Hunan Shigu a paper clear shadow painting oil paper umbrella industry

In the literary and artistic works, the oil-paper umbrella is the standard of the Yanyu Jiangnan. Today, Shigu Town, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, inherits and develops the oil-paper umbrella production process as a provincial-level cultural heritage, and the oil-paper umbrella industry is revived.

Walking on the stone drum country road, the members found that the natural scenery here is particularly beautiful, and there are many rice fields, lotus ponds and bamboo forests everywhere. According to reports, the raw materials of umbrellas such as Nanzhu, Xiangzhu, Zamu and Tung oil in Shigu Town are very rich, which also provides a fertile ground for the development of the umbrella industry here.

Handmade oil-paper umbrella - travel craft umbrella, is a local famous product in Shigu Town, Xiangtan County. The entire Qingshan Bridge, Shigu, and water-distributed, all produce paper umbrellas, and there are homemade small umbrellas and umbrellas. Oil cloth umbrella, etc. After entering the new century, the umbrella craft of Shigu Town is like the old tree, and it is full of vitality.

More than 600 years of inheritance

A green bamboo, turned into an umbrella, as a single function concept of rain gear, has been completely rewritten by contemporary Shigu people.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi craftsmen brought the production of oil-paper umbrellas to Shigu Town, which has been passed for more than 600 years. The town is hot and rainy, suitable for the growth of bamboo, sorghum bamboo, horsetail cedar, tung tree, etc., which provides raw materials for the production of oil paper umbrellas. A green bamboo must undergo more than 80 procedures such as soaking, medicinal boiling, scraping, sacral bone, pole making, edge-cutting, dressing, paste umbrella, and flower painting. Almost all handmade, it takes more than 5 days to do it.

Into Hualou Village, Shigu Town, every household has a craft paper umbrella. The piles of bamboo placed at the entrance of the craft umbrella factory are full of colorful paper umbrellas in front of the umbrella factory. The owner of the umbrella factory introduced that their family has been making umbrellas for generations, and they have not remembered when they started.

Most of the craft umbrellas in Shigu Town are made by hand, divided into three series of tourism, crafts and decoration. There are 10 flower faces and more than 500 varieties. Most of the umbrella paintings are Chinese paintings, such as Meilan Zhuju, Magpie, and Crane. Now they have also expanded into paper-cut and meticulous paintings. The function is also extended from a single rain-proof to appreciation, decoration, collection, and is widely used in advertising, business etiquette, food embellishment, photography and dance props, which are deeply loved by customers.

90% exported overseas

The apricot flower is released, and the spring rains are in the rainy season. A delicate flower umbrella on the head adds a sense of spring in the south of the Yangtze River.

Beautiful natural landscapes, vast rural areas, rich bamboo raw materials such as bamboo, bamboo, wood, and tung oil provide a fertile ground for the development of the umbrella industry here. At the same time, more than a thousand rural surplus laborers can be transferred on the spot, contributing to the local economic development.

At present, the umbrella factory generally collects semi-finished products from the villagers, and processes the umbrella surface in the factory for packaging. Their finished umbrellas are generally shipped to Changsha, and then sold from Changsha to domestic and foreign countries, as far as Europe and America. At the scene, the workers were painting on the umbrella, holding a brush and holding the paint on the surface of the umbrella for a few times. The pen tip turned left and right. A few strokes, the vivid Chinese-style umbrella painting is completed.

At present, the stone drum umbrella market is fixed in large and medium-sized cities and scenic spots in developed countries and regions. The main consumer groups are targeted at middle-to-high income groups. Shigu travel umbrellas are sold in Beijing, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guilin, Nanyue and other places, and exported to the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy and other countries and Taiwan. Exports account for 90% of total production. The number of employees in the umbrella industry has grown to more than 2,000. There are 14 finished umbrella factories and more than 40 parts factories in Shigu Town, forming a complete industrial chain, with an annual output of more than 5 million finished umbrellas, with an output value of more than 20 million yuan. It accounts for one-third of the national craft umbrella, and a number of “umbrella homes” have emerged in Shigu Town.

82 process inheritance

A single flower, a cluster of clumps, along the long river of history, the farther and farther, the more flourish.

The whole umbrella process of a paper umbrella is divided into 82 procedures. The flower painting is the highest cultural content in the production process of the oil paper umbrella, and it is also the key to reflect the value of the oil paper umbrella. The artist is a master with a disciple. Moreover, the teacher needs to be taught for three or four years. The apprentice can create a Chinese painting with a lot of freehand style on the umbrella surface with water-based paint. “A hand-made exquisite craft umbrella sells for more than 300 yuan.” A craft umbrella artist said that after the artist’s hand, it is a good art. Many famous painters in the city often go to his factory to paint umbrellas. The umbrellas that come out of this way will be more expensive and suitable for collection.

In June 2015, Shigu Oil Paper Umbrella entered the Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Park. In December 2015, the Xiangtan City Museum was opened, and the stone drum paper umbrella was exhibited as an intangible cultural heritage and was collected.

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