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Tell the story of Beijing's laborers
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"Sharpen scissors, kitchen knives"
Sharpen scissors, kitchen knives...... When I was a child, I could often hear the unique shouts in the streets and alleys, but when I grew up, it was difficult to hear them again.
This master claims to have worked as a fitter all his life, and after retirement, he played with sharpening knives and scissors for twenty years.
Photo: Zhao Chengshun
Speaking of his own craft, the master confidently said that he has practiced the craft of "grinding well without looking" in decades.
The master is not to make a living, but to keep this skill from being lost. Perhaps this is what we often say, the "craftsman spirit" that is most needed in this era.
Photo: Zhao Chengshun
Ingenuity and jade will eventually become a great tool
Zhang Tiecheng, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, is the third generation inheritor of jade carving in Beijing. He has always adhered to the pursuit of art. He has a criterion in his heart: to govern jade, such as being a man.
In Zhang Tiecheng's career, 2008 was a year of intense ink. This year, the Olympic Games were held in Beijing, and Chinese jade culture went to the world through "Chinese seals" and "gold inlaid jade".
Traditional jade carving is a rare and precious culture in the arts and crafts of the mainland, for Zhang Tiecheng, the third generation inheritor of the Beijing school of jade carving, jade carving is his responsibility and obligation, and the inheritance is unshirkable. "It's not just about us, it's about young people," he said. ”
Cloisonné Let the intangible cultural heritage be passed on from generation to generation
Zhong Liansheng is a master of Chinese arts and crafts, a national representative inheritor of cloisonne production skills, and a national model worker.
The spirit of dedication, meticulousness and the pursuit of innovation is Zhong Liansheng's commitment to the masters.
Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District Government Service Bureau
Zhong Liansheng said that the new generation of cloisonné technicians has grown up, "We are all standing on the shoulders of our predecessors, and ingenuity can cross time and space and use a lifetime to guard." ”
Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District Government Service Bureau
Velvet Flower The flower of art that blooms at your fingertips
Beijing Velvet Flower (Velvet Bird) is a project on the list of intangible cultural heritage of Beijing. During the Qing Kang and Qian, it became a custom for women in Beijing to wear flowers, and wearing velvet flowers prevailed to take the meaning of "glory".
Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District Government Service Bureau
Beijing velvet flower (velvet bird) products are beautiful, bright colors, clear patterns, exquisite craftsmanship, and complicated processes.
Under the tide of the times to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Beijing Velvet Flower, a traditional folk handicraft with a long history, has once again attracted people's attention, and has realized cross-border innovation with current culture and fashion in various forms, radiating new brilliance.
Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District Government Service Bureau
A cut of paper shows a thousand kinds of warmth in the world
Su Jiadi is the fifth generation of Sujia paper-cutting. He is now a member of the China Arts and Crafts Society and a member of the Beijing Folk Literature and Art Association.
Her paper-cut works cover many themes such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, portraits, scenic spots and architecture, showing the infinite charm of paper-cut art.
In order to pass on the paper-cutting skills, Su Jiadi taught the art of paper-cutting in more than a dozen primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, and taught paper-cutting skills and methods.
At the same time, she is also carefully teaching rural unemployed housewives and disabled people to learn the art of paper-cutting, which has become a skill for rural women and disabled people to increase their income and become rich. In the past ten years, there are more than 5,000 professors and students, more than 2,000 community residents, and nearly 1,000 rural women.
Every pair of hands is a record of the "past"
Each pair chases a unique future
Salute to the laborers!
Salute to everyone who builds dreams with your hands!
Source: Window of the Capital