Overview of Tancheng Wood Spinning Toys Technology

Tancheng wood spinning products have been handed down from generation to generation with Fannian Village as the center since they came out, and * * * has been passed down to 19 generations, and there are typical figures who constantly innovate wood spinning products throughout the ages. Since the 1970s and 1980s, Tancheng Muxuan Toys, represented by villager Fan Jimei, have produced Peking Opera masks and puppets. The production of Muxuan toys in Fannian Village has changed from manual production to machine production. According to some data, the wood spinning toys they processed and produced have formed more than 600 varieties in 10 category. Traditional works include ancient figures, tiger-headed wooden sticks, high and low sticks, swallow carts, bird carts, eight immortals flower plates, monks knocking wooden fish, wine glasses, Peking Opera masks, flower baskets, groceries, wooden bowls, pulling people's heads and rushing to drill. Innovative varieties include walnut man, small train, rocket, plane, cannon and intelligence platter. Products not only won prizes in national folk arts and crafts competitions or exhibitions, but also were collected by China Art Museum, Soong Ching Ling Foundation and other units. It is also exported to more than 30 countries and regions such as Japan, the United States, South Korea and Singapore, earning more than 654.38 million US dollars annually. Fannian Village has become a famous "hometown of wood spinning toys".