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| The Fur History of Daying |
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Daying Town, of Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province,
China, is one of the seedbeds of fur and leather process
in China. It is named by "the Capital of Fur" with a
centuries-old history and an excellent reputation.
Daying is the base of fur manufacture, process and
distribution.
It has more than 3000 years since the
tale that the prime minister in Shang Dynasty, Bigan,
created the process of fur and leather. According to the
legend, Bigan once worked as official in Daying area and
he first found the way to process furs and leathers
during his stay in Daying. Then he left to become prime
minister of Shang Dynasty. People here build a temple
named Bigan Temple in memory of him.
In Ming Dynasty,
Daying fur and leather came into Europe upper class
after Zhenghe sailed across the Atlantic. At that time,
Daying fur became well-known for "Being soft, suitable,
fashionable".
In Qing Dynasty, the travelling
merchants from more than 10 countries such as Russia,
Japan, England, the Netherlands set up warehouse in
Daying. To the 1860's, Daying fur and leather were sold
well abroad as products exempt from examinations and
taxes. Since China's Reform and Open especially the
recent years, the holding of Daying Fur Trade Fair,
further enhenced the fame of Daying in China as well as
the world.
Daying now has become the center of fur
industry in North China, with over 14,000 process
enterprises and places for stall in Daying and its 5
neighboring cities or counties over 300 villages. The
people engaged in fur processing and sales are about
150,000 and the sales volume reaches 1.8 billion Chinese
yuan. Daying fur and leather products are exported to
Russia, European countries, the USA, Japan, Southeast
Asian countries and Korea.
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