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Ding

ancient Chinese cauldron, standing upon 3 or 4 legs with a lid and two facing handles
Thing general Q1204499
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Summary

Ding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Ding is a type of cauldron[2].
  • Ding's Commons category is recorded as Ding (vessel)[3].
  • Ding's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dings (vessel)[4].
  • Ding's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[5].
  • Ding's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼎'}[6].

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Definition and Type

Ding is a type of cauldron[2].

Why It Matters

Ding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month).[1] Ding has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] Ding is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Q4167876
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Chinese ritual bronzes"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng
    P14541 → 11mGUa
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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