The unrelinquishable feather duster

Located in Changhua’s Puyan Township, Fengze Village is the home of Taiwan’s elegant feather duster. The first person in Fengze Village to make feather dusters learned the art from a beggar in the temple’s yard, and Chen Zhong-lu (陳忠露) inherited the art from his father. In its heyday, the village was brimming with experts making feather dusters, with each and every family engaged in the art. Today, however, Chen Zhong-lu and his wife Xu Quan-ying (許全英), who have been making feather dusters for over half a century, remain the last bastion of this traditional art in the village. Chen Zhong-lu said he couldn't bear to give up the art that his father handed down to him; today, Chen Zhong-lu and his wife hope that through receiving photography groups and other interested parties, many more people will get to know about this quaint part of Taiwan’s traditional culture. 

The unrelinquishable feather duster 

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放不下的雞毛擔子

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豐澤村，座落於彰化縣埔鹽鄉，是台灣雞毛撢子的發源地。最初村民從廟口的乞丐那裡，學會了製作雞毛撣子，而陳忠露又從父親那裡繼承了這門手藝。全盛時期，這裡家家戶戶都是製作雞毛撢子的好手；而現在，陳忠露成為這項手藝最後的繼承人，妻子許全英也陪著他一起做了50年，陳忠露說捨不得放棄這個父親傳承下來的手藝，他們也接受許多攝影團體的拍攝需求，希望有更多人能了解這份文化。