Zheng Aihuang Carries Forward The Culture Of Red Gang And Demonstrates The Spirit Of Ingenuity In The Past Century.

In the recently concluded Taoyuan Fenghua mountain scenic spot - the Fenghua global tourism (Hangzhou) promotion conference, three new non heritage lines were released. Among them, Zheng Aihuang, the inheritor of the Hong Kong tailoring skills of the important non heritage tourism project, came to the scene to tell everyone about the "red gang" incident.

In the history of Chinese clothing, the "red gang tailor" created five first: the first suit in China, the first Chinese suit in China, the first Western-style clothes shop in China, the first Chinese suit theory monograph, the first Chinese suit technology school.

Zheng Aihuang, a native of Fenghua in Ningbo, Zhejiang, has been studying with her father since she was 16 years old. It has been more than 30 years since then. In 2015, it was named by the local government as the representative successor of the "red gang tailor" intangible cultural heritage project and the "Ningbo City craftsman". He specializes in suit size, body shape analysis and plate making, especially in general hand-made suits. It has been highly praised in the industry for the delivery of high-quality clothing talents for well-known national companies and clothing custom shops.

It is reported that the Apprenticeship of the red gang tailor requires master or owner's relatives to guarantee. When studying, he needs to practise all kinds of basic skills to improve the speed and strength of using needles, such as finding needles in hot water, pulling needles on cowhide and so on. After three years of being a teacher, he gradually grasps a series of technologies, such as quantity, calculation, cutting and sewing.
The essence of Hong Gang culture:
Dare to be first
Honesty and promise
Skilled in art
Diligent and dedicated
From the origin of the red gang tailor, Mr. Zheng Aihuang introduced the wonderful skills of the red gang tailor through some vivid stories.
The four work (knife work, car work, hot work, hand work)

The nine potential (coerced potential, fat potential, nest potential, warp potential, residual potential, bending potential, circular potential, and potential) are sixteen character standard: "Ping", "clothing", "Shun", "straight", "round", "Deng", "ting", "full", "thin", "loose", "uniform", "soft", "live", "light", "nest" and "Gai" (read Gai).

Red gang skills
It is not tight, not leading the head loose, flexible and beautiful.
Do not stir, do not open the mouth thin, soft and uniform shoulder clothing.
The suction potential is round and round, and the back fork is vertical and flat.
When the front circle is round, the sleeves will be raised.
The stitches are straight, and the inside and outside are thick.
Chest size is accurate and comfortable.

In recent years, Mr. Zheng Aihuang has been teaching all over the country to inherit and carry forward the spirit and culture of Hong Gang, and hold various training courses to contribute to the Chinese Red Band Tailors.

We are very pleased to see that miss Zheng Aihuang's daughter, Zheng Hui, has graduated from the College of fashion design of Zhejiang Oriental University of Finance and economics. She is also very fond of clothing. Now she has followed her father in the work of clothing customization, showing strong talents.