Endangered condition of scales

1. Due to the occupation of the market by "advanced" (actually "powerful") modern weighing instruments such as electronic scales, and also due to various problems at the grassroots level in the process of "reform and opening up" in China, almost all the once prosperous traditional weighing instruments closed down, leaving only Liu Defu in Hanzhong to make scales.

2. Young people are more willing to go out to work than to learn this skill because of the long apprenticeship. No way, it can only be passed down in a single family way. If the next generation of the family is unwilling to engage in this industry, it will be a loss.

3. The steelyard has a large investment, and the daily output is only two bars, but it can't sell at a good price, and the profit is very low; The craftsman's family life is extremely embarrassing and he loses confidence in traditional crafts.

4. The transformation of Hanzhong City is rapid, and the appearance of the city has changed greatly. The last old street in Hantai District is facing demolition, and the small shop rented by the Liu family is on the verge of nowhere to live.