铜雕文化贯穿于我国整个文明史而形成自具特色、丰富多彩的铜文化。铜文化自它一产生就与中国文化的发展同步，在每个发展时期又铸铭着时代的印记。商周时代铸铜及铜雕艺术已经达到了很高的水平，当时在政治、宗教、生活等领域已经的大量使用铜制品。
Copper carving culture runs through the whole history of civilization in China and forms its own unique and colorful copper culture. Copper culture has been synchronized with the development of Chinese culture since it came into being, and it bears the imprint of the times in every development period. In Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the art of casting copper and bronze carving reached a high level. At that time, bronze products were widely used in politics, religion, life and other fields.
在秦以后的二千多年里，铜文化概括了社会生活的所有领域，如货币、兵器、邮政、宗教、地震、冶金、天文、建筑、气象、中医学等等，十六国时期铜造像艺术达到了很高的水平，唐代的铜雕像趋于世俗化。宋朝出现了仿古铜雕制品，明清时期的铜雕制品进入了更多的领域。
During the more than two thousand years since Qin Dynasty, copper culture has summarized all fields of social life, such as money, weapons, postal service, religion, earthquake, metallurgy, astronomy, architecture, meteorology, traditional Chinese medicine and so on. The art of copper statues reached a very high level during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, and the copper statues of Tang Dynasty tended to be secularized. Copper carvings imitating ancient times appeared in Song Dynasty, and bronze carvings in Ming and Qing Dynasties entered more fields.