A Short Story of Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors

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During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, people from Ganxian County, Anhui Province led Zhang to Dajing Lane in Hangzhou to make ancestral scissors. Because of the use of good steel from Longquan, Zhejiang Province as raw material and careful production, the scissors made are fast and durable, which is different from others. In the second year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Zhang Dalong Scissors was renamed as "Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors". After his death, his son Zhang inherited his father's business. In order to protect their own interests, adding the word "golden rooster" to the name of "Zhang Xiaoquan" is authentic. During the Qianlong period, Zhang Xiaoquan's latest scissors were listed as tributes. In the third year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xiaoquan was registered as "Haiyun Bathing Day". On the eve of liberation, Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors Store was on the verge of bankruptcy. 1956, 32 scissors shops, including Zhang Xiaoquan, implemented public-private partnership and built Zhang Xiaoquan Jinji Scissors General Factory. June 1958, renamed Zhang Xiaoquan Jinji Scissors Factory. Zhang Xiaoquan scissors are well-known at home and abroad for their exquisite materials, uniform steel inlay, fine grinding, unusual sharpness, exquisite style and durability.

"Zhang Xiaoquan" scissors were listed as a tribute during the Qianlong period, and won the second prize of Panama World Expo in 19 15, and won the first place in three national competitions in New China.

The Legend of Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors

According to legend, a blacksmith named Zhang was named ""because his mother fell into the water while giving birth to him. Because he offended a bully in his hometown, he took his three sons to Hangzhou to make a living. Father and son opened an iron shop in Dajing Lane, Hangzhou.

Dajing Lane at the foot of Huangcheng Mountain was a commercial area at that time, which was very lively. Zhang Xiaoquan's craftsmanship is very good, he is very attentive to customers, and the iron styles he sells are also very good, so people like to visit. However, few people know Zhang Xiaoquan's excellent underwater skills.

There is a well near the blacksmith shop. The well water is clear and sweet, and people nearby live on the water in this well. But one day, the water in this well suddenly became turbid, bubbly and pungent. Zhang Xiaoquan's eldest son grabbed his head and carried a bucket of water. When he saw it, it was dark and muddy, and it smelled fishy. He dumped it and took another bucket, just like this. People are in a panic. They didn't know what had happened, so they prayed by the well.

A centenarian who lives here spoke at this time. He stroked his beard and said, "When I was a child, I heard from the older generation that this well leads to Qiantang River. There are two black snakes in the river. They come down once every thousand years and always like to drill into this well and give birth to little black snakes. Now that the well water has gone bad, maybe they are coming. " what can I do? When people heard this, they all became very worried.

Zhang Xiaoquan, who was waiting for his son to carry water home at home, waited for an hour without waiting for his son to come home. Hearing this, he volunteered to go down to the bottom of the well. Zhang Xiaoquan had people buy old wine and realgar, pour realgar into the old wine, conveniently take an altar, drink it in one breath, tie a rope, take a sledgehammer, and jump into the big well without thinking.

Because of drinking realgar wine, Zhang Xiaoquan is not afraid of black snakes at all. He looked around and finally found these two shiny black snakes in a dark corner, as thick as arms, tightly coiled there. Zhang Xiaoquan nimble, before the two black snakes separated, he swung a sledgehammer and knocked the snake's seven inches. "Bang, bang, bang" struck three times in a row, and both hammers hit the key of the black snake, breaking the necks of both snakes and sticking them together.

Zhang Xiaoquan killed the black snake, so he climbed out of the well with a sledgehammer in one hand and a snake tail in the other. He threw two black snakes to the ground and only heard a clear loud noise, which startled people. It turns out that these two black snakes have been cultivated for thousands of years and have already been tempered by steel. If they were not put together, Zhang Xiaoquan might not be able to sort them out at once. After removing the black snake, the water in the big well returned to its original state.

