Jianbao life

Chapter 752 Mane Man
"I think it's normal!"

Wu Ke's cheeks were only slightly redder than normal, and Chu Chen felt that there should be nothing wrong with it.

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Wu Ke still looked in the mirror worriedly, until he felt satisfied, and then helped to go downstairs with the gift brought by Chu Chen.

"Ke Ke, when I hugged you just now, I felt that you were much thinner than before you came to England!" Chu Chen said with some distress while walking. He also understood the reason why Wu Ke lost a lot of weight. It was nothing more than studying too much. Thanks for your hard work.

"Are you thin? I think it's okay!" At this point, Wu Ke thought of something, patted Chu Chen's arm and said, "Let me tell you, don't put delicious things on me in the future." Seduce me in front of you, you don't know, after I came back this time, I found that I couldn't wear many clothes. I was almost called a fat woman by Mina..."

What Wu Ke said was somewhat exaggerated, but she used to be thinner than Mina, and she could wear some beautiful clothes. She was always complacent about it, and now Mina laughed at her when she saw that she couldn't wear it. A few words, which also made her worry about it all the time.

Chu Chen said: "This... girl, don't be too skinny, she's like a boner, she doesn't look good, and her body will be affected, affecting her health!"
Wu Ke gave Chu Chen a white look, and said, "What do you know! Let me tell you, don't put delicious food in my bowl after you go back, or be careful and I'll be in a hurry with you!"

Seeing this, Chu Chen smiled and didn't say much. A woman must not argue with her when she encounters beauty-related matters. When he first lived in Uncle Wu's house, he had suffered this kind of loss from Wu Ke. It made him suffer unspeakably, and there is a saying that one learns one's wisdom through a ditch, and since then, he has kept this lesson in his heart.

Of course, having said that, he believes that Wu Ke will not be slow to say no to eating after seeing the delicious food, and with him at that time, he will definitely not have the trouble of obesity.

Imagining the cute appearance of Wu Ke grabbing food with him at that time, Chu Chen couldn't help laughing.

"Big pervert, why do you always want to do bad things?" Seeing Chu Chen's smile, Wu Ke thought he was thinking about that again, and couldn't help but coquettishly said.

Chu Chen was a little puzzled when he heard the words, he asked with some doubts: "Why do I want to do something bad?"

"Then you have to ask yourself!" After finishing speaking, Wu Ke ran downstairs with a coquettish smile, leaving behind Chu Chen who was still confused.

The gifts that Chu Chen brought to Randy’s family were a cloisonne jewelry box, a colorful cloisonne bracelet set, and a set of Jingcheng people. Among them, the jewelry box was given to Randy’s mother, and the colorful bracelet set was given to him who was still in school. Needless to say, Mina from Jingcheng Mane was given to Randy.

The customs of Westerners and Easterners are different. After they receive the gift, they like to open it on the spot. When Randy's mother saw the well-made, practical and elegant jewelry box, she immediately fell in love with it. I couldn't put it down and enjoyed it for a long time.

"Chu, thank you so much, I like this jewelry box very much!" Randy's mother thanked full of praise.

Chu Chen quickly expressed that you are welcome.

At this time, Randy opened the box containing the mane of the capital, and when he saw the exquisitely crafted dolls in the box, he couldn't help but let out a cry of admiration.

"Chu, is this the Jingcheng mane man you mentioned? It's really great! By the way, why is this thing called a mane man? Is it made of bristles?"

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes! The bottoms of these dolls are indeed made of pig bristles..."

Mane Man in Beijing was created under the influence of shadow puppetry and Peking Opera. The characters are generally about 9-16 centimeters tall, with ingenious design and fine production.China Net Photo Library Wang Qiong Photography
Jingcheng Zongren was founded in the late Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years.The head and base are made of clay. The head and base are made of clay, the body frame is made of sorghum straw, and the colored paper (or colored silk) coat is stretched outside, and a little cotton is wadding. A circle of bristles about two or three centimeters long can be made into a vivid man with bristles.

Several bristles form a group of drama characters, and they are placed in a copper plate according to the characters of Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, and Chou in Beijing opera. Just lightly tap the side of the copper plate, and rely on the elasticity of the bristles, the characters on the plate will be When you dance, coupled with the singing of Peking Opera, it is like a real person performing on the stage, showing the charm of classical literature and opera art.

Therefore, people in the old capital also call it "copper plate man" or "good show on the plate".Or simply call it "copper tea tray play".
This unique unique skill is a combination of the concepts of Peking Opera culture, physics and mechanics. The trick is on the chassis below it. The bottom of the mane man is glued with a circle of mane, and it is elastic. When beating, use copper plates and The vibration of the mane drives the mane man to rotate regularly, and the mane man is the only folk handicraft with dynamic performance.

