The seventh generation successor of Luzhou's oil paper umbrella Yu Wanlun makes an oil paper umbrella at his studio in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhe

The seventh generation successor of Luzhou's oil paper umbrella Yu Wanlun makes an oil paper umbrella at his studio in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhe Stock Photo
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4288 x 2848 px | 36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 inches | 300dpi

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1 June 2017

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The seventh generation successor of Luzhou's oil paper umbrella Yu Wanlun makes an oil paper umbrella at his studio in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 1 June 2017. The seventh generation successor of Luzhou's oil paper umbrella Yu Wanlun made an oil paper umbrella at his studio in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 1 June 2017. The history of Luzhou's oil paper umbrella production can be traced back more than 400 years to the late Ming Dynasty(1368-1644). Its craftwork is now a state-level non-material cultural heritage and has over 70 steps, including bamboo-splitting, drilling, threading, paper cutting, gluing, sundrying. Yu Wanlun and his wife hope to bring oil paper umbrellas back to people's daily lives.