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Wen Shengzhai

Qing Dynasty lantern workshop
unfoldTwo entries with the same name
In the collection of many management of the four treasures and ancient books, words, Antique In the Liulichang area of antique merchants' shops, there are also some shops selling cultural and entertainment supplies. Among them, there are two famous century-old brands, but different Wensheng Zhai. One is the original site in the front porch of the headlines Wensheng Zhai, about opened in the Qing Dynasty Jiaqing period, famous for the operation of all kinds of colored lanterns, and later moved to East Liulichang. The other is the Qing Dynasty Xianfeng period opened musical instrument shop, located in the west of the north entrance of small sand Garden, Changdian, later moved to Andingmen Street. This is Wensheng Zhai music company .
Chinese name
Wen Shengzhai
Founding time
qing Jiaqing During a certain age
Business scope
Self-produced and self-marketed lamp painting fan
Ground point
Front porch headlines
Founded in the Qing Jiaqing period, located in the front porch of the headline, is a self-produced self-marketing lamp painting fan of the time-honored shop, its lighting is famous in Beijing. The varieties are palace lamp, gauze lamp, flower lamp, wall lamp, meeting lamp, Nian lamp, toy lamp, etc., and operates Su Hang Ya fan, hand-painted murals and other businesses. Its palace lamp, antique, generally made of hardwood frame, there are four corners and hexagonal type, removable and folded, in each corner of the lamp are decorated with silk, there is a single spike under the lamp frame with glass, glass painted with color paint.
Wen Shengzhai
In the late Qing Dynasty, Wensheng Zhai was mostly in the capital Royal court The palace made palace lamps. The lantern of Wensheng Zhai, commonly known as the lantern, is generally framed by bamboo or metal, pasted with gauze and coated with fish scale glue, so that the lamp is transparent and impermeable. At the same time, the gauze is painted with color pictures, and the lamp is burned with candles. This lamp, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, was mostly hung in the palace and the door of the big household to show identity and lighting. In 1915, Wen Shengzhai participated in the Lantern color Panama International Fair Won two gold MEDALS. Front porch room headlines because of the concentration of lantern shops, known as the "lantern Street." After the liberation of Beijing, Wensheng Zhai and several lantern shops on Langfang Headlines Street through public-private partnership, formed the Beijing art red light Factory, its main sales and processing factories are moved to Xuanwu gate East Liulichang.