Dangtu "Taipingfu Copper Pot" was once listed as a famous product with "Nanjing Plate Duck" and included in primary and secondary school textbooks, and its production is a folk traditional handicraft, and was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Anhui Province in September 2006.
The Taiping Copper Pot was first made in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1355), after Zhu Yuanzhang took Jiqing (present-day Nanjing) from the quarry crossing of the river, he changed the Yuan Taiping Road (which governed the three counties of Dangtu, Wuhu and Fanchang) to Taiping Province, and the prefectures under the jurisdiction of Dangtu and the county remained unchanged, and when the Tu copper pot was named "Taiping Province", it gradually became known to the world.
Taipingfu copper pot selection materials are mostly copper, exquisite workmanship, complex process, first of all, the copper plate is manually hammered into a thin copper sheet less than 0.3 cm thick, and then according to the copper pot finished pattern for hiding scissors, circle system, molding, and finally welded, polished.
Taipingfu copper pot has the characteristics of fast heat transfer, no peculiar smell, long life, can be practical, can be appreciated, has a high historical value, artistic value and practical value, Taiping Province copper pot has many types, specifications are different, can be round and square, can be high and short, can be long or short, different shapes, each with its own characteristics, especially the "fire heart" copper pot for the best, deeply loved by the world, Taiping Fu copper pot large can accommodate more than 100 kilograms, small can play between the palms, specifications and shapes can be determined as needed, It has had a profound impact on the ancient pot making process on the mainland, and can be called "the wonder in the pot".
In the early years of the Republic of China, Wuhu held a copper pot exhibition and appraisal meeting, "Taipingfu copper pot" with its beautiful shape and exquisite craftsmanship ranked first, after the founding of New China, "Taipingfu copper pot" workshop was merged into the Dangtu Hardware Factory. With the popularity of enamel, stainless steel, aluminum-iron alloy products and the improvement of mechanization, the "Taiping Copper Kettle" has gradually faded out of people's lives.