Reporter's observation: New life in the needle line -Wushuzi Village, Wujialou, Yimeng Old District

Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, September 29th: Reporter Observation: New Life in the needle line —— Wutouzi Village, Yimeng Old District

Xinhua News Agency reporter Ye Jing

As soon as the autumn equinox, the weather in Yimeng Mountain was cool, and the villagers, Shang Jiying, and two three old sisters were sitting in the warm sun, the villagers Shang Jiying and two old sisters were constantly.

The 78 -year -old Shang Jiying was holding a long rough cloth to prepare for the knot buckle. I saw that she walked a thick cloth strip to the index finger first, and the remaining end was wrapped to the thumb ... A pair of wrinkled hands flipped and fired, and a plate buckled in less than a minute. You don't even need to wear it.

"The last bowl of rice is made of military food, the last foot is made of military uniforms, and the last son is on the battlefield." In the old district of Yimeng, Linyi City, Shandong, most women who are similar to Shang Jiying have a good dependent leader in launching clothes. Now it has become a good skill for people to get rich in the old district.

Shang Jiying wore a small cotton jacket since he was a child and watched his mother's spinning woven fabric. Later, he took a needle thread to make a small cotton jacket for the child. Later, the children's children grew up. The needle line is also becoming more empty.

Without the needle line, Shang Jiying's heart was empty. In rural areas, left -behind elderly people like her often have to be at home and do nothing because of their age and weak labor ability.

"Can't go like this!" Said Wu Zhaojing, secretary of Wujialouzi Village Branch. In 2013, Wu Zhaojing accidentally discovered in Linyi that a merchant with a hand -made old -fashioned small cotton jacket in the market is very popular: "The style is almost the same, and the craftsmanship is not picky. I think the old mothers in our village can do better!"

A "Yimeng Cotton Tailor Tailor Team" with a dozen women of Huajia was formed in Wujialouzi Village. Shang Jiying is one of the first female workers to join. In the first year, I got a income of nearly 10,000 yuan.

In addition to Shang Jiying, the sewing Yimeng cotton jacket also brought changes and income to more people. Wu Zhaojing told reporters that the Yimeng small cotton jacket project provided more than 60 positions for the empty nest elderly and left -behind women.

Not only that, with the help of the Propaganda Department of the Yishui County Party Committee and the Yishui County Cultural Tourism Bureau, the historical development context, main production techniques, and historical technology and cultural value of Yimeng Xiaotong jacket have gradually become clear. Intangible cultural heritage, relying on the traditional advantages of hand -sewing, has arranged the non -heritage folklore exhibition hall.

"Mengshan is high, Yishui is long, I sewn clothes for my loved ones." On the red hot soil of Yimeng, eight hundred miles, this fish and water were deeply sewed into the Yimeng cotton jacket and warm more people with it.

In order to promote the non -heritage cotton jackets stitched by pro -hand, the old mothers of Yimeng Mountain and other Yimeng Mountains went out of Yishui County, out of Linyi City, and went to Jinan, Qingdao and other places to participate in exhibitions, and with various non -genetic inheritors Activity and communication together.

"Unexpectedly, these old craftsmanship can be so rare that we have to do the tailor work better!" When returning home, they quickly "upgraded" sewing technology, adding more Hanfu capes, cloth tigers, handmade bedding, etc. Planting products.

This year, in order to stimulate the new vitality, Yimeng Xiaotong Jacket, which is engraved with red genes, also cooperated with Shandong University of Science and Technology to create a national innovation training project "Digital Technology Help Yimeng Xiaotong Jacket Non -Heritage Village Old Crafts". The needs of quality and quality, and have been selected as the "Shandong Hand -made · Preferred 100" nomination list and Linyi key hand -made enterprises.

"Now, we can make more than 20,000 pieces of Yimeng cotton jackets a year, with annual sales of more than 2 million yuan; I hope that within five years, annual sales can reach 10 million yuan, and I can also tell the story of my mother's new life. More people listen. "Wu Zhaojing said.

[Editor in charge: Zhao Wenhan]

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