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"Shou Yi" series of micro-documentaries
Episode 3
"Shengfu Bamboo Weaving"
▲Zhong Zhenkun:
We She's have a saying, hard work, clever, lazy will get sick, do bamboo weaving and do the same, hard work and hard work will be skilled.
Anxi is mountainous, and there are many bamboo forests on the mountain.
Shengfu Village in Hushang Township, deep in the Zhuhai Sea, is a settlement of ethnic minorities. As early as 400 years ago, the skillful Shengfu people skillfully woven various bamboo weaving utensils from the local materials.
It is very important to do this bamboo weaving material, this bamboo should be cut long, do not have spots, the most important thing is that the raw materials are selected for two to three years of bamboo, like this bamboo is quite good.
To make a piece of bamboo weaving, you need skillful skills, you can split bamboo into thin pieces of filament, all based on the accumulation of time, kung fu is in hand.
When I was 8 years old, I learned to make this bamboo weaving with my father, and some of the bamboo weaving was used by the family, and others were sold to the market to maintain their lives.
Zhong Zhenkun, forty years old, is not very old, but the craftsmanship is quite skilled, you can divide 15 bamboo wires on a 1 cm bamboo fence, each bamboo wire is evenly thick and thin like a hair, and it is very tough.
When cutting the strip, the hand should be tightened, can not be relaxed, relax the bamboo wire will be broken. Bamboo can be cut into silk, and the thinnest can be threaded through the needle.
After many preparation processes such as breaking bamboo, scraping green, and pumping, the "highlight" of bamboo weaving - weaving officially began. At the end of each piece of bamboo wire, there is a subtle contest. All joints must be hidden and integrated, which is extremely demanding for the master's operation.
To make this bamboo weaving hand, you must be skillful and careful.
Day after day of broken bamboo, year after year of weaving, Zhong Zhenkun's basic skills are solid, the pieces are well understood, and the bamboo weaving in one hand is unique and free. Not only do traditional bamboo products such as bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets do a good job, but also innovatively integrate historical elements and modern elements, accompanied by she's customs, and compile various types of bamboo crafts with ornamental and practical integration.
Black cloth, rattan, and the bamboo above, three kinds of woven handbags. Black and blue are the main colors of our She's clothing, adding this black floral cloth, this handbag becomes beautiful and fashionable, you can propose to go shopping, you can also put it at home for decoration.
Branded with the national imprint of the She, bringing new vitality to the traditional bamboo weaving technique, Zhong Zhenkun hopes that in this way, the craft of Shengfu bamboo weaving will be passed on forever.
In Shengfu, the ubiquitous bamboo weaving products were once the "nostalgia" of a generation. Although it is gradually fading from people's sight now, the manual aura is irreplaceable by machines.
▲Villager Zhong Lianchun:
We Rich people are now accustomed to using bamboo weaving to pack things, such as peanuts, dried bamboo shoots, dry tea green, breathable and unchanging taste, to maintain the taste of raw materials.
The style of the hometown, the skills of the ancestors. As time passed, it passed into the hands of Zhong Zhenkun, and for him, bamboo weaving was not just a skill of begging for a job. Small bamboo woven objects are an indispensable taste in the lives of ordinary people.
Source: Anxi County Rong Media Center
Edit: Ye Yihuang
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