In Zhangwang Town, Tengzhou City, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, there is such a provincial intangible cultural heritage project. It is not only a lot of childhood toys of the post-70s, post-80s and post-90s generation, but also a folk classic handicraft. It has been invited to participate in the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo for six consecutive times. It is Zhang Wang's bamboo and wood toys.
Bamboo and wood toys rarely appear on the market nowadays. If the state had not supported and protected intangible cultural heritage projects in recent years, they would have disappeared. Bamboo and wood toy making techniques in Zhangwang Town, Tengzhou City, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province have been listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage protection project. At present, the main production place of bamboo and wood toys is Nantaozhuang Village, Zhangwang Town, Tengzhou City, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province.
Handmade bamboo and wood toys in Nantaozhuang Village have a history of more than 300 years. Nantaozhuang Village is located in the southeast corner of Zhangwang Town. It is a small village in Zhangwang Town. Outside the south wall of the ancient Xue Kingdom. Ancient Xue State was the fief of "Chezheng" Xizhong. During the Shang Dynasty, it was one of the most prosperous industrial and commercial cities along the eastern coast. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the fief of the Qi prime minister, Lord Mengchang. Nantaozhuang Village was built late. It is said that its ancestors moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province during the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Gao Yuyou, the grandfather of Nantao Village villager in Zhangwang Town, learned from Aihu to make horns and bamboo flutes. Later, it gradually developed and diversified varieties. Bamboo and wood toys for children are easy to make. The leftovers of wood and bamboo are handmade into knives, guns, swords, halberds, horns, sheng, flute, bamboo dragons, windmills, swallow carts, etc. The temple fairs in Beijing and Qufu have their products. It imitates the shapes of eighteen weapons such as knives, spears, swords, halberds, etc. with thin pieces of wood. Then dye, red and green, happy and lively. In the forties and fifties of last century, bamboo and wood toys were at their peak. More than 100 households in Nantao Village made bamboo and wood toys for adults and children. At that time, the bamboo and wood toys in Nantaozhuang Village were sold all over the country, from Hangzhou and Jiujiang in the south, Xining in the west, Harbin in the north, and the east coast.
In the words and deeds of their predecessors, children and grandchildren made toys such as carts, knives, swords and halberds, which were sold in busy places such as fairs and temple fairs to subsidize their families. These humble wooden toys were the envy of children more than a decade ago. They were sold at various temple fairs and mountain fairs. In the days when there were no video games, televisions, and various plastic electric toys, these wooden toys from the folk with a local flavor formed the happiest childhood life and warmest childhood memories of children. Children born in Nantao Village have learned this skill from their parents since childhood. Almost every family in the village can make bamboo and wood toys. Villagers usually work in agriculture, and they are busy in their spare time. The elderly and children do it at home. Everyone with convenient hands and feet goes out to sell. Once they go out, they will do it and sell it at the same time. When one toy sold for one catty of rice, one person could earn as much as five mu of land. In those days, making bamboo and wood toys was a good business to support the family.
Bamboo and wood toys are made of wood and bamboo. Wood: mainly wutong wood, poplar, willow, etc. Bamboo: fresh bamboo, fresh bamboo pole, etc. Bamboo and wood toys can be divided into bamboo, wood and mixed bamboo and wood according to materials. Bamboo includes: small trumpet, small bamboo dragon (commonly known as Hantiaozi), bamboo pipe, windmill, etc. Wooden weapons include: knife, gun, sword, halberd and other 18 kinds of weapons. Mixed bamboo and wood: Yanche, etc. According to the state, it can be divided into three categories: dynamic, loud and static. Animal species include: Xiaozhulong (Hantiaozi), etc. The loudspeakers are: trumpet, bamboo pipe, etc. There are 18 kinds of weapons, such as knives, spears, swords and halberds. Dynamic and noisy: Yanche, Xiangfengche, etc.
