Hengshui has four unique skills.

Hengshui wool: Hengshui wool, also known as "Houbi", was called elephant pen in ancient times. It has a history of more than 500 years since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and it was regarded as a royal use in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Hengshui is called "the holy land of wool quilt" and "the hometown of southern writing". There are more than 270 kinds of wool quilts in Hengshui. The pen is long and hard, combining rigidity with softness, full of ink without dripping, smooth and not sluggish. Mainly produced in Houdian Village, Taocheng District, the hometown of lanolin in Hengshui. The brush tip of Hengshui Yangyang is made of yellow wolf tail, fragrant fox tail, Nanshan hair, sheep beard, white horse hair, allied hair and other plant hairs, and the pen holder is made of bamboo, purple bamboo, spotted bamboo, torreya grandis, Eichhornia crassipes and other materials, and the pen holder is embedded with various styles of mouth tops such as teeth, bones, horns, bamboo and hardwood. Accurate consumption technology, fresh style and elegant shape. In particular, it is made of materials such as mahogany, boxwood and ivory, such as Shuanglong Play Beads, Dragon and Phoenix Show, Phoenix Play Peony, ancient costume figures, landscapes, flowers and trees and other advanced pen holders. Carefully carved and inlaid, it is more like adding wings to a tiger and turning it into an elegant and vulgar handicraft. Deeply loved and appreciated by international and foreign calligraphy lovers.

The pen-making process is divided into more than 300 manual operation processes, such as water basin, odd jobs, dry jobs, lettering and coloring. Strict self-inspection and acceptance system in the whole process makes the fluctuation of product quality reliable. Many kinds of wool in Hengshui, such as Fengyun, Shuiyue and Little Wolf Hair, have been designated as "trusted inspection-free products" by Tianjin Port. Hengshui Yang Hao is unsalable in more than ten countries and regions such as Japan and Singapore, with an annual export volume of more than three million pieces. 2. Hengshui Goldfish: It's called Palace Goldfish. Goldfish is colorful, soft in shape, charming and varied, which makes people relaxed and cultivated. They are internationally known as the golden scale fairy, the peony in the water and the sacred fish in the west. Considered as a beautiful art, it has become a valuable appreciation of fish.

There are two schools in China: one is Hangzhou Goldfish; The second kind is Beijing goldfish. Hangzhou is the birthplace of goldfish, while Beijing has further developed and propagated goldfish varieties. Laishungong Goldfish Farm of Hengshui City Garden Management Office was established in 1982, and was headed by Xu, the tenth generation descendant of Beijing Palace Goldfish Family. At present, the aquaculture water surface 1800 square meters, and the annual consumption can reach more than100000. In recent years, Mr. Xu has rescued and cultivated more than ten kinds of goldfish, and there are 64 kinds at present. More precious are: Hedinghong, Wang Zi Tiger Head, Cinnabar Eye Blister, Magpie Flower Bead, Twelve Red Longan, Agate Eye, Orange Flower Lion Head, Red Rabbit Eye Tiger Head and White Jade Crown. Since 1986, goldfish have been sold to Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States and other countries and regions.

As the national treasure of China, goldfish has been introduced to Japan, Thailand, Portugal, the United States, northwest Asia and western Thailand since the beginning of the 6th century. Goldfish strengthened the contact and communication between China and other countries in the world, and became the meaning of friendship and war.

After the bondage, the Xu family struggled from generation to generation, cultivated with care, became more and more sophisticated in technology, bred more and more goldfish varieties, and finally became a unique "goldfish Xu". Xu Jia once fished for the ambassadors of the Soviet Union, Japan, Czech Republic and other countries in China, and often went to Zhongnanhai to release goldfish for Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou.

In the early 1950s, shortly after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India, the Indian authorities presented our elephants as a gesture of hostility. 1955, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru celebrated his 60th birthday. On behalf of the China government, Premier Zhou Enlai returned a goldfish symbolizing war and hostility. Xu Jinsheng, who is more than 20 years ahead of schedule, shoulders the heavy responsibility of escorting hundreds of precious goldfish. Among them, there are more than ten kinds of blisters, tiger heads and dzi beads. When the plane arrived in New Delhi, Nehru personally accepted the gift and passed it on as a temporary thing.

