The glass grapes made by Changjia have a unique style and complex skills, and they can only be made through more than a dozen processes such as melting, blowing beads, waxing, filling handles, saving live, dyeing, frosting, making leaves, twisting whiskers and grouping branches.

Among them, blowing beads, waxing, dyeing, and frosting are all unique skills that the Chang family is good at, and they are only passed on to the family, not the foreign surname. The grapes produced from this have their own characteristics, such as "Rose Fragrance" is deep purple and translucent, hoarfrost is still there, the particles are full, and the juice is dripping; "White Horse Teeth" is turquoise, the beads are long and sparse, fat and realistic, and endearing.

In the early 80s of the 20th century, Chang Yuling, the only surviving descendant of the Chang family, broke the concept of the door and began to recruit apprentices to pass on his skills, passing on the skills to many young people with foreign surnames, so that the skills of "Grape Chang" could be passed on.

The traditional varieties of "Grape Chang" are mainly single bunches of grapes, and now, after several generations of efforts, many new varieties have been developed, such as wall-hung grapes, bonsai grapes, grape trellises, gourd trellises and other series of varieties of various specifications.

The uncle is teaching a young man to "burn glass", and the table is filled with colorful glass sticks with the words Beijing Material, a national intangible cultural heritage.

By the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1572~1620 AD), the production of material utensils in the Boshan area of Shandong Province in northern China had been very prosperous and spread to Beijing.

On December 22, 2017, 55 years ago, in 1962, when 17-year-old Xing Lanxiang graduated from junior high school and was assigned to a feeder factory in Beijing's flower market, she didn't even hear about it.

On December 22, 2017, 55 years ago in 1962, when 17-year-old Xing Lanxiang graduated from junior high school and was assigned to the feeder factory in Beijing Flower Market, she had never even heard of the skill of feeder, and she did not expect that she would have formed an indissoluble bond with the feeder industry all her life.

Today, she and her two sons stick to the material industry, as the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, and is the only material artist in China who has won the title of master.

When she first entered the industry, Xing Lanxiang in accordance with the tradition of the master with apprentices, under the tutelage of Tian Wenyuan, three years of apprenticeship, because she is diligent and studious, and like this industry, so the technology has been very perfect, like to study and do some complex materials, regardless of level and income, in Beijing materials factory to pick up complex work to do, soon became the technical pacesetter in the factory, in 1979 when the material factory set up a technical department, she unexpectedly entered this department, and a group of material masters together to learn and study, design new material products.

She now recalls the years she just studied, and she also feels that it was really not easy: "The working environment is not good, at that time, oil lamps were used, the workshop was very dirty, and the eldest girl could not wear good clothes, for fear of getting dirty, and she was oily every day after work."

And in the summer, it is even more difficult, working on the stove, it is very hot, and I have prickly heat all over my body. Xing Lanxiang told reporters that there were 26 young people in the feeder factory with her at that time, and there were probably less than 10 left in the end.

But although it is very hard, but the material factory still gave Xing Lanxiang a lot of professional pride, especially in the seventies and eighties, that was the most prosperous period of the factory, when Beijing material factory every year many foreign guests to visit, because unlike other traditional Chinese handicrafts, the material ware because of the unique process, requires fast production time, generally ten minutes to complete a work, a little more complex is half an hour to an hour, very convenient for people to visit.

Foreigners are also very fond of this traditional Chinese craft, and Xing Lanxiang still remembers that Kissinger bought a dragon when he visited the factory. Xing Lanxiang now recalls that time with a satisfied smile on her face, saying that there were more than 1,000 workers in the factory at the peak, and more than 3,000 people were responsible for outsourcing production outside the factory.

With the advent of the market economy, this prosperity gradually declined, in 1992 when facing the market difficulties, Beijing Feeder Factory implemented the transfer of production, the vast majority of employees have changed careers or retired directly, many old workers who love this line are shedding tears, sad in their hearts.

Xing Lanxiang was less than 50 years old at the time, she was the backbone of the business in the factory, and in essence, she was the inheritor of Beijing Feeder, of course she was very reluctant, but because of her feelings, she couldn't bear to watch the factory destroy or sell equipment and tools, and she kept a lot of tools and didn't throw them away, and said goodbye to Beijing Feeder Factory after retirement.

