八六年十月,曾铸造过全国第一口千佛大钟的芜湖造船厂,在江苏金陵古艺术青铜研究所的指导下,又成功地为苏州寒山寺铸造了一口重5吨,高2.5米,最大直径为1.65米的青铜大钟。大钟造型古朴典雅,融唐、明风格予一体;钟声响亮,浑厚悦耳,一击之后余音绕粱达一百二十一秒之久。铜钟铸造,采用“陶范”泥型。这种泥型的基材是由黑泥土(一般系河床沉积之黑泥)配入少量细砂,并掺入适量糠灰(即糠皮经燃烧后留下的泛白色的细灰)或纸筋,经炼泥( In October 1986, Wuhu Shipyard, once the country’s first Buddhist statuary bell, was cast under the guidance of the Jinling Ancient Art Bronze Institute in Jiangsu province and succeeded in casting a 5-ton, 2.5-inch high- Meters, a bronze bell with a maximum diameter of 1.65 meters. Clock modeling simple and elegant, into the Tang, Ming style to one; loud bells, sweet and vigorous, after a hit the sound of the sound around a hundred twenty-one seconds. Bronze bell casting, the use of “Tao Fan” mud type. This mud-type substrate is made of black soil (generally black sediment deposition in the river bed) with a small amount of fine sand mixed with an appropriate amount of chaff (that is, the bran left by the white fur left after burning) or paper Bar, after the mud