In the cold winter months, various thermal insulation appliances will take turns, including both warm water bottles and hot water bottles, as well as electric blankets and grilling firearms.
In the Baoshan and Shidian areas of western Yunnan, for a long time in the past, locals often chose to burn charcoal to roast fires for warmth, and the use of bamboo baskets to "fire" (roasting) is the easiest way for locals to choose. Among them, the baking basket produced in Yaoguan Town, Shidian County, is the most popular.
In winter, Yaoguan people used to use baking baskets for warmth. The basket is a kind of grilled fire, which has great regional characteristics and is favored by the People of Yaoguan.
Baking baskets are veritable local specialties, with fences and clay pots, which are the perfect combination of weaving skills and clay pottery, and are the breakthrough and creation of traditional handicrafts. Yao Guanren is also very particular about making baking basket materials, using old bamboo in winter and old clay pots.
A small baking basket was used by many people, and through the skillful hands of the smith, it was finally compiled into this Nineteen Monsters of Yunnan - Yao Guan's baking basket was not enough to sell the "Grate" firearm. The basket also once became a popular commodity exported by Yao Guan on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and the deep and shallow horseshoe prints branded Yao Guan's thriving commercial civilization.
Nowadays, heating tools such as air conditioners and electric stoves have entered thousands of households, and the demand for baking baskets has gradually shrunk.
The small baking basket is not only a fire artifact to drive away the cold and send warmth, but also a cornucopia of grains, baking a piece of rice in the baking basket, putting a few broad beans, stirring with fire tongs, mastering the fire, while enjoying the roasting, it also overflows with a warm smell of fireworks, which fills the whole winter.
A small baking basket can let the host trace the years and enjoy the quiet time; let the guests go into the countryside and feel at home; let the wanderer love the hometown, and the fire in the heart will never be extinguished. Or there are friends from afar, or wanderers in the end of the world, when it comes to baking baskets, the party becomes warm, and the acacia will rise warm. Sitting around a fire, life has a mutual understanding, the years have a way back...
Kaiping News Reporter Cui Min Correspondent Zhang Tianli Photographic Report
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