Forging skills of Zhang Xiaoquan's scissors

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Zhang Xiaoquan's scissors forging skills

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Item No.: 388

Project No.: VIII - 38

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoquan Group Co., Ltd

Brief introduction of Zhang Xiaoquan's scissors forging technology:

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

In 1663, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors was founded in Hangzhou, and later became one of the famous "five Hangzhou" products. Traditional civil scissors are the starting products of Zhang Xiaoquan. There are five kinds of scissors, namely "Xinhua, Shanlang, Wuhu, Yuantou and changtou". They are famous for their uniform steel inlay, clear steel, fine grinding, sharp edge, firm pin, smooth opening and closing, exquisite style, novel engraving, durability, good quality and low price. There are 72 processes in Zhang Xiaoquan's traditional scissors making, of which two are exquisite and unique. One is steel forging. The scissors are made of Zhejiang Longquan and Yunhe good steel inlaid on the wrought iron. After a lot of tempering, they are made into scissors blade and ground with Zhenjiang clay brick. The other is the hand engraving skill on the surface of scissors, which is engraved on the surface of scissors West Lake landscape, birds and animals and other patterns, lifelike, perfect and exquisite.

Zhang Xiaoquan, the founder of Zhang Xiaoquan's scissors, once established the family motto of "good steel and excellent work". For more than 340 years, his descendants have practiced it and become the core concept of Zhang Xiaoquan's corporate culture. Zhang Xiaoquan scissors factory "quality, integrity-based" business purpose and "heart to do everything" spirit is derived from this.

Zhang Xiaoquan scissors used to be used by the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, and became a "time-honored brand" in China because of the special commendation given by Emperor Qianlong. It is not only widely praised at home, but also world-famous. In 1910, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors won the silver prize of Nanyang Industry Association, the second prize of Panama world expo in 1915, the silver prize of Philadelphia World Expo in 1926, and the special prize of West Lake Expo in 1929. In 1956, Mao Zedong pointed out in the article "speeding up the socialist transformation of handicraft industry": "remind you that many good stuff in handicraft industry should not be Kwai ed. Don't take out Wang Mazi's and Zhang Xiaoquan's knives and scissors for ten thousand years. What is good for our nation and what has been destroyed must be restored and made better. "

However, with the development of the times, the application of modern stamping and injection molding technology has greatly impacted the traditional scissors forging technology, resulting in the failure of the inheritance of this ancient craft. Now the scissors master who can complete all the processes from beginning to end no longer exists, and Zhang Xiaoquan's scissors forging technology is in urgent need of rescue and recovery.