鼎是-、華夏文明的古老禮器,象征著團結(jié),是代表和平、昌盛的吉祥物。北京校友會將“校訓(xùn)鼎”贈與母校,表達了對母校未來鼎盛發(fā)展的誠摯祝福。-,學(xué)校將圍繞“綜合性、研究型、開放式、國際化”的大學(xué)目標(biāo),經(jīng)過兩個“十五年”的建設(shè)階段,完成“新三步走”戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo),建成大學(xué)。在建設(shè)大學(xué)的過程中,學(xué)校需要克服很多困難,但相信在20多萬校友的支持下,這一宏偉目標(biāo)一定能早日實現(xiàn)。
關(guān)于“鼎”的來歷及作用:鼎本來是古代的烹飪之器,戰(zhàn)國青銅鼎,相當(dāng)于現(xiàn)在的鍋,用以燉煮和盛放魚肉。許慎在《說文解字》里說:“鼎,三足兩耳,和五味之寶器也。”有三足圓鼎,也有四足方鼎。早的鼎是黏土燒制的陶鼎,后來又有了用青銅鑄造的銅鼎。傳說夏禹曾收九牧之金鑄九鼎于荊山之下,青銅鼎價格,以象征九州,讓人們警惕,防止被其傷害。自從有了禹鑄九鼎的傳說,鼎就從一般的炊器而發(fā)展為傳國重器。國滅則鼎遷,夏朝滅,商朝興,九鼎遷于商都亳bó京;商朝滅,周朝興,九鼎又遷于周都鎬hào京。
about the origin&function of ding: ding was originally an ancient cooking utensil, equivalent to the pot now, used for stewing&filling fish. xu shen said in shuowen jiezi: ding, three feet&two ears,&five flavors of the treasure also. there are three-legged round tripod&four-legged square tripod. the earliest tripod was pottery tripod made of clay,&later bronze tripod. legend has it that xia yu once took jiu mus gold&cast jiu ding under jingshan mountain to symbolize jiuzhou, so that people are alert to avoid being hurt by it. since the legend of yuzhu jiuding came into being, the tripod has evolved from a common cooker to a traditional heavy one. when the state was destroyed,內(nèi)蒙古青銅鼎, ding moved, xia dynasty was destroyed, shang dynasty was prosperous, jiuding moved to the capital of shang du bo (b); when the shang dynasty was destroyed, zhou dynasty was prosperous,&jiuding moved to the capital of zhou du ho (h o).