Unexpectedly, by chance, in 1993, an American took a fancy to the material industry, came to Beijing to open a foreign-funded enterprise, and invited Xing Lanxiang to go out of the mountain, Xing Lanxiang couldn't let go of this craft, and decided to work in this American-funded company, lead a team, teach apprentices, and design new products.

At that time, her retirement salary was only about 200 yuan, and the salary offered to her by this company was more than 1,000 yuan a month, and the year-end bonus was more than 10,000 yuan, which she was very satisfied with. And the business of the Americans is getting better and better, and a large number of feeder products are exported every year, which makes Xing Lanxiang also have a deep feeling for the feeder market.

After about ten years in this way, Xing Lanxiang once again ushered in a choice. In 2003, under the promotion of the government, the plant of the material factory was transformed to set up a hundred workshops in Beijing, and invited local handicraft masters from all walks of life in Beijing to settle in the establishment of a studio.

After thinking about it, Xing Lanxiang also faced the salary increase of the American boss, and finally decided to come to the Beijing Baigongfang, firstly, to repay the training of Beijing Feeder Factory for her, and secondly, to do more work for the inheritance of this craft.

After arriving at the Baigongfang, her two sons Liu Yu and Liu Xing also began to officially engage in the material industry, they played in the material factory when they were young, and they all came into contact with the material device, so they got started quickly, and the family relied on the studio to start building the brand of the material device Xing.

In order to gain a foothold, they began to innovate the feeder industry, the most important thing is to open up the "private custom" model, according to the customer's requirements, either photos, or samples, or even a one-sentence description, Xing Lanxiang will try to meet, Xing Lanxiang said that the craft of the feeder, to do the character is the most difficult, she is most proud of herself is to break through the difficulties of being a person in decades of creation, "no one has ever returned the goods, are very satisfied."

In addition to the local customers in Beijing, there are many foreign people who have made a special trip to Beijing to make, and even many from abroad, Xing Lanxiang told reporters that there are many Japanese people who have taken a fancy to the color and texture of the material, and made a special trip to her to make accessories on the kimono.

"Feeders began to appear in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and rose in the Kangxi period, when a manufacturing office was established in the Forbidden City to make materials for the royal family." Xing Lanxiang told reporters that at that time, the material was dedicated to the royal family, and the folk were not allowed to make it, compared with other handicrafts at that time, the material was rich and bright, and it was distinctive, so it quickly became popular after entering the folk, and the Beijing material naturally brought the royal style.

There are three categories of feeders, namely material animals, material flowers and material beads. As the name suggests, the material beast is the animal-shaped material device, and the material flower is the flower, which looks big and beautiful, but in fact, the technical content is the most entry-level, because it is assembled with some very simple material pieces, and the material beads are mainly like the matching pearls on the official uniform.

The principle of making the material maker is also easy to understand, that is, the material is melted at a high temperature with fire, shaped at a high temperature, and cooled to become a product after completion, and the tools are also some tweezers and scissors.

I heard that the feeder seems to be very easy, but in fact it is a craft that is quite difficult to master, in ancient times it was called "seeking wealth in the fire", because it needs to be modeled in a short time, all the work has to be in the head, it is difficult to modify, and the scrap rate is very high.

On December 22, 2017, 55 years ago in 1962, when 17-year-old Xing Lanxiang graduated from junior high school and was assigned to the feeder factory in Beijing Flower Market, she had never even heard of the skill of feeder, and she did not expect that she would have formed an indissoluble bond with the feeder industry all her life.

Today, she and her two sons stick to the material industry, as the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, and is the only material artist in China who has won the title of master.

When she first entered the industry, Xing Lanxiang studied under Tian Wenyuan in accordance with the tradition of the master and the apprentice, and when she was an apprentice for three years, because she was diligent and studious, and liked this industry, the technology was already very perfect, and she liked to study and do some complex materials, regardless of the level and income, and picked up complex work in the Beijing Feeder Factory to do

Soon became the technical pacesetter in the factory, in 1979 when the technical department of the feeder factory was established, she unsurprisingly entered this department, and studied with a group of feeder masters to design new feeder products.

She now recalls the years she just studied, and she also feels that it was really not easy: "The working environment is not good, at that time, oil lamps were used, the workshop was very dirty, and the eldest girl could not wear good clothes, for fear of getting dirty, and she was oily every day after work."

And in the summer, it is even more difficult, working on the stove, it is very hot, and I have prickly heat all over my body. Xing Lanxiang told reporters that there were 26 young people in the feeder factory with her at that time, and there were probably less than 10 left in the end.

