How many oil-paper umbrellas are produced in China?

Luzhou paper umbrella, Hangzhou silk umbrella, Wuyuan Jialu paper umbrella.

Oil-paper umbrella is a traditional daily rain gear widely used in the north and south of the river, and it is a traditional and universal handicraft industry. In the past, the oil umbrella workshop was like a tailor shop and a blacksmith shop, and it was common to see flowers everywhere.

Only since 1950s and 1960s, under the impact of modern science and technology, the traditional hand-made oil-paper umbrella was replaced by mechanized metal skeleton cloth umbrella. The traditional oil-paper umbrella is exquisite and complicated, and young people are unwilling to work, which makes the once popular oil-paper umbrella on the verge of disappearing.

In the past, there were few umbrella factories (umbrella shops and workshops) blooming everywhere. At present, there are only Jingxian County in Anhui, Jiayuan Road in Sichuan, Luzhou, Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Hangzhou in Hunan and MINO in Japan in China.

Luzhou Paper Umbrella, Hangzhou Silk Umbrella and Wuyuan Jialu Paper Umbrella have been listed as "non-legacy" protection. Luzhou paper umbrella and Hangzhou silk umbrella were declared early and listed as national "non-legacy" together. The A-way paper umbrella declared later was a provincial-level "non-legacy", and later it was declared at the national level. In terms of scale and technology, it is a paper umbrella in Karoku, Wuyuan.

Karoku paper umbrella originated in the fifth year of Xianchun (A.D. 1269) and went down in history in Xu Jianian of Kangxi (A.D. 1694). Won the gold medal of 1936 international product exposition, and the output increased year by year after the resumption of production, with the annual production and sales exceeding 300,000 pieces in 20 14. In fact, most of the oiled paper umbrellas that are widely circulated in the Internet are produced and processed in Jialu and Luzhou, Wuyuan, Sichuan, and they are only agents.

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The origin of oil-paper umbrella:

Oil-paper umbrella is a traditional daily umbrella of the Chinese nation, which has been used for more than 1000 years. The umbrella ribs are made of hand-cut bamboo strips, and the umbrella surface is made of flannel paper coated with natural waterproof tung oil. Oil-paper umbrella is the earliest umbrella in the world. Handmade, all made of natural materials, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient people in China.

The commonly used nylon steel umbrella was19th century. According to the opening and closing principle of China oil-paper umbrella, the British adopted modern materials and improved it by industrial production. Although it is easy to carry and cheap, it is a lifeless industrial product. The elegant and natural beauty of traditional oil-paper umbrella is incomparable to nylon steel umbrella.

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