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Chongqing News

These carpenters make the wood vivid

2019-06-24 14:41:33

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Carpentry has been passed down for thousands of years and still has a profound impact on people’s lives. Furniture is a daily necessity inseparable from every family. With the development of the times, the natural and simple Ming and Qing style solid wood furniture has entered the homes of ordinary people from old photos and museums. Today, we will approach Nanshan to visit a group of craftsmen who love traditional culture. They refresh the dying wood with new life by means of their ingenuity.

It is unnecessary to rhetorically embellish the beauty of Chongqing Nanshan. It is rarely known that among the verdant mountains, more than 40 carpenters have used their technique and ingenuity to make all kinds of precious woods “amazing” over the years. Here, people can witness the wonderful change of each furniture.

The first step in making furniture is to make the type of furniture according to the needs of the customer. In other words, it is necessary to draw the furniture first. Xu Zhaocai, 56 years old, is a Beijing arts and crafts master. Over the past 35 years, he has drawn woodworking drawings and engraving drawings for countless furniture.

Tenon-and-mortise work is a precious technique that Chinese carpenters have summed up in practice for thousands of years, and is also the essence of skills in traditional Chinese furniture. The tenons in the hands of Master Li Wenxing cannot be underestimated. They have experienced six processes, such as pressing and punching, before being assembled. When assembling, a constant fine adjustment is necessary. Only by adjusting each tenon to the best position, the products made can be beautiful and firm.

Editor:Jiang Yiwei