鼎在风水中的作用，鼎有可起“藏风聚气”、“辟凶煞”的作用。大的鼎往往笨重，需要多人才能够抬起，在古代人们喜用它来祭祀。那时候祭祀被视为是大事，而鼎的出现证明了当时的地位。被视为吉祥之物。所以易经上有记载。六十四卦，卦爻为，巽，上离下木，木上有火，五行属木。卦辞曰：“鼎，元吉，亨”意思是只要是所占问到鼎卦的，便是很吉力、吉祥、大顺之意。
The function of the tripod in geomantic omen can play the roles of "gathering wind in Tibet" and "fighting evil spirit". The big tripod is often heavy and needs many people to lift it. In ancient times, people liked to use it for sacrifice. At that time, sacrifice was regarded as a major event, and the emergence of the tripod proved its status at that time. It is regarded as a good luck. So there are records in the Book of Changes. Sixty-four hexagrams, hexagrams for, Sung, up and down wood, wood on fire, five elements belong to wood. The hexagram says, "Ding, Yuanji and Heng" means that as long as the hexagram is occupied, the hexagram is very auspicious, auspicious and smooth.