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Jiuquan luminous cup
Jiuquan "luminous cup", a traditional handicraft, has a long history and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. As early as Zhou Muwang, the Western Regions presented a "luminous cup" to the imperial court. "The cup is made of white jade, which illuminates at night" (Han Dong Fang Shuo's Ten Books in the Sea). Wang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "If you want to drink pipa, hurry immediately." . Jiuquan luminous cup is made of fine jade from Qilian Mountain, with unique shape and exquisite style, which can be divided into two categories: traditional luminous cup and antique luminous cup. Traditional luminous cups include large, medium and small goblets, flat-bottomed cups, beer cups, miniature cups and three-bubble jade-covered bowls; Antique cups include Jue Cup, Feng Cup, Shang Cup, Niutou Cup, Shuangfeng Cup, Shuanglong Haitang Cup, wine set and tea set. There are more than 80 varieties of jade carving tourism craft pendants. The traditional luminous cups and antique special-shaped luminous cups produced by Jiuquan luminous cup factory have successively won the Gold Award of National Tourism Commodity Research and Evaluation Association, the Silver Award of Excellent Export Products of Ministry of Light Industry, and the Excellent Quality Management Award of National Arts and Crafts Industry 18 awards. Products are favored by domestic and foreign tourists and exported to more than 20 countries and regions. It is a treasure to commemorate travel and give to relatives and friends. 1994, the factory was rated as a national designated production enterprise of tourism commodities by the National Tourism Administration, the Ministry of Internal Trade and other ministries. 1996 was recognized as an "old Chinese brand" enterprise by Gansu province.
Jiuquan noctilucent cup factory
Jiuquan luminous cup factory (handicraft factory), located at No.2 Minyi Street, Jiuquan City, is an old-fashioned enterprise with a history of nearly 50 years, specializing in the production of "Jiuquan luminous cup" and jade carving tourism handicrafts. The annual gross industrial output value is 3 million yuan, the profits and taxes are 400,000 yuan, and the foreign exchange earned is 350,000 yuan. The annual output of various luminous cups and jade carving tourist handicrafts is over 80,000 pieces.
Jiuquan luminous cup is a precious jade drinking vessel. When you put wine in a cup and put it in the moonlight, it will glow, hence the name luminous cup. According to the Records of Ten Kingdoms, when Zhou Muwang was in China, the Western Regions presented a luminous cup to the imperial court. The cup is the essence of white jade, which describes the characteristics of the luminous cup in the western regions. Jiuquan luminous cup was formed at least in the Tang Dynasty. Jiuquan is the main road of Hexi, bordering Hua Yue in the east, Yiwu in the west, the desert in the north and Qilian in the south. The jade material for making luminous cups is collected from Qilian Mountain, which is more than 0/00 kilometers away from Jiuquan City/Kloc-.
The production of luminous cups has to go through more than 20 processes, such as selecting materials, drilling rods, cutting, planing, washing and grinding, fine grinding, polishing and wax ironing. Jiuquan "luminous cup" is made of good Qilian jade with unique shape and exquisite style, which can be divided into traditional luminous cups and antique luminous cups. Its color, black Saiwu paint, white as sheep fat, dark green as jade, and natural patterns. The cup is as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror, smooth inside and outside, and jade color is transparent and bright. When you pour wine with it, it tastes sweet and lasts for a long time, especially when you drink it in the moonlight. If glass is as bright as water, it seems to have a strange luster. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a good legend that "the wine is full of luminous cups". Traditional luminous cups include large, medium and small goblets, flat-bottomed cups, beer cups, miniature cups and three-bubble jade bowls. There are more than 80 kinds of antique cups, such as Jue Cup, Phoenix Cup, Iron Cup, Tau Cup, Shuangfeng Cup and Shuanglong Begonia Cup, as well as wine sets, tea sets and jade carving tourism craft pendants.
In the prosperous era of jade production in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were more than a dozen jade workshops in Jiuquan. At that time, luminous cups were not only resold by local vendors, but also transported by Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants to Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai for resale in the mainland, or transported to Kang and Tibet for velvet antler and musk, or taken abroad by foreign missionaries. It has a long reputation, so it is called Jin Zhangye, Yin Wuwei and Yu Jiuquan.
After the founding of New China, with the care and support of the Party and * * *, jade workers embarked on the road of public-private partnership. From 65438 to 0957, Wang Sanzhong, an old artist, went to Beijing to attend the National Congress of Old Artists of Arts and Crafts, and was honored to present Chairman Mao with two luminous cups on behalf of the people of Jiuquan. 1In the summer of 958, Comrade Zhu De pointed out during an inspection tour in Jiuquan, Northwest China: "The traditional handicraft industry of luminous cups cannot be cut off, and it should be vigorously developed." At the end of the same year, a local state-owned luminous cup factory was established. Jiuquan luminous cup has been continuously struggled for decades by three generations of technicians. At present, there are more than 30 styles, which are divided into four categories: Chinese cups, goblets, flat cups and antique cups. There are two kinds of China cups: big ones and small ones. There are three kinds of goblets: large, medium and small. Antique cups are divided into four types: Jue, Yi, Sui and Zun. China Cup has a strong national style, deep, simple and elegant, symbolizing the simple and elegant style of the Chinese nation. The goblet, also known as the western-style cup, has the modeling characteristics of a western-style glass with a seat. The curve of the cup body is natural, exquisite and delicate, and there is no lack of graceful temperament of the Chinese cup.
The traditional luminous cups and antique special-shaped luminous cups produced by Jiuquan luminous cup factory have won provincial and ministerial titles for many times, and successively won the gold medal of the National Tourism Commodity Research and Evaluation Association, the silver prize of the outstanding export products of the Ministry of Light Industry, the excellent quality management award of the national arts and crafts industry and other 18 awards. 1994, the factory was rated as a national designated production enterprise of tourism commodities by the National Tourism Administration, the Ministry of Internal Trade and other ministries. 1996 was recognized as an "old Chinese brand" enterprise by Gansu province. Products are exported to more than 20 countries and regions such as Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It receives more than 30,000 foreign guests and overseas Chinese every year, and successfully completes the foreign affairs reception tasks of ambassadors from more than 50 countries and Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand. It is one of the foreign tourist attractions in Jiuquan area. The development of Jiuquan noctilucent Cup Factory has been paid attention to and cared by the Party and the country. Zhu De, Fang Yi, Chen and Qiao Shi visited the factory successively. Guangming Daily, Yangcheng Evening News, Gansu Daily and many other newspapers reported on the luminous cup. During the tourist season, Chinese and foreign tourists come in an endless stream to witness the making of the luminous cup, and they are satisfied with the Jiuquan luminous cup.