Do you know who made the first domestic electric fan in China?

 

Who made the famous "Wahson" at home and abroad?

 

This is Yang Jichuan (1881 - 1952), the name of the source, was born in Jianbi town of Zhenjiang.

1924 Wahson fan home for the first time put into use, Mr Sun Zhongshan wrote: "today is very hot in the classroom, we not only human, electric fan, can be antipyretic...... Recently, because of the knowledge of science, the fans can be invented, so you can use this fan to enjoy the cool."

 

Self-taught

 

Yang Jichuan electrical appliance manufacturing expert

 

Yang Jichuan, the eldest brother taught reading in the school at the age of 7, proficient in abacus. The 16 year old Yang Jichuan left home to go to Shanghai as an apprentice in a cloth shop. He was studious, while working during the apprenticeship apprenticeship, while learning culture knowledge. After years of unremitting efforts, I have learned English, chemistry, physics and mathematics, and I am very interested in electricity. I often use spare time to produce all kinds of small electrical appliances, and explore technology of copper plating, silver plating, gold plating and so on.

 

Calico shop closed, he returned home and opened a plating shop in Zhenjiang, specializes in all kinds of gold and silver plated jewelry business. Soon after, he returned to Shanghai in the office of the Jews do Zhangfang Hiroyasu matheson. From the business relationship with the foreign staff, wheeling Ye Youcai and Hisaki wood for drummer Yuan Zongyao.

 

In Shanghai yucon Matheson, he and Ye Youcai, Yuan Zongyao together research and development of electric fan. Borrow from relatives to buy a hundred dollar imitation prototype and raw materials. No processing power, they will invite tin shop, shop, foundry workshops and other cooperation. The electrical assembly was made by Yang Jichuan himself. After half a year of trial production, the first electric fan in China was finally made in 1915.

In 1917, the first DC generator in China was imitated. In 1926, the first 150 kW AC synchronous three-phase generator was successfully made in China. In 1930, after examination and approval by the competent department of the national government, Yang Jichuan obtained an electrical engineer certificate. In 1931, Mr. Zou Taofen in "Laxia" name, in the "life" magazine published a lengthy "created China Fan Yang Jichuan Jun", in recognition of his self strenuous deeds, known as "Chinese Edison".

 

Establishment of Wahson Electric Appliance Factory

 

Up to thousands of workers

 

In 1916, Yang Jichuan and Ye Youcai, Yuan Zongyao, and other joint ventures in Shanghai Sichuan road bridge to set up Wahson electrical manufacturing plant. Yang Jichuan designed the "Wahson" brand trademark fan, in addition to painting and dance drama of a body like a fan shape, the middle position of a prominent oval in India, "Wahson" and "WS Chinese characters deformation deformation of letters and words registered trademark, is also printed with ten years" and "maintenance free" "first," Chinese ", the only Chinese" and other words. The "Wahson" brand fan brand pattern is open to the eye, plus after service, it occupies the market.

 

In 1917, Ye Youcai and Yang Jichuan, Yuan Zongyao and other fund-raising to buy Shanghai Lu Jin Yuan of the mega Reilly Electric Appliance Factory, as a new site in Wahson electric appliances factory. In 1919, Zhoujiazui road to buy more than 10 acres of land, the expansion of Wahson electric appliance factory.

 

In 1926, the "Wahson" brand was registered at home and became one of the earliest registered trademarks in China. The annual production fan reached 30 thousand units in 1929. The fans and electrical products of Wahson factory have been awarded the gold medal of China National Products Exhibition in Philippines, and the honor of Thailand chamber of Commerce awards.

 

The Wahson factory has developed to the first class level in the field of technology, enterprise management and factory scale. In 1933, Wahson electrical appliances factory renamed Wahson Electrical Appliance Factory, autocratic appliances and various fans, and in the city built 10 small parts according to the classification of plants, the organizational structure is perfect.

