Peak Work of Ancient Chinese Foundry Technology
Author of the article:HOU Ning
Author's Workplace：National Library,Beijing 100081,China
Key Words：Yongle bronze bell casting art
Abstract：China has thousand years of history of cast bronze bells and numerous bronze bells were cast.Yongle bell is the most representative of these bells.In his later years,the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di devoted himself to writing Buddhist sutras and made decree to make the bell;the first 20(totaling more than 100,000 characters)of Buddhist sutras were cast on the main part of the Yongle Bell.This year is 600-year anniversary of cast Yongle bell.This paper introduces Yongle bell from the angle of culture,history and art.
