Baisuifang Silverware

"Baisuifang" was first the name of an old lane in Lijiang's old town where silversmiths gathered, called "Jilupu" in Naxi, meaning "by the water." In the 1930s this eight-hundred-year-old silver-beating street gradually merged into family workshops, and in 1938 the Baisuifang name was formally established, its craft passed down through generations to keep the Naxi hand-silver tradition alive.

In February 2024 Baisuifang was recognised by the Ministry of Commerce and four other bodies in the third batch of China Time-Honoured Brands, the first in Lijiang to earn the title. Drawing on Lijiang's deep silver culture, it has designed more than a thousand products and holds over a hundred patents, becoming the leading name carrying Naxi silverware to the whole country.

Baisuifang centres on the traditional Naxi silver-making craft, insisting on hand-hammering, chasing and wire-drawing, with patterns drawn from Naxi auspicious motifs and Dongba symbols. In 2023 it was designated a municipal-level "Naxi Traditional Silver-making Inheritance Base," with district-level bearers and a hand-making team—an active Naxi silver workshop.

Baisuifang is a third-batch China Time-Honoured Brand recognised by the Ministry of Commerce, and the first such brand in Lijiang.