By Xinyi Li, iChongqing
Chongqing- In 25 days, covering 18,000 kilometers, this was an interpretation of homesickness. We visited more than 40 traditional craftsmen in Chongqing, trying to understand the spirit of craftsmanship. In the villages of the vast land of Chongqing, ancient arts and skills are still well kept. They have accompanied generations growing, migrating, and returning to this place.
What is childhood memory? Maybe that is the good time of sharing the fun with our playmates, a popsicle in a hot summer day, the reverberate laughter on the playground during a class break, a cookie made by grandma, or colorful products on the roadside stall. In search of childhood memory, you will meet with a pure taste in the broad countryside land. Fun and sweet are a precious memory of the rural people when they were children.
At childhood, every time when catching a glimpse of all kinds of flour toy figurine in the street, we could not help keep looking at them. A piece of ordinary dough, gradually became vivid and interesting toys in the hands of these street artists, after multiple processes. The characters in the books we read sometimes appeared in front of the children at the street stalls. It's alive and fondles admiringly. The flour toy figurine, for us in our childhood, is the pure and flawless joy. Looking back to childhood, we found that the real fun of childhood memories lies in the time.