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Randy asked with a look of surprise: "Chu, do you mean that these puppets can move when placed on a copper plate?"

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "Yes, as long as you tap it, it will move. We can test it later."

Randy couldn't wait to say: "Then let's try..."

Under the dolls, there was a copper plate, and Randy quickly took out the dolls, copper plate and percussion tools.

After placing the dolls, according to Chu Chen's instructions, he quickly tapped the copper plate with a tool, and saw that the five dolls, Sheng Dan Jing Mo Chou, started to rotate as Chu Chen introduced. For a moment, both Randy and his mother felt novelty. If Randy's hands were not a little sore after a long time, otherwise he could keep knocking.

Randy put down the beating tool in his hand, and asked Chu Chen next to him, "Chu, why have I never seen such an interesting doll in the market?"

Chu Chen spread his hands and said: "There is no way, this kind of doll is very labor-intensive, and it takes more than 30 days to make one. It takes half a year to complete such a five-person encounter, and it can't be scaled up at all, so even in It is not common in the market in the capital, let alone in your country."

Randy said with some regret: "Oh, that's really a pity, but I think your government should take the lead in protecting this craft. Such an interesting traditional craft should be passed down from generation to generation."

Chu Chen nodded in agreement, but this kind of thing depends on the efforts of the country, even if he wants to protect, he doesn't have so much energy to deal with it.

Speaking of which, the country of England attaches great importance to the protection of traditional culture and customs. Many traditions are still maintained to this day, and they are proud of the British people.

Today, the royal cavalry, as well as the mounted police patrolling around Buckingham Palace, do not have much advantage in real combat.However, its symbolic significance is huge. For the British, it is a kind of glory, a kind of blood, a kind of uniqueness and superiority different from other nations.

As far as China is concerned, the economy has developed very rapidly in the past 20 years, and the speed of integration with international standards is not uncommon. However, while letting go of the old and accepting the new, Chu Chen feels that the country should pay attention to the protection of traditional culture just like England.

To be a powerful country in the world, China must have the capital of being a big country. This capital is not a high-rise building, but China's unique, long-standing and profound culture standing among the nations of the world!Chu Chen believes that as long as Chinese culture can be spread to the whole world and accepted by people all over the world, then respect, understanding and status will definitely follow. ...

After having a sumptuous lunch at Randy's house at noon, Chu Chen wanted to go back to the room with Wu Ke to have a "whisper conversation", but what made Chu Chen feel very depressed was that Randy might have held back too many words due to his illness recently. After lunch, he took Chu Chen for a walk.

For four full hours, Randy didn't stop talking, which almost made Chu Chen unable to resist. After finally waiting for Randy to stop talking, Mina brought Josie and Selina back. A girl carrying a box came in from the door.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen was so depressed that he almost looked up to the sky and howled, but Wu Ke, who understood his thoughts, covered his mouth and laughed secretly.

Mina and others greeted Chu Chen, and then introduced the friend named Kelly to Chu Chen.

Kelly was Mina's elementary school classmate, and the relationship between the two was very good at the time, but later Kelly moved out of town, and the two have lost contact.Later, in a university fraternity, the two met again unexpectedly.Although they have grown up, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the friendship between the two has not changed, and within a short time, the two have become best friends who talk about everything again.

When Mina came in just now, she saw Wu Ke covering her mouth and laughing next to Chu Chen. After she introduced Kelly, she asked curiously: "Ai Li, why are you smiling so happily?" Didn't something good happen?"

Of course it was impossible for Wu Ke to tell what Chu Chen was thinking. She was also quick-witted, and immediately hugged Chu Chen's arm and said, "My fiancé is here, of course I am very happy!"

Mina didn't believe Wu Ke's explanation, she looked suspiciously at the young couple in front of her, just when she was about to speak again, Randy next to them just rightly relieved them.

"Mina, this is a gift from Chu!" Randy put a gift box in front of Mina's eyes.

As a result, Mina's attention was all on the gift box in front of her, which made both Chu Chen and Wu Ke breathe a sigh of relief.

"Wow! So beautiful!" As soon as Mina opened the box, several girls at the scene were attracted by the cloisonne bracelet in the box.

There are seven bracelets in seven colors in the box. Specifically, there are seven kinds of scarlet, black, white, dark blue, light blue, green, and yellow. These bracelets do not look gorgeous, but have a kind of dexterity, The sense of refinement made several girls fall in love with it at the first sight.

(End of this chapter)