 

Yang Jichuan also made the purchase Nanxiang building, electrical products, to undertake various electrical railway train production, the factory also has a high pressure test of large motor test chamber and 200 thousand volts, and investment to introduce a number of precision machining equipment and testing equipment from abroad, the domestic manufacturers become motor manufacturing industry leading. Shanghai produces a variety of electric fans.

In 1935, Wahson electric appliance manufacturing Limited by Share Ltd was established, with more than 900 employees.

 

 

Don't fear the American threat

 

Squeeze the ocean fan out of China

 

Domestic Wahson electric and switchgear, Howard lighting, electrical industry in Shanghai and known as the "San Hua", the famous American, breaking the "singular" brand electric fans exclusive China market situation. Therefore, management of "singular" fan in the Shanghai American foreign Shenchang to $500 thousand acquisition of "Wahson" brand, was refused by Yang Jichuan. Then, American reduce the "singular" fan out Wahson factory price, in an attempt to. In order to protect the national brand, Yang Jichuan would rather reduce production without reducing the quality of the product and not cutting the price. At the same time, Mr. Yang to find another new way of development, research and development of the "Lion" brand electric fan, to reduce the quality of the products under the premise of a low price and "strange" fans of the competition.

 

In the fierce competition with us, "Wahson" brand electric fans not only firmly occupy the domestic market, "strange" fan Chinese had to withdraw from the market, but also exported to overseas, by Hongkong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries and regions popular, "Wahson" brand electric fans to become the first brand of domestic and abroad fan the.

 

In the singular Yang Fan and fan China for Wahson in the market, Wahson chose to participate in the World Expo Philadelphia boutique in 1926 the United States, and won the silver medal etc.

 

The hit Wahson in the war

 

Reborn after liberation

 

In the Lugou Bridge incident, the war broke out in an all-round way. Before the fall of Shanghai, Yang Jichuan moved more than 200 workers and more than 2000 tons of valuable equipment, material materials, shipped to Hankou with 40 wooden ships, and then moved to Chongqing. The Chongqing branch was set up in 1939 to continue to produce transformers, generators, fans and other anti Japanese military products. Wahson factory and Shanghai Daxin iron and steel factory are the first two in the private factories.

 

In 1942, the Shanghai ex - kawasakawa factory Federation, which moved to Sichuan, held a two week product exhibition in nialjiao Tuo, Chongqing. Shanghai Daxin iron and steel plant's metallurgical products, all kinds of motors and fans of Wahson electric plant, the printing machine of China industrial machinery plant, and auto parts of China auto manufactory and more than 1000 kinds of products are exhibiting. In January 14th, the representative of the Chinese Communist Party in Chongqing, Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu and Deng Yingchao, visited the exhibition.

 

In 1944, the kawasakawa factory Federation and the national industrial association held "member factory and mine production exhibition" in Niu khoro Tuo, Chongqing. Shanghai machine industry has the Xinmin machine factory, the Shanghai machine factory, the Wahson Electric Appliance Factory and so on. Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu and Deng Yingchao went to visit them and inscribed them in the message book of the cooperative hardware factory.

 

In 1945, after the victory of the war of resistance against Japan, it was moved back to Shanghai at Wahson factory in Chongqing. At the end of 1946, Wahson factory officially returned to work, with 340 employees and 15 thousand electric fans annually. In 1948, the electric fan production to more than 3 Taiwan, the business began to improve, but the Kuomintang authorities at below market good times don't last long, several times the price, with the gold yuan forced redemption Wahson factory in central bank in more than 20 million dollars, the factory to plunder, cash strapped in trouble.

 

After the liberation of Shanghai, the Ministry of industry in East China under the leadership of the relevant government departments promptly issued the three batch of processing order business, the Wahson factory from the plight, snatched from the jaws of death, bankrupt.

 

After 1950, Yang Jichuan overwork, action inconvenience, approach seventy years of age, back to hometown Jianbi Town Lake Village, died in August 21, 1952. Behind only "open house" housing number.

 

In May 1954, the Wahson Electric Appliance Factory realized the joint venture between public and private. In 2005, "Wahson" was rated as the most influential old Shanghai trademark.