[Explanation] In the midsummer of China, many places are unbearably hot, but on the Qinghai Plateau, there are countless fans of the steaming "Boiler Warming Food Festival", and the craftsmen also create "heavy tools" for this.

  [Explanation] Recently, the Fifth Folk Culture and Art Festival and Hot Pot Food Festival in Huangzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province was held in Zongkayi in the district.

The reporter saw on the scene that some villages and catering units in the area used northwest characteristic warming pots of different sizes to cook warming pot banquets, and an extra large warming pot weighing about 1.2 tons was amazing.

  [Explanation] According to Wang Fubang, a participant in the design of the heating pot and a villager in Yangpo Village, Rushar Town, Huangzhong District, the pot has a diameter of 201.9 cm and a height of 280 cm. It consumes 0.8 tons of copper, 0.4 tons of steel, and gold, Silver, tin and other materials, the mouth of the pot is inlaid with gems such as Kunlun jade, and the gilt technique of Huangzhong silver bronzes is used to emboss the auspicious eight treasures, the wishful lotus, the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.

It took more than two months to complete the production by 72 silver and bronze craftsmen.

  [Explanation] In addition, 100 hot pots of different sizes and patterns attracted the attention of reporters. The hot pots based on local special ingredients such as bridge steak, yellow braised lamb, mushroom stewed chicken, and vegetarian mixed dishes attracted the attention of tourists. Tasting each other, praises constantly.

  [Explanation] Wang Qiang, the exhibitor, said that Huangzhong is the hometown of warm pots on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Here, every family eats warm pots. From the beginning, only cooking beef and mutton soup has developed into spicy and Beijing flavors.

  [Concurrent] Wang Qiang, Participant of the Fifth Folk Culture and Art Festival in Huangzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

  (We brought) ten kinds of pots, ten flavors and ten varieties, mainly based on local ingredients, and then combined with the tastes of the whole country, there are spicy and local lamb chops.

In addition, we use local sirloin, yak sirloin, and a sirloin warming pot is also good. This is a small guy who has already tasted it.   

  [Explanation] It is understood that the material of the heating pot is mainly copper, such as red copper, brass, cupronickel, etc. In terms of shape processing, the uniqueness of the Huangzhong heating pot is that it is not made by spinning, but It is mainly hand-made with hammers, and the decorative patterns are also hand-engraved. The patterns are closely related to the local cultural characteristics, and patterns such as the lucky eight treasures and the wishful lotus are common.

  [Concurrent] Gao Zhong, Participant of the Fifth Folk Culture and Art Festival in Huangzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

  Our family has a special liking for pot warmers. We have participated in (warm pot festival) five times. Our locals will cook (warm pot) on every major festival.

  [Explanation] Afterwards, the reporter went to the workshop of Zhao Haishan, a bronze craftsman in Huangzhong District. Zhao Haishan was engraving a pattern on the lid of a warming pot with a diameter of about one meter.

He told reporters that because the Huangzhong heating pot is made purely by hand, the perfect presentation of a heating pot has to go through nearly a hundred steps such as copper quenching, shape, pattern design, and engraving.

  [Concurrent] Zhao Haishan, a bronze craftsman, Huangzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

  We need tools to make pots. These tools are like engraving chisel, which are all handmade by ourselves. What kind of pattern you want to engrave, you must make different shapes of chisel.

There are many kinds of these chisel, there are about seventy to eighty to one hundred kinds of hairpins. Even these hammers are handmade by themselves, and they cannot be too big or too small, because if they are too big, the pattern will be knocked out, and the pattern will have an effect. Can't get up.

  [Explanation] It is understood that the Huangzhong heating pot filled the stomachs of the locals and also filled people's pockets.

Zhao Haishan said that he learned copper processing skills from his father since he was a child. Now he is mainly responsible for making pot heating. His father puts more energy on the production of handicrafts. The annual trading volume of pot heating in their shop is nearly 1 million yuan, and the net profit is good. Reached more than 300,000 yuan.

  [Concurrent] Zhao Haishan, a bronze craftsman, Huangzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

  This pot is a work I participated in in 2020. It is called Tiger Head Tray Red Copper Eight Treasure Warmer. It has been sold in the first three months for 21,500 yuan.

  Reporter Zhou Ruichen reports from Xining, Qinghai

Editor in charge: [Zhang Kaixin]