The history of knife making in Yangjiang can be traced back to 1400 years ago
In 557 AD, the national hero, Mrs. Xian, stationed troops in Yangjiang and made weapons in the Yangjiang area. The Qing Dynasty’s Genealogy of Feng Dynasty contained: “The eighty-two jin of Emei Xuanjin sword used by General Feng in his life was brought into his home.” The “Emei Xuanjin Broadsword” is what Yangjiang commonly calls the “Big Killing Sword”. After that, the knife-making craftsmanship spread to the people, producing various civilian knives.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a large-scale knife-making workshop was formed in Yangjiang County, and its production site is now the Iron Alley in Jiangcheng District. The masterpiece at this time was the “Wenwu Knife” made by the blacksmith He Chuanli. At that time, the famous domestic restaurants made kitchen knives in the He Chuanli workshop.
In the 1930s, Liang Jifu created the unique “Jifu Knife”. Changji, the county seat, is a professional shop that produces and sells knives. The knives of this period are sharp, beautiful and durable, so they won awards in the national knives competition. , And to participate in the World Expo. Since then, Yangjiang Knife has become famous at home and abroad.
The period of booming Yangjiang knife and scissors industry was after the reform and opening up. State-owned collective enterprises have long trained a large number of knife and scissors technical talents. These technical talents have started anew and set up private enterprises. Especially in 1997, the municipal party committee and the municipal government made a major decision to accelerate the development of private economy.
Knives and scissors private enterprises have sprung up, laying the foundation for the further development of the Yangjiang knife and scissors industry. After the reform and opening up, the export scale of the knife and scissors industry has continued to expand. The combination of modern technology and traditional craftsmanship has made the knife and scissors products always maintain excellent quality. They have won many national awards and are well-known at home and abroad. The products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions in the world , Output value and export value accounted for 60% and 80% of similar products in the country.
In the first golden autumn of the 21st century, Yangjiang was honored as the “Capital of Chinese Knives and Scissors”.
