Kashgar, Xinjiang | Intangible Cultural Heritage - Yengisar Knife.

🔪I've heard of the Yengisar Knife before. As a traditional handicraft from the Kashgar region of Xinjiang, it was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. The knife has a history of over 480 years. The Yengisar Knife is known for its exquisite shape, beautiful patterns, and sharp blade. It is one of the three famous knives of the Chinese ethnic minorities, along with the Baoshan Knife of the Baoshan people and the Husa Knife of the Achang people in Yunnan. 🗡️The Yengisar Knife has a unique shape. Traditional shapes include curved, straight, arrow, and pigeon. Each knife has a unique ethnic art style. The patterns are beautiful and often decorated with ethnic patterns, making the knife both practical and highly artistic. This award-winning knife costs CNY 128,800. Isn't it luxurious and exquisite? 🛠️I also saw the production process on site. The high-quality steel is forged, joined, quenched, tempered, and polished. Each step is extremely precise and demanding. The production of the handle and sheath is also very particular. Various metal materials, gemstones, and animal horns and bones are often used for inlaying and decoration. The knife is shiny and luxurious, pleasing to the eye, and irresistible. 🍽️The Uyghur people in Xinjiang like to eat beef and mutton and produce fruit. The various styles of knives are very suitable for cutting meat and peeling fruit, which is closely related to the local customs. Now it is sold at home and abroad, with prices ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands. This is a treasure of intangible cultural heritage created by local craftsmen from generation to generation. It is very collectible. 🔪I also bought two as souvenirs. They are decorated with silver and stones. I will use them to cut meat when I get home~ They cannot be carried on the plane. After purchase, they can be sent by express delivery~