Development history of Luzhou oil-paper umbrella

Luzhou umbrella industry originated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and its production history is similar to that of LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD Co., Ltd. The 1950s was the "golden age" of Luzhou oil-paper umbrella. Especially from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, Zhuzi Street, not far from Luzhou Xiaoshi Wharf, was the "Oil Paper Umbrella Street" in Luzhou at that time. At its peak, there were more than 100 oil-paper umbrellas in Luzhou, with tens of thousands of employees, mainly concentrated in Lantian, Taian, Shawan, Fenshui, Tomi and Xiaoshi in Jiangyang District, with an annual output of 20 million paper umbrellas. Historically, Luzhou mainly used "red umbrella" to make rain gear. After the 1970s, with the popularization of steel umbrellas and cloth umbrellas, practical and convenient steel umbrellas gradually replaced oil-paper umbrellas, and people who used to produce oil-paper umbrellas changed careers. By the 1990s. Only a few people are producing.

At the beginning of this century, with the rise of tourism market and neoclassicism, people gradually realized the special historical and cultural connotation of oil-paper umbrella, and the number of people who like oil-paper umbrella gradually increased, and Luzhou oil-paper umbrella began to recover. In 2008, Jiangyang District Government declared "Luzhou Oil-Paper Umbrella Making Process" as "National Intangible Cultural Heritage", and many publicity media such as CCTV-2 and CCTV-4 conducted special interviews and reports on it. With the strong advocacy and support of the government, there are more and more enterprises or individuals engaged in the production and processing of oil-paper umbrellas in Luzhou, and many young people have joined the oil-paper umbrella industry, which has promoted the development of the oil-paper umbrella industry in Luzhou. Luzhou classical oil-paper umbrella not only continues to produce red umbrellas, but also combines traditional crafts, traditional culture and fashion culture to introduce color printing to print patterns on the umbrella surface, which increases the artistry and exquisiteness of the umbrella surface, enhances the cultural added value of Luzhou oil-paper umbrella and develops Luzhou oil-paper umbrella to a new level.