BSI Chapter 292 Craftsman Spirit
Chapter 292 Craftsman Spirit
Chapter 292 Craftsman Spirit
"My father was..." Grandma Liu said slowly as she fell into deep thought.
Zhang Junping had guessed that the old lady was the eldest daughter of an official family back then.
It's just that the old lady, a rich lady, doesn't like red clothes and prefers armed forces.
I don't like female celebrities, but I like playing with jade, stones, and mud, that is, sculptures.
Later, I met a well-known young jade carver in Beijing at that time. He said that he was a young jade carver, but he was actually in his 30s.
But the fate is so strange that the 16-year-old lady fell in love with the young jade carver who was ten years older than herself.
Thanks to the Republic of China at this time, the folk customs are much more open than in the late Qing Dynasty. After some struggles and almost an elopement scene, the lovers finally got married.
Although they are old couples and young wives, they are still loving.
Like all love stories, the old lady's love story ends in tragedy.
The Japanese invaded brazenly, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the husband of the old lady, Zhang Junping’s teacher, although he was over 30 years old, was still not cold, so he resolutely joined the anti-Japanese team, and later joined the Communist Party of China.
The old lady pulled the child alone, waiting for her husband's return.
Ten years of Anti-Japanese War, the old lady waited for ten years, but did not wait for her husband to return.
On the eve of the founding of New China, the heartbroken old lady immigrated to the UK with her family.
This also made the old lady very lucky to escape the darkness for ten years.
Although she is abroad, the old lady never gave up missing and looking for her husband.
After decades of searching, I finally got the news that the old lady's husband did not die during the Anti-Japanese War, but died in the Civil War.
This Zigang jade plaque is a relic left by the old lady's husband.
The old lady's husband was the last elder of Jiangmen Tuzitang, and also the youngest elder at that time.
After hearing the old lady's story, Zhang Junping couldn't help feeling distressed and admired.
Young people lost their husbands, old people lost their children, and now they only have one grandson and one granddaughter, and they all live abroad.
In such a tragic experience, the old lady usually does not see the slightest decadence and sadness, and lives so peacefully and naturally, her kindness is unmatched by ordinary people.
"Grandma Liu, you are happier than anyone else now!
There are grandchildren abroad who care about you, and I, a smart and filial apprentice in China, will take care of you..." Zhang Junping smiled and comforted the old lady while holding her hand.
"Hehe, I expect you to be filial to me? I might as well count on my apprentice's wife! When I get busy, I won't stay home." With a kind smile on her face, the old lady reached out and patted Zhang Junping on the head.
"This jade pendant is given to you, you have to remember, the spirit of the Jiangmen! Let the Jiangmen exist in a different way!"
"Grandma Liu, what is the craftsman spirit?"
"The craftsman's spirit? The craftsman's spirit is that if you don't work hard, you will have nothing to eat!" The old lady said with a smile.
"Ah?" Zhang Junping was a little dumbfounded, originally he thought how noble the craftsman's spirit would be.
For example, perseverance, forging ahead, not afraid of setbacks and so on.
Or perseverance, meticulousness, excellence, and pursuit of excellence.
But I didn't expect that the spirit of craftsman is such a simple and unpretentious sentence.
If you don't care, you will have nothing to eat.
This sentence also shows the status of the group of craftsmen in ancient times.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, workers ranked second to last.
Although the ancient artisans had a better life than ordinary people and farmers, they still had a difficult life.
It is said that ancient craftsmen worked delicately and solidly.
In fact, they were all forced out.
Ordinary craftsmen, if you don’t work hard, your reputation will be ruined. If you lose your reputation, no one will find you to work, and you will have no food.
Great craftsmen usually deal with the government and the royal family. If they don't pay attention, except for mistakes, it's not as simple as having nothing to eat.
Therefore, the spirit of ancient craftsmen is very simple and simple, which is to work hard, have food to eat, be able to marry a wife, and carry on the family line.
As for those tall and tall spirits, they are all idle literati who are forced by government officials.
"What? What kind of spirit do you want?" The old lady asked back with a smile.
"No, nothing!" Zhang Junping shook his head and smiled.
"Jiangmen is divided into five halls of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which is actually just a very general distinction.
How many craftsmen are there in this world?Subdividing it down, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of species.
Regardless of the type, their original intention of learning the craft is to have a meal. "
The old lady's words hit the nail on the head.
The so-called art is all created by the rich and powerful in order to enjoy the extravagant life and improve their status.
The craftsmen of the major official kilns in ancient times had superb skills, and the fired official kiln porcelain was exquisite and exquisite, which has been passed down for thousands of years.
However, do these craftsmen who make porcelain understand art?
I'm afraid they don't understand, they just want to live a better life for themselves and their families, so they will try their best to make more exquisite porcelain.
A group of craftsmen who don't know much about art have produced a work of art that has been sought after for thousands of years. It has to be said that it is not a very funny joke.
People in the world always lament that modern art is not as good as ancient art.
This is because modern craftsmen do not have the sense of urgency that ancient craftsmen did. They no longer have nothing to eat if they don’t work hard like ancient craftsmen.
A group of craftsmen stopped pursuing how to improve their skills and make better works, and began to pursue art.
This has to be said to be a terrible thing.
Regarding this point, Zhang Junping really has no position to criticize others, because he is an apprentice craftsman who pursues art.
An era has its own characteristics and its own way of living, so there is no need to worry about this.
In other words, traditional crafts really can only be covered with a layer of artistic skin in order to survive and pass on better in the new era.
For a moment, Zhang Junping thought a lot.
He never thought that he had such a quack-like name on a whim just because he watched Xiangjiang's martial arts TV and martial arts movies.
Actually leads to such a period of history.
There really is a craftsman in China.
Holding the heavy jade card in his hand, Zhang Junping felt pressure doubled for a moment.
The purpose of Jiangmen is to enable craftsmen to live better.
This goal sounds simple, but it is not easy to realize it.
"Okay, if you don't understand some things, just think about it slowly, don't be in a hurry.
Come, continue to talk about your experience in Xiangjiang. The old lady interrupted Zhang Junping's meditation with a smile and asked him to continue talking about his experience in Xiangjiang.
"Oh! I..." Zhang Junping restrained himself and continued to talk about his experience in Xiangjiang.
Including the car company's joint venture that the country did not report to the outside world, I also told the old lady about it.
(End of this chapter)