The Lost Traditional Craft —— Bamboo Baskets Woven by Parents

Our village is called Xialongguo Village. Located in a small village in Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. This is a fertile land. Very beautiful. It is only 10 km away from the world-famous West Lake. It is only 8 kilometers away from Liangzhu Cultural Village, the birthplace of Chinese civilization and culture. Excellent person. There are also many skilled craftsmen and literati! Elegant fans, silk and Longjing tea are known as the three wonders of Hangzhou. Now they are all famous in the world. There is a craft in our village-weaving bamboo baskets. Almost all men, women and children will, but everyone has a different division of labor. Negative women are despised, weaving bamboo baskets at the bottom and sometimes knitting waists. The man is responsible for chopping bamboo and making the eaves and earrings of the laundry basket (the handle ring of the bamboo basket).

? This skill of weaving bamboo baskets was handed down from our ancestors. Mom couldn't make it up when she married my dad. My grandmother taught her. Learn bit by bit. From cutting with a knife, to knitting the bottom, knitting the waist, and sometimes helping my father hang earrings on the roof. Mom is an expert in doing things. No matter what you do, you are smart and fast. All the lesbians in the village worship my mother. ?

? Bamboo baskets and bamboos were collected in the mountains from farmers in nearby villages. Some are shipped from Fuyang, and some are shipped from Pingyao Mountain in Yuhang. There are whole bamboo and processed bamboo chips. The parcel was tied with a rope. Transport it by car.

Whenever a car comes to transport bamboo and bamboo, the villagers will tell each other this information. Now that there are mobile phones, at that time, people sent messages to each other. Almost every time I come to bamboo, my mother will buy some. First, choose whether the insults in each bundle are green. Then choose the symmetry of each block. Mother has a keen eye for everything. In a short time, I picked out what I wanted to buy, paid for it, took it home in bundles and put it in the warehouse. Because it is not often shipped for sale, my mother will buy more at a time and store it in the warehouse. Before the newly bought bamboo is put into storage, mother will untie them and spread them on the concrete floor in the sun, so that they can bask in the sun for better preservation. Then divide the big bundle into small bundles. Neatly stacked in the corner. But every time I use it, my mother will carry a small bundle to the river one or two days in advance and soak it in the river. Before soaking, mother should tie another rope on the tied rope and hold the other end on the tree. One is to prevent Michaelis from paddling down the beach to the middle of the river and then finding it. The second one is also for the convenience of identification with other villagers. Because a river pier will be despised by many villagers. They are all very clever.

Before weaving a bamboo basket, you should use a professional cleaver to split the large pieces immersed in the river into small pieces. The previous big block can probably be split into 4-5 pieces. Divided into green contempt and yellow contempt. This can be used to weave the bottom of bamboo baskets. When editing at the bottom, there is a special template. Edit according to the template. Mom will probably know when she divides it. This bundle of cockroaches can weave several bamboo baskets. Every time I cut it to a certain amount, I stop chopping and start weaving the bottom. Make up about 15 base every day, and finish the rest of the work with dad after dinner. Mother weaves the waist of bamboo basket one by one, and father closes the bamboo basket on the basis of mother's knitting waist. Then wrap the two earrings one by one, which is the bracelet.

When my brother and I were young, we were probably teenagers. Every summer or winter vacation, I also help my parents weave bamboo baskets. During the day, when my mother scolded me, I was responsible for editing the bottom. After dinner, my brother and I knitted a waist together. My brother and I are still playing. Let's see who made it up. Many times I make it up faster than my brother. In order to encourage my brother, my mother always helps him make up for it. I pout when I watch it and express my unhappiness. Think mom is partial. Mom and dad on the side will laugh when they see our brother and sister. Now that I think about it, we are still cute and funny.

Every once in a while, dad will put the bamboo basket on a tricycle and send it to the bamboo shop and salesroom he ordered before. These stores also re-wholesale or retail to some hotels and so on.

This skill of weaving bamboo baskets has been handed down in our village for generations. In the past, the economic source of every household was weaving bamboo baskets. It is also an industry. I remember my mother also took part in the competition of weaving bamboo baskets. There is also an interview with a TV reporter. My mother won the first prize in that competition. I always thought this craft could be passed down. Now many young people, including our generation, have gone out to work and have not inherited the skill of weaving bamboo baskets. I think this job is tiring, dirty and free. I make it up every day. Everyone wants to see how wonderful the outside world is. Later, our village was demolished for building a new countryside. After the demolition, the elderly villagers, like my mother, felt that their lives were better. Now everyone lives in residential buildings and there is no place to edit them. Therefore, this skill of weaving bamboo baskets has not been compiled for the time being.

What we are seeing now are some plastic products copied by machines. Not environmentally friendly, while pursuing fashion, we have forgotten and lost the craftsmanship left by our ancestors. Our generation also knows that there are bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets. Until our next generation won't know, our ancestors passed on this excellent traditional craft to us!

In fact, there are still many precious folk crafts among the people, which are slowly disappearing. The science and technology of the society is constantly improving, and it is getting higher and higher. These folk crafts are also considered as traditional culture. Without the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors, we would lose our traditional culture. Social progress has improved materially. But at the same time, it also abandoned many excellent traditional crafts and traditional culture. Can our great motherland think of more good ways to protect these precious folk crafts and prevent them from disappearing? Continue to let future generations learn, appreciate and use. Looking forward to it!