“Zhauggaoren (rice figure)” is made of ground rice (glutinous rice), wheat flour and pigment. The skill of making the rice figures mainly relies on the dexterous fingers. The tools needed are also simple: small scissors, fine comb, gold paper, feathers, bamboo strap and iron thread. The figures made from the dough are generally taken from the stories in four famous major Chinese works, such as “The master travels to the west with his apprentice to obtain scriptures”, “Three brothers in the Peach Orchard”, “Twelve Golden hairpins” and “Wusong kills tiger”. The figures are vivid. After they are made, it takes several days for them to dry under the sunlight, and then paint with a coat of oil to make them shine and to preserve them for a long time.

Quanzhou Folk Colour Cottas are made from paper as figures of ancient operas. The work of making colour cotta is divided into standing work and sitting work. The standing work generally refers to making large scale works, such as “Mountain Giant” “Lingcuo” and “Colour Building while sitting work refers to making fine works, including famous figures, birds and animals. In modern colour cotta techniques, the material is earth, wax, plastics, cloth and silk to enhance the expressive force.

The folk colour cotta in Quanzhou has a broad influence in China and overseas. The works of “56 ethnic groups”, “Hui-an maidens”, “Maidens form tea producing area”, “Girls from Fishermen Family”, “Lady of Southern Music” designed by Quanzhou Jingxiu Firm have won excellence prizes on the First China Tourism Souvenir Competition, and the prize of the best commodity on the First Fujian Provincial Tourism Fair.

Yongchun paper woven pictures are a special traditional handicraft, initiated at the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, with a history of over 1,400 years. The pictures have been sent to over 40 countries for exhibition, presented to the foreign friends as souvenirs, and have become the “friendship envoy” for the promotion of the diplomatic ties. Yongchun County has been granted by the Ministry of Culture the title “Home of China Paper Woven Pictures” and listed for the protection under the “Folk Art Protection Project”.

Laofanzhi Panacea Leaven is a processed traditional Chinese medicine, which is a light grey coloured block in aromatic smell and slightly sweet taste. Having the functioned in adjusting the stomach, nourishing the spleen, expelling wind-evil, settling indigestion, and promoting appetite, resolving wetness, it can be applied to treat flue and cold, heat exhaustion in summer, stomach-ache caused by indigestion and vomiting and diarrhoea.

Fujian Guizhentang Pharmacy Development Co.Ltd utilizes the rich resource of bear gall from Qianshan Group and has developed Qianshan brand bear gall products, such as bear gall powder, bear gall health tea and bear gall capsules. The company uses the extracted substances from bear galls with other valuable Chinese herb medicine to develop different varieties of new medicines. Bear galls are bitter in taste and cold in nature, having the function of clearing the heat, relieving spasm, improving eye-sight, and killing worms. According to the Chinese medicine, bear gall is effective in curing red eye disease, sore throat, infantile convulsion of children, indigestion and pain caused by worms.