Shopping in Quanzhou, Fujian Province

Quanzhou Puppet Head
Quanzhou puppets have a complete image in structure. The figures are widely selected from the figures and roles in the folk operas and legends, roughly divided into 5 major types: Sheng (male), Dan (young female), Jing (painted face, male), Mo (middle aged male), Chou (clown, male or female). There are over 300 puppet masks, which display beautiful shapes, vivid drawings, clear characters, unique artistic styles and local images.

Hui-an Granite Sculpture

Hui-an granite sculpture is a folk carving craftwork, made from top quality granite (shining-green rock) and carved finely into different sizes of delicate handicrafts, such as round carving, floating carving, line carving, and shadow carving. The granite sculptures produced in Hui-an can be either large as the size which should be lifted and installed by cranes or can be small as the size which can float on the surface of the water. They are beautiful in shape, fine in workmanship, unique in artistic style and strong in local characteristics. Hui-an granite sculpture has a history of 1600 years, well-known as the “home of granite sculptures”.

Hui-an Bear Gall

Fujian Guizhentang Pharmacy Development Co.Ltd utilizes the rich resource of bear gall from Qianshan Group and has developed Qianshan brand bear gall products, such as bear gall powder, bear gall health tea and bear gall capsules. The company uses the extracted substances from bear galls with other valuable Chinese herb medicine to develop different varieties of new medicines. Bear galls are bitter in taste and cold in nature, having the function of clearing the heat, relieving spasm, improving eye-sight, and killing worms. According to the Chinese medicine, bear gall is effective in curing red eye disease, sore throat, infantile convulsion of children, indigestion and pain caused by worms.

Laofanzhi Panacea Leaven
Laofanzhi Panacea Leaven is a processed traditional Chinese medicine, which is a light grey coloured block in aromatic smell and slightly sweet taste. Having the functioned in adjusting the stomach, nourishing the spleen, expelling wind-evil, settling indigestion, and promoting appetite, resolving wetness, it can be applied to treat flue and cold, heat exhaustion in summer, stomach-ache caused by indigestion and vomiting and diarrhoea.

Quanzhou Rice sculpture

“Zhauggaoren (rice figure)” is made of ground rice (glutinous rice), wheat flour and pigment. The skill of making the rice figures mainly relies on the dexterous fingers. The tools needed are also simple: small scissors, fine comb, gold paper, feathers, bamboo strap and iron thread. The figures made from the dough are generally taken from the stories in four famous major Chinese works, such as “The master travels to the west with his apprentice to obtain scriptures”, “Three brothers in the Peach Orchard”, “Twelve Golden hairpins” and “Wusong kills tiger”. The figures are vivid. After they are made, it takes several days for them to dry under the sunlight, and then paint with a coat of oil to make them shine and to preserve them for a long time.

Quanzhou Folk Colour cotta

Quanzhou Folk Colour Cottas are made from paper as figures of ancient operas. The work of making colour cotta is divided into standing work and sitting work. The standing work generally refers to making large scale works, such as “Giant Mountain” “Lingcuo” and “Colour Building while sitting work refers to making fine works, including famous figures, birds and animals. In modern colour cotta techniques, the material is earth, wax, plastics, cloth and silk to enhance the expressive force.The folk colour cotta in Quanzhou has a broad influence in China and overseas. The works of “56 ethnic groups”, “Hui-an maidens”, “Maidens form tea producing area”, “Girls from Fishermen Family”, “Lady of Southern Music” designed by Quanzhou JIngxiu Firm have won excellence prizes on the First China Tourism Souvenir Competition, and the prize of the best commodity on the First Fujian Provincial Tourism Fair.

Yongchun Painted Bamboo Baskets

Yonghcun painted bamboo baskets are unique traditional handicrafts produced locally. They are made from over 20 raw materials, including gold foil, fine bamboo skin, raw paint, Chinese wood oil, Xiabu, dongfen through over 30 procedures of moulding, boiling, lining, and painting for over two months. There are over 100 varieties of products including flat baskets, patterned baskets and full baskets, shaped in round, ridged, hexagon, oval, as well as fruit boxes and painted plates.

Yogchun Paper Woven Picture
Yongchun paper woven pictures are a special traditional handicraft, initiated at the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, with a history of over 1400 years. The pictures have been sent to over 40 countries for exhibition, presented to the foreign friends as souvenirs, and have become the “friendship envoy” for the promotion of the diplomatic ties. Yongchun County has been granted by the Ministry of Culture the title “Home of China Paper Woven Pictures” and listed for the protection under the “Folk Art Protection Project”.

Dehua Ceramics
Dehua ceramics is the traditional craftwork. It was started in the Tang Dynasty, developed in Song and Yuan Dynasty and made a breakthrough in Ming Dynasty. The white ceramics produced in Dehua have the reputation of being “white as snow, thin as paper, smooth as jade”. Dehua ceramics is famous especially for its statue of Kuanyin which was made by the senior master He Chaosong and named “Helai Kuan” after his name. The “Ivory White” ceramic statue developed by him is a valuable object unparallel in the world, known as the “crown jewel in the international ceramic sector”.

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