The principle of hitting iron flower

The principle of iron flower is the metal has the characteristics of fast thermal conductivity, heat transfer fast cooling speed is also fast, in the air will be quickly cooled down, the performers use this feature, the high temperature of the iron hit to the high altitude will be quickly converted into crushed tiny particles, these small particles upward or downward fluttering in the process of like welding falling sparks, basically will not be scalding people.

The Iron Flower show is usually performed in winter, when temperatures are low and the open iron flower can cool down quickly, making it safer for the performers. The performer playing the Iron Flower must hold two "flower rods" and hit them hard, so that the hot iron in the "flower rods" goes straight up into the sky.

The hot iron hits the "trellis" full of fresh willow, and golden flowers are everywhere. Only when it hits higher and wider, the iron will scatter in the air and turn into tiny iron shavings that burn, cool and land in the air to avoid burns.

Introduction to Tiehua

Tiehua is a traditional folk pyrotechnic firework circulating in the Yu-Jin area, one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Playing iron flowers is a kind of large-scale folk traditional fireworks, is an ancient Chinese master craftsmen in the process of casting vessels found in a kind of folk culture performance skills, began in the Northern Song Dynasty, prevalent in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so far there have been more than a thousand years of history. Tiehua is mostly spread in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, most popular in Henan and Shanxi. Kaifeng Tiehua is known as one of the top ten folk arts in the Yellow River basin.

When the iron flower is performed, a six-meter-high double-decker trellis is set up in an open space, and the trellis is densely covered with fresh willow branches, which are tied with fireworks, firecrackers and starting goods. Shed in the middle of a six-meter-high old pole, so that the total height of the trellis reached more than ten meters. Next to set up a furnace iron juice, more than ten performers take turns with the flower stick will be more than a thousand degrees of high temperature iron juice hit to the shed, the formation of more than ten meters high iron flower, iron flower and ignite fireworks, firecrackers, and then with the "dragon through the flower" performance, the scene is spectacular, showing a thrilling, festive and lively characteristics.