Gold and silver hammer is popular in the Tang and Song dynasties of ancient traditional handicrafts, the use of gold and silver softness and malleability of good hammer out of exquisite handicrafts, do you know the ancient gold and silver hammer (yè) process? The following collection introduces the hammering process.
What hammer (yè).
Hammer and hammer are actually two kinds of craft, hammering, that is, beating. Roll it into thin slices.
A hammer is a striking or forging to make the metal more flexible and extensible.
It is to make the metal into a thin sheet, "the vertebrae make it thin".
Hammer (yè) process
The hammer (yè) process is also called forging or smelting (sà), hammering (yè) makes full use of the soft and malleable characteristics of gold and silver, and beats the gold and silver with a hammer to extend and unfold into sheets, and then shapes and ornaments according to the requirements.
1.First of all, the gold or silver bar after smelting and purification needs to be heated, and the gold and silver bar is hammered to 05-2 mm thick gold and silver plates.
2.The gold and silver plates are repeatedly hammered with a hammer to extend and unfold into gold or silver sheets of a certain thickness; It is then cut to the desired simple shape.
3.According to the need for the shape is divided into several parts of hammering, repeated quenching and hammering, in a hammer, the slightest inch of proportion is in the heart of the craftsman, reflecting the fineness of traditional handicraft.
4.Hammer out (yè) out of the required shape, and then polish, engraving, gilt and other processes to complete the production of handicrafts.
The craft of hammering has a long history in China, dating back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The Tang Dynasty was an important stage of development in China's hammering process, which entered a mature period together with the engraving process. This is closely related to the cultural and economic exchanges during the Tang Dynasty, and the introduction of foreign technology promoted the development of the hammer (yè) craft.