The Giant Coins in Huize County, Qujing
Chinese Name:会泽公园大铜钱
English Name:The Giant Coins in Huize County, Qujing
Qujing Giant Coins in Huize County travel guide introduces the main attractions, entrance tickets booking, The best time to visit, How to Get there, the highlights, facts, history, photos, weather, accommodation, visiting routes, travel tips, tour maps of Giant Coins in Qujing.
大铜钱坐落在云南省曲靖市会泽县通宝路366号的会泽公园，直径为22.6米，重77777公斤的古钱币雕塑为国际著名建筑设计大师谢秉漫教授创意设计，堪称又一世界之最，古钱币雕塑放大39倍后，立于城市的中轴线上，一座流光溢彩的“彩虹桥”跨水而立，桥身轻盈通透，从“线孔”中贯穿飞越，人走在上面，仿佛置身于时空的隧道之上，它屹立于天地间，俯视古今、贯穿未来，象征会泽辉煌的铜业历史，让人们遥想当年一山宝气钟千古、四野炉烟绕万年的盛世景象。
There are two coin offices in the county town of Huize, ascend the throne in the east of county town and lie in the city the southeast corner “treasure cloud” coins in the old office and “treasure cloud” and coins in the new office. The new office built in the sixth year of Qianlong(1741), covered an area of 8600 square meters, faced northing, “office will of Qianlong Dongchuan” was loaded: ” The new office of treasure could, in the southeast corner outside the city of the office, northwards.
One screen wall facing the gate of a house, three gates, three gates, three respects gate. Bloulez is surrounded on both sides in the door, build and build 300 doors of stove room, 15 doors of charcoal room. It amounts to 15to patrol the fence,wooden ironsmith’s battle, clear word craftsman’s room, three warehouses, three halls, 18 copper lead, storehouse of money, six office studies, four it watchtower, is it examine government one of administration to room, 15 doors of charcoal room. It amounts to 15to patrol the fence, wooden ironsmith’s battle, clear word craftsman’s room, three warehouses, three halls, 18 copper lead, storehouse of money, six office studies, four it watchtower, is it examine government one of administration to patrol, on garrison duty left army transport Qian officer government office headquarters, office copper shop, county copper shop”. It may well be large-scale, multiple functional.
The coin office repaired in 2002, just the nave of this office and back hall, the back hall moulded I, seat ride ox is according to “purple gas the east come” allusion quatation this designed, hope the old man not only makes pills of immortality”, let’s bring the lucky air of kind to people here too! It cast because Qian Government money Huize county town “silver capital complement, money and concurrently with” abundant copper mine resource adding monetary policy and appearing. In the 12th year of Yongzheng, the county town set up the old office of “treasure cloud”, set up 50 stoves, casting 125682 bunches of money every year, by the 6th the year of Qianlong(1741), Yunnan Province one permitted and built the river of Jiasha and transported the copper water course at the river same time, eat the money in order to grant the worker who repairs river.
The new office of newly-built “treasure cloud” of southeast side, build 20 stoves, produce 89773 bunches of copper cash per year in the city, the office of Dongchuan casts the great prosperity period of the money, set up more than 70 stoves, it is 440,000 bunches to coin every year, stove head, more than 1500 people of craftsman’s battle, have formed a set of management sciences, multiple functional, divides the work and careful organizations.
The History of the Coins in Huize County
会泽铜商文化的两次高潮时期。根据金正耀、李晓岑二位先生进行的同位素考古研究，会泽铜的出现最早可追溯到3200年前的周朝晚期。在公元2世纪中叶开始的100年时间里，会泽铜商文化迎来了第一个高潮时期。根据考古发现的会泽生产的堂螂铜洗（铜盆、铜锅、铜壶、铜鼓等器皿类生活用具），其出土的范围，最近的在云南昭通，最远的在陕西勉县，这说明会泽所生产的器具已享有盛誉，输往全国，在一定程度上影响着人们的生活了。在交通、物流艰难的时代环境下，铜洗的广泛流传说明当时已经形成了铜商文化雏形。明清以来至现代，是会泽铜商文化的第二个高潮时期。特别是在清康熙二十一年（1682年）至咸丰六年（1856年）的近200年时间里，会泽铜矿业逐渐兴盛，采矿、冶炼、外省采办、本省鼓铸、京运等，来往会泽之人络绎不绝、大量聚集，“一业兴而百业旺”，有力地带动了其他产业的发展，使会泽成为当时名副其实的“经济开发区”，“铜都”的美誉流传甚广。这也被认为是会泽铜商文化的真正形成时期。
会泽铜商文化的主要内容。会泽铜商文化的物质基础包括铜矿的勘探、开采、冶炼和铜钱的鼓铸、铜的外运、铜艺的发展等方面。如铜矿的冶炼，据统计，自1705年至1806年，云南省共报开144个铜厂，常有30余厂，而以康熙三十七年（1698年）的46厂为最多，多数开设在古东川地区，鼎盛时铜厂达33个，占全国铜产量的64%。这些铜厂，大多就地设炉冶炼，最高年产量达千万斤以上。又如铜钱的鼓铸，会泽铜钱的鼓铸始于清雍正十二年（1734年），一直持续到民国初年，前后历时200多年，有新、旧“宝云”两个铸钱局，是仅次于北京宝源、宝泉的中国第二大铸钱局。铜的外运，更是形成了边陲会泽万里运京铜的壮丽景观。
会泽铜艺更是璀璨夺目。产生于西汉中期，鼎盛于东汉时期的堂螂铜洗，继承和发展了薄壁铸造技术，显著特征是腹有弦纹，底部有花纹和铭文，其在全国的流行在一定程度上引领着那个时代的审美和时尚潮流。根据东晋常璩的《华阳国志·南中志》记载：“堂螂县，因山名也。出银、铅、白铜，杂药。有堂螂附子。”这是人类历史上关于白铜生产的第一次记录，早于欧洲1500年，说明当时会泽铜艺已经发展到相当高的水平。明代东川府铸钱局铸造的纪念币“嘉靖通宝”是至今世界上发现最大、最重的金属古钱币，是吉尼斯纪录的钱币之最，会泽因此有钱王之乡的美名。产生于明代的斑铜艺术品，是世界上唯一一种无需冶炼就能锻打而成的金属器物，被誉为中华一绝。此外还有“漂炉”和“乌铜走银”等技艺，见证着会泽铜艺的丰富多彩和悠久历史。
