The July sun scorched the fiery red earth, but it still couldn't stop the volunteers from moving forward. After the baptism of the expedition ceremony under the scorching sun, on the afternoon of July 8 15:00, the service team of "Love Volunteers" of the Department of Economics and Management took a step towards the recruitment of new recruits in Beiya Village with expectation and exploration.
Travel through time and space and taste a long culture.
First of all, everyone visited the recruit base museum under the leadership of the staff. The Museum of Recruits' Tales displays the profound ancient rhyme culture of Shanxi merchants with words, painted murals, statues and handicrafts, mainly including the development of Shanxi merchants' culture, the growth of Recruits' Tales, traditional production techniques, historical materials of Pacific cakes and farm tools, and cultural stalls. During the visit, the volunteers tasted the culture of Shanxi merchants and learned about the history of Taikoo Cake.
Later, the staff took everyone to visit the Taikoo cake production workshop and its workflow. The first workshop is the molding workshop, which is divided into two production lines: cooling tower and tunnel furnace. Volunteers are attracted by these superb skills and refuse to move their pace at a distance. After one workshop after another, crisp and soft Taikoo cakes were born!
Go deep into the warehouse, unite and cooperate to create perfection.
After the visit, the volunteers were full of joy and expectation, and there was almost no question mark in their hearts, ready to get familiar with the work! There are two kinds of jobs in the warehouse, one is to put buns in boxes, and the other is to pack Taikoo cakes. Under the assignment of the warehouse manager, the volunteers were divided into two groups. After the patient and meticulous explanation by the staff, everyone started their work with great interest. Volunteers learn in action, watching bags of baked buns slices being packed into boxes, and watching the original mountain of baked buns slices gradually decrease, their faces showed a bright smile. Even if you are sweating, even if you are exhausted, you can't stop the volunteers' efforts.
This work continues. Volunteers in another work area put the packaged Pacific cakes into boxes, handed them to the next person for sealing, and finally completed the logistics. Although the work is simple, it extremely tests the patience of volunteers. Even though we just got familiar with the work today and didn't officially start, everyone completed the task meticulously. The packaging warehouse is full of youthful passion, the spirit of unity and cooperation is displayed here, and the quality of hard work is publicized here.
Love is to experience and feel the beauty of culture
Taigu County is an important birthplace of Shanxi merchants' civilization, with profound ancient rhyme culture and Shanxi merchants' food culture. Its food culture is rich in connotation, among which "Taikoo cake" has a long history. Recruit Taikoo Cake has been rated as a municipal intangible cultural heritage, a special tourism product in Jinzhong and one of the top ten famous cakes in Jinzhong, and has always enjoyed the reputation of "king of cakes" and "king of cakes". We walked into the recruits' notes, into a culture that we had never touched before, and felt a strong cultural atmosphere in the "eight bowls", exquisite handicrafts and crisp and soft Taikoo cakes. We have a strong desire to explore this, and we are willing and hope to learn more about intangible culture and explore Shanxi merchant culture in the next summer practice.
When we first met Xin Bingji, it seemed as if we saw the wheel of history turning behind the ancient pavilion, and the precipitation of history merged into a lasting fragrance on it. Starting from tomorrow, volunteers will formally devote themselves to their work, and tomorrow will be a new starting point. Are you looking forward to tomorrow?