Contemporary Luban! How did a 63 year old Chinese grandfather practice mortise and tenon technique?

Recently, after Li Ziqi led China's pastoral culture to the world, a 63-year-old grandfather Amu led China's mortise and tenon art to conquer foreign netizens again with a pair of skillful hands. This 63-year-old grandfather is actually a carpenter, a native of Liaocheng, Shandong, and his name is Wang Dewen. This grandfather has been dealing with wood since he was a child, so he has gained a good hand, relying on the carpenter's skills to support his family, and now the old grandfather still relies on his exquisite craftsmanship to circle the fans of netizens around the world.

Grandpa Wang Dewen has a son who is a short **creator, and it was also with the help of his son that he filmed a video of the old man making a Luban stool**, and it was this ** that made the old man appear in front of everyone and made Wang Dewen's old man popular. Since then, on social platforms, the old man has gained a cute name "Grandpa Amu".

Skilled grandfathers can make wooden products such as Luban stools, apple locks, arched bridges, general's cases, and moving Peppa Pig with their bare hands. The most surprising thing that foreign netizens feel is that this grandfather can make ordinary wood into exquisite handicrafts without a nail or a drop of glue.

In fact, China's mortise and tenon technology is the main structural method of ancient Chinese architecture, furniture and other equipment, which is a connection method that combines concave and convex parts on two components. The protruding part is called tenon (or tenon); The recessed part is called Mao (or tenon, tenon). It is characterized by the fact that no nails are used on the objects, and the objects are reinforced with mortise and tenon, reflecting the ancient Chinese culture and wisdom.

In the Forbidden City of China, we can see everywhere the mortise and tenon structure, a traditional carpenter's craft full of Chinese wisdom, which dates back more than 7,000 years. In modern times, it is something that we dare not imagine without using a nail to complete a building, but our ancestors used their craftsman spirit, exquisite craftsmanship and experience to pass on the mortise and tenon technology from generation to generation, but it was ignored by the current rapid development of the social rhythm. I hope that in the future, there will be more craftsmen like Wang Dewen's grandfather to inherit Chinese craftsmanship!

63-year-old Grandpa Di Amu, without a nail, without a drop of glue, with the traditional mortise and tenon technology, to create a variety of exquisite artworks, to maintain the original intention, only one thing in his life, it is this perseverance to exercise to create his body of mortise and tenon technology.

The mortise and tenon joint technology is an excellent ancient technology in Chinese tradition. Grandpa Amu has practiced the current mortise and tenon technology through his continuous understanding of Apple Luban locks and his own continuous creation.

This Chinese grandfather is an old carpenter, a folk craftsman and a inheritor of traditional Chinese culture.

The 63-year-old Chinese grandfather can make exquisite works of art from ordinary wood without borrowing any auxiliary tools such as nails and glue, which is the art of our people and the pride of our people.

This Luban grandfather is a carpenter in Liaocheng, Shandong, he does not use any modern mechanical tools, just with some bamboo, wooden boards can create some Luban stools, moving Peppa Pig, general case, arch bridge wood products, this hand is really very coincidental, his superb skills have also won the praise of foreign netizens, this pair of skillful hands really win glory!

This is because this Chinese grandfather has honed his craft for decades to have such a result, and he is a very good grandfather and a well-deserved Chinese craftsman.

1.What are Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure.

Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure, referred to as 72 style, is a traditional craft technology in traditional Chinese architecture. Its craftsmanship is exquisite, and it has been regarded as the pinnacle of Chinese wooden construction technology for generations. In the use of this structure, the wood can be spliced into a balanced structure of the center of gravity, and the structure is stable and firm, and its emergence has greatly promoted the development of Chinese wooden architecture.

2.The origin of Luban's or hand.

Lu Ban was a famous wood craftsman in ancient China, and it is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, he built a beautiful wooden box for the monarch of Qi with 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structures, and applied all his craftsmanship skills to this box. Since then, people have called this structure Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure, and Luban has become synonymous with Chinese woodworking.

3.The characteristics of Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure.

The 72 kinds of mortise and tenon joint structure of Luban are characterized by the fact that all kinds of wood components have been precisely calculated and designed, which can achieve accurate splicing. Each type of mortise and tenon has its specific application occasion, can adapt to a variety of bending, corners and sizes of the structure, and does not need to use nails, screws and other metal connectors in the splicing process, completely rely on the shape and structure of various wood components to bite each other, forming a solid overall structure. Therefore, Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon joint structure has the characteristics of firmness, durability, beauty and economy.

4.The application of 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structures in Luban leads to the transformation of fiber domains.

The application field of Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure is very wide, from Chinese gates, palaces, ancestral halls, bridges, to modern residences, commercial buildings, landscape gardens, bridges, etc., you can see the shadow of this structure. Due to its flexible design performance, the various splicing methods between wood, and the personalized customization according to actual needs, it has been more and more widely used in the field of modern architecture.

5.The development history of 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structures in Luban.

As one of the representatives of traditional Chinese wood structure construction technology, Luban's 72 mortise and tenon structures can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty 4,000 years ago. Legend has it that after Lu Ban invented this structure, he found that the research and application of mortise and tenon joints have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and have been passed on by a number of traditional carpenters. With the imitation of the nuclear group of the construction industry, this technology is constantly innovating and improving, and it is integrated with modern science and technology, injecting new life and wisdom, and becoming a splendid cultural treasure of China's wood structure building.

6.The cultural value of Luban's 72 mortise and tenon structures.

As one of the representatives of China's wood structure construction technology, Luban's 72 kinds of mortise and tenon structure not only have high practical value, but also reflect the superb level of ancient Chinese wood building technology, highlighting the cultural characteristics of the Chinese nation with a long history and innovation. Therefore, it has an important position and significance in the history of Chinese architecture and culture, and is a precious wealth of the Chinese nation.