Craftsman Spirit: Craftsman Craftsman, Heart Is Doing Things, It Will Be Reflected In Handicraft.

The picture is that Baoying is making a belt

The picture shows Xu Baoying showing himself "only to buy things outside."

On March, 30, the old two story wooden buildings, the mottled counters, and the less than ten square meters of shops were full of old colors, revealing the traces of time and space.

The shelves of a roll of all kinds of leather surface is particularly conspicuous, although there is no sign, but also can let a person recognize this is home.

Shop.

In the old street of Kunming, this old leather store seems to be out of tune with the tall buildings around.

But Xu Baoying, a shopkeeper, is a Kunming artisan who many people have come to look for.

On the 30 day, just after the shop opened, some guests came to make it.

Belt.

Xu Baoying took a roll of cowhide from the shelf and started it in front of the old glass container. He held the knife and pushed it forward.

The length needed to be cut is cut off by cutting knife on the chopping board, then trimmed with a trimming knife, made with a circle, and a flat stick is drawn on both sides of the belt with two marks as a simple pattern.

Then fasten the belt buckle and hammer the hole.

Lao Xu was skilled in movement and skilled in making a leather belt more than 10 minutes before and after.

The leather shop without signs is called "new leather store", which is located in Guanghua Street, a historic place in Kunming. Xu Baoying is 66 years old.

More than 30 years ago, he took over the leather shop of two generations from his father. He had mastered this skill without studying deliberately.

"I want to stick to it and not lose this skill."

Xu Baoying said that the leather belt he made was made of real material and made step by step with the old technology, and not because the leather belt was slightly cheaper than the cowhide belt.

"Craftsman craftsman, heart in doing things, will be reflected in the craft."

"We used to do a lot of leather goods, saddles,

And gun bags and so on, but with social changes, these things have long been forgotten. "

Remembering the old days, I can't help but feel sorry for Baoying.

He said that most of the shops are now custom made leather belts.

Most of the tools Xu Baoying used were left by his father for some years.

The shop is also not repaired for many years, and it is full of old breath everywhere.

But such an old shop still attracts many young people to come.

Xu Baoying told reporters that his belt has been accompanied by many people's lives. There are three generations of old customers and one generation who come here to buy leather belts, and young people find their stores through WeChat and micro-blog and make a customized belt.

Every belt has a story.

Xu Baoying said that a long distance truck driver bought a belt of his family.

In a sports car when the car broke down, the driver who got off the car was robbed and stabbed from behind, because he had been stabbed on the belt and escaped.

Afterwards, the driver found his home with a belt and said that the belt saved his life.

The leather belt of his family has even been sold abroad. There are foreigners who are running to buy leather belts and not new ones. They must buy Lao Xu's old leather belt.

"Now there are fewer and fewer things."

Ms. Zhong, who came to buy leather belt, said that in her impression, this is an old shop which has been opened for a long time.

There are many customers who have special feelings for craftsmanship, and there are many new leather shops. When it comes to these old customers, Baoying has a proud smile on its face.

A knife, a hammer hammer, accompanied Xu Baoying for most of his life.

Nowadays, Xu Baoying has to make many belts every day, and his business is OK.

Besides the belt, Xu Baoying also made some mobile phone shells, but he emphasized that he was "just doing things that could not be bought outside".

Now, Xu Baoying's handicraft has been learned by his son. Although his son has his own job, Xu Baoying will pass the shop on to his son, so that he can continue his business, continue his family skills, and continue this "craftsman spirit".