鼎

ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

the prime of one's life

lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action

seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian

Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian

extravagant lifestyle

bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions

to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate

(of a temple) teeming with worshippers

(honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help