73 -year -old farmer, carved more than 40 ships in 8 years

"This boat took me four months, and it was finally completed today!" On September 21st, looking at the sailing model that had been completed on the table, Du Yuanci breathed a long breath. This wooden boat model is 2.2 meters long and 1.8 meters high. It is the largest wooden boat model carved by Du Yuanci.

Du Yuanci is an ordinary peasant in the Xiyukou community in Guandukou Town, Badu County, and a "artist" of the authentic Gorge. At the age of 73, he is still clever and superb. His hand -carved works are also Castered by the Badong County Museum and even CCTV. "Many people who get married and move often come to me." When talking about the sailing model carved by hand, the old man was proud.

The wooden boat was an important tool for the Three Gorges Badu's husband, and the wooden boats that were gone between the mountains and rivers were carried by the dream of a generation of mountains. The water flow of the East of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the vortex was heavy. In other voyages in the Yangtze River, wooden boats can be used to go against the water, but here, the turbulent river water will break the fantasies of all boats. In the age, the main driving force of wooden boats can only rely on manpower, that is, the "fiber husband" in history. After thousands of years of historical precipitation, the wooden boat and the fiber husband together formed the unique "fiber husband culture" of Badong.

"I have been studying woodworking since I was 15 years old. At that time, my life was very hard and the machinery was underdeveloped. The main tools of the Yangtze River Water Transport were rafts, sailing, and puff. The memories of the past: "At that time, we often took Wushan on the wooden boat and Yichang, and pulled the goods. If you are enlarged to the river, you can only pull dozens of adults. "

Du Yuanci's model boat paint is smooth, fine carved, and clever structures. There are many types such as rebuts, sailing, and puff boats. The details of paddle, sails, cabin and other details are highly reduced. I am amazed: "It seems that I have seen the Three Gorges Family Flowing, Tongxia River, and the stormy waves."

"At the age of 65, I couldn't do it anymore, and the level of living also improved. The wooden boat also used less, and I went ashore to retire." Du Yuanci said: "I feel empty after going ashore, I always want to do something What, after thinking about it, I have been working with the boat in my life, supporting the family by the boat, and now I can't make a boat, then I make it into a model and leave my thoughts. "

Speaking of dry, Du Yuanci picked up the sawn plane that had been thrown off for a few years, and made a wooden boat model.

"When I started to do it, I got a lot of effort. The model ship is too different from the physical ship, and it is necessary to compare the physical ships and other models, and to restore the various parts and structures of the wooden boat. Say.

From model selection to process design, after several experiments, the first model ship was finally completed at the end of 2014. In 8 years, Du Yuanci handed more than 40 various wooden boat models, well -known in the distance, and appeared in a set of CCTV columns in 2021.

"Now my age is getting older. If young people are willing to calm down to learn, I also want to accept an apprentice to inherit this craft, this craft will not be lost."

Du Yuanci stood on the courtyard dam, and Jiang quietly flowed in front of the door. He said: "This is not only the inheritance of craftsmanship, but also the inheritance of the spirit of the husband."

Source: Hubei Daily Client Badong Channel reporter Xiangli

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