Quest Luoyang to the resurrection of the village of sculpture in bronze

If we do not superstition Tao Fan casting, come back to re-understanding, which Sylvia graduate Qin carefully casting inscriptions, it is not that the ancients left in our "lead copper volume book," Yin bronze inscriptions of the beginning of a pattern, mark the "leakage of lead law" was born. Late Bronze fabrication business process. This kind of bronze sculpture was very popular in the early Warring states. Country can be traced back to the bronze casting process Xia Dynasty, to the late Shang Dynasty the peak into the production technology boom, bronze elegant, exquisite decoration, excellent casting, forming a unique, recognized by the world academic community oriental bronze statue . Business is how to make bronze for? Ancient bronze casting techniques can be divided into two stages: First, from the Xia Dynasty (in the unearthed artifacts of Erlitou evidence) to the early Eastern Zhou bronze production methods, which blocks the Model Law; the other is from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the late Spring and Autumn since been using the lost wax method (casting method).
Block Model Law is commonly used in the Shang Dynasty bronze casting methods, namely use soil, after screening, filtering, shower, cool mud deposition and other procedures to moderate hardness as a fall back, then do the shapes, the mud into the internal model and external range of two. Internal model is the shape of chinese bronze, there is no ornamentation; outside the range necessary to consider the future after the sub-range of cast china bronze that is produced in the mud when the range block (ie block the Model Law), but also engraved on a bronze in the mud Fan The incised decoration and inscriptions. Another the so-called joint-crotch bronze sculpture or short li ding actually adopted the method of soft-touch. Mud mold, ready, put the shade Fan dried, and then into the oven roasting. The mode, range, after cooked, it becomes a modern archaeological discovery unearthed Tao Fan. Tao Fan released after firing in no hurry.
Tonglu will need to be liquid copper is good, then there is still sweltering Tao Fan pouring out, so that the temperature of copper is not liquid and Tao Fan, Tao Fan is not easy to burst. Cast The product quality is relatively high. Quest Luoyang to the resurrection of the village of sculpture in bronze. Smoke Stream village craftsmen, to 1 kg of four small parties respect the sheep, to more than 1000 kg of a large human face tripod, one copy handy. This article comes from looking around travel. It was used to connect the over short feet and the belly of this bronze sculpture. In about 70 kilometers away from Luoyang south ditch of a hill, there is a colorful little village. The village is famous for rich antique bronze, it is the village stream smoke (the smoke stream Village).
Existing village more than 800 households, of which more than 200 households in antique bronze process. These small workshop production of fine antique bronze sold to Southeast Asia and Europe and America, to become known for the China's first antique bronze village. This bronze sculpture is kind of new modeling. Smoke Stream Village antique bronze products are complex artifacts of various historical periods imitation, characters, 1,000 kinds of handicrafts and other three series, has won the best tourism products Award Luoyang City, Henan Province, "Rural Technology Expo" Gold Award, National Folk Craft Competition first prize. One of the Luoyang Ding, emperor driving six lotus crane square pot and other large antique bronze has been the country as town of many large enterprises plant treasure.