Hardware Origin

First, "Hardware"
Hardware, as the name suggests, refers to five metals. The term hardware first appeared in the "Wu Yue Spring and Autumn" four "Lu Neizhuan" : "Minister heard the king of Yue often made Ou Ye Zi make five swords... A Zhan Lu, the gold of hardware, the essence of the sun." According to the "Hanshu · Food annals" on the "gold, knife, turtle, Bey" note: "gold, called the five colors of gold, yellow said gold, white said silver, red said copper, green said lead, black said iron." "Modern Chinese Dictionary" explains: hardware, refers to gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, generally refers to metal. Today's hardware is commonly used as a general term for metal or copper and iron products.
The further application of metals has played an important role in the development of the history of human civilization. Metal products appear in every corner of economic life, political life and military activities. For example, Yongkang, Zhejiang, has been known as the "town of 100 workers" since ancient times, and the hardware handicraft industry has a long history. Since the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yongkang coppersmiths and blacksmiths have traveled south and north and gone abroad to make a living, and there has been a saying in history that "hardware craftsmen go to the four corners, prefectural counties and counties."
History into the modern industrial society, metal - hardware products industry is developing rapidly, hardware industry in the development of the national economy has played an immeasurable role, hardware products have become an indispensable industrial link in industrial manufacturing.
Second, hardware accessories
Traditional hardware products, also known as "hardware". Refers to iron, steel, aluminum and other metals through forging, calendering, cutting, and other physical processing and manufacturing of various metal devices. Such as hardware tools, hardware parts, daily hardware, building hardware and security supplies. Most hardware products are not final consumer goods. But as a supporting product of industrial manufacturing, semi-finished products and tools used in the production process and so on. Only a small part of daily hardware products are necessary tools for people's lives.