在古代，铜香炉是燃香器具，一般来说，它有四种作用：一是祭祀神佛，二是熏香室内，参考甄嬛传，三是熏香衣服，四是文房摆设，此外，像《甄嬛传》里提到的，晚上使用香炉使用特殊香料还可以安眠。
In ancient times, the bronze incense burner was an incense burning device. Generally speaking, it had four functions: sacrificing the gods and Buddhas; secondly, in the incense room, referring to Zhenwei Chuan; thirdly, incense clothes; fourthly, the furnishings of the study; moreover, as mentioned in Zhenwei Chuan, the use of special spices in the evening can also sleep.
汉代就有著名的青铜博山炉。宋人尚文，又喜仿古，把香炉的美感提高了整整一个档次。到了明清，尤其是清代，香炉的造型又变得繁复起来。
There was a famous bronze Boshan stove in the Han Dynasty. Song people advocated literature and liked to imitate antiquity, which raised the aesthetic feeling of incense burners to a whole level. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty, the shape of incense burners became complicated again.