Where is the specialty of oil-paper umbrella?

Apricot flowers are in full bloom, and the spring rain is continuous. Holding a delicate umbrella on your head doubles the charm of spring in the south of the Yangtze River.

Handmade oil-paper umbrella-tourist craft umbrella is a famous product in Shigu Town, Xiangtan County, which was produced in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the more than 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, production was more prosperous. The whole Qingshan Bridge, Shigu and Fenshui, and Fiona Fang Baili all produce paper umbrellas, including homemade small flower umbrellas, greenhouse umbrellas and tarpaulin umbrellas. There are imitations such as flying umbrellas. River Governor Chen Pengnian also recommended it. At that time, the annual output of umbrellas reached 6.5438+0.2 million. In the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan Xiangjun Group opened umbrella shops in Hankou, Anqing, Nanjing, Shanghai and other cities along the Yangtze River in order to increase military pay and vigorously develop industry and commerce, and exported them to Southeast Asia, Singapore, Britain, France and the United States. This umbrella is often inscribed by famous artists in calligraphy and painting and has become an important collection. In 1980s, cloth umbrellas with metal skeleton and small and exquisite folding umbrellas with convenient carrying gradually occupied the umbrella market. After entering the new century, the spring breeze of reform and opening up has blown into Shigu Town, where the umbrella-making technology is like the rejuvenation of that old tree.

Nowadays, the umbrella industry of Shigu is divided into three series: tourism, craft and decoration, with 10 flower surface and more than 500 varieties. Functions range from single shelter from rain, shading, appreciation, decoration, gift and collection, and are widely used in advertising, business etiquette, food decoration, photography and stage props. Umbrella, which has been circulated for thousands of years, as a single functional concept of rain gear, has been completely rewritten by the present era.

Nowadays, the market of stone drum umbrella is fixed in large and medium-sized cities and scenic spots in developed countries and regions. The main consumer groups are located in middle and high income groups. In 2005, Shigu tourist umbrellas were sold in Beijing, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guilin and Nanyue, and exported to the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy and Taiwan Province Province. Exports account for 90% of the total output. The number of employees in the umbrella industry has grown to 1200. The annual output of various umbrellas is more than 4.6 million, and the finished umbrellas are more than 3 million, with an output value of about150,000 yuan. A number of "umbrella entrepreneurs" have emerged.

Beautiful natural scenery, vast countryside and abundant raw materials for umbrella making, such as bamboo, torreya grandis, miscellaneous wood and tung oil, all provide fertile soil for the development of umbrella making industry here. At the same time, more than 1000 rural surplus laborers can be transferred on the spot, which has also contributed to the local economic development.

Exquisite and exquisite flower umbrellas add infinite brilliance to people.