Weifang Antique Copper Technique And Strategy Of Conservation

Weifang is one of the most concentrated areas of folk art in Shandong, such as the famous kite、Yangjiabu New Year’s paintings、mahogany inlay silver furniture、 counterfeit antique copper、cloth toys, it has a variety of folk arts and crafts. Some of the folk art forms adapt to the social development and keep up with the times steps and adjust development directions,so they have a powerful development momentum. However,there are some folk crafts not to adapt to the changing society,they have already lost the original vigorous development of the excellent situation, facing the predicament of existence, such as the Weifang counterfeit antique copper. Weifang counterfeit antique copper is the product of ancient bronze technology and today’s society and it is the continuation and development of ancient bronze technology in today’s society, it is the combination of modeling、sculpture and mosaic of art which has very high research value. With the change of the times and people’s aesthetic idea transformation and the destruction of war, the counterfeit ancient bronze in numbers is not much to left., it has been the precious cultural relics. In order to satisfy the people’s appreciation and research needs, Weifang counterfeit antique copper in Ming, Qing period gradually to rise and development, and then in the tide of history inevitably experienced difficulties and twists and turns. Now Weifang counterfeit antique process with the aid of the intangible cultural heritage of the East, has attracted more and more attentions, successfully entered the second batch of intangible cultural heritage of Shandong province. It is researching and exploring methods to solve the problems and to find a suitable new road for development now.National cultural is diversity, protecting our national cultures is an very important thing, as the four major producing areas of counterfeit antique copper with Beijing、Suzhou、Xi’an,We should also make a variety of folk arts and crafts development,reflect the different taste of Weifang. Antique bronze craft belongs to the characteristics of Weifang folk arts and crafts varieties, so that this ancient craft to prosper, get rid of the realistic limitations is the problem that solves urgently.This article take the field investigation and the method of combining literature systematically Weifang antique copper. In the process, the ancient law and modern technology has done a detailed description of. The focus of this paper is through field visits Weifang, Xi’an two antique artist, comprehensively reflects the antique copper production process, the current practitioners of life state, the flow direction of product. In the tradition of people, according to" people’s Republic of China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Law" the relevant regulations as the basis, combined with Japan and other countries and Xi’an, antique copper industry prosperous areas put forward multiple solutions, trying to improve the current Weifang antique artist age slants big, difficult issues such as income. From antique copper products, this article through to the Weifang, Ji’nan, Xi’an three city cultural market, antique market and the sale of handicrafts shop entities to visit, will be three different local antique bronze products mode of production, sales and sales channels are compared with the actual situation, summed up the Weifang antique bronze products face pressure of market competition, and from product function deep mining, the change of production mode, and how to adapt to the trend of consumption and antique copper technology future development put forward more practical solution.