. His play, cargo treasure, clock, pot, pot, and, by,, clothing and sword, without the number, the health of all the follower." Besides, the text of the bronze ware is of great importance to the later world, which is to understand the social development, the major events and the customs of life.