On December 13th, when I walked into Gong Zhonghou's house in Fuchi Village, Zhanghong Town, Xunyi County, a faint fragrance of wood came to my nose, which made people feel refreshed. In the operation room, all kinds of wood carving art works are dazzling, and the small workbench is full of various carving tools of different sizes and specifications. Gong Zhonghou is carving a small pendant one by one, from engraving, polishing, polishing to decoration, the whole process is smooth and free.
Gong Zhonghou was born in Fuchi Village, Zhanghong Town, is an old artist with more than 50 years of experience in wood carving, loved wood carving since childhood, and followed his father to learn wood carving, day after day, year after year, became an old expert in wood carving.
Over the years, Gong Zhonghou has devoted himself to the research, inheritance and creation of wood carving, with exquisite craftsmanship, fine workmanship and exquisite effect, the main works are ancient furniture, ancient doors and windows, modern pendants and ornaments, each work can be called a fine product, a work of art, favored by the majority of consumers.
Creation requires concentration, and inheritance requires patience. Gong Zhonghou told reporters: "As an old artist, I will be enthusiastic, meticulous and attentive to create, and strive to make more excellent works, attract more people to join the wood carving inheritance team, and make our wood carving culture bigger, stronger, and more distinctive, and go to the whole country." ”
As early as the Qing Dynasty, the "roots" of wood carving culture were deeply rooted in Fuchi Village. Now under the teaching and leadership of Gong Zhonghou, Fuchi Village engaged in wood carving personnel reached more than 20 people, in addition to their own carving, some people go out to the wood carving workshop, workshop work, all of them work hard, carefully create, the income is considerable, and the days are prosperous. Gong Zhonghou's annual income reached more than 60,000 yuan. At present, wood carving has become a cultural industry for the people of Fuchi Village to increase their income and get rich.
I am old and can't go far, so I follow Mr. Gong to learn wood carving when I have nothing to do, not only to live a fulfilling life, but also to earn some pocket money to subsidize the family. Gong Zhongwa, a villager in Fuchi Village, said happily.
Cultural revitalization is an important content and support for rural revitalization. In the next step, Zhanghong Town will continue to innovate work measures, stimulate the vitality of rural culture, make every effort to do a good job in the protection of intangible heritage such as wood carving and paper-cutting, and do a good job in cultural inheritance at the same time, make excellent products, strengthen the industry, polish the business card, and empower the construction of a harmonious and beautiful village. (Text: Zhu Suigang ** from the Internet, nothing to do with the topic).