Silver and Bronze Manufacturing and Gold Plating Technology

Making silverware and bronzes and gilding are local traditional crafts in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, and they are one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The process of making silver, bronze and gold plating is very complicated. The process of making silverware and bronzes includes blanking, welding, smashing, glue pouring, composition, polishing and so on. The bronzing process includes masking gold, smearing gold, opening gold and calendering. Finally, a silver bronze ware was formed.

20 1 1 On May 23rd, 2008, the production of silverware and bronzes and the art of gilding were approved by the State Council, People's Republic of China (PRC), and included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, with the project number-196.