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"Shanghai Master"

Zhou Qi

Shanghai People's Art Publishing House published

As a memory of local handicrafts, the author has visited more than 60 more than 10 districts and towns distributed in Shanghai in 8 years. The process of different materials of paper shows the appearance of the masters' daily life and the wisdom of work experience. The book mainly presents the work and life of the master of Shanghai, including oral records, photos and sketch portraits, which records the upcoming Shanghai handicrafts, selling, repairing skills, etc. In addition, it also includes several masters who opened shops, involving hands involved in hand. More than 100 daily necessities.

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Some of these "Shanghai Masters" are surrounded by our lives. Maybe they pass by at some point, and they still woven the valuable hand -made memories that have been stored for centuries, but they should be a slow life. The method gradually passed, and these craftsmanship faded out. For these craftsmanship, this article is selected for the oral text of the masters and the daily necessities and illustrations they made by them to retain the "Shanghai Scenic".

Master Maganfa's flowing bamboo stall in Hongkou District. "It turns out that I only sell sweater needles and hanger, the sweater needle hangs on my body, and the hanger is held on my hand. Now there are fewer people who woven sweaters, and they increase the things on the bicycles. If you put it on, you need to consider which product you add every time you add it. Now there is no place to hang it. If it does not rain, I will get up at 5 am and install various products on the bicycle on the bicycle. It takes half an hour to an hour. When you install it, go out and come back at one or two o'clock. Sometimes you go out for another hour or two after 4 o'clock. Most of the customers are 40 to 60 years old. Some people drive on the road to drive a car. I will stop to stop me from buying things. Most of my income is sold while running, giving me a fixed place may not have business. "

The master of Chongming Bamboo Counsel Guo Zhigao is good at preparing daily necessities such as baskets, 畚 畚, baskets, as well as props such as bamboo cows and bamboo crabs. "My bamboo craftsmanship was biography at home. At the age of 18, I started to learn from my dad. I have been compiled for 50 years. I have done it collectively in the production brigade before. At that time, there were thirty or fifty people. This is a small thing, I use Chongming's soil bamboo. There is a bamboo forest next to my house. If you want to use it, you can cut it a little. This bamboo knife in my hand has been used for at least 20 years. Edit 3. The sieve is complicated, the small sieve is small, the eye hole is small, the kung fu is large, and it can't be done in one day. It must be done well. There is a "hi" word in the small plaque, it takes a day to manually. Edit other words, 'blessing', 'self -reliance', etc. can be. The color of the word is dyed by myself. . You can also customize it. You only need to bring a drawer to leave a phone number. There are many people who customize it now. The cultural museum in our town also comes here to custom , Mao Crab, this is a prop to act to act. Generally, I have edited at home, and occasionally to participate in some folk technical activities. "

Sun Yijuan, a master of Jiading grass, weaves slippers, peony waist round bags, candy boxes, straw hats, etc. "I studied when I was 9 years old when I was 9 years old. When I was studying, my mother did it with me. My daughter was also inherited. In the 1970s, the order was the most. , To make bags, many of them are exported by the Canton Fair, and the state came to acquire. Huangcao was planted by himself. The planting grass was very hard. In March, the soil and seedlings (sowed) were placed. The same. Then it starts to pull up the grass when Da Futian. It is necessary to collect it.

He Yongzheng, who was in the town of Chongming, has collected Chongming Tulu 20 years ago, and made a series of environmentally friendly bags such as the material of Chongming soil cloth. "In the past, each household had a weaving machine. When I was in kindergarten, I looked at my mother's weaving and learned about the color. At the age of fifteen or six, I could weave a complete cloth. The cloth when I got married was also woven by myself. I woven 8 yuan, different colors. Now I will not weave under the age of 50, and I have never woven it after I got married. "

And the craftsmanship of these masters:

▲ The traditional handmade rabbit lamp produced by Master Pudong Wang Hongchun, equipped with different sizes and paper -cut hair

▲ Rabbit lamp produced by Master Li Jianguo.Although it is also making lanterns for the Lantern Festival, with different skills and personal styles, it also makes people feel the richness of craftsmanship and the aesthetics of life

▲ Master Fengxian Hua Xuejuan spin -woven cloth, make clothes, apron, slippers, etc.

▲ Master Xu, a hand -painted East Street Leather Shoe Mercy of the Author

Watching these teachers work very much, show their craftsmanship proudly, and treat every work with the most excellent attitude.It is worth learning and inherited, may have exceeded the hand -made skills itself, perhaps the ingenuity of doing one thing in a lifetime, maybe the principle of doing things and doing things, maybe it is the arrogance and persistence of brilliant end.This is their life experience and the precious memory of this city.

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Author: Zhou Qi

Edit: Yuan Yuanlu

Editor in charge: Zhu Zilong

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