China’s famous casting city Yudie international trade
Lion City source
In the thirty-one year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603), the book Cangzhou Annals, Volume One, Territorial Annals, Historical Sites, said: “Lying cow City, also known as Lion City.” Sleeping cow City is the nickname of the old city of Cangzhou, because the shape of the city resembles a sleeping cow. The Lion City is from the Cangzhou iron lion in the city
Cultural relics protection
On March 4, 1961, Cangzhou Iron Lion was announced by The State Council of the People’s Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units
Legends and anecdotes
Legend has it that in ancient times, Cangzhou often suffered from sea overflow, and people who were good at smelting advocated casting iron lions. One day, the sea dragon is acting strange, the waves are high. Tishlion roared loudly, flying into the air to fight with the dragon, and finally the dragon was defeated and did not return, and the sea disaster was eliminated. Since then, Iron Lion is known as Zhenhai Roar.
Value of cultural relics
Cangzhou iron Lion is the oldest and largest cast iron lion existing in China, which fully shows the wisdom and great creativity of ancient craftsmen. It is cast by mud pouring method, which occupies an important position in the history of world metallurgy and has milestone significance, showing the high achievements of ancient Chinese casting technology, and is an important physical data for the study of ancient Chinese casting technology. At the same time, it is also an important material for studying the development level of social productive forces and Buddhism at that time
Pattern of cultural relics
Cangzhou Iron Lion is 5.78 meters tall, 5.34 meters long, 3.17 meters wide and weighs about 40 tons. There are “Lion King” on the top of the head and under the neck, the abdominal cavity is full of “Diamond Sutra” text, carrying the giant basin, facing the south tail north, holding the chest high, the giant mouth is wide open, and the limbs are walking.
Yudie International Trade Cangzhou Co., Ltd. is located in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, the factory (two foundry, two valve factory) is located in Cangzhou Botou City. Botou has a long history of casting, 1,300 years ago, enjoys the reputation of “China’s famous casting city”, is the local regional characteristics of the industry, but also one of the birthplaces of China’s modern industry.
