Do you know Grandpa Amu? He is good at u wood to make a lot of things by hand. He knows a lot about woodworking, and always finishes his work w any machine, or even nails or glue(钉子或胶水). People call him "Modern Lu Ban"— a famous woodworker in Warring States p.
Grandpa Amu's real name is Wang Deweng. He is now 63 years old and s his house with his son's family in Guangxi, south-east China. In his video posts, Grandpa Amu shows people hto make an apple-like Lu Ban lock, a dragon boat and many different farm machines all made of wood. He also builds a wooden bridge to help local people c the river and they don't need to travel far any more. Over 40 million people watch it on Douyin, a famous mobile-phone APP.
Grandpa Amu makes some wooden tfor his grandson. His grandson's favorites include a walking Peppa Pig (小猪佩奇) and a bubble blowing machine. Grandpa Amu first l woodworking skills to make more money for his poor family. Now Grandpa Amu is happy to make his grandson interested in playing with those wooden works.
Grandpa Amu's whole family work full time on his videos. "We make the videos b we want to bring our culture (文化) to others and let people know skills of woodwork art from Chinese people hundreds of years ago," says his son. Grandpa Amu loves woodworking very much, so he does the s work day after day. "Choose one thing and do it for your whole life." He always says.
Because of his wonderful woodworking skills, Grandpa Amu shows the world an ancient country in a modern way.
