"Master Liang, can we come to pick up the asparagus?" "Master Liang, can we make our 50 reeds for the Spring Festival?" "Master Liang, can you add another 100 to the order?" ......
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, in Guandong Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, Liang Guangjin and Liang Guanglin, the "Lusheng Brothers" Liang Guangjin and Liang Guanglin were particularly busy. They worked overtime every day to make asparagus, and in the evening, the two brothers were busy urging orders and order calls.
The Liang brothers make the asparagus in a family-run workshop. The small courtyard is full of bamboo, fir and other raw materials for making asparagus, the first floor of the building is full of large and small asparagus products, and the walls are full of banners sent by Miao Zhai and Dong Zhai from Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and other places.
On November 13, 2023, asparagus products were photographed in Jinying Dong Village, Guandong Town, Congjiang County, Guizhou Province. (Photo by Wu Dejun)
"Over the years, I have become famous for making asparagus, mainly because everyone trusts me. Reed sheng lovers take our asparagus to participate in various competitions, and when they win prizes, they send pennants over and call us brothers 'Master Liang'. Brother Liang Guangjin pointed to the pennant on the wall and introduced it to reporters.
In the past few days, more than 200 orders for asparagus from Guangxi have kept them busy. Younger brother Liang Guanglin sighed while making asparagus, of course, it is a good thing that the order "swish" flies in, but it really can't be done, and he is really a little distressed. However, as long as they receive the order, they must ensure the quality, which is the quality inheritance that their reed sheng family adheres to.
Jinying Dong Village is a well-known "Lusheng Village", almost every household has skilled craftsmen, their asparagus is extremely popular in Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan Dong villages, Miao villages, so that some reed sheng lovers drive a day to buy here. Due to the good quality of the asparagus made by the Liang brothers, more and more people have come to buy them in recent years, and the scale has continued to grow in recent years.
In 2023, the "Asparagus Brothers" will produce a total of more than 1,200 asparagus with 8 skilled workers. The unit price of these asparagus is between 400 yuan and 500 yuan, and the cost investment is about 150,000 yuan, mainly including copper sheets, bamboo, fir and labor, of which labor input accounts for the majority.
The reed sheng is a reed wind instrument, and there are twenty or thirty procedures in the production process, among which the polishing of copper sheets (used to make sound reeds) is extremely particular. The key to the fame of the Liang brothers' reeds lies in their deep attainment in the shape, thickness and thickness of the sound reeds.
On November 13, 2023, Liang Guangjin inspects the polished reeds. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wu Dejun)
Liang Guangjin, who is nearly half a hundred years old, has been working in Guangdong for a long time in the past. Since 2012, he decided to return to his hometown and follow his father Liang Songguang and younger brother Liang Guanglin to continue to inherit the reed sheng making skills. His father was very famous, and when he was young, many villages took turns to invite him to make asparagus at home. Today, 76-year-old Liang Songguang has difficulty making it by himself due to physical reasons such as hearing loss.
Watching his two sons pass on the reed sheng making skills in full swing, Liang Songguang was very proud. He hopes that more and more people will blow the asparagus, and that more and more young people will learn to make asparagus.
On November 13, 2023, Liang Guanglin was auditioning the sound quality of the asparagus pipe. (Photo by Wu Dejun)
When rushing to make orders, the "Lusheng Brothers" are sometimes busy until midnight. Liang Guangjin said that tiredness is inevitable, but they are willing to take orders, and they will continue to adhere to the way of quality, on the one hand, they can solve the livelihood of more than a dozen families, and on the other hand, they can continue to inherit the ancient national culture.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)