He Wei, who made a koi leather suit combined with the traditional technique of fuzhou horn combing, said that the festive colors symbolize the new year. Southeast Network reporter Lin Xianchang photographed
On Guanglufang Road, Sanfang Seven Lanes, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, in the Fugong Leather Goods Manufacturing Institute, He Wei, the fourth-generation inheritor of the "intangible cultural heritage" Fuzhou lacquer whole cowhide box making process, has not rested for two days and is still busy in the rush.
"Craftsmanship requires meticulous craftsmanship and slow polishing." He Wei said.
He Wei is making a koi "qipao" leather suit, the appearance is shaped by the traditional qipao style, and the inside can be equipped with a comb, suitable for young people. He Wei has returned traditional skills to the public vision over the years, in order to meet the aesthetic requirements of modern people, constantly explore the integration of trend elements, and even change some of the original technical processes, can be jasmine paste, Fuzhou flower lanterns and other intangible traditional elements and local traditional skills into leather goods production.
"This horn comb set is made of koi fish skin, which means smooth hair and smooth fortune in the New Year." He Wei said that using the style of the qipao, the qipao was at its peak during the Republic of China, and Fuzhou also produced many talented women, who all liked to wear the qipao, which can also be said to be a 'talented women's comb'. He Wei said that Lin Huiyin, one of the top ten talented women in the Republic of China, is a native of Fuzhou, and now the Internet can find photos of her year, many of which are taken in cheongsam, which is very classical and beautiful, and my product inspiration also comes from this.
He Wei is measuring the size of the awakened lion's head with a paper design. Southeast Network reporter Lin Xianchang photographed
He Wei introduced that in the south, there are traditions and customs of lion dances to welcome the New Year, and the old ones are celebrating the New Year. "I'm also polishing a leather lion head, first designing the shape and specifications of the lion's head according to the paper skin, and then making it from cowhide." He Wei said that this product takes 2-3 months to be good, because the handicraft process is more complicated.
"These two products are combined with other intangible cultural heritage projects to complete together, 'Talented Female Comb' cooperates with the intangible cultural heritage Fuzhou corner comb inheritor Shang Teacher, and The Awakening Lion Head cooperates with the intangible cultural heritage Fuzhou flower lantern inheritor Teacher Zheng." He Wei said that in the past two years, he has also tried to cooperate with different intangible cultural heritage projects, colliding with different sparks.
The reporter learned that the lacquered whole leather box and rattan patent leather pillows, flower lamps, mirror boxes, and "barrel stones" were once the "five major dowries" that needed to be specially prepared when Fuzhou folk married. As the years passed, once upon a time, except for the flower lanterns, the other four things were extinct in the rivers and lakes.
In recent years, He Wei has also used new media technologies such as live broadcasting to promote traditional skills. Southeast Network reporter Lin Xianchang photographed
He Wei was originally an executive of an online game company, and gave up his high-paying position more than a decade ago to focus on learning art, so that the production process of the whole leather box with paint has been continued and developed. In 2018, the production process of the whole leather box was listed as the fifth batch of intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Fuzhou, and He Wei became the district-level inheritor, he said: "At the beginning, I didn't think it would take long, and I didn't think that 10 years had passed. "In the heyday of the paint full leather box, the company made every leather suitcase, paying attention to providing customers with personalized "private customization", coupled with excellent quality, and is now known as "the 'LV' of the old Fuzhou people".
According to the memories of old craftsmen in the leather goods industry in Fuzhou, the production process can be traced back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Legend has it that after Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan, a leather goods craftsman in Fuzhou crossed the taiwan to buy back the saddle of a war horse. According to legend, the saddle contained the gold and silver of the cavalry, so the cobbler accumulated the "first bucket of gold", and after returning to Rong, he opened the first shop specializing in making leather boxes, and later integrated the local characteristics of Fuzhou lacquer techniques. The history books have recorded that during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court sent Chen Bi, a Fujian official, back to his hometown and summoned skilled craftsmen to Beijing to make royal leather suitcases. (Southeast Network reporter Lin Xianchang)
Source: Southeast Net