What is Oil-paper umbrella?
[[File:Parasolo.jpg|thumbnail|Oil-paper umbrella]] The '''oil-paper umbrella''' ({{lang-zh|油紙傘}}) is a type of [[paper]] [[umbrella]] from China.<ref>{{cite book|title=油紙傘: 美濃紙傘的匠師技藝|author=侯淑姿|publisher=行政院客家委員會臺灣客家文化中心籌備處|year=2006|isbn=9860085269}}</ref> It has spread to [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Vietnam]], [[Malaysia]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and [[Laos]]. People in these countries have developed the oil-paper umbrella with different features. In China and Japan, in addition to use as providing shade, the oil-paper umbrella is used at [[wedding]]s. In [[Ryukyu]], it is also used at [[funeral]]s. == Reference == {{reflist}} [[Category:Chinese culture]] {{Asia-stub}}