A broom woven from sorghum and water sedge.

(Photo by reporter Lin Minzhen)

[Reporter Lin Minzhen/Taichung Report] The Longjing District Farmers Association of Taichung City cooperated with the Council of Agriculture’s policy of selecting 3 out of 4 rice crops. Last year, the second phase of Longjing crops was no longer a swaying wave of rice, but green manure crops such as wheat, buckwheat, hard corn, and cosmos appeared.

The housekeeping class of the Green Care Station uses harvested sorghum stalks and nylon ropes from fishing nets in Lishui Fishing Port to weave brooms into brooms, reusing resources in a way of local materials, and inheriting the spirit of the ancient people who love and cherish things.

Director-General Lin Yuyi said that this year, the Farmers Association encouraged farmers to switch to fallow farming and promoted sorghum planting. It also hired Mr. Zhang Lao, an 87-year-old local master, to teach the students in the housekeeping class and use sorghum to make handmade brooms. The number of applicants for the activity was enthusiastic , the people also put in quite a lot of hard work, and experienced the hard work of farmers in the process.

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Liu Shufen, a teacher at the Green Care Station, explained that when sorghum is harvested, the sorghum must be dehydrated first, and then bundled into brooms. The nylon rope with high durability is used from the fishing nets in Lishui Fishing Port, and the tool needles are also ground from the skeleton of an umbrella. , "Memory will form faults if no one teaches it, and it will be passed down if someone learns it", hoping to pass it on through activities.

Mr. Minlian said that he saw the event information on the Internet and brought his son to participate.

Things that look like weeds can be made into brooms or other daily necessities after the teacher's teaching and skillful hands, which is very meaningful.

The 87-year-old Mr. Zhang, a local master of Longjing, taught how to make brooms.

(Photo by reporter Lin Minzhen)