据考古发现,中国使用铁器的年代可上溯到春秋时代,铁器的应用几乎涉及到社会生产和生活的各个方面。旧时城乡随处可见铁匠师傅带着帮工和学徒锤锻铁器的铁匠铺。铁匠铺的主要生产工具是熔锻钢铁的火炉,因此多供奉太上老君。南方铁匠铺则尊战国铸剑师干将、莫邪夫妇为祖师。 According to archaeological discoveries, the era of China’s use of iron can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, and the application of ironware has touched almost every aspect of social production and life. Old blacksmith can be seen everywhere in the old urban and rural areas with the help of workers and apprentice hammer ironsmith’s blacksmith shop. The main production tool for the smithy is the furnace for melting and forging steel, so many offerings to Laojun. Southern blacksmith shop is respect the Warring States Master Sword, Mowe couple as patriarch.