Longquan Shen Guanglong Sword Shop was founded in 1885 (Qing Guangxu) and is located in Longquan City, Zhejiang Province.
It is a time-honored Chinese sword production enterprise that has inherited the business from its father, and is famous at home and abroad for its “No. 1 Sword in the World”.
In 1885, Shen Chaoqing (first generation) began to professionally cast Longquan swords;
In 1894, the 20th year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, Shen Chaoqing’s son Shen Tingzhang (second generation) founded the Shen Guanglong Sword Shop in Longquan City (Renchen year). The third generation was Shen Huanzhou, the fourth generation was Shen Xinpei, the fifth generation was Shen Zhou, and the sixth generation was Shen Zhongtian…
Time leaves traces
In 1885, in the 11th year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, Shen Chaoqing (first generation) started to cast Longquan swords;
In 1894, Shen Chaoqing’s son Shen Tingzhang (second generation) founded the Shen Guanglong Sword Shop in Longquan City;
In 1914, in the third year of the Republic of China, Governor Yang hosted the Longquan Sword Elite Competition, and Shen Tingzhang won the sword championship;
In 1915, he won the gold medal at the Panama World Expo;
In 1930, he was rated as the best sword in the elite martial arts competition in Nanjing;
In 1942 Shen Huanzhou, Shen Huanwen and Shen Huanwu (third generation), sons of Shen Tingzhang, cast a Longquan sword for Chiang Kai-shek;
In 1956, Shen Huanzhou and Shen Huanwu cast a Longquan sword for Mao Zedong;
In 1963, eight people including Shen Huanzhou, Shen Huanwu, Shen Xinpei and Shen Wurong established the Longquan Sword Production Cooperative (i.e. Longquan Sword Factory) in Shen Guanglong Sword Shop, Longquan City, Xinhua Street, with Shen Huanzhou as the first director;
In 1972, Shen Xinpei (fourth generation), son of Shen Huanzhou, cast a Longquan sword for US President Nixon;
In 1979, Shen Xinpei was received by Chairman Deng Xiaoping and other major national leaders and took a group photo;
In 1983, Shen Guanglong Sword Shop, Longquan City, moved to its new address, Dasha;
In 1991, Shen Xinpei was named a Zhejiang Province Arts and Crafts Master;
In 1993 Sun Moon Universe Sword and Sun Moon Universe Knife were awarded national invention patents;
Sun Moon Universe Sword, Sun Moon Universe Knife and Folk Martial Arts Sword won the gold medal at the first Chinese Wushu Equipment Review Meeting;
In 1996, Sun Moon Universe Sword and Knife were designated as the designated equipment for the Chinese Wushu Championship;
In 1998, Shen Guanglong Sword Shop was rated as a Chinese time-honored brand by the Ministry of Domestic Trade;
In 2004, the successful development of the “Xuanwen Sword” filled a gap in my country’s patterned swords;
In 2005, Xi Jinping visited our sword shop, and Shen Xinpei and his son Shen Zhou (fifth generation) cast a supreme sword for Xi Jinping;
In 2007, Longquan Sword Forging Technique became the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage; Shen Guanglong Sword Shop was the project protection unit;
Shen Xinpei of Longquan Shen Guanglong Sword Shop was named as a national intangible cultural heritage project Longquan Sword
A representative inheritor of forging skills, he received the “Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award” issued by the government in the same year;
In 2008, Shen Xinpei cast a “Xuanwu Sword” for the King of the Sultanate of Oman;
In 2009, Shenzhou made a “Qiankun Sword” for Hu Jintao; “Military Soul Sword” was collected by the Central Military Commission;
In 2010, Shen Zhongtian (the sixth generation), the son of Shenzhou of Shen Guanglong Sword Shop, was born;
In 2011, the “Chilong Sword” cast by Shenzhou was collected by the China National Museum of Arts and Crafts;
Shenzhou cast a Qiankun Sword for Wang Hanbin, former Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress.
In 2012, Shen Xinpei was named a Chinese Arts and Crafts Master; Shenzhou was awarded the “Intangible Cultural Heritage” inheritor of Lishui City, Zhejiang Province;
In 2013, Shenzhou cast a “Gentleman Sword” for Wang Zhaoguo, Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress;
The “Tai Chi Sword” created by Shenzhou won the special prize at the 3rd China Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Boutique Expo;
The sword casting garden of Shen Guanglong Sword Shop in Longquan City was completed.
From 1942 to the present, the swords forged by Shen Guanglong Sword Shop in Longquan City have been collected by Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman Mao, Nixon, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, Li Tieying, Wang Zhaoguo, the Sultan of Oman, Qiao Shi, Chu Tunan, Wang Hanbin, Zhang Zhen, Tung Chee-hwa, Wu Shaozu and other national leaders at home and abroad, as well as celebrities such as Jin Yong, Cai Longyun, Jet Li, Sha Menghai, Qi Gong, Shen Peng and Liu Xiaoqing.