Shao Zhiyan Bizhuang, Hu Qingyutang, Bian Fumao Shoe Store, Liubiju, Yixiangzhai, etc.
1. Shao Zhiyan Pen Shop
Founded in the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1862), Shao Zhiyan, a native of Cixi, opened a pen shop called "Canhuabao" in Hangzhou. The shop is named after the owner. The shop is located near the entrance of Guanxiang. It has its own brush and ink making workshop. The brushes it makes are characterized by the four unique features of "point, neatness, garden and health". for tribute.
It is a century-old store in Hangzhou that is full of bookish atmosphere and professional features. The Zhilantu brand brushes made by the pen store have won many gold medals at international fairs for their smooth and easy writing. The Maohe brushes produced and sold by Bizhuang mainly include four categories: Yanghao, Langhao, Zihao and Jianhao.
In addition, we also supply a variety of valuable and practical inkstones, rice paper, Hui ink, pen holders and other four treasures of the study. In 1956, through a public-private partnership, Shao Zhiyan merged with Shi Aiwen Pen Store, and later merged into Longtaichang Stationery Store. After the reform and opening up, Shaozhiyan Brush Shop was restored.
2. Hu Qingyutang
Hu Qingyutang, the "King of Medicine in the South of the Yangtze River", was founded by Hu Xueyan, a "red-top businessman" in the late Qing Dynasty, in 1874 AD (the 13th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty). Located in Qinghefang, a historical and cultural district in Hangzhou, it is the best-preserved ancient industrial and commercial building complex in the late Qing Dynasty in China and is a model of Huizhou architectural style.
The entire building is shaped like a crane, dwelling at the foot of Wushan Mountain, symbolizing "longevity". The magnificent architecture, splendid halls, exquisite carvings, and its unique business structure still exist today.
More than 140 years have passed. Hu Qingyutang National Pharmaceutical Company has always adhered to the ancestral motto of "preventing bullying" and the business policy of "truth and value", and has become a five-year-old brand that protects, inherits, develops and spreads the motherland. An important place with thousands of years of traditional Chinese medicine culture, it is an indispensable and important part of Hangzhou’s humanities, history and culture.
3. Bian Fumao Shoe Store
In the 25th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1845), it was opened at the entrance of Wulao Lane, Changqing Lane, Hangzhou. The founder, Bian Chunhao, was from Zhuji and was good at shoemaking. His son Bian Qichang learned the craft from his father and was good at financial management. He later inherited his father's business. In the third year of Xuantong (1911), it moved to Taipingfang (Zhongshan Middle Road) for business.
Bian Fumao shoemaking carefully selects materials and pays attention to quality, with light shape and stiff upper. In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), a branch was set up in Yangbatou to sell leather shoes. In 1921, a branch was set up in Shanghai. Hangzhou is commonly known as "Head of the head is in the sky, feet are on the edge", which refers to the hat of "Tianzhang" and the shoes of "Bian Fumao".
After liberation, party and state leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Tan Zhenlin, as well as art celebrities such as Mei Lanfang and Gai Jingtian, all made custom-made cloth shoes in this store.
With the changes of the times, leather shoes have replaced cloth shoes as the mainstream. Bian Fumao not only deals in cloth shoes with traditional characteristics, but also deals in other footwear.
4. Liubiju
Liubiju Jiangyuan store is located in Beijing and is said to have been founded in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The large gold plaque hanging in the Liubiju store is said to have been inscribed by Yan Song, a great scholar of the Ming Dynasty.
Liubiju was originally a small shop opened by brothers Zhao Cunren, Zhao Cunyi and Zhao Cunli from Xidu Village, Linfen, Shanxi, specializing in firewood, rice, oil and salt. As the saying goes: "Seven things to open the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea."
These seven things are indispensable for people's daily life. The Zhao brothers' small shop was named Liubiju because it did not sell tea.
5. Yixiangzhai
Yixiangzhai Food Store was founded in the first year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1875). The founder, Ge Jingshan, is from Suzhou. He learned craftsmanship in a southern goods store in Suzhou when he was young. Later, he moved to Hangzhou to make a living. He set up a stall at the entrance of Yijing Lane, Qingtai Street, selling freshly made Dingsheng cakes.
Later, with the help of a regular customer named Li, a storefront at the entrance of Yijing Lane was transferred to Ge to open a store, named Yixiangzhai. When opening a store, the front shop and the back shop. Traditional pastries include Tiaotou cake, square cake, mung bean cake, sesame cake, pepper peach slices, Xiaoqingsha and Soviet-style moon cakes.
The pastry recipe pays attention to "three aspects": heavy color, deep color but not burnt, rich fragrance; heavy oil, oily but not greasy, crispy when entering; heavy sugar, suitable for sweetness, soft and waxy, with moisture in it. Cakes and moon cakes are the most famous.
When Hangzhou fell in December 1937, Yixiangzhai was robbed by ruffians and the Japanese army, causing heavy losses. In 1951, Ge was unable to run the business and sold Yixiangzhai to his Shanghai colleague Xu Binghua. During the Cultural Revolution, the company was renamed "Dongfeng" and the time-honored brand was restored in 1980.
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