Guo Zhaofu: Inherit the classic skills to retain Mid -Autumn Festival nostalgia

□ Our reporter Ruan Xingshi

"In August, August, Grandpa made moon cakes for me. Moon cakes are round and sweet, what about moon cakes and love ..." Entering the home of Guo Zhaofu, Qiancheng Village, Xiaojiazhuang Town, Xiaojiazhuang City, Fenyang City, the reporter could not help but involuntarily Humming this familiar ballad.

67 -year -old Guo Zhaofu is one of the few moon cake mold artists who are not left in Tancheng Village. Pushing the door into the small courtyard of Guo Zhaofu's house, I saw the mooncake models with large and small sculptures, exquisite carving, and long -established mooncakes, like a piece of art, exuding a strong folk cultural atmosphere.

"Every Mid -Autumn Festival, every family in the village will make moon cakes by themselves. When you are young, you watched the family make abrasives and make moon cakes. From the past, you learned the moon cake mold as a way to eat moon cakes and gradually become his own hobby." Guo Zhaofu Tell reporters happily.

As the first master of arts and crafts in Luliang City, Guo Zhaofu's craftsmanship was learned with his father. He used a knife as a pen and a wooden painting. For forty years, he was carved with a day of concentration. It is well -known in the distance, and now he has become the inheritance and protection of this craft.

This is a moon rabbit. This is more than a year after years. This is a life. This is a gourd, which means that Fulu Shuangquan ... Guo Zhaofu showed his carved moon cake molds one by one. "Don't look at such a small mold, from the selection of materials, to the learning in the mold opening and carving, there are a lot of knowledge. Make a monthly cake mold, you need to choose materials, blocks, draw molds, chisel pits, engraved, flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers, and flowers. , Out of the side, polish nearly ten processes. "

Guo Zhaofu introduced that in the selection of mooncake models, it is necessary to choose a solid and durable, textured wood, such as jujube and pear wood. These wood grains are slender, the surface of the plate is smooth, easy to carve, and it is not easy to crack. It is not only easy to save, but also durable. After the wood is selected, first saw the wood into a piece of about twenty centimeters thick, and then, according to the planned moon cake modeling in advance, the initial outline was carved with a engraved knife, commonly known as "Kaifang". Subsequently, the moon cake molds were further shaved, polished, and plastic, and they could be carefully carved.

"The pattern is different, and the knife is different. There are small knives, big knives, and the whole side is used with a sloping knife, and the pattern needs to be smashed." Guo Zhaofu said, and he skillfully picked up the engraving knife to demonstrate. The first knife went straight, the second knife was obliquely, and then poured out the wood chips. With a little carelessness, the whole piece of wood was abandoned. To engraved a beautiful moon cake mold, more than ten carved knives with large and small knife. "I made one in forty -five minutes when I was young. Now I am old, and I am much slower. It takes four or five days to engrav." Guo Zhaofu said with a smile.

If a good moon cake mold wants to form, and finally compare the pattern on the moon cake pattern of the moon cake. "The characters and words are the most difficult to engrave. They must not only engrave them, but also express their magical requirements." Guo Zhaofu said, "There is no shortcut, only a knife." It is the scar left by the knife.

In Guo Zhaofu's eyes, the traditional handmade moon cake molds are not only intangible cultural heritage, but also entrust everyone's nostalgia for Mid -Autumn Festival customs. "In these years, traditional craftsmanship is very popular in the market. Through the Internet, our moon cake models have not only been sold to big cities, but also have been sold to the United States, Australia and other countries. This is exactly our thousands of years of Mid -Autumn Festival culture. The promotion of folk culture. Therefore, I have to inherit this traditional craftsmanship. "Guo Zhaofu said.

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