《汉字解码学》74 "豆"是古代盛肉食之高足器皿,也是祭祀礼器之一 "bean" is the ancient Sheng meat of the high-foot vessels, but also one of the ritual ritual.

74  "豆"是古代盛肉食之高足器皿,也是祭祀礼器之一。其实是先有植物"豆",后才有礼器"豆".

豆   甲骨文象古代盛肉食之高足器皿形,是祭祀礼器之一。《说文》注：“古食肉器也。从口，象形。”豆指古代食肉时使用之高足器皿。豆也指植物的豆子，泛指似豆之物。

豆 [荳] (名) the bean or pea family

<维基百科>资料:"豆"是中国先秦时期的食器和礼器。大汶口遗址已有陶豆出土，流行春秋战国时期，开始时用于盛放黍、稷等谷物，后用于盛放腌菜、肉酱等调味品。
豆形似高足盘，上部圆盘形，有柄，圈足。商朝、西周时豆多腹浅，柄粗，没有耳、盖。春秋战国时豆的形状多样化，上有盖，出现方形豆，盘有浅、深之分，柄有长、短之别，还有附耳、环耳等各种形状。
中研院考古研究所所资料:豆是祭祀饗宴中用以盛裝肉類、醬菜的餐盤。實際上，本所發掘殷墟時，大多數出土的豆雖未盛裝任何遺物，但常同時伴隨獸骨一起出土；少數盛有遺物的，多為獸腿骨或碎肉，這個現象也和《說文解字》中「豆，古食肉器也」所說的用途相合。
　　豆在殷墟的遺址和墓葬中出土了相當多的數量，就本所獲得的材料來看，豆的材質有陶（灰、黑陶）、原始瓷、石、木為主，其中以陶豆的數量最多，但並無銅質。後來中國大陸在河南安陽郭家莊發掘了兩件商代晚期的銅豆，數量也極為有限。
　　殷墟出土的這些豆，形制皆屬無蓋、大口的圈足器。整體由兩節構成：上半部稱「圍」，是口大而淺的盛盤；下半部是喇叭形的高圈足。紋飾則因材質的不同而有明顯的區別：

