http://sd.sdnews.com.cn/jinan/201805/t20180507_2388188.htm
Shandong commercial newspaper reporter Liu Yunhe Intern
68 year old Xu Guangxiang is the Ming style wood furniture of the Ming style wood furniture of the sixth generation, from the primary school carpenter he mastered more than 30 mortise and mortise skills, of which three touch the shoulder, broken tenon There are few skills, such as big succession, and so on. In 2013, he was selected in the third batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage list of Ji'nan, and was included in traditional handicraft items.
those who have learned this art in a continuous stream these years, but there is no one to insist on, which makes him feel disconsolate and helpless, with the increase of age, Xu Guangxiang has become more and more laborious as a carpenter. But he has been insisting on it. He hopes to find someone who really loves this craft and not to lose traditional skills.
old carpenter
entering the alley, you can hear the saw wood and follow the sound to find Xu Guangxiang's home.
walked in. First of all, there were all kinds of lumber. On the west side of the courtyard, there was a simple shelter. This is the workshop where he worked as a carpenter. At first sight, Xu Guangxiang was sawing a piece of wood with a rectangular desktop beside him. He wore a pair of presbyopic glasses, and his hair was grey, wearing a light gray jacket and a dark green canvas trousers, with black cloth shoes on his feet. Cloth shoes have been worn out, revealing the toes of one foot.
Xu Guangxiang, a 68 year old owner of Dong Jia town, a city in Ji'nan City, was a young man who studied woodwork from a young age. He began to follow the family of geriatric furniture at the age of 18. He is not an ordinary carpenter, but has his own "unique skills". Xu Guangxiang does Ming style furniture. He is the sixth generation of Ji'nan style wood furniture. In 2013, he was selected as the third batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage list in Ji'nan, and was included in traditional handicraft items. Xu Guangxiang's handicraft was handed down from his grandfather, and now he has been doing it for 50 years.
he has also worked in the factory, doing the work of making furniture, but the factory is using machines, the products out are not fine, Xu Guangxiang is not used to it and does not like it.
"it's a delicate job and it takes a lot of effort, for example, it takes me 20 days to make this set of tables and chairs." He pointed at the front of a table that had just finished painting, and looked at the features of every side corner. "The cross bar under the table has a bend near the table leg, in addition to beauty, it also supports the support, and prevents the legs from sitting on the cross wood."
handicraft
compared with carpenter, he prefers to be called craftsman because he is not an ordinary carpenter.
a lot of furniture has been completed in Xu Guangxiang's home, with eight immortals, round chairs, noodle cabinet and so on. He introduced that the three characteristics of Ming style furniture are beautiful shape, exquisite material selection and fine production. Ming style furniture is the representative of furniture culture style.
Xu Guangxiang said that the wood used for furniture now is mainly catalpa, elm, Toona wood, and what kind of wood to choose as furniture. For example, to make stools, we need more hard wood, such as Huai wood, making bookcase more suitable for Catalpa wood. He introduced the most difficult technology of Ming style furniture on the making of mortise and tenon. Now, he will make about 30 mortise and tenon, like three touching the shoulder, wearing the spring, breaking tenon, tenon, tenon, tenon, and so on. Many of them have not been done now. "Now that Ji'nan will make three woodcuts, there are not many." Xu Guangxiang said, "three shoulders are mainly used on the combination of the two sides of the tabletop and the legs of the table. They are a kind of craft that is fixed on them, which is strong and good-looking." Xu Guangxiang said that the people who do not understand, feel that a saw saw to sawing, in fact, learning is very big, take size, a little larger than the point, a little bit of table sloshing, for example, like selling pork, experienced people can basically cut the same.