Brief Introduction of Exhibition Hall of China Tool City Exhibition Center in Yangjiang

As early as 150 years ago, that is, during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (after 1845), the industry and commerce in Yangjiang gradually flourished. Businessmen from Guangdong 10 counties gathered in Yangjiang County for various business activities, which greatly promoted the economic development of Yangjiang at that time and the handicraft industry was extremely prosperous. The traditional products of Yangjiang, such as knives, fermented beans, lacquerware and seafood, have become the commodities that merchants from all over the world are scrambling to purchase. From then on, Yangjiang Knife. Yangjiang knives have always been produced in the form of small workshops (blacksmiths), and the output is relatively small. Therefore, there are more than a dozen blacksmith shops near Blacksmith Lane (still called Blacksmith Lane) in the county, and the products are always in short supply. In addition to kitchen knives, blacksmiths also produce sickles, sickles, cloth scissors, daily knives, scissors and other products. Since then, Yangjiang Road has been gradually recognized and respected by people, and its popularity is increasing day by day.

By the 1920s, Yangjiang's "He" kitchen knife had enjoyed a high reputation. The "He" kitchen knife made by the old knife maker is a unique skill handed down from generation to generation. Because of its clear molten steel and sharp knife, it can cut both meat and bones (small bones), so it is also called "civil and military knife", and because it does not need to change knives from time to time, it is deeply loved by chefs. The "He" blacksmith shop is located in the famous dam head around the city of the county. There are also many blacksmiths here, which has become the place where the county concentrates on making knives and scissors except the blacksmith lane. He's kitchen knife is not easy to curl because it is sharp. Merchants and restaurants in Yangjiang come to Ho's blacksmith's shop to order kitchen knives, and businessmen from other places also come here. At that time, every kitchen knife was made of four cents of silver, and the word "He" was engraved on each handle. The famous restaurants in Yangjiang, such as Zuiyue, Jiangcheng and Nanqiang, have also ordered knives from He for a long time. "He" brand kitchen knives are mainly sold in China and rarely exported.

From the victory of the Anti-Japanese War to the early days of liberation, a large number of kitchen knives "Double Stone Brand", "555" and "Oriental Red Card" produced in Guangzhou flowed into Yangjiang one after another, most of which were used by residents, but restaurants still loved Ho's kitchen knives. 1954, Yangjiang County established a manual cooperative production society, and He joined the society and merged into the kitchen knife group. Later, due to mass production, the product quality was not as good as before. Because of this, He's kitchen knife gradually disappeared from the rivers and lakes. In addition, at that time, the kitchen knife produced by the "Sharp" blacksmith shop in Shangsaipotou County also had a certain popularity among the people, but it was still slightly better than "He". However, what really made Yangjiang knives famous was the knives developed by Liang Jifu, a famous old knife maker in Yangjiang. They quickly occupied the market with the characteristics of good shape, diverse styles, sharp, not easy to rust and curl, durable and easy to use. This has set off imitation fever in Yangjiang, promoted the rapid development of Yangjiang knife-making industry, and formed a competitive environment to continuously improve the quality of Yangjiang knives. As a result, Yangjiang Dao gradually regained its former "rivers and mountains" and became famous all over the world.

1955, yangjiang county established four knife production cooperatives, and in 58, the four production cooperatives merged into a local state-owned knife factory. Since then, Yangjiang tool has embarked on the development road of planned production. In addition to the state-run knife factory, Qing Er Hardware Knife Factory, No.2 Hardware Knife Factory, Jiangcheng Town Hardware Products Factory, Jiangcheng Knife Factory and nearly ten street knife production agencies were established in the county at that time. The products produced have also been rated as excellent new products by the state, provinces and cities for many times. Among them, the local state-owned knife factory is the most powerful, and the "Yangjiang brand" ("Diamond brand" for export) is the main brand, and occasionally kitchen knives are produced. Because kitchen knives have higher requirements for steel or the quenching process is difficult, it is difficult to mass produce. In 1960s, Yangjiang Local State-owned Knife Factory was renamed as "Local State-owned Jifu Knife Factory". It can be seen that Liang Jifu's fine knife-making skills had a far-reaching influence at that time. Liang Jifu, an old knife maker, died in 196 1.

Yangjiang local state-owned tool factory has developed and expanded after years. With the deepening of China's reform, private knife and scissors enterprises in Yangjiang have developed rapidly, and the pattern of state-owned collective enterprises such as Yangjiang local state-owned knife and scissors factory has been broken. Due to institutional constraints, management can't keep up, and the organization is bloated. Yangjiang local state-owned salesman knife factory gradually lost its former advantages. 1992, 1993 stopped developing, and 1997 officially went bankrupt, which became the glorious history of Yangjiang knife industry.

Yangjiang Shibazi Kitchen Industry Co., Ltd. (called Xiangyang Household Knife Factory from 1983 to 1997) is one of the private knife and scissors enterprises that have successfully grown up in Yangjiang in the tide of reform. Li Hui, the founder, worked as an apprentice, worker and workshop director in Yangjiang local state-owned knife factory. After 83 years of self-reliance, after more than 10 years of unremitting efforts and struggle, Yangjiang, which now represents the fine knife-making art in Yangjiang, has finally been established. Because its knife-making technology and material selection are at the leading level in China, its products have won many titles of national, provincial, municipal, excellent and new products 100. Products such as "Feiqiu Brand" and "Shibazi Block", which have become well-known brands in China and dare to compete with foreign knives, once competed with Japanese famous knives in Guangdong Guest House, causing a sensation, and even domestic traditional brands such as Zhang Xiaoquan in Hangzhou and Wang Mazi in Beijing gave thumbs up: Eighteen sons, great! Eighteen sons became the "first brother" of kitchen knives in China, and were recommended by the state to set up "China Kitchen Knife Center". He Chuankuan, an old factory director who has worked in Yangjiang State-owned Knife Factory for 30 years in recent years, is a wonderful work in Yangjiang. Now he is helping his apprentice to fulfill his unpaid ambition in the "Eighteen Sons" company and give full play to the waste heat for the "Eighteen Sons".

In people's eyes, "Eighteen Sons" has become synonymous with Yangjiang Road. Even many tourists know Yangjiang only by knowing "Eighteen Sons", and sometimes "Eighteen Sons" has become synonymous with Yangjiang.

Yangjiang Eighteen Sons are striding towards a new stage of development with unprecedented momentum. It is the common aspiration of the Eighteen Sons and even the whole Yangjiang people to make "Eighteen Sons" an internationally famous brand, and Yangjiang Eighteen Sons has become a dazzling star along the South China Sea coast of China.