Xi An old man made a dynamic Terracotta Warriors and Horses chariot out of bamboo sticks, which caused a heated discussion. Where did his inspiration come from?

In Xi City, Shaanxi Province, 83-year-old Zhang Tianwei spent four months making a dynamic model of Terracotta Warriors and Horses No.1 chariot with more than 900 bamboo sticks and more than 3,000 bindings. In the picture, the four horses of the chariot and the soldiers holding the rope can move flexibly, and the swords and crossbows worn by the soldiers can be removed. It is reported that the old man personally made a worm wheel and worm, using the mechanical principle, so that the chariot can move and the head of the soldier leading the horse can swing left and right.

In fact, this is a way to retain "farming culture" with memory.

Feng, an 82-year-old man from Dudong Village, Liangsi, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, recorded farming culture in a special way by making "miniature farm tools". "Farming is the memory of several generations, and I want to keep this memory." Feng told reporters.

Feng was a carpenter when he was young. He makes a living as a carpenter for his family. Now in his later years, he has more observations on rural life. Feng found that mechanized agriculture is replacing traditional farming methods, and farm tools in life are becoming more and more scarce, so he thought of using his carpentry skills to retain the disappearing memory of traditional farming.

Using wood as a farm tool just played Feng's specialty. Before making, Feng will draw every farm tool on the drawing, and then choose the materials. Feng introduced that different farm tools use different kinds of wood, mainly including locust tree, pine tree and flower palm tree. Finally, according to the drawing style, it is reduced in equal proportion.

"For example, if you make this shovel or an off-road vehicle, you must first select wood, then draw pictures, cut materials according to the proportion of the drawings, and finish the creation of a' miniature farm tool' after polishing." Feng said that it usually takes at least one day to make a "miniature farm tool" and five to six days at the longest.

In order to better display "miniature farm tools", Feng transformed two houses in his family into "exhibition rooms for farming culture", displaying more than 60 miniature farm tools. The reporter saw at the scene that agricultural carts, spinning wheels, bellows, oysters and other agricultural tools are readily available. These "farm tools" are not only lifelike in appearance, but also can be operated and used, which can be described as "lifelike".

Nowadays, making "miniature farm tools" has become a part of Feng's life, and his obsession with "miniature farm tools" has also infected his family around him. His son Feng Yaqing usually manages fruit accidents, and in his spare time, he will "Taobao" everywhere and collect various farm tools.

Feng Yaqing said that in order to promote farming culture, he usually collected a lot of realistic farm tools, and at the same time, in order to inherit his father's skills, he was constantly learning from his father the skills of making "miniature farm tools". He believes that the production of "miniature farm tools" is to let the next generation know about the past history.

Feng used his skills to preserve farming culture and opened a door for people to understand agricultural tools. Feng said that he would continue to make more farm tools, dig deep into farming culture and inherit the traditional farming memory of China.