Ordinary tin craftsman insisted on his life.

Ye Laojie, who lives in Zhang'an Old Street, is 78 years old. He focuses on one thing in a lifetime of time, that is, tin. At the age of 16, he followed his father to learn to make tin wares, and it was more than 60 years. Today, the ancestor's craft has passed to the fifth generation, and his son Ye Weizheng inherited his craftsmanship. The father and son used time, patience and skills to polish skills and protect this historical memory.

The ancestral craftsmanship wants to learn from a teacher for three years

Ye's tin weapon was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. The types of tin weapons can be roughly divided into two categories according to their functions, one is the daily life appliance and the other is a ritual. Life -daily tin wares mainly include tea vessels, hits, kettles, etc., which can meet the needs of daily life. The ceremony is a tin device and accessories used to express the meaning of specific apartments during various celebrations. For example, the "six major" tinware during marriage, the tin candlesticks and tin furnaces used in sacrifice. Ye Za's ancestors lived on Zhang'an Old Street and worked here for hundreds of years.

"Tin tin is not affected by age. The family believes that it is a good thing to make a living." Ye came back to recall that he followed his father to learn to play tin. The production must be practiced from the basic skills such as tin melting and grit under the guidance of the master. It is often a few hours when squatting down.

Patience is the key to tin tin. The tin craftsman has done a hand -made process from all the processes such as tin melting, crushing, molding, cutting, stitching, welding, beating, and at the end of polishing, carving, and decoration. Perfect tin weapon. Good tin products include anti -corrosion, high strength, durability and other characteristics, which are both ornamental and practicality.

In the past, tinmiths, all the burdens went out to work, one was a tool for tin, and the other was covered with rolls. Ye came back to the scene where he and his father went to other people's houses and on -site service.

Today, Ye has come to work in his own store, and most of the customers come to order tin pots. No longer walking on the streets, it will avoid the wind and sunlight.

On the afternoon of the interview, Ms. Chen came to the store and bought a candlestick from Ye again. "The candlestick was bought for Xie Nian. Now Master Ye is leisurely. I will buy it first, so as not to be busy in the future, it is not easy to order. His family is very good, and people nearby are here to buy it. "Ms. Chen said, she remembered that when she got married 14 years ago, she was also bought here.

It is common to be burned by tin water

Ye Weizheng was born in 1975 and started dealing with metal at the age of 18. It has been done for nearly 30 years.

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Ye Weizheng watched his father busy since he was a child. He got up at 6 o'clock every day, closed at seven or eight in the evening, and spent every day as a tin weapon. After continuing his father's skills, Ye Wei squatted at the door normally, a bench and a welding torch, and there were tools such as coal stoves, small anvils, soldering iron, and hammers next to him. Considering that his father's eyes were inconvenient, Ye Weizheng took the initiative to share it, and Ye came back to the back of tin, pressing, and cutting samples. For decades, the tinware made from their hands could not count how many.

The tin ware polished by Ye's tin weapon is mainly used for customers for red and white matters, family sacrifice, etc. "It takes four hours to get a Yuanbao Terrace, Lotus Terrace, etc. for marriage. It takes one morning to make two jugs, which takes a lot of time." As for the price, different materials, the price is different, the price is also different, the price is also different. A jug sells for 150 yuan to 300 yuan.

Compared with the past, customers are now weaker in the "ritual" of tin weapons. The old marriage of the previous marriage refers to the tin pot (one pair), Yuanbaotai (one pair) and a incense burner, and it will also be equipped with a teapot. Now customers will omit the teapot, and the most buyers are two jugs and a candlestick.

When it is tin, scald is common, and Ye Cai's hand has a lot of burns wounds. When the waxing board is poured, the strength and accuracy of the hand are very important. Without attention, the welded gun will be scratched to the tin slices, the arms are burned, and the strength is light. when.

When Ye Wei was pouring in the wax, the tin water sometimes overflowed, and his hands were burned. He wiped the wound with rice wine, sterilized, and continued to work.

Ancient craftsmanship is also seeking innovation

Tin tinness depends on both hands, but also continuous patience. The hammer, scissors, ruler, etc. that the father and son have used have been rubbed smoothly and shiny. This is the trace of their insistence on craftsmanship, and it is also a secret secret of customers.

The most demand in tin products is tin jugs, which are daily necessities and sacrifice utensils. Welded the body, bottom of the pot, and pot mouth. Welded a dragon on the place where the pot mouth was connected to the pot body. A unicorn was welded on the pot lid for easy picking. Essence For a few hours in a row, a beautiful and exquisite tin jug was completed.

In addition to bitter work, tinmsmiths also need to be enlightened and design exquisite patterns for customers. Yeji's shop was filled with tin tools such as teapots, jugs, incense burners, and candlesticks that he processed or recovered. After Ye Weizheng's tin tin, he took the time to study online and imitate it as a new trick. In the past, the styles of dragon and phoenix pattern were similar. In order to update and upgrade, Ye Weizheng replaced the old mold with more refined new molds, which was even more bright.

Although the people who buy tin weapons are used as a ritual, in fact, as a daily necessities, tin weapons also have many unique things, such as tin tea -making tanks with good sealing, which can maintain the color and aroma of the tea for a long time;Due to the rapid heat transfer, the wine glass has doubled the taste of the ice.Ye's father and son said that he would continue to inherit this craft and continue to carry forward tinware culture.Source: Network Information Office, Taizhou Jiaojiang District Party Committee (New Berry Hui Positive Energy Draft Pool)

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