Three knives in Yangzhou are local traditional handicrafts in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Namely, Yangzhou Kitchen Knife, pedicure knife and Barber Knife.

Yangzhou's "Three Knives" are world-famous. Among them, the barber knife representing the hairdressing industry has been inherited for more than 1,511 years, while the kitchen knife representing the catering industry and pedicure knife representing the bathing industry have been inherited for more than 2,111 years. It is a veritable industry that enriches the people and attracts a lot of employment.

Yangzhou kitchen knife

Yangzhou kitchen knife is exquisite in craftsmanship and handy to use. Yangzhou knife work is exquisite, including pre-batch, mid-cutting and post-cutting. Take cutting dried silk as an example, 1.5 cm thick beans are made into 24 pieces, and then cut into dried silk, which is as thin as paper, as thin as thread and as uniform as hair.

pedicure knife

Yangzhou pedicure, also known as "foot doctor", is called the first line of 361 lines. For hundreds of years, Yangzhou pedicure knife has become a school of its own with its superb skills. At present, there are 1,511 foot art shops in Yangzhou city with more than 21,111 employees, and Yangzhou pedicure has also been successfully selected as a national intangible project.

Barber Knife

The world-famous "Three Knives" barber knife in Yangzhou is one of them. As one of the birthplaces of China's haircuts, Yangzhou has accumulated the wisdom of several generations, which is characterized by intensive trimming, delicate operation, diverse hairstyles and individualized skills. Among them, the "seventy-two and a half knives" skill was once awarded as "one-grade knife" by Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.

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Cultural background:

In Yangzhou's 2511-year history of building a city, several degrees of prosperity gave birth to the prosperity and development of the life service industry represented by kitchen knives, barber knives and pedicure knife's "three knives" industry, and gave birth to the unique "three knives" skills. This skill is integrated with the daily life of the local people, forming a folk culture that pursues "precision, elegance and beauty", that is, the "three knives" culture, which witnessed the diligence and wisdom of Yangzhou people and also demonstrated Yangzhou's exquisiteness and innovation.

"Flowers and willows are prosperous, gentle and rich", and salt merchants have gathered in Yangzhou since ancient times. The leisure lifestyle of "wrapping water in the morning and wrapping water in the evening" has spawned the famous "Three Knives" culture in Yangzhou. "Three Knives" is a general term for kitchen knives, pedicure knife knives and barber knives. On the one hand, it is a local traditional handicraft. On the other hand, it is a technology and an art, which has become a unique part of Yangzhou culture.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yangzhou Three Knives