唐代铜的产量远远超出前代,出土遗物却不多。其原因是商品经济发展、佛教的兴盛,铜大量用于制造钱币和寺院造像等,也作为普通人的日常生活用具,这些用途都是消耗品或可以熔化再铸的物品。与商至西汉青铜礼器具有宝器、神器性质,一般要永久保存不同。在唐人看来,“铜之为兵不如铁,为器 The output of copper in the Tang Dynasty far exceeded that of the previous generation, but unearthed relics are few. The reason is the development of commodity economy, the flourishing of Buddhism, the large amount of copper used to make coins and temple statues, etc., and the daily life utensils of ordinary people. These uses are consumables or can be melted and recast articles. With the Shang and Western Han Dynasty bronze rituals have a treasure, artifact nature, generally have to save different. In the view of the Chinese people, ”Copper is better than iron, as a device