西周时期的青铜器与礼制的结合更加紧密,冶铸技术日趋成熟,出现了长篇铭文,创造了较之商代更加灿烂辉煌的青铜文化,是中国青铜时代的鼎盛时期。早期基本沿袭晚商,纹饰仍以兽面纹、夔纹为主,风鸟纹装饰多于商代,出现了象纹和双身龙纹等新的纹饰。中期以后,奴隶制转向衰弱,旧的生产关系影响了青铜工艺的发展,纹饰更加朴素简单,多以横条沟纹为主。晚期,礼器制作往往粗率简陋,造型与纹饰都趋于程式化和定型化。 The combination of bronze and courtesy in the Western Zhou Dynasty became more and more closely. The technology of smelting and casting became more and more mature. The long inscription appeared and the bronze culture was brighter than the Shang dynasty. It was the heyday of the Chinese bronze age. In the early period, the late Shang merchants still adhered mainly to beasts ’motifs and ridges, while the decoration on the wind birds’ motifs was more than that on the Shang dynasty. New patterns such as the imagery and the double dragon pattern appeared. After the middle period, the slavery turned to weakness. The old relations of production affected the development of the bronze craft. The ornamentation was more simple and simple, with the horizontal grooves being the dominant ones. In the late stage, the rituals were often crudely crude, styling and decoration tend to be stylized and stereotyped.