West Lake Silk Parasols, is also called as “West Lake Scenery Parasol”, a unique product of Hangzhou. It is light, attractive, easy to carry and useful. Silk parasols are made of bamboo and silk. It looks very elegant and unsophisticated.

The first silk parasol was made by a worker named Zhu Zhenpei in 1930s. Soon, it became very popular because it is a work of art with practical use.

There are more than 10 categories of silk parasols, such as dancing parasol, rainbow parasol. Ladies looks charming with the West Lake Silk Parasols.

Early in the Song Dynasty, Wang Xing Ji Fan was already well-known and called as “Hangzhou Fan”. In the ancient time, Hangzhou Fan served as a kind of tributes to the emperors. At present, Wang Xing Ji Fan Factory produces 10 main categories, including over 300 varieties with nearly 2,000 different designs, such as black paper fans, ox bone fans, palace fans, ivory fans, dancing fans, feather fans, sandalwood fans. It makes more than ten million fans every year for export to around 50 countries.

Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors, a famous product of Hangzhou, is produced by Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoqua Scissors Factory with more than 300 years history. It is well-known around the world because of its super quality. Zhang Xiaoquan was a famous scissors maker in the 17th centry in China. A folk story said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty bought a set of Zhang Xiaoquan scissors and was very impressed by it. It used to serve as an imperial tribute in the Qing Dynasty and was called as “Palace Scissors”. In 1919, it won an award at a world fair. Today, the biggest of the scissors is as long as 1.2 meters, weighing 3,500 grams, the smallest is only 3.1 centimeters weighing 200 grams with beautiful shape and sharp blades.