地球有春夏秋冬，人类需要避暑防寒。炭炉，就是古人在天寒地冻时燎炭取暖的用具，类似于现在的火盆。所以铜炉最初的定义就是“盛火器”。炭炉在我国很早就出现，在商代墓葬中已有出土。
The earth has spring, summer, autumn and winter. Human beings need to avoid summer and cold. The charcoal stove is the tool that the ancients used to burn charcoal to warm themselves when the weather was cold, similar to the present fire basin. So the original definition of copper stove is "firearm". Carbon stoves appeared very early in China and have been unearthed in the tombs of the Shang Dynasty.
春秋战国时期，我国的青铜文明进入高峰期，炭炉已是贵族阶层的日常用具。早期的炭炉多为圆形，下有三足，口沿外有链环作提携之用。
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, China's bronze civilization reached its peak, and the charcoal stove was the daily appliance of the noble class. Early carbon stoves were mostly round, with three legs under them and chain links outside the mouth for carrying.