Restaurant Cai Yongtao: Non -Bird's Cage edited to get rich

The picture shows Cai Yongtao making bird cages. Correspondent Zhang Yidian Photo

Selection, ingredients, bending, gluing, breaking, punching, polishing, broken silk, assembly ... Recently, the reporter entered Cai Yongtao The studio, a complex craft, a well -made, beautifully styled mahogany and bird cage arranged neatly.

"I am the fourth -generation inheritor of Cai's Bird Cage. When I was a kid, I lived with my grandfather to learn to make bird cage skills. From the beginning of the initial love for this small cage, I later learned the production process a little bit. Now I use this skill to support the entire family. At the same time, the skills have also been inherited to my next generation. "

He said: "The solid wood raw material of making wooden bird cages should pay attention to the texture, color and materials of the wood. For the texture of the wood, it is a test of the experience of the producer. Only the most beautiful texture can be selected among many wood. "

Ingenuity continues in research. He said: "The biggest difficulty is from the beginning of the learning stage to the change of wood later, and the wood changes directly to determine the process. Only by constantly studying and slowly studying new craftsmanship can the road go wider and wider." In recent years, he has participated in The third exhibition of Beijing -Tianjin -Hebei Non -material Cultural Heritage Exhibition, Tianjin Museum Exhibition, and other exhibitions, products are sold to Southeast Asia and other regions.

Regarding the prospects and values ​​of the industry, he said: "Non -heritage skills are more of a inheritance. As the inheritance, we can do it and be innovative on the basis of inheritance. Now the material conditions are getting better and better These traditional things are the respect and nostalgia of the old generation of skills. "

Cai Yongfeng, Secretary of the Village Committee of Qiwu Village, Wangcun Town, said: "Now the market demand for the mahogany bird cage is large. The people engaged in bird cage production in the village have developed to 40 households. The products are sold throughout the country.

Talking about the next plan, Cai Yongtao said that he wanted to teach non -heritage art to young people who were interested in village and expanded production scale. There are 20 employees in his studio to sell online through the live broadcast platform. The studio products are red -type bird cages and bleak shell cages. The annual output is more than 600 pairs. It is mainly sold to the Beijing -Tianjin -Hebei market, with an annual profit of about 150,000 yuan.

It is understood that Dacheng County has continued to promote the development of the cultural tourism industry, encourages and guide villagers to explore cultural resources, develop new formats with fast entry, employment and extension, and continuously empower rural revitalization. (Reporter Jia Minglei correspondent Zhang Yidian Zhang Hongxu)

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