Iron forging skills, a traditional skills project in the fourth batch of representative projects of municipal intangible cultural heritage. The iron forging skills of Gucheng Town began in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and are currently mastered and inherited by the fourth-generation inheritor Kong Deshun. At present, it is mainly distributed in the natural village of Gucheng Village, Gucheng Town. Gucheng Village has abundant fertile fields, and farmers have made a living by farming for generations, and the demand for iron farm tools is relatively large. Gucheng iron forging skills mainly use materials such as iron billets or products, as well as tools such as furnaces, zun heads, and board jumping fists. The iron billets are calcined in the furnace, and then taken out and placed on the zun head. Two people face each other and use hammers to hammer into shape according to the varieties they need. Since the electric board jumping fist was introduced in the 1970s, the main inheritor Kong Deshun can complete the entire craft by himself. When forging iron, different iron blocks are selected according to the different utensils that need to be fired. To fire knives, first cut a hole in the iron block, insert a steel sheet, and fire it at a high temperature of 1000 degrees to make the steel sheet and the iron block integrated. Then use a grinder to grind the first draft, and then fire it at a high temperature of 300 degrees. Finally, use a blacksmith to hit the knife, strive to make the blade flat and straight, cool it for a while, and then use a grinder to grind it a second time, strive to make the thickness uniform, and finally hit it by hand, make the final adjustment, and cool it with water. Because different types of steel have different firing methods, the firing temperature needs to be accurately grasped, and Kong Deshun has a very good grasp of the temperature. His blacksmithing skills are of great value. Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.)