Wang Tonghe: Pass On The Ancient Handicraft Textile Craft.

Wang Tong he, 66, is an ordinary farmer in Feng Zhuang village, North City Office of Gaoping. At present, he has the oldest and most primitive manual textile tools in his home. As one of the few inheritors of this traditional handicraft, Wang Tong and his greatest wish is to pass on this ancient handicraft craft that is on the verge of losing.

Walking into a common courtyard in Feng Zhuang village, a rhythmic clicking sound spreads to the ear, which is a simple textile factory of Wang Tonghe.

The villagers in Feng Zhuang village used to live in silkworm rearing, and each family had textile machines. Wang Tonghe's father, Cheng Wei, was an apprentice in a shop in Beijing in the 60s of last century. He used some connections in Beijing to return to the village to spin yarn for some shops in Beijing. Later in that particular era, the flourishing textile industry was gradually fading away, and some textile machines were even smashed and damaged. After the reform and opening up, Wang Cheng repaired several damaged looms and re flew the shuttle to provide high-quality yarn for old customers.

20 years ago, father Wang Chengwei passed away. Out of the textile industry Craft Wang's love, Wang Tong and Zi Cheng's father worked together with Haruki's old fellows to run his father's hand-made textile, and from the original two. loom It has increased to four. He said that he not only inherited his father's career, but also handed down this handicraft.

Wang Tonghe said that manual weaving needs many processes such as weaving, sustaining, beating, printing and dyeing, especially pigments, which must be natural, and every process is "fine work".

　　 Textile mill Guo Songhuo, an old worker in nearly 70 years old, followed Wang Tong he's father when he was young. Now he has been working for 30 years. The old man sat in front of the ancient spinning machine and skillfully passed a thread of thread through his hands. At the moment when the original textile technology is on the verge of being lost, we can feel the old textile breath here and let people feel filled with emotion.

Wang Tong has deep love for hand-made textiles, but he is worried when he sees the current situation. Now young people, no one is willing to do these hard and tired jobs. The only four workers in the factory are old people who are over seventy years old. And because of the high cost of raw materials and crafts, manual textile can not earn a lot of money. Therefore, Wang Tonghe had a simple wish. He said, "the workers are old now. I hope more young people can participate in this cause to carry on this intangible cultural heritage."