True craftsmen never talk about the spirit of craftsmanship

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Gorky said, "Labor is the source of all joy and all good things in the world." "Life is glorious because of labor, and dreams shine because of ingenuity."

Feng Jicai once said in "The Strange Man of the World", "If a craftsman relies on his hands, he will have a unique skill in his hands." ”

Richard Thornett, a famous contemporary American thinker, said: "The most obvious symbol of a craftsman is to fight against time and do one thing with a lifetime." ”

The separation of man from animals begins with the "hand", and people who are engaged in manual skills or other skills are often referred to as "craftsmen".

The world is impetuous, but the craftsmen are quiet. The spirit of craftsmanship is a compliment to them, but they never talk about what is "craftsman spirit".

Instead, in the day after day, year after year of craftsmanship research, silently carrying the temperature of this society with both hands, this is the best interpretation of the craftsman's spirit of craftsmanship.

In the craftsman, impatience and panic are not seen. They are fully committed to the work, in the endless work of art, up and down, single-mindedly to create better works, even if they use their life to do one thing, without complaint or regret, without fear.

Craftsmanship, easy hands, not easy to keep. For craftsmen, craftsmanship is more important than money, and inheritance is more important than power. Craftsmen have faith in craftsmanship, are not afraid of hardships, silently insist, and pass on the craft from generation to generation.

Some people say that no one can stop the wheel of history, and the craftsmen agree; some people say that it is more and more difficult to do crafts now, and the craftsmen agree; some people say that these crafts are outdated, and the craftsmen will never approve of it.

Because every craftsman with a sense of mission never sticks to tradition, they look at the present and the future, ask for the spirit and needs of contemporary culture, and study and improve the tools and skills in their hands.

They deeply understand that only by retaining the tradition and constantly innovating can they be better passed on, and as long as such craftsmen exist, the craft will never become obsolete.

"Barren mountains split the road, do you know the labor of its work?" The jade is carved, who knows the ingenuity and tears? "The hardships of craftsmen are often rarely known, and the efforts of craftsmen are often forgotten by the world, and only the craftsmanship works that embody the spirit of craftsmen will continue to be renewed in time.

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"Craftsmen who starve in the year of famine" is an ancient admonition left over from a thousand years of farming society. The three hundred and sixty lines composed of craftsmen enriched material life and promoted social development.

Their clever and wonderful fingers pass through the materials, and the strength of the hands is perfectly presented in one movement and one stillness; behind the hands, ordinary folk artists are interpreting the stories of their craftsmanship. These hands, perhaps covered with dry cocoons, may not be straight, but they create the glory of Chinese craftsmen!

Pull the billet's hand

In Jianshui Bowl Kiln Village, Yunnan Province, 76-year-old Chen Shaokang is the oldest Jianshui pottery maker. He began to learn to pull blanks at the age of 13, more than 60 years later, now he has white hair, but he is still full of energy, he said: "I can now pull 20 blanks a day, the sword is not old." ”

Make a birdcage with the hand

Liu Ziyuan, who is more than 60 years old, makes a miniature bird cage with a diameter of only 15mm, which is exquisite and amazing. However, due to rheumatism for more than 20 years, the 10 fingers of Liu Lao's hands have long been seriously deformed, and only the thumb and index finger can move normally. To make these miniature bird cages, the cage silk as thin as hair, had to be pulled a hundred times, and each time he had to endure the pain of rheumatism.

The hand that makes the drums

Planed wood chips, hoop drum body, meng drum noodles... As the fourth generation inheritor of Peng's traditional handmade drumming skills, Peng Zhaobo's old man's hands are dark and lean, and the joints are prominent, which is what has been left behind by the repeated stretching of the rope for long-term drum making. Even if he went to the city with his son to settle down, he also brought all the drum-making tools with him. As long as someone customizes it, he will perform the art and enjoy it himself for a while. "Whenever someone needs it, I'll do it until I can't move the planer."

The hand that carved the dragon's head staff

From the age of 40 to the age of 40, he was fascinated by carving dragon head crutches, and Chen Zhengsong has carved thousands of crutches. Today, he doesn't paint, he gets a piece of wood, looks at the shape and natural texture, what kind of dragon head is suitable for carving, and he has a number in mind. A piece of clumsy wood, but from his hand can jump up the dragon head, holding a carving knife, stained with shaved hands, than tens of millions of people know more about the rings of the year.