The father and son later dragged the dead snake home. Zhang Xiaoquan is a considerate person. He saw the snake bend, so he squatted on the ground to have a look. He couldn't help but suddenly realize. As he watched, he thought, and drew a pattern on the mud. Later, according to the pattern, a nail was installed at the intersection of the snake's neck, and the bent part of the snake's tail was made into a handle, and the part above the snake's neck was knocked flat and ground quickly. This became the first scissors made in Zhang Xiaoquan.

Before that, people did not know how to use scissors. They had to cut clothes and break lines with knives. Since Zhang Xiaoquan invented scissors, everyone can cut them whenever they want, which is very convenient. Therefore, more and more people use scissors. Zhang Xiaoquan and his four sons have no time to live. He simply hung the scissors as a commodity in front of the store and imitated many small scissors as samples. He doesn't sell other ironware, only scissors.

In folklore, the origin of Zhang Xiaoquan scissors is so magical. Without this legend, who would have thought of the relationship between scissors and black snakes. The handshake of scissors is really like a curly snake tail, which inspires people's bold imagination. Hangzhou is located in Qiantang. There have been many stories about dragons and snakes since ancient times. Snakes are combined with things, and there is love in things. Therefore, the story is used to reflect the characteristics of scissors, praise and praise the courage and versatility of Zhang Xiaoquan, the representative of the scissors industry.

Scissors originated in Zhang Xiaoquan scissors.

When Zhang Xiaoquan was three or four years old, just as he could walk, he squatted by the fire to help his mother play the bellows. When he was eight or nine years old, he was a little taller than the chopping block, so he took his father as his opponent and learned to hit a small hammer. When Zhang Xiaoquan grows into a strong young man, he will take over his father's sledgehammer. Zhang Xiaoquan was smart and willing to learn since he was a child, and his father was an only son, who devoted himself to teaching him ancestral crafts. So in a few years, Zhang Xiaoquan not only learned the ancestral craft, but also pondered various aspects such as melting, casting, forging, beating and grinding, and came up with many ingenious methods. His ability to strike iron is even higher than that of his father. He threw down the plow tip and plowed the land deeply and quickly; He hoes lightly and skillfully; The kitchen knife I bought from him won't pout when chopping bones.

Zhang Xiaoquan fell into the spring water as soon as he was born, and became attached to the water at an early age, so he was named "Zhang Xiaoquan". Later, Zhang Xiaoquan had three sons. When they grew up, the eldest son took over his sledgehammer. The second son and his brother played a small hammer as opponents, and the younger son also helped to pull the bellows.

Zhang Xiaoquan is good in other ways, but he has a bad temper. He is nosy and keen on it, which has offended the rich gentry and is untenable in the countryside. The four fathers and sons had to carry the burden of striking the iron and wander to Hangzhou, set up tents in Dajing Lane and open a blacksmith shop. Dajing Lane is a lively place at the foot of Huangcheng Mountain. Zhang Xiaoquan opened a blacksmith's shop here, and the business is very good. In addition, he has good craftsmanship and fine products, and his parents are willing to work hard to make a living. The days are getting better every day.

There is a big well in Dajing Lane. The well water is deep and cold. Every household in the street drinks the water from this well. One day early in the morning, everyone came to fetch water and carry it. It's as dark as mud, and the smell goes straight to the nose, even the overnight meal will be spit out. It is strange that it was sunny yesterday. How did it change overnight? Then I asked around. According to an old man, when I was a child, I heard from the older generation that this big well went straight to Qiantang River. There are two black snakes in the upper reaches of Qiantang River. They drill into this cool well every many years to mate and lay eggs. When a black snake spits out poisonous saliva, it makes the well water look like mud soup.

Hearing this, everyone quickly asked, "When will this black snake leave?"

The old man replied, "Let it be."

"Is there any way to subdue it?"

"If you want to subdue it, you have to go down and hit it!"

