The Three Knives of Yangzhou are local traditional handicrafts of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. That is, Yangzhou kitchen knife, pedicure knife, barber knife.

Yangzhou's "three knives" are world-famous, among which the barber's knife has been passed down for more than 1,500 years in the hairdressing industry, while the kitchen knife in the catering industry, the pedicure knife in the bath industry have been passed down for more than 2,000 years.

Inheritance of more than 2000 years, is a veritable wealth of industry, absorbing a large number of jobs.

Yangzhou kitchen knives

Yangzhou kitchen knives are well crafted and easy to use. Yangzhou knife work is fine, there are before the batch, in the cut, after the chopping and other techniques, to cut the dried silk, for example, 1.5 cm thick dried soybean batch into 24 pieces, and then cut into dried silk, thin as paper, thin as a line, even as hair.

The pedicure knife

Yangzhou pedicure, also known as "foot doctor", there are 360 lines of the first line of the name. Over the centuries, Yangzhou pedicure knife from technology to medicine, from technology to art, from generation to generation, by virtue of exquisite skills, a school of its own. At present, there are 1,500 foot stores in Yangzhou city, with more than 20,000 practitioners, and Yangzhou pedicure has been successfully shortlisted as a national non-heritage project.

Barber's knife

The barber's knife is one of the "three knives" of Yangzhou, known throughout the world as one of the birthplaces of barbering in China, Yangzhou, accumulating the wisdom of several generations. It is characterized by fine trimming, delicate operation, diverse hairstyles, and customized techniques, among which the "seventy-two and a half knives" technique was once bestowed by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty as the "first-class knife".

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Cultural heritage:

In the more than 2,500 years of Yangzhou's history of building the city, a few times of prosperity gave birth to kitchen knives, barber knives and pedicure knives. This skill is integrated with the daily life of the local people, forming a folk culture of "refinement, elegance and beauty" as the pursuit of the "three knives" culture, which witnesses the hard work and wisdom of Yangzhou people, and also highlights the sophistication and innovation of Yangzhou.

"A prosperous place of flowers and willows, a gentle and wealthy township", Yangzhou has been a gathering of salt merchants since ancient times, and the leisure lifestyle of "water wrapped around the skin in the morning and water wrapped around the skin in the evening" has given birth to the famous Yangzhou "three knives" culture. The "Three Knives" culture. "Three knives" is the kitchen knife, pedicure knife and barber knife collectively, on the one hand, it is a local traditional handicrafts, on the other hand, it is a technology, but also an art, Yangzhou culture has become a unique part of the characteristics.

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