History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Since ancient times, China has not lacked ingenious works of art, and this is inseparable from the spirit of study and hard work of the ancient Chinese, these skilled craftsmen have created exquisite craftsmanship works for the world through the polishing of a knife and a hammer, and it can be said that they are the people who really have the "craftsman spirit". So in contemporary society, is there such a skilled craftsman?
Although with the continuous development of society, many old crafts are being replaced by new machines little by little, but this does not hinder the emergence of exquisite works. Master Long, who lives in Panwu Village, Guangxi, is a very famous local carpenter, and he has organized dozens of craftsmen to carve a 15-meter-long giant root carving "Oriental Lion". According to him, in order to polish this giant male lion into a beautiful handicraft, their team has spent more than six months, of which the consumption of manpower and material resources is as high as more than 2 million, and the raw material is still an extremely precious 30 tons of nan wood.
When the huge root eagle lion was interviewed, it immediately attracted a rich businessman, and after some talking, the rich merchant planned to buy the handicraft for 3 million. But I didn't expect to be rejected by Master Long, because in the eyes of Master Long, this root carving should be the only one in the world, and the price of 3 million is really unreasonable. Like this 15 meters long, 2.5 meters wide, 5 meters high root carved male lion, at least around 10 million, rich merchants after hearing this sentence, without saying a word to turn their heads and leave.
Since this incident, Master Long's giant "male lion" has been ignored since then, as if it had never attracted attention.
So after so many years, what happened to the "Oriental Lion", which was once highly expected by Master Long? Master Long said that since that incident, this root carving has been quietly stored in the warehouse for 5 years, once the whole country was shocked, and later became unknown, has become the "guardian spirit" of the warehouse. For such an embarrassment, some people can't help but joke that Master Dragon's root carving is really going to be "priceless and marketless"! This giant lion with root carving, which once caused a sensation, later became Master Long's personal root carving "sleeping lion".
In fact, for this work, the reason why it fell into such a dilemma, the biggest reason is that Guangxi's root carving technology, far less than the root carving of Fujian and Zhejiang, has a famous head, so for this sensational behemoth, naturally there will be little interest, and it will gradually "rot" in its own hands, in fact, whether it is the cost of more than 2 million or not, or the world's only good, when the rich merchants bid 3 million, in fact, it is not much, especially for such a behemoth, And no matter what, it must be a thousand times stronger than stopping in your own hands, otherwise you can only "eat ashes" in the factory.