Traditional copper incense burner casting technique

Shanghai
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Copper incense burners are incense burners made of copper and are traditional functional handicrafts with a long history in my country. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the "Xuan De Furnace" in the Ming Dynasty, the casting of copper incense burners has reached a high level of "purity". From the Ming Dynasty to the present, the casting and inheritance of copper incense burners have been handed down from generation to generation, and there are many skilled craftsmen emerging and inheriting them. Copper incense burners are incense burners. Although the material is the same, skilled craftsmen of different times make them into various forms and apply them to different occasions: there are copper incense burners for fumigating clothes, copper incense burners for laying out, copper incense burners for worshiping gods and offering Buddhas, etc. The most famous is the Xuan De Furnace made during the Xuan De period of the Ming Dynasty. In modern times, Shanghai was the economic and cultural center of China at that time. The rapid development of industry and commerce enabled temples to gain strong economic strength and Buddhism was widely spread. The prosperity of Buddhist temples and the prevalence of Buddhist beliefs among the people led to a strong demand for incense burners. The traditional copper incense burner casting technique in Shanghai was continued and developed in such a social environment and religious atmosphere. The casting of the copper incense burner is not complicated. The lost wax method is generally used. The lost wax method is a precision casting method for bronze and other metal objects. The key to making a copper incense burner is surface oxidation. Oxidation actually changes the color of copper products, protects them from corrosion, and adds luster and beauty. Different materials can produce different colors in the same formula, and the same material can produce different colors in different formulas. In Chinese history, the surface oxidation technology of copper products was very advanced in the Ming Dynasty. All Xuande furnaces were oxidized and colored, and there were a variety of oxidation colors, such as purple, rose, rain and snow gold, etc. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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