Recently, relevant experts and professors from Henan Province spoke highly of the Tangxi sword culture at the Xiping Tourism Resources Assessment Conference, especially mentioning the famous Chinese First Sword. Their praise was: The first sword in China deserves to be the first.
In the two-thousand-year history of China's sword culture, Tangxi China's No. 1 Sword has taken the lead and has pushed China's sword culture to the extreme.
Tangxi China’s First Sword has a long history. According to historical records, China's sword culture originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Tangxi sword, which ranks first among the nine famous swords, was glorious during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Xiping belonged to Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and returned to Korea during the Warring States Period. At that time, due to the war needs of the seven heroes fighting for hegemony in the Warring States Period, because Xiping Tangxi Mingshan Mountain was rich in iron, and because the water quality of Longquan was unique and suitable for sword hardening, the iron smelting and sword casting industries were very developed. Its scale reaches 480 square kilometers, covering part of today's Wugang City. The scale is large and there are many employees. There are 7,000 craftsmen alone. Famous sword-making masters such as Ou Yezi, Gan Jiang, Mo Xie, etc. all made swords in Tangxi. This place formed the arsenal base of ancient China. The Tangxi Sword and other nine famous swords made by famous swordsmiths are extremely sharp and famous all over the world. A large number of historical books such as "Historical Records", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "Warring States Policy", "Salt and Iron Theory" and so on have written a lot about Tangxi Nine Swords. There are records of all famous swords. "Historical Records" says: "The swords of Han soldiers all come from Tangxi in Minshan Mountain." "The swords of Han are all in the world. The first is called Tangxi, the second is Mo Yang, the third is He Bo, the fourth is Deng Shi, the fifth is Wan Feng, The sixth is called Longquan, the seventh is called Tai'a, the eighth is called Moye, and the ninth is called Ganjiang." Their swords are all "cutting cattle and horses on land, swans and geese on water, and cutting through the iron curtain when facing the enemy." There is also a history book "The gold of Tangxi is the world's best." "Benefit" theory. The Tangxi Sword has a history of more than 2,700 years, and was discontinued during the Yuanhe period of the Tang Dynasty. Fan Wenlan, a famous modern Chinese historian, visited Xiping twice. He said in "Compendium of General History of China": "Xiping has Tangxi Village and Yelu City, both of which are famous sword-making places in Korea." There are still buildings on the Tangxi River in Hotel Township. A well-preserved iron smelting furnace site has been designated as a key cultural relic protection unit by the country. There are many beautiful legends and stories about the Nine Famous Swords of Tangxi.
Tangxi China’s First Sword still follows traditional craftsmanship. Traditional craftsmanship is the root of all folk crafts. The traditional craftsmanship of Tangxi sword embodies the efforts and wisdom of famous sword-making masters in history. Since the re-introduction of Tangxi Sword, it has not adopted modern production methods due to the development of today's science and technology. Instead, it has regarded traditional craftsmanship as the soul of the product and the blood of inheritance. On the basis of fully respecting tradition, it has absorbed its excellent craftsmanship and integrated it into modern times. Aesthetic consciousness. In the production of sword strips, the repeated forging and smelting methods are still used. The more special heat treatment technology follows the traditional method. The processing and engraving of the scabbard are also made by hand. There are more than 300 processes in the process of forming the finished product of the Tangxi Chinese First Sword, but each process is done manually, with no traces left by machines, and no modern technology. A betrayal of traditional craftsmanship.
The Tangxi Chinese First Sword still displays the four distinctive characteristics of the Tangxi sword: toughness, toughness and elasticity. The special heat treatment technology developed by the factory director Gao Qingmin and his son over decades of painstaking research gives the heavy sword a certain degree of toughness. The sword does not leave any dull marks on the iron blade, and the tip of the light sword can still be restored to its original shape after being bent at 90 degrees. Customers or celebrities who purchased or admired swords at the Tangxi Sword Factory were surprised by this feature. They picked up the swords and tried them on the spot. They were all impressed. The triangle iron used by the factory's sales office for testing was as thick as a finger's steel bar. The gaps in many tests and the broken steel bars that were broken into two pieces are powerful verifications. In fact, as early as the 1989 Shaolin National Martial Arts Competition, the Tangxi Sword used this characteristic to defeat other swords that collided with it. The eminent monk Yongxin witnessed it with his own eyes and could not help but praise it repeatedly, saying, "The Tangxi Sword is true to form!"
The Tangxi Chinese First Sword is made of excellent material. Real things must have real materials, and material is the primary condition that determines the quality of a product. Tangxi Sword Factory has very strict procedures for purchasing raw materials. We don’t want genuine products, or genuine products with defects. We would rather buy real materials at a high price than buy inferior or fake materials at a low price. The first sword they made in China, the sword blade is made of high-quality high-carbon steel.
"Number one" is not self-proclaimed at any time. It is measured by the people with the most say in authoritative institutions using the strictest and most convincing standards. And "China's No. 1" needs to be seriously recognized by national-level authoritative institutions and experts. The Tangxi sword was comprehensively recognized by senior experts organized by the China Museum of History twice in 2000 and 2001. It "has reached the highest technical level in the same industry at home and abroad" and "is worthy of the name of the first sword in China".
Tangxi China’s First Sword has won praise from some leaders of the original country and well-known figures in the national cultural and art circles. After the Tangxi Chinese First Sword was recognized by the appraisal committee of the national authoritative department, praises came one after another. There were inscriptions from some leaders of the original country praising "the best sword in the world" and "Jianbao", as well as famous people in the cultural and art circles leaving inscriptions. The calligraphy treasures of "Eternal Sword" and "Tangxi Sword are Rare and Rare" can be praised by these people, and cannot be praised by other than art treasures.
Tangxi China’s First Sword has become a treasure of today’s China, and has been reported many times by many large news organizations such as CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, and People’s Daily. As the most distinctive traditional handicraft, it will be loved by more people. It has a brilliant chapter in the glorious chapter of Chinese civilization.