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The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

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The sword has a very high status in ancient China, which can be reflected in this sentence: "The sword, the ancient sacred product, is supreme and precious." It is also known as the "head of a hundred soldiers". At that time, up to the king, down to the literati, the chivalrous, or the merchants. Both pride themselves on having a good sword.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

This is also the reason why the sword has been able to survive to this day. Until now, the cold weapon of the sword is still deeply loved by people, although it is not like other weapons, it can play a great role on the battlefield, it can be seen that the sword has a high status in people's minds. The reason why the sword can develop is inseparable from the contribution of the sword caster behind the industry.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

There is a well-known sword casting master in China, his name is Zheng Guorong. Born in 1964 in Longquan City, Zhejiang Province, as a young man, he was very yearning for the life of the ancient chivalrous warrior who carried the sword to the rivers and lakes, and at the age of 17, he entered the Longquan Sword Casting Factory to work and learn the techniques of sword casting. It can be said that Zheng Guorong has formed a deep relationship with the sword since he was a child.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

At this time, he also had a dream in his heart, that is, to become an excellent sword caster. Although the idea is very good, but in the process of realizing the dream, to overcome a lot of difficulties, Zheng Guorong, who started from the apprentice, with the spirit of hard work and clever brains, in the process of practice again and again, constantly honed his sword casting skills. Later, he finally became a young and promising sword casting master in the sword foundry.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

At the same time, the Longquan Sword Foundry also closed down due to poor business. Many workers were also forced to lay off, but Zheng Guorong did not become depressed because of this, he still insisted on forging swords, although he could only do some work on the body of the sword or the handle of the sword, but still could not erase the dream in his heart.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

After that, he gradually accumulated a sum of money and had the idea of opening his own sword casting shop, and named it "Guyue Sword Shop", opening a sword casting shop in a cloudy jungle in Lishui. Later, Zheng Guorong became famous for the three famous swords he made, the first of which was the Longquan Sword, which belonged to the top of the sword.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

After it was built at that time, it was sold for a high price of 20,000 yuan, and he became a famous sword casting master. After becoming famous, the opportunity to forge a second sword also came to his side. Zhang Baolin of the Planetarium found Zheng Guorong, hoping to make up for the gap in the history of metallurgy with meteorites to cast swords, in other words, hoping that the other party could use meteorites to cast swords.

The 3 famous swords of the modern sword casting master Zheng Guorong: one to create history, one to give to Jin Yong

Zheng Guorong agreed to it in one bite, and through more than 2 months of hard work and hundreds of attempts, he finally created a "wind chasing" sword that created history and was made of meteorites. The next third sword is the Xuantie Heavy Sword specially given to Mr. Jin Yong, which is also based on the weapon used by Yang Guo in "Divine Eagle Hero". It is said that Mr. Jin Yong was very fond of this sword and collected this weapon.

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