Research And Protection Of Weixian Zao And Weifang Archaistic Bronzes

"Weixian Zao" were created in a specific historical and cultural conditions.They are fake bronzes which were used to obtain illegal interests."Weixian Zao" is named by Beijing antique dealers,then is popular throughout the country.Weifang archaistic bronzes are life articles.which are used to sacrifice or appreciation."Weixian Zao" and Weifang archaistic bronzes have the same wokemanship but different purpose.In 2009,Weifang archaistic bronzes workmanship became the important intangible cultural heritage in ShanDong province. The whole thesis falls into 4 chapters.which introduce "Weixian Zao" and Weifang archaistic bronzes’history and their workmanship and their current protection situation.Chapter Ⅰ is the introduction.Firstjt explains the reason why to choose the thesis.then it introduces the thesis’s significance in later bronze research and intangible cultural heritage protection.Finally,it illustrates the innovation points of this paper,including that it is the first time to speculate how the intangible culrural heritage spreads and so on.Chapter Ⅱ summarizes "Weixian Zao" and Weifang archaistic bronzes’ cultural history.First.it tells the difference between later archaistic bronzes and fake bronzes.Then.It analyzes "Weixian Zao"’s origin, development and decline.Chapter Ⅲ introduces "Weixian Zao" and Weifang archaistic bronzes’exquisite workmanship. First.this part briefly tells the Chinese bronzes’workmanship history;Then,it summarizes the "Weixian Zao" workmanship through the limited literature. Afterward.it analyzes Weifang archaistic bronzes’non-material cultural heritage inheritances Ji chuanzhi and Wu chunxiang’s archaistic bronze workmanship.and Weifang craft master Zhao yimin’s archaistic bronze workmanship.At last.it analyzes two fake bronzes which are collected in Shandong Museum.Chapter Ⅳ discusses the situation and the protection of the Weifang archaistic bronzes as the important non-material cultural heritage.It argues that the spread of the Weifang archaistic bronzes inheritances is from "Dongguan Li" to Li maoxiu to Xuan zuji to JI chuanzhi and Wu chunxiang.