灰陶豆—	出土數量最多的灰陶豆，大部分都無紋飾；有紋飾的只是在口部或圈足處刻劃幾道弦紋而已。
黑陶豆—	殷墟的黑陶豆不同於龍山文化期的質地那般細薄光黑，而是粗厚無光澤的黑陶器。紋飾也很簡單，多為弦紋或環紋，有些會在圍及圈足上各突出一道弦紋。
釉瓷豆—	本所發掘的釉陶豆即原始瓷豆僅有一個，出於H107的穴窖中，除了口下有兩小耳飾外，全身素面無紋。
白陶豆—	本所發現的兩個白陶豆（R107.1、R107.2）都出自M388號墓，周身飾有相同且像似經過精心布局、設計的紋飾（—圍的上、下部以弦紋為界，中間夾飾幾何化、各成單位的雲雷斜紋；圈足則分成三段，以各式變化的雲雷紋裝飾）。
石　豆—	數量不多，通常由大理石雕成，內外光滑。
木　豆—	由於木質容易腐朽的緣故，目前所看到的木豆已「形存質亡」。目前考古學家是根據「花土」來辨識木豆的色彩、紋飾：已知的木豆多塗有紅色顏料且具相當繁複的紋飾。以YM362號墓中的8個殘破木豆為例，雖然可看出全部形狀的只有三處，且形狀稍有不同；但主要的紋飾是以獸面紋為主，其繁複的程度遠超過其他材質的豆。若以紋飾的複雜性來區分各材質豆的等級，則木豆的等級最高，其次是白陶豆、釉陶豆，灰陶和黑陶豆是最普遍的種類。就出土的現象觀察，木豆多見於形勢較大的墓葬，白陶豆也多常伴隨高級銅器出於中、大型的墓葬。可知木豆和白陶豆是商代豆形器中的精品，相對於當時銅質器多用於盛流質物，豆的口大圍淺，易於穩放，是祭祀時當作盛肉的主要用器。 74 "bean" is the ancient Sheng meat of the high-foot vessels, but also one of the ritual ritual. In fact, the first plant "beans", only after the ritual "beans." Bean Oracle as the ancient Sheng meat of the high-shaped vessel-shaped, is one of the ritual ritual. "Said the text" Note: "Ancient meat meat also. From the mouth, pictograms." Beans refers to the ancient food when the use of high-foot vessels. Bean also refers to the plant's beans, refers to something like beans. The bean or pea family "Bean" is the Chinese pre-Qin period of the food and ritual devices. Dawenkou site unearthed pottery beans, popular Spring and Autumn Period, at the beginning for the full bloom millet, millet and other grains, used for full bloom pickles, meat sauce and other condiments. Beans shaped like high enough disk, the upper disc-shaped, with handle, ring foot. Shang Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty when the beans more shallow, thick handle, no ears, cover. Spring and autumn and the Warring States period the shape of beans diversification, there is a cover, there is a square bean, dish with shallow, deep points, the handle has long and short do not, there is attached ear, ring ear and other shapes. Academia Sinica Institute of Archeology Information: Bean is a feast in the feast for meat, pickles dish. In fact, the excavation of the Yin Ruins, the majority of unearthed beans, though not any costumes, but often accompanied by animal bones unearthed; a small number of relics, mostly bone legs or minced meat, this phenomenon and "that "" Beans, the ancient meat butcher "also said the purpose of consistency. Beans in the ruins of Yin Ruins and tombs unearthed in a considerable number of the material obtained by the point of view, the pottery materials are pottery (gray, black pottery), the original porcelain, stone, wood-based, in which the number of pottery beans Most, but not copper. Later, the Chinese mainland in Henan Anyang Guojiazhuang to explore the two late Shang Dynasty copper beans, the number is also very limited. Yin Ruins unearthed these beans, shape are all without cover, big mouth ring foot device. The whole consists of two sections: the upper part called "Wai", is the mouth of large and shallow Sheng plate; the lower part of the trumpet-shaped high-legged. Decorative material is due to the different and significant differences: Ash pottery beans - Most unearthed ash pottery beans, most of them have no ornamentation; only the decoration in the mouth or ring foot at the end of a few lines characterization. Black Potato - The black pottery of the Yin Ruins is different from the texture of the Longshan culture, which is so thin and dark, but thick and dull black pottery. Decorations are also very simple, mostly for the string or ring pattern, and some will be in the Wai and the ring foot on the highlight of a string pattern. Glaze Porcelain Bean - The original pottery glazed pottery that is discovered in this place is only one, for the H107 cellar, in addition to the mouth has two small earrings, the whole body no veins. White Potato - The two white Potatoes (R107.1, R107.2) found in the M388 Tomb are decorated with the same decorative motifs (the upper and lower part of the circle, Geometric middle folder, the unit into the cloud denim twill; circle foot is divided into three sections to all kinds of changes in the pattern of decorative cloud). Pea beans - A small number, usually carved by the marble, smooth inside and outside. Cajan - As the wood is easy to decay of the sake of the current see the beans have been "form of survival." The current archaeologists are based on "flower soil" to identify the color of pigeon peas, ornamentation: known more than red pea coated pigments and a rather complicated decoration. In the YM362 tomb of 8 broken beans, for example, although the shape can be seen only three, and the shape is slightly different; but the main ornamentation is dominated by animal face pattern, the complexity of the degree far more than other Material of the beans. If the texture of the complexity of the material to distinguish the level of beans, the highest level of peas, followed by white pottery, glazed pottery, ash pottery and black pottery is the most common species. On the phenomenon of observation, peas more common in the situation of the tombs, white pottery beans are often accompanied by senior bronze out of the large tombs. It is known that the pea and the white pottery bean are the fine products of the Shang Dynasty bean-shaped device. Compared with the bronze device, the bean is used as the liquid material, the bean is big and easy to be put, .