Looking at the Industrial Revival of Ningxiang from the Bronze Ware Group
Bronze ware, writing, and cities are the three major symbols of human civilization. Ningxiang, a millennium old town known as the "center of bronze culture in southern China," has witnessed the transition from the era of bronze smelting to the era of industrial intelligence among the top 100 industrial counties and cities in China, which is the most powerful witness.
From the exquisite "Four-goat Square Zun" in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, to the "Shatian Measuring Tools" that became famous throughout the country in the last century, to the sophisticated products such as the "Sany Heavy Lift", a major national weapon famous at home and abroad in this century... A large number of bronzes unearthed in Ningxiang are just like the seeds of industrial civilization sown by the ancestors on the vast Chu Wei land. After thousands of years of inheritance and sublimation, It has quietly grown into a forest of industrial "intelligence", indicating the arrival of the era of industrial revival in Ningxiang.
Exploring the reasons for the formation of the industrial revival in Ningxiang cannot be separated from the industrial "genes" that have been flowing in the bones of Ningxiang people since ancient times, the warm spring "climate" that Ningxiang people have been committed to creating for a long time, and the growth "fertile soil" that Ningxiang people wholeheartedly cultivate.
The industrial revival cannot be separated from the industrial "genes" that have been flowing in the bones of Ningxiang people since ancient times, which is the "craftsman spirit".
This is a vivid portrayal of bronze casting by Xunzi in his "Strong Country" chapter, emphasizing the need for regular molds to produce regular patterns in bronze smelting, the appropriate ratio of copper and tin, and the need for craftsmen to be clever and skillful. According to archeologists, the representative of Ningxiang bronze ware, "Four-goat Square Zun", has a very lean manufacturing process. The assembly line carving, relief carving and round carving are all in one, which is known as "a wonderful flower in the history of ancient arts and crafts". Experts point out that in the distant Shang and Zhou dynasties, there was neither advanced technology nor advanced smelting equipment. It was only through the dedication, lean, focused, and innovative spirit flowing in the bones of craftsmen that such handicrafts could be created, which will be amazed by later generations.
Throughout history, it was precisely because the descendants of Chu Wei inherited and carried forward the spirit of craftsmanship that flowed in the bones of their ancestors that they were able to bravely move forward in the tide of the times for generations, casting one high-precision and cutting-edge product after another, and climbing the pinnacle of industrial manufacturing one after another. The outstanding figures of Ningxiang Clothing School "cannot forget" and have brought the "craftsman spirit" to the extreme. It is understood that a suit must undergo 247 blade streamlined cutting, 220 sewing processes, 48000 needle sewing, 46 bit high temperature setting, and 8 quality inspections to ensure zero defects in the product. Sany Heavy Lift, which is a national treasure, has always demonstrated the spirit of craftsmanship in its research and production, thus breaking the monopoly of foreign large tonnage truck cranes. In its intelligent chemical factory, workers have precise control over every process and data. Under their precise control, a thousand ton level all terrain mobile truck crane can emerge in full swing. Take a glimpse and see the whole leopard. It is precisely because of the "craftsman spirit" engraved in the bones that Ningxiang Industry has created one legend after another.
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