This bottomless well, even if there are no poisonous snakes in it, no one dares to go down! Everybody, look at me. I'll look at you. I'm anxious. When Zhang Xiaoquan heard this, he took his son into the crowd to see what had happened. He frowned, thought for a while, grabbed a neighbor and said, "Please go to the hotel to buy two jars of old wine!" " "Another neighbor said," Please go to the drugstore and buy two catties of realgar! ""The neighbors didn't know what he was going to do, so they bought old wine and realgar just like him. He turned to his eldest son and shouted, "Go home and get my sledgehammer!" " "After the son brought it back, Zhang Xiaoquan poured two catties of realgar into two altars of old wine, picked up an altar conveniently, and gulped it down in one breath. Then, unbutton your buttons and take off your clothes, revealing your purple chest and bulging muscles. He took another jar of wine, poured it on his head and smashed it, and realgar wine was poured on his heel. Everyone saw it, and before he could ask him what he was doing, he grabbed the sledgehammer in his son's hand, trotted forward a few steps and plopped into the big well.

Zhang Xiaoquan drank detoxified realgar wine and jumped into the well. He only felt his body sink, sink, sink, sink to the bottom of the well and sink for a long time. He opened his eyes and looked, hey, the bottom of the well is so wide! He looked east and found nothing; Looking west, I found nothing. Later, when I walked to the end of the north, I saw two black snakes in the dark corner, as thick as arms and twisting their necks. Zhang Xiaoquan nimble, ranging from two zaocys apart, waving a sledgehammer, "MAO! Mao! Mao hammered three times in a row, and the hammers all hit the "seven inches" where the two black snakes crossed, smashing the necks of the two black snakes and sticking them together. Two black snakes just wagged their tails and died. Zhang Xiaoquan killed the black snake, then slowly swam out of the water with a sledgehammer in one hand and a tail in the other.

When Zhang Xiaoquan's head came out of the water, he waited by the well all day, so he quickly put down the rope and pulled him up one by one. When Zhang Xiaoquan climbed out of the wellhead, he threw two black snakes to the ground, which startled people. Everyone was scared at first, but when they saw it motionless and really dead, they dared to go forward and reach out and touch it. It was cold and cold, so they knocked with sticks and knocked hard. Legend has it that this is because two black snakes have been refined into steel bars and bones. If Zhang Xiaoquan was not an old blacksmith, I'm afraid he couldn't conquer them.

After removing the black snake, the water in the big well became clear again.

Zhang Xiaoquan dragged two dead snakes home, looked and thought, thought and thought, looked and thought, thought for three days, thought for three nights, and drew a pattern on the paper. According to the pattern, the father and son nailed a nail at the intersection of the snake's neck, bent the snake's tail into a handle, and smashed the upper part of the snake's neck, grinding it quickly. In this way, the first big scissors were made. The fathers were so happy that they hung scissors in front of the blacksmith's shop as signs. And imitate and make a lot of scissors to sell.

In the past, people didn't know how to use scissors and cut clothes with a small knife. It was inconvenient to cut clothes with a small knife when the thread was broken. After Zhang Xiaoquan made scissors, it was much easier to cut clothes and thread. So, everyone came to Zhang Xiaoquan blacksmith's shop to buy scissors, which almost broke the shop and crossed the threshold of this shop. They are too busy to sell their four sons and daughters in Zhang Xiaoquan.

Later, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors became more and more famous and sold more and more widely, becoming a famous Hangzhou specialty in China. After Zhang Xiaoquan died, his three sons built their own doors, and all three blacksmiths used the signboard of "Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors". Zhang Xiaoquan also received many apprentices. When they knew it, they said, "My son can use Abba's signboard, and his apprentice can also use the master's brand!" " So, they all hung up this brand. Sons pass on their sons and apprentices pass on their apprentices. There are more and more "Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors" shops in Hangzhou. Some people took advantage of the loophole, pretending to be descendants or apprentices of Zhang Xiaoquan, and hung up the same signboard. So in the end, all the knives and scissors in Hangzhou hung the signboard of Zhang Xiaoquan scissors.