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The rice bucket is an ancient instrument used to measure food (mainly rice and grains). It is a volume unit in the ancient Chinese measurement system. The rice bucket production process is a handicraft that combines traditional skills such as woodworking, mortise and tenon structure, carving and lacquer art. Today, due to the popularization of industrial manufacturing and reduced practicality, this craft is facing the crisis of being lost. In the video, an old carpenter is skillfully making a rice bucket. Although the practicality of modern society has decreased, there are fewer and fewer old artists who really master the complete production process, and most of them have no systematic inheritance. Therefore, some places have been listed as intangible cultural heritage, and some places have listed the "rice bucket production skills" as a local intangible cultural heritage project. And encourage young people to learn. At the same time, there are also craftsmen who apply the rice bucket skills to the design of cultural and creative products, such as mini rice buckets, small storage boxes, tea utensils, etc., giving them new uses.