Today's Hengshui goldfish refers to the goldfish cultivated by Xu from Laishun goldfish farm in Hengshui City Garden Management Office. Teacher Xu is the tenth generation descendant of the court goldfish family. Since 1982, new species have been cultivated and world-famous species have been rescued: "looking up to the sky with red head", "tiger head", "bubble eye", "agate eye" and "white jade crown". His goldfish have been sold to Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States and other countries and regions, and are deeply loved by friends and goldfish lovers all over the world.

In recent years, Mr. Xu has received tourists from many countries, won honors for Hengshui and improved the reputation of the school. Li Xiannian, Wang, Lin, Liu Runtao, Rui Xingwen, Liu Zhenhua and other state-level guides spoke highly of this when they came to watch and observe.

3. Painted snuff bottles: Snuff bottles were finally used by most nomadic people in China, such as Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan, mainly including copper, silver and porcelain. At present, hookah was introduced into the frontier with snuff in Ming Dynasty. Since then, the types of snuff bottles have gradually increased. By the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, various types of snuff bottles, such as jade, jadeite, spar, precious stones, agate, ceramics, copper and silver, bamboo carving, nesting and internal painting, had appeared. Coupled with the technical progress from time to time, it is not only applicable, but also a favorite handicraft. The painted snuff bottle is made of agate, spar, amber and other materials. Before painting, the inner wall of the hookah is polished evenly with iron sand balls and diamond sand, and then works with various themes are drawn according to the shape plan of the hookah.

At present, the craft of drawing snuff bottles has reached a very high level. Famous figures include Zhou Leyuan in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Ye Zhongsan in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and Ma Shaoxuan in Republic of China. Wang Xisan, a master of painting art in China Hengshui Xisannei Painting Academy, inherited the roots of Ye School and learned from others, which made my works have the artistic characteristics of novel conception, vulgar artistic conception, antique color, clear outline and vivid charm. His * * * style has been highly praised internationally, and he is called "Jipai".

China Hengshui Xisan Internal Painting Academy was founded in 1988, and now has 18 influential internal painting painters overseas. With their unique painting style and profound martial arts skills, they became reserve painters of Ji School, and were well received by collectors from all over the world. Among his works, the portrait of the head of state is the most famous, and has been given to visiting heads of state such as the United States, Britain and Brazil as lofty gifts by the state for many times. 4. Wuqiang New Year Picture: The New Year Picture is an official painting method posted by the old Li people in China for festive and prosperous festivals, with a long history. Wuqiang New Year pictures are named after their origins in Hengshui Wuqiang. Wuqiang New Year pictures have a long history and consistent style, which is a good official art in China and is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage maintenance project. Its traditional craft inherits one of China's four modern creations-block printing, all of which are hand-made, with profound skill and full charm.

It originated in the early Ming Dynasty and flourished during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of the Qing Dynasty. Its pictures are bright in color, rough in lines and full in composition. Most of them are historical official legends, including door paintings, hexagrams, calendar paintings, window paintings, lamp paintings, shadow paintings, nave paintings, Spring Festival couplets, screen paintings, kang paintings, ceiling paintings and so on. They are printed with wooden boards, and the pattern is * * *. Known as "the treasure of national art" and "the significance of Hebei art", it is also known as the origin of the five official woodblock New Year pictures in China together with Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Taohuawu in Jiangsu and Mianzhu in Sichuan. Wuqiang has a New Year Picture Museum, which is the first professional New Year Picture Museum in China and the museum with the largest collection of New Year Pictures in China.

In order to inherit and develop this traditional official art, the Ministry of National Civilization and the Ministry of Second-hand Books Publishing agreed to establish Wuqiang New Year Pictures Society, giving it the right to publish books. Later, the Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum was established, and it was decided that the 9th of each year in Xuan Yue would be the Wuqiang New Year Pictures Art Festival, which would be celebrated once every two years and continue, so as to promote civilized exchanges abroad and strengthen ties and friendship with people all over the world.

Back Hall, Painting Snuff Bottle with a Pot of Zhai, Xu's Goldfish and Wuqiang New Year Pictures.

Houdian, Yihuzhai Painting Snuff Bottle and Xu Shi Goldfish are unique brand-name products with rich cultural connotations in Hengshui City (now Taocheng District). They have a long history and are well-known overseas, and they are collectively called "Three Musts of Balanced Water". Now Hengshui Special Craft Factory has classified this ancient porcelain glaze with colored tires as a series of "three wonders", which is collectively called "China Hengshui Four Wonders". As soon as the brand appeared, it was called a wonderful work by foreign businessmen and Chinese people.