Chao News Client Reporter Xie Chunhui Yang Yunhan
A broken bowl and a purple clay pot with a hat off, why did they go to great lengths to find a curium porcelain master? The old man's beard has grown, and he wants to find an old manicurist, but his family can't find a good one in most of Hangzhou......
Now, with a fast pace, there is still a group of people who "miss the old".
Some people are not willing to easily discard old objects after spending most of their lives, and some people are "stubborn" and slowly aging with an old craft.
Old objects will break, but people who can repair them are becoming more and more difficult to find......
For two consecutive days, the Qianjiang Evening News reporter received a request for help from readers Ms. Zhu and Ms. Chen, who wanted the reporter to help find the same thing - the old crafts scattered among the people.
"The repair of old things seems to be a bit of a fuss, but in fact, it is not just an old object that is restored, it is a period of time and memory, emotion and sustenance." Ms. Chen said very earnestly, and the purple clay pot at home is older than her: "It is a purple clay pot that has been with our family for almost 50 years, it is not expensive and not valuable, but it is very special to me, can you please help find someone to repair it." ”
The two broken purple clay pots are the story of the family's time
The two purple clay pots that Ms. Chen wanted to repair, one was her father's and the other was her own, and the broken places were all in the lid area.
Ms. Chen's father has used a purple clay pot for half his life. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
"This purple clay pot has accompanied my father for most of his life, and the lid of the pot was accidentally broken a few days ago, and the old man was anxious for several days." Ms. Chen said that her father is 82 years old this year, and this purple clay pot was probably bought by her father more than 40 years ago, and has been with him for most of his life.
In order to buy this pot, it cost Grandpa Chen almost a month's salary: "At that time, the monthly salary was about 50 yuan, I remember very clearly, my father bought it back, and was scolded by my mother." ”
"The pot is broken, then replace it." This is probably the first reaction of most people, but for the elderly, this pot is far more significant than using it for tea.
Nowadays, the old man has long remembered why he bought this pot, but the old man is very uncomfortable when he can't use the pot.
"I think this pot is like an old friend to my dad who has always been by his side. Holding the pot in his hand, the memories of his youth, like the fragrance of tea, are filled with memories in his memory. Maybe it's also an heirloom in another sense. ”
Her father's broken purple clay pot reminded Ms. Chen of another purple clay pot at home.
Another purple clay pot from Ms. Chen's house. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
"This pot has been broken for some time, and my wife bought it when I got married." Ms. Chen sighed that it has been almost 30 years.
Today, Ms. Chen's sons are all graduate students.
Coincidentally, Ms. Chen's purple clay pot also broke the lid. "I can't remember when it broke, but I remember that my son accidentally touched it and the lid broke in half." She said that she thought that she bought it when she got married, so she kept it, "Maybe it's also a complex." ”
Ms. Chan wanted to fix both pots. "The enamel cups and bowls in the old man's house are broken, don't you just repair them if they can repair them." She said that maybe the cost of repairing a pot is greater than buying one, but the process and mood of repairing are very meaningful.
In the past few days, Ms. Chen has painstakingly found a craftsman who can repair purple clay pots on the Internet, but it is still "very difficult" to find a suitable one: "Please ask the reporter, can you help me ask where to repair in Hangzhou." ”
There are fewer and fewer face-fixing services, but the old people always remember
is also looking for an old-fashioned craftsman, as well as Ms. Zhu.
"I'm looking for a barber shop with a facelift." She said.
Ms. Zhu's father, 80 years old, lives alone on Macheng Road in the West Lake District.
A while ago, Ms. Zhu found that her father's beard had not been taken care of for a while, and his white beard was long and messy.
My father didn't know how to use an electric shaver, so he bought 3 in a row, and the old man couldn't even learn how to charge it. As for manual razors, the elderly often forget to change the razor blades, and their beards are always unclean.
"The barber shop on the edge of the old bottom community, after the haircut, will help shave and trim the hair. I can't seem to find a barber shop like this now. Ms. Zhu said that the high-end barber shops on the side of the community are open one after another, but the old people are afraid to go in.
Ms. Zhu searched for a lot of "noodle repair" services on the Internet, and all of them jumped out in Xiasha, Xiaoshan, Yuhang, etc., which were too far away and inconvenient in the past. "There is one on Caihe Road in the city, I took my father to experience it, but it is a bit expensive." She said that face repair is a service in the store, to rub the back first, do facial massage, and finally repair the face, the quality of service is good, a complete set of services down to 138 yuan.
"When my father heard the price, his flesh hurt so much." Ms. Zhu said that what the elderly want is the kind of small barber shop in front of their home, which costs less than 20 yuan, can cut their hair, shave their beard and trim their face, and more importantly, can sit and chat with the elderly of the same age.
The seemingly inconspicuous craftsman fills the preciousness of the heart
The curium porcelain master who repairs the bowl and repairs the purple clay pot, you can still find some on the Internet.
Some time ago, Ms. Xu in Hangzhou found a curium porcelain master through the Internet and spent hundreds of dollars to repair a bowl, a bowl that has been used for decades.
"When this bowl broke, I was sad for a long time." Ms. Xu said that the bowl was left to her by her deceased grandmother: "It is a very ordinary white porcelain printed bowl, but this bowl is like a grandmother, growing up with me, and I always think of my grandmother when I see it, a grandmother who can shelter me from the wind and rain, and a grandmother who will try her best to satisfy you unconditionally in whatever you want." ”
The craftsman repaired not only a bowl, but also the most precious memory in the heart.
It is not only the old man's growing beard that the craftsman shaves clean, but also guards a kind of social model of the old foundation.
An old barber shop in Guizhou. Photo source: Xinhua News Agency
An old barber shop in Guizhou. Photo source: Xinhua News Agency
Times are changing, and those old crafts that everyone was once accustomed to are becoming more and more inconspicuous.
Are they still there? Will they be obsolete by the times?
Maybe, or maybe not, there will probably always be people looking for them to restore an old thing.
It's like the special project we want to launch this time.
Jinan, the work of a curium porcelain craftsman. Source: Xinhua News Agency
In Jinan, a curium porcelain craftsman is working. Source: Xinhua News Agency
"The reporter helped the National Day special planning - see the shining craftsmen around me" wants to find out these craftsmen, tell everyone, you can find them when necessary, and listen to the ups and downs behind their decades of guarding a small shop and guarding a craft.
Curium porcelain masters, those who tie brown ties, those who make mats, those who repair watches, those who repair calligraphy and paintings, those who trim faces, those who play cotton, and those who make buckets for children and grandchildren...... Where are you?
A bowl that has been repaired, a brown bundle waiting to be extracted, and a proper face repair service, the real wisdom and precipitation of life may all be found through this search.
If you have something old that needs to be restored, you can leave us a message, or if you know of a great craftsman, you can also leave us a message.
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