What will the old rural crafts disappear in the future?

Speaking of old rural crafts, there are indeed many that are gradually fading out of our sight. In the memory of strangers, there are many old crafts that I often saw when I was a child, but I haven't seen them in my life for a long time now.

Like a broom tied. In the past, brooms used at home were all made by hand, and the materials used were reeds and thin bamboo wires. With the development of society, these brooms are gradually replaced by those produced by factory machines.

For example, face-opening, also called face-twisting or face-twisting, means that when a woman gets married, she cleans her hair on her face and neck with cotton thread and trims her sideburns. There are special tools and a set of techniques for opening a face. There is a mother-in-law in my hometown who has this ability. In the past, when a girl got married, she would be embarrassed. After she twisted her face, the girls' faces were smooth and delicate. But now the young girl is not interested in this, and her mother-in-law says there is no successor to her craft.

For example, Tinker Bell, a rural child in the 1970s and 1980s, should have heard the long whistle of "Tinker Bell …… Tinker Bell ……". On hearing this cry, aunts and grandmothers will take out the broken bowls and cans at home and repair them. Now young people throw away all the slightly damaged dishes at home and buy new ones. The market for tinkers is getting smaller and smaller, and gradually disappears.

For example, traditional popcorn was one of the favorite snacks for rural children in 1970s and 1980s. Whenever the popcorn machine comes to the village, the children will pester their mother to pop a bucket of popcorn. I don't want to mention how excited I am every time I see the black, cannonball-shaped popcorn iron drum rack baking and burning. After a loud bang, delicious popcorn came out. Now, we seldom see such an interesting scene.

For example, playing straw sandals, making hemp fiber, knitting hats and spending time with strangers are all necessary for rural people to work. Go up the mountain to cut wood, and wear sandals when working in the fields. When it rains, you will wear hemp fiber and hat, which is both rain-proof and does not delay farm work. But now, these have gradually faded out of our sight.

For example, grinding scissors and kitchen knives. Old scissors and kitchen knives are dull, so they will not be thrown away immediately to buy new ones, but will be ground and reused. Although people in rural areas will have their own grindstones, scissors and kitchen knives are not as sharp as craftsmen. So every six months or so, a special craftsman will be invited to polish it. Through their hands, these kitchen knives and scissors become very sharp.