[Explanation] Nowadays, there are many barbershops, and the interior design is fashionable and avant-garde, spacious and bright, which can always attract many young people.
On Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City, there is a barber shop that has been in business since the 1960s and has a history of nearly 60 years.
[Explanation] On November 28, the reporter walked into the store, and all kinds of old-fashioned hairdressing supplies: cast iron barber chair, knife cloth, shaving brush, large pot for boiling towels, whetstone, etc.
The old man in front of him who was cutting a customer with an old-fashioned barber knife was Huang Liuliu, the owner of this barber shop.
[Concurrent] Huang Liuliu, owner of the barber shop, Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City
In 1962, Wan’an Barbershop lacked an apprentice. My brother introduced me to learn this haircut. From the age of 19 to now, I am now 77 (years old). Some of my colleagues in the past had problems, so he couldn’t do it. I am the only one in the old street.
[Explanation] Huang Liuliu holds an old-fashioned hair dryer in his right hand, and strokes the comb skillfully with his left hand.
He raised the hair dryer in his hand and said with a smile, don't look at the wind, but it has been with me for more than 40 years, and it hasn't broken once.
[Concurrent] Sun Yuzu, a villager from Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City
When I was very young, Wan An was in this barber shop. At that time, we came here every month to get haircuts. At that time, their masters used to do the haircuts mainly by hand. Now they have made too much progress.
[Explanation] Huang Liuliu talked and smiled and turned the rusty seat. The seat was originally white painted. Time has faded its color and becomes rusty.
The original 5 kilograms of whetstones, which he used day after day, only weighed less than 1 kilogram.
[Concurrent] Sun Yuzu, a villager from Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City
It is equivalent to seeing that I have gradually come through this way from young to old, and this haircut career has also come through this way.
The elderly have a kind of retrospect, look back, the past things seem to be a little nostalgic, the original old taste.
[Explanation] In the 1990s, barbershops were opened in towns and cities, and there were more and more types of haircutting. Old shavers like Huang Liuliu, because they shaved their haircuts were all flat or straight. Hair, so the business began to gradually decrease, even to the point where it is difficult to survive, but fortunately, some elderly people still like this cheap and enjoyable haircut, and they can sit down and chat with their neighbors and folks.
[Concurrent] Jiang Wenxin, Villager of Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City
I have been barbering here for more than 10 years, the master barber here, he not only haircuts for us, but also shaves and shaves for us, the service is very good.
[Explanation] Customer satisfaction is the driving force of Huang Liuliu's persistence. Whenever he hears the customer's approval, his heart is always sweet, and his face also shows a satisfied smile.
Even though he is 77 years old, his mentality is still not old, taking advantage of his current hands and feet to continue to use his remaining heat.
[Concurrent] Huang Liuliu, owner of the barber shop, Wan'an Old Street, Xiuning County, Huangshan City
I love this haircut, serving the elderly in the street, helping them with haircuts, and getting them done well. They like our masters.
Just forget it if you can't do it.
[Explanation] From the high-spirited youth to the old age, the silver-white hair and long and short wrinkles engraved the traces of the years.
Perhaps one day, Huang Liuliu and his barbershop will disappear in the long river of years, but his story will be etched on this mottled bluestone old street.
Liu Honghe, Dai Wenxiao and Wang Zihao report from Huangshan, Anhui
Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]