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What is the influence of bird cages in Lingchuan, Guangxi?

There are many birdcage producing areas in the south. For example, there is a "birdcage shop" in Lingchuan, Guangxi, which was named after selling birdcages since ancient times. At that time, although there were only six or seven, it was already quite famous, and this "birdcage shop" was officially registered. In fact, the origin of Lingchuan birdcage is Xiatiancun. It's close to the birdcage shop, like a factory and a salesroom. There are 50 families in the village, all surnamed Qin; Originally from Zhuyuan Village, Luling County, Ji 'an District, Jiangxi Province (rich in bamboo, good at weaving). At the end of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1560), it moved to Xiatian Village, and it has been 22 generations. Apart from farming a small amount of thin fields, villagers all take bamboo birdcages as their main sideline; A factory, handed down from generation to generation. Qin Zhongfu, 88, started with his great-grandparents. Up to now, his art has been handed down for seven generations and is also the most famous. Its products are: thrush cage, lark cage, starling cage, diamond king cage and so on. Among them, thrush cages are mostly. With the traffic information advantages of officials passing by and businessmen coming and going, Bird Cage Store is a "stop" on the ancient post road (old system: Shilipu, Sanliyi), and its products are sold to Guangxi, Liuzhou, Wuzhou and Yizhou in the south, as well as Tongguan, DuDu, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanghai and Zhejiang in the north. In the tenth year of the Republic of China (192 1), Qin Qinghe, Qin, Qin Rongfa of Xiayitian Village successively did birdcage business in Guilin. In Wangfuping (now Yanglu Pedestrian Street), I opened a bird cage, a front shop and a back shop, which is self-produced and sold, and also sells products from my hometown. Among them, Qin Qinghe's products are the best, and the shop number is "Qinghe", and the business is booming. Due to a historical opportunity, he pushed the production of Lingchuan Bird Cage to the peak. Time flies. Nowadays, the society is prosperous, the people are rich, and the economic development has brought about the prosperity of the collection and appreciation industry, and the birdcage technology is also more prosperous. In addition to the traditional high-grade birdcage made of bamboo and wood teeth, there are constant innovations, and the more popular batches of new birdcages made of steel wire, plastic and other materials are also very exquisite and beautiful, and the price is cheap. It is suitable for more families who watch and play with birds to raise birds.