Wenshengzhai

Beijing
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Founded in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1806), it is located on the front street of the corridor outside Qianmen. It is an old shop that produces and sells lanterns and painted fans. Its lanterns are famous in Beijing. The varieties include palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, flower lanterns, wall lamps, party lanterns, New Year lanterns, toy lanterns, etc., and it also operates businesses such as hand-painted murals of Suzhou and Hangzhou elegant fans. Its palace lanterns are antique and generally made of hardwood frames. There are four-cornered and hexagonal shapes, which can be disassembled and folded. There are silk tassels on each corner of the lamp, and there is a single tassel underneath. Glass is embedded between the lamp frames, and colorful lacquer paintings are painted inside the glass. In the late Qing Dynasty. Wenshengzhai mostly made palace lanterns for the palaces and royal palaces in Beijing. Wenshengzhai's gauze lanterns, commonly known as lanterns, are generally made of bamboo, wood or metal frames, covered with gauze and coated with fish scale glue, making the lamps both transparent and airtight. At the same time, there are colorful paintings on the gauze and candles are burned in the lamps. This kind of lantern was mostly hung at the gates of royal palaces and wealthy families in the late Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China to show identity and provide lighting. In 1915, Wenshengzhai's lanterns won two gold medals at the Panama International Exposition. Langfang Toutiao outside Qianmen is known as the "Lantern Street" because of the concentration of lantern shops. After the liberation of Beijing, Wenshengzhai and several lantern shops on Langfang Toutiao Street were jointly operated by the public and private sectors to form the Beijing Art Red Lantern Factory. Its main sales storefronts and processing factories were moved to Dong Liulichang outside Xuanwumen. Consumer Tips: Contact number for celebrity calligraphy and paintings, lantern paintings and fans: 63034367 Address: No. 92, Xuanwu Liulichang East Street (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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