Early in the morning of December 17 last year, Liu Xiaoyun went out. The day coincided with the windy beijing, and the weather was particularly cold. Holding a large cardboard box in his hand, Liu Xiaoyun thought about it and decided to take a taxi. As soon as she got into the car, the first thing she did was to check whether the velvet laurel flower pieces in the box had been pressed, and after seeing that everything was intact, she happily drove to the Hope Home for spinal cord injury in the Dongcheng District.
Why do so many velvet flowers, it all starts in October.
More than 100 people weave flower pieces
On a Friday in early October, Kou Kou, a staff member at the Hope Home for Spinal Cord Injured people in Dongcheng District, received a call from the Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation. At that time, I felt particularly surprised, and the comrades of the Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation told us that the bouquet flowers for athletes at the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games should be crocheted with velvet flowers. The "Awards Bouquet" project team formed by Heng yuanxiang, a sponsor of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the Women's Federation and the Disabled Persons' Federation, and hand-crocheted through the intangible cultural heritage technique - Haipai velvet thread weaving. The leaders of the China Disabled Persons' Federation believe that the Paralympic Bouquet should involve the participation of people with disabilities. And it just so happens that our institution has always been a platform for cultural and creative handmade production, especially the crochet velvet flower is still relatively good at it. Therefore, the project team entrusted us with this glorious task. Koko said.
After receiving the task, Kou Kou immediately docked with the Hengyuanxiang Company in charge of this work, what flowers to make, to make several kinds of flowers, everyone began to implement one by one. "Everyone was very excited to receive the task, but the Olympic Organizing Committee and Hengyuanxiang Company specifically told us that the entire production process must be absolutely confidential." Therefore, although we have more than a hundred friends in Beijing participating in the production, for the sake of confidentiality, only four core main players know the details. Other small partners, we only told him that the agency has a batch of manual work for processing incoming materials, billed by piece, but must be delivered regularly. Koko said.
In this way, since October, Hengyuanxiang's velvet weaver has provided you with a detailed Haipai velvet knitting tutorial, and a small flower piece has been continuously made in the hands of more than 100 participants, and then summarized into the Hope Home for Spinal Cord Injury in Dongcheng District. "Affected by the epidemic, everyone completes the production of flower pieces at home independently, and then uniformly expresses them to hope homes." Kou Kou said, "After receiving a batch of centralized concentration, Teacher Liu Xiaoyun will assemble it with several core staff." Moreover, before assembly, we will also check one by one and strictly control the quality. You know, where the velvet branches and flowers are linked, small copper wires are used, and this part must be tightly wrapped, otherwise if a little leaks out and crosses the athlete's hand, it will be bad. ”
"I'm especially looking forward to the look on my face when I don't know I'm making bouquets for the Winter Paralympics. Seriously, it's a great honor to be able to contribute my part in this way, and I really feel like I'm actively involved in the Winter Paralympics. Koko said happily.
One more cosmos
As the champion of the two-time vocational skills hook weaving competition for the disabled, Liu Xiaoyun is the main staff of the production of velvet flowers. Not only did she do it herself, instructing other friends to do it, but she also successfully added a cosmos to the bouquet.
"At that time, I received a notice from the city that our disabled friends came to make the award bouquet, which was very happy. Because I have more experience in making velvet flowers, I first looked at the entire program provided by Hengyuanxiang. Originally, there were 6 kinds of flowers in the bouquet, and after I read it, I communicated with Hengyuanxiang Company to increase the characteristics of the Paralympic Games and add one more cosmos. Because cosmos is blue, and our Winter Paralympic monogram is composed of red, yellow and blue colors. Liu Xiaoyun said, "In the end, Hengyuanxiang Company adopted this plan, and we are really very happy." ”
The plan is in place, and the next step is to make it. But this process is really not simple at all.
"The difficulties are particularly great. To be honest, because it is disabled, everyone has their own difficulties in making. Some of them are in wheelchairs, some are lying on their stomachs, and it is really not easy. But everyone is enthusiastic to participate, and no one is bitter. Liu Xiaoyun said, "In addition, because the time of this mission is particularly tight, and the impact of the epidemic, every time we want to learn to make a new flower piece, it is a few of our backbones who first check out, and then teach other small partners by hand." Everyone has overcome many difficulties and done a good job in each flower piece. ”
Speaking of which, Liu Xiaoyun and the Olympic Games really have a special fate, when the Beijing Summer Olympics, she made a souvenir for the athletes. "At the 2008 Olympic Games, I was also given the task of giving souvenirs to athletes, which was a tricolor face. At that time, I really encountered a lot of problems and solved them one by one. So when I arrived at this Winter Olympics, I made velvet flowers, and a lot of experience at that time was used, and I took a lot of detours. Liu Xiaoyun said, "To be able to participate in the two Olympic Games in your own way, this feeling cannot be expressed in words, it is particularly lucky." ”
Practice and encourage yourself
Guo Yuanyuan is a spinal cord injury, sitting in a wheelchair she is quite cheerful, but when it comes to the process of learning to make velvet flowers, it is really more energetic.
"In October, I was very happy to know that I could make an award bouquet for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, but at that time I was also worried, because I had never been exposed to the weaving method of velvet flowers before, and I was particularly afraid that I would not be able to do it well." Yuanyuan said.
As a result, Yuanyuan's fears became a fact. When I first started doing it, it was a mess. "At the beginning, Teacher Liu was hand-in-hand to us how to do it, and the teacher didn't find it particularly difficult when he demonstrated. But when it comes time to do it yourself, it's a different story entirely. When I first started making small red flowers, I hooked one myself for at least five minutes. Everyone else is basically hooked out in 1 minute. Yuanyuan said. At that time, I was very anxious, especially I did not want to drag everyone back because of my own problems, or because my level was too poor to continue to participate. So I practiced on my own, a flower hooked and dismantled, dismantled and hooked, and practiced repeatedly. ”
Finally, after hard work. Yuanyuan finally managed to catch up with everyone's average level in a week. "Before I got involved, I never thought I would be able to join in such an important matter, and I was very excited to see my own handmade bouquet appear at the Winter Paralympic Games." Yuanyuan smiled and said, "I just have to keep it a secret, and I kind of want to share this excitement with you as soon as possible." ”