2012年,传承人牛晓为山西临县成功铸造了一口10 t重的全省第一大钟,创下了浑源铸钟制作技艺的新纪录。从2012年的4月开始,牛晓和他的团队就开始了这口大钟的铸造,历时6个月的时间才完成。看着这口完美的大钟,牛晓有着太多的感慨。铸造大钟需要承担巨大的风险,一次失败就有可能很难翻身。为了铸造这口大钟,前前后后的准备工作就有3个多月。牛晓先是估算出了大钟的体积,趁春天气候干燥时挖了大坑,还新置办了盛铁水的容器。容器太 In 2012, successor Niu Xiao, casting his 10-tonne-largest bell in the province’s Linxian County successfully, set a new record for Hunyuan’s cast-bell production skills. Beginning in April 2012, Niu Xiao and his team started casting the bell, which took six months to complete. Looked at this perfect bell, Niu Xiao has too much emotion. Casting the clock need to take a huge risk, a failure may be difficult to stand up. In order to cast this big bell, there are more than three months of preparatory work before and after. Niu Xiao first estimated the size of the clock, while digging the ditch when the dry spring climate, but also the new set up a container of molten iron. Container too