Recently, 60-year-old Wu Laocai was weaving bamboo products at home. He pinched and pulled with his hands dexterously, and the slender bamboo strips accurately penetrated into the holes only the size of a fingernail. In less than two hours, a beautiful piece of The small bamboo knitted product is finished.
Wu Laocai lives in Meizhaitun, Sunjiang Village, Liangkou Township, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi. He is a well-known blind bamboo craftsman in the area.
Due to illness, Wu Laocai lost his "light" since he was two years old.
In order to make a living, he began to learn bamboo weaving skills.
In the life of bamboo weaving for decades, Wu Laocai's bamboo weaving skills are quite skilled.
As his fame spread, Wu Laocai began to go out of the house and was invited to help weaving bamboo utensils in various villages. A bamboo pole used to guide the way became his most faithful companion on the journey.
In the early years, the transportation was inconvenient, and Wu Laocai had to walk across the mountains and mountains for a whole day to reach the territory of Guizhou Province, which is 60 kilometers away.
He memorized every pass, every curve, and even every stone along the way.
In the eyes of others, he has always been a warm-hearted person.
For most of the year, Wu Laocai goes out to help villages weave bamboo utensils and sells them at a price of 15 yuan each. Last year, a total of nearly 300 households used the bamboo utensils woven by Wu Laocai.
(Liu Juncong)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]