"Family heirloom" (Sina reads pictures) by Ren Xiang.
Names that you may or may not be familiar with. She is recognized as the first talented woman in a certain circle in Taipei. Some talented women are good at writing, some are good at cooking, and some are good at drawing. But Ren Xiang has crossed all this. She has a good voice. 16 years old, she released two folk songs. There are only a handful, and origami has become a gift for every guest at her crab feast; Under the camphor tree, she personally made one lost lantern after another; She has rolled over the faces of Shanxi people, wrapped buns of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and studied pineapple cake on the desktop ... She not only knows how to cook flowers, but every guest who comes home will always receive a private engraving made by her specially for the guests; She is also a real jewelry designer. When she is happy, she carries yohji yamamoto's handbag on her back and puts on clothes made of four different fabrics. The sewing, knitting, embroidery and weaving are all made in China. Introduction of works
The "family heirloom" originated from Ren Xiang's desire to explain to his daughter studying in the United States what China culture is all about. This book takes the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter as the framework, and takes six major units as the context, namely "Atmosphere Life", "New Year's Eve Dinner", "Taking Food as the Heaven", "Ingenious Craftsmanship" and "Life Notes", covering all aspects of China's traditional culture, art, diet, clothing, common sense of life, treating people with things, health care and so on.
"What I like best is the part of Qi Yu Jiaxin, and the views in it are also the information I want to convey to readers most." In Heart to Heart, Ren Xiang talked with children, parents and lovers respectively, and expounded the weight and position of affection and love in the hearts of China people. "If there is any difference between family inheritance and other traditional cultural compilation, it is that it is very emotional, not all objective records, but also adds some personal subjective feelings and experiences." Ren Xiang said that this book was mixed with many memories of his childhood. "I showed all the sweets I ate and toys I played when I was a child." The devotion of these personal feelings highlights a lot of human feelings for the whole book.
Ren Xiang is not too worried about whether "Family heirloom" will be out of date and whether young people will like it. "One day, when they grow up and want to find their roots, they will find that there is just such an encyclopedia already there. This is the value of my painstaking efforts over the years. " Nearly 50 years old, she even said cunningly: "If young people don't like it now, it's because they are not old enough. They will naturally pay attention to it then. Everyone wants to find their roots and learn more about their culture. "
All the proceeds from book sales are used for charity.
Taiwan Province printed 2,000 copies of the traditional first edition of Family Inheritance, and the price of NT$ 20,000 was very expensive (according to news reports, it was 4,500 RMB), but it was sold out within one and a half months. Ren Xiang explained that this set of books was published by the Taiwan Bay Foundation, not a regular publishing house, and did not adopt the traditional bookstore sales method. "Because the price is relatively high, it is not affordable for ordinary bookstores, so this channel is not adopted." Ren Xiang said.
In the process of writing a book for five years, Ren Xiang met many selfless helpers. She attributed it to "good karma". "Friends and even strangers around me are happy to help when they hear that I am doing such a thing." All the money from the sale of the "heirloom" was donated to the Taiwan Bay Club of Taipei University of Ancient French. "Continental also hopes to find a corresponding charity," Ren Xiang said. "I didn't write this book for fame and fortune." Those who are willing to spend money can buy it, and those who are unwilling to spend money can log on to the heirloom website for free. Most of the books have been posted on the website. "
Ren Xiang said that the biggest obstacle to writing a book is that it is not easy to choose and dare not draw conclusions. "China's traditional culture is profound. Why do I say so and say so again? " She said that she didn't do much, but only played a role in inheriting the traditional culture of China.