China News Service, Ningbo, July 2 (Reporter Lin Bo) Using bamboo tweezers to intersect the thin and long hairline warp and weft vertically, and shuttle back and forth, in the hands of Zhang Xinrong, a fisherman's pastoral chart is gradually outlined.

　　Zhang Xinrong is the heir to the Xiangshan Bamboo Intangible Cultural Heritage, Xiangshan County, Ningbo, Zhejiang. He combined traditional handicraft with traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy to create plane bamboo paintings and calligraphy works, and promoted the transformation of Xiangshan bamboo weaving from daily necessities to crafts to collectibles, breaking through the traditional dilemma and adding new vitality to this old craft.

　　Bamboo weaving is a technique and an art. Located on the coast of the East China Sea, the Xiangshan Peninsula is not only rich in marine resources, but also famous for its seafood. The mountains in the country are also undulating and rich in bamboos.

Bamboo painting. Photo by Lin Bo

　　In the early years, bamboo ware was an essential production and living tool for every household. After the reform and opening up, a large number of handmade products were replaced by machine products, and the bamboo weaving industry was gradually declining.

　　Choosing materials, cutting bamboo strips, crossing sharp doors, scraping, painting... Zhang Xinrong told reporters that bamboo weaves have to go through multiple processes, each of which has strict requirements. "If you neglect, you will give up your efforts."

　　Zhang Xinrong took the profile cutting as an example. If the force is uneven, there will be more sides and less sides. This requires the craftsman to correct it in a timely manner. "The correcting method is to adjust the angle of the knife and the force."

Traditional bamboo weave. Photo by Lin Bo

　　"Thin bamboo strips are only a few millimeters, and thick bamboo strips are like our common bamboo baskets, and they are a few centimeters wide." In Zhang Xinrong's view, the most difficult part of bamboo weaving is its essence-all processes are manually operated. This also maintains the original taste of bamboo weaving technology.

　　In fact, if only the original old craftsmanship is preserved, then Zhang Xinrong's bamboo weave may have been silent.

　　"You can't stand still, you should move forward, let the bamboo weaving skills upgrade, so that the old craftsmanship is close to the new life." Facing the traditional non-legacy of the declining status quo, Zhang Xinrong tried to inject new vitality through the old craftsmanship to awaken the glorious moment.

Weaving bamboo paintings. Photo by Lin Bo

　　Weaving a QR code is an attempt by Zhang Xinrong.

　　Through the crossing of the latitude and longitude of the strip, he woven out the QR codes of different platforms. Just swipe with your mobile phone, and you will jump to the corresponding page.

　　In fact, Zhang Xinrong's "popularity" comes from a video.

　　The granddaughter Barbie doll's clothes are broken. Grandpa made a bamboo skirt with bamboo, and then equipped with accessories such as small bamboo baskets and bamboo shoulder bags... This video not only contains the exquisite skills of the craftsman, but also the warmth of the world. Also let grandpa Zhang Xinrong "fire" again.

　　"In fact, these are some introductory skills." In Zhang Xinrong's opinion, behind the popularity is the public's love for being close to the theme of life. "Now the use of bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets is less and less, so the number of people concerned is also reduced. , But the bamboo weaving skills will not disappear, but the transformation will take a different path."

Zhang Xinrong's creation scene. Photo by Lin Bo

　　Bamboo weave painting is one of the directions that Zhang Xinrong tried to transform bamboo weave. Unlike oil paintings, Chinese paintings, etc., bamboo braided paintings are hand-woven paintings made of bamboo.

　　"Make bamboo weaves like embroidering cross-stitch." From the initial trial and error and trial-and-error to today's lifelikeness, Zhang Xinrong has compiled the "Lanting Pavilion", "Fuchun Mountain Residence" and "Song Bamboo" through several years. "Picture" and other works have also earned him many honors.

　　"Protection and inheritance of the traditional handicraft skills of bamboo weaving is urgent." In Zhang Xinrong's view, the audience is still too narrow for display only in the museum. "To pass on the bamboo weaving skills, more people need to feel its charm."

　　So, Zhang Xinrong went to colleges, middle schools, elementary schools and even kindergartens to teach bamboo weaving skills.

Professor Zhang Xinrong. Photo by Lin Bo

　　Zhang Xinrong is teaching a group of "special students" in the bamboo weaving workshop in Yayu Village, Huangbu'ao Township, Xiangshan County, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

　　Carefully turning the strip, and then compacting it, Du Songtao, a graduate of Ningbo Special Education Center School, is learning to weave ship models.

　　This is the third month that Du Songtao came to Zhang Xinrong's bamboo weaving studio. "I hope I can open my own studio like a teacher in the future and support myself with my own craft, so that my family will not worry about my life."

　　Learning a craft that can "feed" one's own skills is the voice of many special people. "Post-95" Lin Ziyi is one of them.

　　"I am still learning slowly and mastering it slowly." In Lin Ziyi's opinion, bamboo knitting is difficult, but it also gives her hope for life. "Now I'm learning to weave bags. The first priority is to learn craftsmanship."

　　"Although Du Songtao is not as flexible as Lin Ziyi, but he has a strong expressive ability, and Lin Ziyi has a solid art skills, they are very rare." In Zhang Xinrong's heart, although these students have "deficiencies", but the flaws are not concealed, everyone Have their own unique advantages, "They all have a heart of a naked child, and they can all calm down and study hard."

　　"The road ahead is still very long. All I can do is pass on this craft. As for the future, it still depends on young people." Looking at these students bumping all the way, Zhang Xinrong was full of expectations. "The future is expected , Rely on young people to innovate and protect this skill." (End)