Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Gao Yinan Meng Tianjiao
"When my grandfather's grandfather first opened a leather shop, the craftsman who made the leather was called 'woolen woolen'. This 'hook' was left to me by my grandfather, see the ditch on the wood? This ditch cannot be made without the friction of hundreds of thousands of sheepskins. Zhao Ying, the owner of Dayuan Yongxian Pifang in Zhangjiakou City, talked endlessly about the skin. Dayuan Yongxiao Pifang has a history of more than 150 years since its establishment in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhao Ying, born in 1988, is the sixth generation of this pifang, and he also has the identity of the director of the Zhangjiakou Koupi Museum.
Zhao Ying didn't say much, but as soon as he talked about these inherited leather products and old tools, he opened the conversation box. Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Gao Yinan photographed
In 2015, when Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully applied for the Winter Olympics, Zhao Ying, who was in her 20s at the time, had an idea: she must use this skin-making housekeeping skill to do something for the Winter Olympics and her hometown.
By chance, Zhao Ying saw the Han Dynasty fur skis unearthed in the Altay region of Xinjiang, and he immediately decided: We must reproduce a pair of fur snowboards 1:1 and put them into the future Zhangjiakou skin museum, so that more people can understand the history of Skiing in China and see the original fur skis.
Zhao Ying is holding in her hand a replica of the Han Dynasty fur skis unearthed from Altay that he personally made. Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Meng Tianjiao photo
At the end of 2021, the Zhangjiakou Koupi Museum officially opened, and the first exhibition room in the museum displayed this replica fur ski made of horse skin, milk-cooked leather and birch board. Regarding the origin of this snowboard, Zhao Ying also told the people who came to visit countless times. He said: "I am a descendant of Zhangjiakou 'woolen woolsmith', and the reproduction of this pair of skis is also for the fusion and inheritance of ice and snow culture and Zhangjiakou leather culture, hoping that more people can understand this period of culture and history." ”
Zhao Ying focused on the milk cooked skin process, with milk fermentation to make the animal skin from raw skin to cooked skin tanning process is called milk cooked, its advantages are good skin toughness, strong tension. In the picture, this milk cooked skin can bear tens of pounds continuously. Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Gao Yinan photographed
Zhangjiakou Lippi Museum. Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Xu Fulei photographed
Background extension:
The petroglyphs found in the Altay region of Xinjiang in China record the daily life of people using fur skis to migrate and hunt in ancient times. To this day, Altay herders continue to use this ancient means of transport during the snowy winters.