介绍:
A video that shows an old barber in Southwest China&`&s Sichuan Province using a pair of fire tongs to curl hair has become an online hit.
In the video, the duckbilled tongs were heated on the stove and then put into water. Holding them in one hand and taking a comb in the other, Wang 74-year old Wang Weimei, from Santai county, Mianyang curls a customer&`&s hair quickly. Meanwhile, his wife continues passing burning tongs to him as clouds of smoke rise together with a burnt odor.
The fast movement of both the barber&`&s hands and the temperature of the tongs are crucial. Hair will be burned if the temperature is too high, but the curl cannot be formed if it is not hot enough.
This method of weaving hair can make a style that lasts for two to three months. No chemical liquids or medicines are used during the process, and the service only costs 4 yuan (58 U.S. cents) each time, including a hair wash.
Wang said he has been doing the job since 1977 and the barbershop still has a lot of customers today.
Talking points:
1. Using tongs to perm hair is a traditional craft that was popular in the 1980s. Would you give it a try?
2. Advantages and disadvantages:
* disadvantage: burn your hair, burn the skin? --He said he has never hurt a customer because of his mastery of the skill.
* advantage: no chemicals used
3. How popular is it?
*the craft is not popular in big cities and few young people want to learn it. It is hard work and brings in little money
4. We have other electric hair curling tongs, do we still need to preserve the skill?
* few blacksmiths know how to produce them.
* people from the local cultural center also told him that they may apply for intangible cultural heritage status for the old skill.
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