Julie Makinen,In China, a Traditional Bow Maker Finds His Calling in 'Noble Art.' Los Angeles Times, Mar 25, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/world/gre ... 20160325-story.html
("He makes about 100 bows a year, with about a dozen in the works at any given time. A single bow can take more than three months to complete and sell for up to $10,000")
Note:
(a) Yang Fuxi 杨 福喜
(b) "Founded in the 1700s, Ju Yuan Hao 聚元號 [as shown on 扁額], as the business was named, operated out of the Forbidden City for its first century, providing bows and arrows to the imperial court."
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