But although it was very hard, the feeder factory still gave Xing Lanxiang a lot of professional pride, especially in the seventies and eighties, when the factory was the most prosperous period.

At that time, many foreign guests came to visit the Beijing Feeder Factory every year, because unlike other traditional Chinese handicrafts, the materializer required a fast production time due to its unique process.

Generally, a work can be completed in ten minutes, and the more complex ones can only be completed in half an hour to an hour, which is very convenient for people to visit.

Foreigners are also very fond of this traditional Chinese craft.

Xing Lanxiang now recalls that time with a satisfied smile on her face, saying that there were more than 1,000 workers in the factory at the peak, and more than 3,000 people were responsible for outsourcing production outside the factory.

With the advent of the market economy, this prosperity gradually declined, in 1992 when facing the market difficulties, Beijing Feeder Factory implemented the transfer of production, the vast majority of employees have changed careers or retired directly, many old workers who love this line are shedding tears, sad in their hearts.

Xing Lanxiang was less than 50 years old at the time, she was the backbone of the business in the factory, and in essence, she was the inheritor of Beijing Feeder, of course she was very reluctant, but because of her feelings, she couldn't bear to watch the factory destroy or sell equipment and tools, and she kept a lot of tools and didn't throw them away, and said goodbye to Beijing Feeder Factory after retirement.

Unexpectedly, by chance, in 1993, an American took a fancy to the material industry, came to Beijing to open a foreign-funded enterprise, and invited Xing Lanxiang to go out of the mountain, Xing Lanxiang couldn't let go of this craft, and decided to work in this American-funded company, lead a team, teach apprentices, and design new products.

At that time, her retirement salary was only about 200 yuan, and the salary offered to her by this company was more than 1,000 yuan a month, and the year-end bonus was more than 10,000 yuan, which she was very satisfied with.

And the business of the Americans is getting better and better, and a large number of feeder products are exported every year, which makes Xing Lanxiang also have a deep feeling for the feeder market.

After about ten years in this way, Xing Lanxiang once again ushered in a choice. In 2003, under the promotion of the government, the plant of the material factory was transformed to set up a hundred workshops in Beijing, and invited local handicraft masters from all walks of life in Beijing to settle in the establishment of a studio.

After thinking about it, Xing Lanxiang also faced the salary increase of the American boss, and finally decided to come to the Beijing Baigongfang, firstly, to repay the training of Beijing Feeder Factory for her, and secondly, to do more work for the inheritance of this craft.

After arriving at the Baigongfang, her two sons Liu Yu and Liu Xing also began to officially engage in the material industry, they played in the material factory when they were young, and they all came into contact with the material device, so they got started quickly, and the family relied on the studio to start building the brand of the material device Xing.

In order to gain a foothold, they began to innovate the feeder industry, the most important thing is to develop the "private custom" model, according to the customer's requirements, either photos, or samples, or even a one-sentence description, Xing Lanxiang will try to meet.

Xing Lanxiang said that the craft of the feeder is the most difficult to make a character, and what she is most proud of is that she has broken through the difficulties of being a person in decades of creation, "no one has ever returned the goods, and they are very satisfied."

In addition to the local customers in Beijing, there are many people from other places who have made a special trip to Beijing to make them, and even many of them are from abroad.

There are many Japanese people who have taken a fancy to the color and texture of the feeder and come to her to make accessories for their kimonos. “

Feeders began to appear in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and rose in the Kangxi period, when a manufacturing office was established in the Forbidden City to make materials for the royal family. ”

At that time, the material was used exclusively by the royal family, and the folk were not allowed to make it, compared with other handicrafts at that time, the material was rich and bright, and it was distinctive, so it quickly became popular after entering the folk, and the Beijing material naturally brought the royal style.

There are three categories of feeders, namely material animals, material flowers and material beads. As the name suggests, the material beast is the animal-shaped material device, and the material flower is the flower, which looks big and beautiful, but in fact, the technical content is the most entry-level, because it is assembled with some very simple material pieces, and the material beads are mainly like the matching pearls on the official uniform.

The principle of making the material maker is also easy to understand, that is, the material is melted at a high temperature with fire, shaped at a high temperature, and cooled to become a product after completion, and the tools are also some tweezers and scissors. I heard that the stripper seems to be easy, but it is actually a craft that is quite difficult to master. Take a look at the latest chapters of "Dream Claw Book House in the Great Era" and read it for free for the first time.