Qilu Network Lightning News January 17 news Dong Tao, 39 years old this year, is a native of Yan'er Village, Chenguan Town, Guangrao County, Dongying City, because he likes animals, after graduating from junior high school, a chance let him embark on the road of specimen making. Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, many animal specimens he will make. Even the specimen of China's first humpback whale up to 7 meters long was from his hand!
The reporter walked into Dong Tao's studio, peacocks, crocodiles, parrots, kingfishers, turkeys, puppies, lobsters, these animal specimens in the exhibition hall came alive and vividly, and people were amazed after watching! Citizen Ms. Niu sighed: "Seeing this specimen reminds me of spicy crayfish, really good, very want to eat, very image!" Ms. Chen, a citizen, introduced: "When I saw this crocodile specimen made by Teacher Dong, I felt that the specimen made by the teacher was very realistic, and the scales on its skin were also very full, and then this eye was very energetic." Especially this peacock, when I saw this peacock, I didn't think it was a specimen, I thought it was a living peacock standing here, especially the feathers on the peacock, especially shiny, bright, Teacher Dong did it really well, too powerful! ”
It is understood that in the 12 years of Dong Tao's involvement in the specimen making industry, he has roughly calculated that more than 200 kinds of animal specimens have been made in more than 200 kinds. He has made specimens ranging from crayfish to giraffes, elephants, and humpback whales. What he is most proud of is that in 2018, it took only half a year to complete the specimen production of the 7-meter-long humpback whale, which is also the specimen of the first humpback whale in China. At that time, Jiangsu Nantong Television Station reported. Dong Tao's wife Niu Qing introduced: "To tell the truth about my subject specimens, it can be regarded as a particularly persistent, one-sided kind. He and his master mainly learned horses, after he came back he bought a horse skin, came back to do, then sat there every day until the night almost all night, in the second half of the night I saw the lights in the house over there are on, did it for nearly a month, after this horse was made, there was a friend who gave 10,000 yuan to pull back, when my object told me that he had been observing for several days, saying that this horse I could not sell to my friend, I felt that the gap with my master was too big, told me that you have not seen the specimens made by my master, To be honest, it's like a live horse standing there, so I said that my subject cut off the horse that night, and just scrapped it, saying I wouldn't sell it. ”
It is with this serious energy, coupled with hard work and famous teachers, Dong Tao's specimen making skills are becoming more and more mature. "Dong's specimen making skills" has thus won unanimous praise from industry experts. Many of his works have also won awards in the China Taxidermy Competition. He himself was appointed deputy director of the Herbarium of Marine Life in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. According to Dong Tao, the technique of specimen making has an idea of its own, first of all, to improve its own technical level, to go further, and secondly, to bring a few apprentices to pass on the technology of specimen making, and then to call on everyone to protect birds, protect animals, love the environment, and love nature through the works.
Lightning News reporter Chen Haitao Dongyingtai Chen Wenxin Yang Xiaoqing reported