Baicheng Baiyi Non -Heritage List | Guigang Zhuang Zhuang oil paper umbrella production skills

Guigang Zhuangbi oil paper umbrella was used in life as early as the Han Dynasty. More than 470 years ago, Weifu Gong, the ancestor of Shixiantun, the rural Shixiantun in the northern area of ​​the port, had made oil paper umbrellas as a living, which has been inherited so far. After the inheritance of more than a dozen generations, the production skills of oil paper umbrellas were completely preserved.

According to the Wei family scores, "26 years of Jiajing (1547) in the Ming Dynasty, 23 -year -old Wei Fu and his family moved from Wu Xuanfu to Guigang, Xi Zu passed the umbrella art, and opened the We's oil paper umbrella workshop." ) Xiu's "Guixian Zhi" also records "oil paper umbrellas, produced in Beishanli." The oil paper umbrella during this period was already a local famous product, which was exported to all parts of the country.

Wei Junmin is the 16th -generation inheritor of Guigang Zhuangbian oil paper umbrella. Now he is specially engaged in the production and operation of traditional handmade oil paper umbrellas and his cultural protection and inheritance.

In 2018, Guigang and Zhuang's oil paper umbrella production technology was selected as the seventh batch of intangible cultural heritage projects at the autonomous region.

Guigang and Zhuangzhuang oil paper umbrella has a complex process and long production cycle. A piece of oil paper umbrella, from the small bamboo, bamboo, boiled, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, drilling, racks, threads, tandem, mounting umbrellas, repairing edges, fixing, exposure, umbrella, sun umbrella, etc. , Go through 81 processes.

A good oil -paper umbrella should choose high -quality green bamboo, and it is advisable to be born in 4 to 6 years. Generally, we chose to cut bamboo in the late autumn and early winter.

After the bamboo bamboo is cut, soak it in the river for a month to soak the sugar in the bamboo to prevent bamboo insects.

After the hair bamboo is soaked, the umbrella bone is made through the process of green, bamboo, and drilling.

The umbrella of Guigang Zhuang Paper Umbrella is generally 28, corresponding to 28 stars, and is considered by the ancestors of the Zhuang people to be the most powerful and safest umbrella.

The assembled umbrella bone needs to be cooked and dried. After the complicated processes such as threading, umbrella, Hanhua, oil umbrella, and sun umbrella, they finally make a pair of oil paper umbrellas.

The Zhuang oil paper umbrella has cultural connotation. The umbrella head, umbrella surface, and umbrella handle of the oil paper umbrella in the Zhuang culture represent the "three talents" of the sky, the earth, and the people. "The cultural concept of the 28th star stay.

The Zhuang oil paper umbrella is one of the daily necessities of people's shading and rain. Its color and exquisite patterns can be used as decorations and performance props.

The Zhuang oil paper umbrella is an important carrier of the Zhuang culture. It plays an important role in important folk activities such as the wedding of Zhuang people, children's hundreds of days, Qingming, Geyu, and holidays, and pray for peace and smoothness.

(Source: Guigang Culture, Radio, Television Sports and Tourism Bureau)

Responsible editor: Hao Gongzi

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