The sea is the cradle of life, giving birth to everything in the sea and nurturing generations of hardworking fishermen. Cai Wenlin, who has been engaged in fishing in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province for three generations, has a deep plot for the sea.
【During the same period】Dongshan Sea ship nail construction Zhangzhou municipal non-genetic inheritor Cai Wenlin
We have been the bosses of this sailboat for generations, my grandfather, my grandfather's father, including my father, I have been driving this kind of sailboat to the sea, and I have been driving since I was 19 years old.
At the age of 14, Cai Wenlin began to do chores on fishing boats. Because of his ingenuity, he became a captain at the age of 19. In 1986, Cai Wenlin owned his first wooden fishing boat. For decades, he worked in the waters near Dongshan County in Fujian Province, and because of his thick and dark arms, local fishermen called him "Black Hand Brother."
【During the same period】Dongshan Sea ship nail construction Zhangzhou municipal non-genetic inheritor Cai Wenlin
Out of the East China Sea depends on this, this is a big rudder, wait for this big rudder can be raised down, this ship has a total of two rudders, this is an oil pressure rudder, used by the dock, this is used to go out of the East China Sea.
With the prosperity of the fishing industry, Cai Wenlin's boat changed from small to large, from wooden boat to iron-hulled ship. In recent years, although fishing boats have become more and more advanced, the number of fish caught has not increased, and even lost money from time to time. In 2018, Cai Wenlin decided to sell his iron-hulled boat, and at the same time spent millions of yuan to build a 22-meter-long wooden sailing ship "Tongshan Fuxing" based on the traditional three-masted and three-sail fishing boat type, and successfully became seaworthy for the first time in early 2020. This is the 7th ship owned by Cai Wenlin. However, once a good fisherman, he has now devoted himself to maritime tourism.
【During the same period】Dongshan Sea ship nail construction Zhangzhou municipal non-genetic inheritor Cai Wenlin
Why do I change to tourism now, seeing that this kind of boat is no longer man-made, I came to build this boat as a tour, to introduce to these tourists, including students I have taught them. In the past, dyeing cloth, including these bamboos, I made them with my own hands.
【Commentary】After the tourists got on the boat, Cai Wenlin first explained the characteristics of wooden sailing ships to the tourists. During the voyage, he will also introduce the cultural scenery of Higashiyama to tourists and share his early fishing experience at sea. When Cai Wenlin's re-entrepreneurship gradually got on the right track, due to the epidemic, the "ancient boat tour" in the past three years has gradually been rarely cared for, and the annual maintenance fee of tens of thousands of yuan once made Cai Wenlin sad, but he resolutely gritted his teeth and persevered in his heart when he could not let go of the wooden sailing ship.
【During the same period】Dongshan Sea ship nail construction Zhangzhou municipal non-genetic inheritor Cai Wenlin
I have feelings for this kind of boat, I have been driving this kind of boat for generations, including me, I will fly this kind of boat, I will go out to fish and fish, I will drive this kind of boat, as a captain, I have been a captain since I was 19 years old until I am 57 this year.
【Commentary】During the "May Day" period this year, the wooden sailing ship "Tongshan Fuxing" welcomed more than 200 tourists, and Cai Wenlin, who was busy and busy, was tired but very relieved. He confided to the China News Agency reporter that from wooden boats to iron ships, and then selling iron ships to rebuild wooden boats, he walked around for decades to return to the original point, and now he still lives by the sea, but it is a more environmentally friendly way.
Reporter Li Siyuan reported from Fujian Dongshan
Responsible Editor: [Li Ji]