A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A view of the forging processes to make a Longquan Sword in Zhejiang Province. /CGTN
A Longquan Sword blade weighing one kilogram requires a piece of pig iron three to five times heavier, which must be hammered tens of thousands of times. Traditionally, forging a Longquan Sword involves more than 20 different processes. Many of them can only be performed by a highly experienced swordsmith.