Hands that beat scissors

In Houshan Village, Dingjiaqiao Town, Jing County, Anhui Province, 68-year-old Zhang Shangzhi is the only craftsman who is still making scissors. To hit an authentic backhill scissors, it takes 24 processes and more than 1,000 hammers to complete. Zhang Shangzhi arrived at the workshop at 6 o'clock in the morning and returned home at 6 o'clock in the evening. This habit, he maintained for a full 50 years.

Zhang's hand

Bai Mingyin was an ordinary Zhang Zhen person walking under the Taihang Mountains. There are fewer and fewer traditional sieve flour tools and even fewer to tinker with. The broken net was removed, fixed to the ring, straightened, fixed with small nails, and one of the grates was repaired. Zhang Zhenren is always on the road, repairing the dustpan all the way and feeding the family by hand kung fu.

Make oil-paper umbrella hands

In Xingyang Village, Yunnan, there are still 4 people making oil-paper umbrellas, and Zheng Jiachao, who is in his 80s, is the most skilled person. The bamboo he chose must be straight, the tung oil must stay up all day, and the umbrella bone, umbrella head and umbrella eye are all hand-pulled out, including the stamping of the last process. It takes 4 to 5 days for Zheng Lao to make an oil-paper umbrella, and it costs 15 yuan.

Open face of the hand

Xu Jiahui, the sixth generation of Liangping woodblock prints of the national intangible cultural heritage. Relying on a family knife, a set of engraving plates, a scroll of paintings and a "Dehetai" seal, he printed the revival of Liang Pingnian paintings in decades of loneliness, and also revived the memories of the elders in a series of processes. The most unique trick of Liang Ping's woodblock new year painting is the dot color after the overprint, also known as the open face. Xu Jiahui's point determines the mood and sorrow of the characters.

Hands that make oil cargo

Oil goods, the traditional breakfast of Changsha people, in addition to fritters, there are steamed buns, sesame oil cakes and so on. Middle-aged Chen Guoyuan and his wife Peng Wanlin opened a shop every morning in a box on the back street in the center of Changsha, and making steamed buns on the spot was their unique job. The oiled noodles were wrapped around Chen Guoyuan's hands, stretching and folding like wool. After being fried in a frying pan, the steamed buns are fanned and can be arranged in a circle.

The hand of the harp

Pei Jinbao may be the only person in Suzhou today who can play both the piano and make the piano, with wooden harps, antique broken lines, and repair many Tang and Song dynasty guqins. He not only made and practiced the violin, but also passed on the violin, devoted himself to teaching the art of the violin to Aegidians of all walks of life, teaching, college students, primary school students, garden workers... No matter where he came from, as long as he had a heart of Aegean, he would teach each other hand in hand, teach it selflessly, and truly pass it on from hand to hand.

Carpenter's hand

Willow weaver's hand

Hands with soles

Draw the hand of the Sugar Man

Cottonsmith's hand

Bamboo weaver's hand

Watchmaker's hand

Shave the head of the hand

The hands of a shoemaker

The famous Japanese folk art theorist and aesthetician Liu Zongyue once said in "Folk Art": "Today's era is changing rapidly, and everything may pass in a hurry. Time, mind, and things quickly become the past.

It is destroyed by the heavy load of conformity, and everything in front of us is reversed again. The future is new, and the past is new. The world we used to be used to is now an incredible world. Before our eyes, what impresses us is the return to the ordinary again. Like a mirror that has been polished, the reflection is new and bright. ”

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Yes, the high-speed operation of society makes the world more and more noisy, but even if the world is noisy, the craftsman's heart always maintains a tranquil and indisputable detachment.

Only in this way, even if you are faced with an inconspicuous material, after the craftsman's continuous polishing, it will gradually become a flexible instrument with temperature.

It represents not only an artifact, but a culture, an aesthetic, and an attitude towards life that everyone pursues but is difficult to achieve.

Day after day, year after year, time goes on, ingenuity does not die, craftsmanship does not stop, do not ask or ask, quietly enjoy it.