Oil paper umbrella, inheriting intangible cultural heritage
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🌂油纸伞是汉族古老的传统用品之一，是世界上最早的雨伞，使用历史已有1000多年。它由纯手工制成，全部取材于天然，是中国古人智慧的结晶。
Oil paper umbrellas are one of the ancient traditional items of the Han ethnic group and the earliest umbrellas in the world, with a history of over 1000 years of use. It is made entirely by hand, all made from nature, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient Chinese people.
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🌂 油纸伞是指用桐油浸纸，后经过数十道工艺制作而成的雨伞。我国浙江余杭、四川泸州、江西甲路、湖北汉口、湖南长沙、福建福州都曾是油纸伞的盛产地。
Oil paper umbrellas refers to an umbrella made by soaking paper in tung oil and then making it through dozens of processes. Yuhang in Zhejiang Province, Luzhou in Sichuan Province, Jialu in Jiangxi Province, Hankou in Hubei Province, Changsha in Hunan Province, and Fuzhou in Fujian Province were once rich areas for oil paper umbrellas.
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🌂中国制伞历史悠久，最早的伞是春秋末年，鲁班的妻子云氏发明。在细条之上蒙上兽皮，样如亭，收拢如棍，张开如盖。
China has a long history of umbrella making, with the earliest umbrella being invented by Lu Ban's wife Yun in the late Spring and Autumn period. Cover the thin strips with animal skin, resembling a pavilion, folded up like a stick, and opened up like a cover.
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🌂纸出现以后，古人则在伞纸上刷桐油用来防水，油纸伞就此诞生，文人雅士亦会在上油前在伞面上题诗作画，以遣情怀。
After the emergence of paper, ancient people painted tung oil on umbrella paper to prevent water damage. Oil paper umbrellas were born, and literati and scholars also wrote poems and paintings on the surface of umbrellas before applying oil to express their emotions.
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🌂宋朝时称绿油纸伞，以后历代均有改进。油纸伞主要是由伞骨、伞面、伞柄、伞把、散键、头巾等部位构成。制作流程主要分为以下几个步骤：
During the Song Dynasty, it was called a green oil paper umbrella, which has been improved throughout successive dynasties. Oil paper umbrellas are mainly composed of umbrella bones, umbrella surfaces, umbrella handles, umbrella handles, loose keys, headscarves, and other parts. The production process is mainly divided into the following steps:
🌂号竹：选竹
Selecting Bamboo
🌂做骨架：劈伞骨，经过水浸、日光晾晒等必要技术处理，然后钻孔、拼架、穿线、串联伞柄伞头制成骨架。
Skeleton making: Chop the umbrella bone, undergo necessary technical treatments such as water immersion and sun drying, and then drill, assemble, thread, and connect the umbrella handle and umbrella head to make the skeleton.
🌂上伞面：把裁好的纸粘上骨架，修边、定型，曝晒。
Umbrella surface: Stick the cut paper onto the skeleton, trim, shape, and expose to sunlight.
🌂绘花：在伞面上绘制图案，晒干。
Flower painting: Draw a pattern on the umbrella surface and dry it in the sun.
🌂上油：最后在伞面刷上熟桐油，待完全干后即可使用。
Oil: Finally, brush the umbrella surface with cooked tung oil and let it dry completely before use.
🌂根据制作工序的不同，一把油纸伞的制作时长需要半个月～两个月不等，慢慢地凝聚了匠人之心血。
According to the different production processes, the production time of an oil paper umbrella varies from half a month to two months, gradually gathering the efforts of the craftsmen.
Holding an oil paper umbrella,
I wander in the long and lonely rain.
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🌂油纸伞象征吉祥，被赋予了诸多文化内涵，如多子、多福、美满、团圆、平安等。同时它也代表了浪漫，在不少地区，也称雨伞为“撑花”，意指在雨天撑开一朵明媚的花，油纸伞的美就如同江南女子一般，晴时能遮阳，光透过纸伞，伞面透亮、清新雅致；阴时可避雨，伞骨坚韧，为你撑起一番安全天地。
Oil paper umbrellas symbolize auspiciousness and are endowed with many cultural connotations, such as having multiple children, having multiple blessings, happiness, reunion, and peace. At the same time, it also represents romance. In many regions, it is also known as "holding flowers" for umbrellas, meaning to open a bright flower on a rainy day. The beauty of oil paper umbrellas is like that of women in Jiangnan. When sunny, they can shade the sun, and the light passes through oil paper umbrellas, making the umbrella surface transparent, fresh and elegant; When it's cloudy, you can take shelter from the rain, and the umbrellas bone is tough, providing you with a safe world.
