炉,为古时烧炭、焚香之器。宋代之前焚香时多用陶、青铜、瓷炉,明宣德年间宫廷铸造一种焚香之炉——宣德炉,通常用于陵墓、寺庙及权势之家烧香、拜佛、祭祖神。宣德本朝所铸的鼎彝,由于其精美绝伦而数量稀少,后世不断地仿制,成为特定的铸铜工艺品门类,被约定俗成称为“宣德炉”。遗憾的是,宣德炉没有标准器。本文作者通过亲见的一件宣德炉,尝试作了一番定义。 Furnace, burning charcoal for the ancient time, incense device. Before the Song Dynasty incense, more use of pottery, bronze, porcelain furnace, the Ming Dynasty Xuande cast a furnace of incense - Xuande furnace, commonly used in mausoleums, temples and power house burning incense, worship Buddha, ancestor worship. Xuande Ben Dingzhao cast Ding Yi, due to its exquisite and sparsely populated, succeeding in imitation, become a specific category of bronze crafts, was conventionally known as the “Xuande furnace.” Unfortunately, there is no standard Xuande stove. The author through a pro Xuande furnace, try to make a definition.