Dongguan Street is the most representative historical old street in Yangzhou. It stretches to the ancient canal in the east and Guoqing Road in the west, with a total length of 1122 meters. Dongguan Street used to be not only an important water and land transportation route in Yangzhou, but also a center for commerce, handicrafts, and religious culture. The streets are bustling and lined with businesses. There are many businesses and business is booming. There are nearly 100 Lu Chen Xing, Youmi Fang, Fresh Fish Shop, Eight Xian Shop, Melon and Fruit Shop, and Bamboo and Wood Shop.

The "time-honored" merchants on Dongguan Street include Simei Sauce Garden, which opened in 1817, Xie Fuchun Fragrant Powder Store in 1830, Pan Guanghe Hardware Store in 1862, Xia Guangsheng Tofu Store in 1901, Chen Tongxing Shoe Store in 1909, Qian Dachang Paper Store in 1912, Zhen Taichang Fragrant Powder Store in 1923, Zhang Hongxing Pawnshop in 1936, Qingfeng Tea Food Store in 1938, Siliuchun Tea House in 1940, Xiefeng South Goods Store in 1941, Ling Daxing Tea Food Store in 1945, Fu Kei Pawnshop in 1946, in addition to Zhou Guangxing Hat Store, Hengmao Youma Store, Shuntai South Goods Store, Hengtai Xiang Color Store, Zhu Deji Flour Shop, etc. Dongguan Street is a concentrated place in Yangzhou's handicraft industry. Lianjia shops in front and back shops are spread throughout the street, such as Fan Shunxing Umbrella Store, Cao Shunxing Luo Bian Lao Shop, Sun Zhuchen Lacquer Factory, Yuantaixiang Sugar Factory, Sun Ji Jade Factory, Dong Houhe Socks Factory, etc.

The purpose of going to Dongguan Street was to find food. Due to the time constraints, I stopped by to take a look at the street scene, so I didn't specifically go looking for some historic sites.

Yiyuan Hotel is only more than 600 meters away from Dongguan Street. It passes Wenhe North Road and goes east along Dadongmen Street and Caiyi Street. It didn't take long to reach Dongguan Street.

Dongquanmen is another ancient street in Yangzhou. It runs east-west, ends at Guoqing Road in the west and Guanxiang in the east. It is about 700 meters long and parallel to Wenchang Middle Road, the east-west main road of Yangzhou City.

Dongquanmen Historical District consists of Dongquanmen Street, Sanzhu 'an Street, and Diguandi Street. In the east, it is adjacent to the Song ruins of Guanxiang "Fanliguan", and in the west it is connected to the Qing ruins of Guoqing Road "Yanyunsi Yamen Office". In the south it is adjacent to the prosperous commercial street of Wenchang East Road, and in the north it is surrounded by old houses in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

On Siwangting Road, there is a relic of Yangzhou City sandwiched between the road and the residential area-the Ximen Ruins of Song Dacheng. I was passing through here and went in to take a few pictures for free.

In addition to traveling, shopping, and eating Yangzhou's "morning tea" when you come to Yangzhou, Yangzhou's snacks taste really good. Before going there, I searched the Internet and found more than a dozen teahouses, tea houses, hotels and noodle shops where "morning tea" was eaten. But most people don't know that the "morning tea" at Yiyuan Hotel is quite authentic and delicious.

Yangzhou lacquer ware, a specialty of Yangzhou, is also very famous. Yangzhou lacquerware is one of the traditional crafts with Chinese characteristics. It originated from the Warring States Period, flourished in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is well-known at home and abroad for complete craftsmanship, superb skills, unique style. There are ten main craft categories in Yangzhou lacquerware making techniques: snail craftsmanship, lacquer carving craftsmanship, flat-grinding mother-of-pearl craftsmanship, color painting (carving and filling) craftsmanship, bone stone inlay craftsmanship, Baibao embedding, Nan wood carving lacquer sand inkstone craftsmanship, lacquer grinding and painting making craftsmanship. We also selected some Yangzhou lacquerware and took it home to slowly appreciate it.

Yangzhou's traditional lacquer carving process is also known as "red". Its process uses Chinese lacquer and silver beads to synthesize colored lacquer. Hundreds of layers are painted on the base according to the process requirements, and then various knives are used to carve various embossed effects. The process cycle takes a long time, and the products produced are worth collecting.

Rhinoceros removal is a special craft of lacquer carving. The word "rhinoceros" in rhinoceros is related to rhinoceros. In ancient times, there was a beast named Water Rhinoceros in the western Shenzhou. It had horns and scales. It was extremely powerful. It wandered in the water, rolling up clouds and thousands of waves.

Rhinoceros, rhinoceros and rhinoceros have a special connection with clouds. In cloud pattern carving, the name is not called Tiyun, but the word "rhinoceros" is used, and the name is Tirhinoceros. The word "rhinoceros" means sharp, firm, sharp and firm. It can be seen that the rhinoceros and rhinoceros are closely related.

Lacquer carvings with rhinoceros, also known as "cloud carvings", are all carved with cloud patterns, without landscape figures, flowers, birds and fish patterns.

