唐縣匯豐工藝品廠是河北的工藝品廠家，為各個(gè)建筑施工單位提供銅缸雕塑產(chǎn)品，有故宮銅缸、銅大缸、寺廟銅大缸、鑄銅大缸、黃銅大缸、青銅缸、花盆銅缸、風(fēng)水銅缸等。許多去過北京故宮的同志都知道，故宮里的一些大殿前、庭院中都擺放著一個(gè)個(gè)大金屬缸。這些大缸腹寬口收、容量極大，而且裝飾精美，兩耳處還加掛著獸面銅環(huán)。制作過程加熱松香加入滑石粉成合適比例，澆注到地面做為手工鍛造的工作面，把銅板放置到松香鋪地層進(jìn)行手工鍛造。那么，這些大缸是做什么用的呢？

小銅缸顧名思義就是體積小的銅缸雕塑，在我們生活中有著非常重要的作用，同時(shí)廣泛應(yīng)用于我們生活的廣場(chǎng)，公園及和家中的庭院中，同時(shí)小銅缸還可以放在家中的客廳和書房等地，對(duì)于家中環(huán)境有著一定的裝飾和美化的作用，同時(shí)還可以改善家的風(fēng)水。

As the name implies, the small copper cylinder sculpture plays an important role in our life. At the same time, it is widely used in the square, park and courtyard of our life. At the same time, the small copper cylinder can also be placed in the living room, study and other places of the home, which has a certain role in decoration and beautification of the home environment, and also can improve the geomancy of the home.

按照大清的祖制，皇帝大婚時(shí)，皇后要坐轎從故宮的正門午門被抬入皇宮，然后經(jīng)太和門再向北進(jìn)入內(nèi)宮。由于太和門被大火焚毀，一時(shí)不可能完全修復(fù)，而光緒皇帝的婚期又不可隨便更改，慈禧遂責(zé)令扎彩工匠臨時(shí)扎制了一個(gè)一模一樣的紙?zhí)烷T，隆?；屎笳菑倪@座紙?zhí)烷T進(jìn)入后宮的。失蠟法：用蠟制成模，養(yǎng)花銅缸廠家，外敷造型材料，成為整體鑄型。

According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, when the emperor got married, the queen would be carried into the Imperial Palace from the main gate of the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate, and then through the Taihe gate to the north into the inner palace. As like as two peas were destroyed, the emperor's marriage was not changed at any time. Ci Xi's marriage was not changed. The temporary leader of the emperor was ordered to make a paper like Taihe gate. The queen of Long Yu entered the palace from this paper Tai He gate.

在故宮每座較大的庭院里和后宮東西長(zhǎng)街，鑄造銅大缸工廠，都可以看到排列得很整齊的大缸。這些大缸都是明清兩代皇宮中舊有的殿外陳設(shè)物，不僅具有消防使用價(jià)值，而且是皇宮 殿庭陳設(shè)方面不可缺少的裝飾品。在清代，這些大缸由內(nèi)務(wù)府營(yíng)造司管理。缸內(nèi)平時(shí)貯滿清水，用來防火。保暖工作一直要到第二年的驚蟄時(shí)節(jié)才能結(jié)束，那時(shí)大地回春，氣候已經(jīng)逐漸轉(zhuǎn)暖，太監(jiān)們就會(huì)解去棉套，撤去炭火。每年到了農(nóng)歷小雪季節(jié)，由太監(jiān)在缸外套上棉套，鑄造銅大缸多少錢，上加缸 蓋，下邊石座內(nèi)置炭火，防止冰凍，直到春節(jié)后驚蟄時(shí)纔撤火。