The old and the poor mend the fan
During the JINGDING period of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a small fan shop in the east of Qinghefang in Hangzhou city. The shopkeeper Wang Laocheng was hardworking and hardworking for three generations. At the age of 40, he has become a famous fan maker in Hangzhou. His shop is more famous in the near and far.
In the summer of this year, a Taoist came into the shop, dressed in a broken Taoist robe and straw sandals. He asked, "this shop can mend the old fans?" Laocheng takes a look at the fan. It's made by himself, but it's full of dirty oil. The fold of the fan is broken and broken. The old man saw that he was sweating all over, and kept fanning with the sleeve of Taoist robe to cool him. He couldn't bear it, so he took a black paper fan from the shelf and handed it to the old Taoist. The old man said nothing, took the fan and left.
Unexpectedly, the next day the old Taoist came into the shop again and asked to mend the fan when he opened his mouth. The waiter looked at the scattered fan and was furious. As soon as Lao Cheng saw that this fan was made by himself, he apologized to Lao Dao and gave him a new fan that he had made last night.
On the third day, Lao Dao came to the fan shop again. This time, he didn't ask for repairing the fan. Instead, he reached out to Lao Cheng to ask for the ink. Seeing Lao Dao holding his sleeve and dipping in thick ink, he wrote a poem on the snow-white wall.
It's a bright moon, four times new, and it's a new wind,
Every year there is a clear moon and a clear breeze. The world is hot and cool.
Since then, the story has spread in Hangzhou. Later, Lao Cheng copied the poem on the fan, and more and more people bought the fan. Before long, Lao Cheng became a millionaire.
Wang Ziqing entered the Western China International Fair
Wang xingzhai Fan Village (the predecessor of Hangzhou WANGXINGJI fan factory), later Wang Ziqing lost his father when he was young. At the age of 14 or 5, he managed Wang xingzhai Fan Village with the help of his mother Chen Ying. He was honed in the business market. A few years later, he made Fanzhuang very popular. In 1929, he registered the trademark of "Samsung" with the local government.
At the opening of the first Western China International Fair in the same year, Wang Ziqing was unable to enter because he had no invitation to attend the opening ceremony. He thought that the opportunity to sell fans at the opening ceremony of the wcif must not be lost. He changed his clothes, wore a hat, a tuxedo, and held a "Si's gram" (crutch). He called a young, strong and beautiful man to help him carry his bag. He took a taxi to the gate of the Western China International Fair, and then he swaggered into the venue with the man. The guard at the gate and the ticket collector were stunned. He thought that a famous gentleman had come to the opening ceremony, and even invited the ticket I forgot to ask him for the book.
After entering the conference hall, Wang Ziqing and his assistants distributed advertising materials and promoted sales, laying a good foundation for future operation. Wang Xingji won the third prize in the bamboo carving of fan bone. At the same time, a lot of order contracts have been signed, making Hangzhou famous.
As Wang Ziqing is smart in management, good at management, prosperous in business, and the champion of his peers, Wang Xingji Fan Village has become a famous fan industry village in Hangzhou, famous at home and abroad
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Fan HANGHUA source
Since ancient times, Hangzhou fan has been known as Hangzhou elegant fan. Hangzhou fan, represented by Wang Xingji of Hangzhou, is full of local characteristics.
Where did hang painting come from? There is no record of "hang painting" in the history of painting, which is a folk painting method. In the 1930s, there was a painter named Liu Yiping, who was specially used for the fan paintings of shulianji and WANGXINGJI Fanzhuang. Mr. Liu has a good friend, Li Zhonghai, who is also familiar with his painting methods.
Before and after the Anti Japanese War, the competition between Wang Xingji and shulianji was very fierce. The sandalwood fan part of Wang Xingji was processed in Suzhou (known as white body and "Laihua"), and the product produced by Wang Xingji was named "hang Hua", which was painted by Liu Yiping, Li Zhonghai and others. After the painting, it was sent to Shanghai for sale. After the Anti Japanese War, sales of sandalwood fans increased day by day. Mr. Li Zhonghai organized a group of people such as Chen tuzhai, Shou Qiusheng and Yuan Jingcai to draw Hangzhou paintings. Later, Xu Naizhen and her husband Chen tuzhai learned to draw. The main contents of the painting are "four seasons" flowers, poppies, peonies, chrysanthemums, plum flowers, cranes.
Five color peony, leaves have Yin and Yang color, positive and negative, composition changes according to fan. It is characterized by gorgeous colors, neat and smooth lines, strong national colors, suitable for painting women's sandalwood fan silk, black paper fan, mud gold fan, white bone silk fan, black bamboo fan, etc. This kind of painting method has certain regional characteristics, and is native to the countryside, and is painted on the Hangfan, so it is named "HANGHUA".
Mei Lanfang and Wang Xingji fans
Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking opera performing artist, has lived a life of acting, loving fans, painting fans, and collecting hundreds of fans. When acting, he paid great attention to fan skill, which became his "art partner".
Mr. Mei Lanfang plays Qingwen in "a smile with a thousand gold", and in "drunken Concubine", concubine Yang waves a clay and peony fan in her hand, which makes her more dignified and complements her role in the play.
The fans in Mei Lanfang's hands have been provided by Hangzhou WANGXINGJI fan factory since the 1930s. His fans are often stolen. Once, the news of the performance of "drunken Concubine" in Shanghai China Grand Theatre caused a sensation in the whole Shanghai City, and the tickets were snapped up. Before the performance, Xiao Li, who is in charge of props, said to him, "the peony fan is gone.".
Mei Lanfang was shocked. This fan is an indispensable prop for the performance of "drunk". Before the performance, he specially sent someone to ask the teacher of Wang Xingji fan factory to make it.
How does this clay gold peony fan get on the stage? Mei Lanfang opened the drawer and took out a fan to splash ink with a pen. After the peony fan was painted, with the sound of gongs and drums, she waved the fan to the stage and vividly carved the drunken and complicated inner world of Yang Guifei.
When performing the act of the lady leaning against the railing, he gently lifted the fan with his right hand and stretched out his left hand to open the fan, which could reflect the demure manner of the lady. This delicate action is often performed by "fan skill".
Later, Mei Lanfang sent another person to Wang Xingji to order a clay and peony fan.