Rhinoceros removal is to apply a dye from natural sumac trees on the carcass first, apply it a few times, and then apply another dye, and then apply it a few times. In this way, some are applied with several dyes, and some are applied to multiple layers, or even hundreds of layers. After drying, use an oblique knife to carve the cloud pattern, return the cloud pattern, and roll the cloud pattern. The containers are all in different shapes such as rectangle and bowl shapes. The carcass is made of gold, silver, jade, etc. Through lacquer carving art techniques, they focus on cloud pattern carving without any other patterns.

Therefore, lacquerware removing rhinoceros is a special carving art in lacquer carving. Lacquerware culture is extensive and profound, inherited and continues to this day.

Rhinoceros skin paint, modified coating, also known as rhinoceros skin, western skin, tiger skin paint, and poluo paint. The method is to mix 65% raw lacquer and egg white into a thick lacquer. Using tools as the starting material, while the lacquer ware is half-dry to create a concave and convex surface. After drying, it is painted in layers with different colors of lacquer and ground. Due to the different lacquer layers, different patterns can appear after polishing, creating a brilliant color. Because it is often filled in red, yellow and black, the texture often resembles rhinoceros skin and tiger skin, so it is often called "rhinoceros skin" or "tiger skin paint".

"Rhinoceros skin" is also written as "Xipi" or "rhinoceros skin". The so-called "rhinoceros skin" here is not rhinoceros skin, but refers specifically to a decorative process in the making of ancient Chinese lacquerware. It first applies different colors of paint on the uneven tire, and then dries the paint to produce a bright color, abnormal smoothness, natural and vivid artistic effect.

The process process of making rhinoceros skin lacquer: cutting lacquer, pressing lacquer, modeling, adjusting paint ash, painting, grading, laminating (the above three steps are repeated continuously), demoulding, repeated grading and polishing of fetal bones, painting, lining, painting, polishing, painting, polishing.

Regarding the age when the "rhinoceros skin" craft appeared, in the past, according to records on rhinoceros skin lacquerware in the literature, most of it appeared in the late Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD). Therefore, people believe that this lacquer craft appeared no earlier than the Tang Dynasty. The discovery of rhinoceros skin gilded with gold, copper buckles and leather body lacquer ear cups during the Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 AD) brought forward the appearance of rhinoceros skin lacquer by nearly 600 years.

A national treasure cultural relic-the Yuan Dynasty plum vase with blue glaze and white dragon pattern, is an outstanding representative of Chinese culture. The plum vase in the Yangzhou Museum's collection is the largest, best in shape and most completely preserved among the three Yuan Dynasty plum vases with blue glaze and white dragon pattern in the world. As a national-level intangible cultural heritage protection project, Yangzhou lacquer painting technology is an important part of Yangzhou's history and culture. It is famous around the world for its distinctive national style, rich local characteristics, and superb production skills.

Lacquer Art White Dragon Pattern Plum BottleIt is the perfect interpretation of Yangzhou lacquerware craftsmanship of the city. Its specifications are scaled down based on the plum bottles collected by the Yangzhou Museum, and the inner tubes are made of natural straw materials. There are two forms of craftsmanship: one is to use cow bones as decorative materials, and thin embossed techniques are used to express the majestic heroic posture of the dragon flying through nine days. The second is to use natural pearl shells to make white dragons playing with beads, soaring in the blue sky, fully expressing the mighty and majestic momentum of the dragon, and reproducing the style of the Yuan Dynasty blue glaze white dragon pattern plum bottle.

The lacquer art white dragon pattern plum vase was jointly created by Yangzhou Museum and Yangzhou Lacquer Factory. It is a tribute to the 2500th anniversary of Yangzhou City Celebration. It is issued in a limited edition and has extremely high artistic value and collection value.

"Lacquer sand inkstone" began in the Song Dynasty and was developed by the ancestors and grandchildren of famous Yangzhou lacquer masters Lu Yingzhi and Lu Kuisheng in the Ming Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, its craftsmanship was lost. It was developed by Yangzhou Lacquer Factory in 1979 and restored in March 1981. Experts identified and confirmed that Yangzhou Lacquer sand inkstones have the qualifications to nourish, be firm but not stubborn, thin but not slippery, and emit ink without damaging the hair. Compared with Duan and She inkstones, they have the advantages of not freezing, not absorbing water, quickly emitting ink, not damaging the hair, and being convenient to carry. It is actually high-end cultural goods.

The "Dianluo" craft lacquer ware was created by Jiang Qianli, a master of Yangzhou lacquer art in the Ming Dynasty. It was first famous at home and abroad, but was lost in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. In the 1970s, it was developed by technicians organized by Yangzhou Lacquer Factory. In 1978, it was excavated and restored to the point snail skill that had been lost for more than 200 years, making it a unique skill in China. "Point snail" lacquerware uses high-quality shells, luminous snails, stone cassia, etc. as raw materials to make sheets as thin as cicada wings, and is carefully processed according to requirements into dots, lines, and surface dots as small as needle tips and as fine as autumn hair. The lacquerware blank is polished and polished, forming a delicate, beautiful, colorful, and changing lacquer picture with light.

The carving materials of lacquer sand inkstone bodies are mostly nanmu found in ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty 2000 years ago. The wood is delicate and solid, and has been carefully designed and carved into various patterns. The picture is beautiful and the craftsmanship is superb.

Dianluo Gunan wood carving lacquer sand inkstone is one of Yangzhou's "three unique". It can be appreciated and practical. It is indeed a hard-to-find tool and can be said to be a treasure handed down from generation to generation.