Hangzhou has been the birthplace of Hangxiu since the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, hand-embroidered sheds developed rapidly. At that time, Yangbatou Lane had become the focus of ancient costume embroidery in Hang Cheng. At the same time, folk hand-made garment shops have sprung up. In the early years of the Republic of China, Sun Zhongshu, who was born as a silk worker, entered Zhang Yunsheng. In his early years, Sun worked as an apprentice in a wire-making factory in Xiangmuguan. He is very clever, and his employer taught him to make a good silk thread. After Sun Pan entered the store, he set up his own workshop, bought high-quality water silk from Tongxiang, Haining, Deqing and Yuhang, and made all kinds of silk threads, including embroidery threads. There is a "fine three-mouth" (the specification of silk thread) for sewing clothes; There are "red-headed ropes" and "string ropes" woven by girls with "thick three mouths". String is the most famous. In Hang Cheng, all kinds of vermicelli villages, antique shops, shops and temples sell beads with strings of vermicelli pendants, jade matching and beads from Zhang Yunsheng, and the colors are red, green and Huang San. String after string are also exported to Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and other countries and Hong Kong. There is also a legend that Zhang Yunsheng's string ropes are exported to Southeast Asian countries. One spring, several Thai monks came to the counter selling string in Zhang Yunsheng and said to his works, "Will your silk thread fade?" Sun Zhongshu, who happened to be standing by, heard it. At that time, he immediately invited them to visit the thread-making workshop, and casually put several colors of silk thread into a basin filled with clear water for more than an hour. After taking out the silk thread, it did not fade, and all the monks were convinced. I bought a lot of strings to say goodbye when I left. Since then, many temples and shops in Southeast Asian countries have come to Hangzhou to purchase or order every year. It was during this period that Zhang Yunsheng's silk became popular in Hang Cheng. Boss sun is also good at doing business. Anyone who comes from a tailor's shop (clothing store) buys silk thread, and the older one gives a pipe and a bag of dry cigarettes to make a cup of tea. If they don't smoke, buy him a cup of tea later, and the guys will prepare it according to their needs. If a girl or sister-in-law comes to buy embroidery thread. Just introduce them to other goods in our store, such as hats and cosmetics.
As soon as Zhang Yunsheng's silk thread became famous, grocery stores and department stores in Huzhou, Deqing, Anji and Xi 'an came to Hangzhou to purchase, and Zhang Yunsheng also started a wholesale business. February 65438 14 (1925) The fire in Qinghefang also affected the wood shop in Zhang Yunsheng. During the reconstruction of Jiangsu Road, Sun Zhongshu turned Zhang Yun Shengdian into a four-story building with a concrete exterior wall. The first and second floors are the business hall, the third floor is the thread-making and hat-making factory, and the fourth floor is the staff dormitory. After the completion of the new house, Zhang Yunsheng not only continued to manufacture and sell silk thread and hats, but also distributed Butterfly Toothpaste, Butterfly Cream, Toilet Water, Fu Tao Wooden Yarn Group and Tianjin Antelope Wool for some manufacturers in Shanghai, becoming the largest department store in Hang Cheng in the 1920s and 1930s.