Luzhou Oilpaper Umbrella

Last updated 2026-11-10 — It is said that during the late Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Rebellion, on a boat crossing the Dadu River in Leshan, there was a tall, dignified man who appeared to have come down from upstream of the Dadu River. After a long journey, he carried a red umbrella on his back, which bore the words “Feathered Wing Royal Mansion.” When the umbrella was opened, the characters disappeared, but a stamp reading “Made in Luzhou” was imprinted on the red umbrella. At the time, someone on the boat noticed this and thought that “Feathered Wing Royal Mansion” resembled the three characters “Wing Royal Mansion,” suspecting the man to be the Wing King Shi Dakai. Upon disembarking, they rushed to report it to the authorities, and officers came chasing after him, but the man had already vanished without a trace. This story quickly spread across the country, and people said that Luzhou’s red umbrellas could bless good people with a lifetime of peace and turn misfortune into fortune. Everyone scrambled to buy Luzhou’s red umbrellas for personal protection or to give as gifts to relatives and friends.