As the saying goes:"The sky has been dry for three years, and the craftsman will not die of hunger".
In the past, craftsmen played a very important role, and one person could support a large family by relying on their skills. There are a large number of highly skilled apprentices, and they are all regarded as "guests" when they go to work.
But now the times are different, and many traditional crafts have been replaced by various machines because of their time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Some traditional crafts are also relied on by some peopleFeelingsThere are very few young people who are willing to learn Xi and pass on traditional crafts.
Although with the society's emphasis on traditional culture, many traditional crafts have gradually become well-known, but some have already reached the point of being lost, and it is embarrassing that time has passed.
Today, I will take stock of a few traditional crafts that were very popular in the countryside before, but now they have disappeared.
As the saying goes: "Seventy-two lines, skillfully belong to the carpenter". Carpenters have a wide range of trades, from pots and pans to house building. Therefore, carpenters are also ranked first among the eight great craftsmen of the people.
Someone is about to ask, isn't there still a carpenter among the decorators now?Everyone should distinguish that today's carpenters are no longer traditional carpenters, and they should be called carpenters the most appropriate.
Today's carpentry is basically the kind that takes an air nail gun, clicks all day, and then finishes the work. On the contrary, the carpenter in the past was purely handiwork, and did not even have nails or glue. But what they make, such as an ordinary bucket, can be at the level of dripping.
In the past, the main material used by carpenters was wood, and most of the tools used by people, including the houses they lived in, were made of wood.
Now it is different, there are all kinds of materials, the work of carpenters has been replaced by various scientific and technological instruments, and factories have begun to be able to mass production.
Therefore, the traditional old carpenters have long been useless, and most of the carpenters we can still see now are nail carpenters.
In the past, in the countryside, there was always such a person on the street carrying tools, walking around the streets and alleys, and at the same time shouting in a long tone: "Curium pots, curium bowls, saw vats."
It is believed that this voice is many later childhood memories. That's right, it was the smith that every household would deal with at that time.
Curium craftsmen are tailors in layman's terms, but they are not needlework as you might imagine, but tailors who specialize in repairing porcelain. The tools used are diamonds and nails.
In that era of scarcity of materials, what people used was not "three years of new, three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending".
Nowadays, with the improvement of people's living standards, the purchasing power has also increased, as the so-called old does not go to the new does not come. Who would want to make up for it and use it again?So after the 80s, the industry of curium craftsmen has gradually disappeared.
There were no fixed barbershops before, especially in rural areas, where shavers were people's only hairstylists. They often move through the villages, and they are very popular wherever they go.
They carry their burdens, and the men, women, and children of the village line up to have their hair trimmed by shavers.
With the commercialization of hair, shavers are gradually being replaced by barbershops, and now the rise of various beauty salons. There are no young people who want to learn Xi the art of shaving their heads on the street, because there is really no need for that.
In the past, people would use a lot of bamboo-woven daily necessities, such as bamboo chairs, bamboo stools, bamboo beds, and bamboo baskets.
The old craftsmen were very dexterous, and in addition to these everyday objects, they usually also made some beautiful ornaments. And this product is very durable, and it always has a unique scent of bamboo.
However, with the development of the times, bamboo products have also been replaced by various plastics, stainless steel and other materials.
Blacksmiths are the hardest of all craftsmen, not only do they have to endure the heat.
The melting point of iron needs to reach a high temperature of 1,000 degrees, and if it is summer, then you can imagine what kind of environment the house will be.
And in addition to the harsh working environment, any iron tools are also made by hand after a thousand tempers. So it's also a physical job.
In the past, all kinds of weapons in ancient times, and all kinds of farm tools in every household were made by these blacksmiths.
Nowadays, these jobs are also replaced by factory machines, and the iron tools produced by the machines are also very regular, so the blacksmiths are slowly unemployed.
Although this is not a handicraft job, it is also an industry that has disappeared for a long time.
In the past, as long as you heard the sound of a rattle in the street, it meant that the merchant was coming. While shaking rattles, they carried the loads of goods, which contained women's rouge, all kinds of food, or children's toys. They can be understood as a mobile commissary.
Therefore, the merchant craftsmen are very popular with children in the countryside, and they are often surrounded by a group of children. In addition to children, adults also like to chat with merchants.
Through chatting with the merchant craftsman, you can also learn some anecdotes about the neighboring village. Now there are supermarkets and malls everywhere. So the trader trade has also disappeared.
As the name suggests, it is a person who deals with thatch all day long, and in the past, in the countryside, many houses were thatched houses, and the roof could not be tiled, so they could only be laid with thatch.
However, laying thatch is also very particular, and if you want to be a thatcher, you must not only be highly talented, but also ingenious. Otherwise, the roof built by non-professionals may leak rain.
At that time, whoever wanted this craft was naturally a job that did not worry about eating and drinking, and it was not a problem to feed the family.
Because the roofs of every household have now become cement tiles or color steel tiles, the thatched craftsmen have also disappeared into the long river of history with the thatched houses.
All kinds of furniture made by carpenters are also lacquered by master lacquerers.
Especially in the seventies and eighties, when many people got married, the dowry was made by a carpenter and then a lacquerer was hired to paint it, so that the furniture would look better.
Nowadays, people get married and go to the furniture city to buy ready-made, no one hires a carpenter to make furniture, and the lacquer maker is naturally unemployed.
In addition to the 8 types of craftsmen listed above, there are actually many people who rely on their crafts to eat, such as stonemasons, watchmakers, leathermen, shoemakers, and so on.
He was once a very popular profession, and now he has launched the stage of history. I don't know if there are still that kind of craftsmen in your hometown, you can send it to the comment area to ** it together