The Interview with Master A-fa together with Public Television Service (PTS) Miss Ally

First encounter with gold

In the meanwhile, the master’s wife was about to “lay gold foil” on the statue of the god. Being as curious as we were, we immediately gathered around and saw the master’s wife taking out a large stack of gold foil and quickly laying the gold foil on the statue with a pen. Each piece of gold foil became the new skin of the statue. Gold foils looked smooth and shiny, and these gold foils were all valuable pure gold, which was really an eye-opener for us! However, when we heard that the gold foils were pure gold, we began to lose composure. Master A-fa gave us a piece of gold foil, and everyone immediately became excited and rushed to see the gold. Not only did we touch the gold, but we also tried to eat the gold foil. The taste of true gold in our mouths was really unforgettable!


Photo: The master’s wife was “laying gold foil” on the statue.

Photo: Master A-fa also explained to us how to lay gold foil.

Photo: We were excited to experience “pure gold.”

Photo: Our hands and lips were covered with gold foil powder!

Home

Narrative

My school


The Miraculous Master A-fa 

Statue Sprucing Craftsmanship

Craftsman Master A-fa

An Interview with Master A-fa

Statue Sprucing mandala

 

Years as an Apprentice 

A Childhood Immersed in Craftsmanship

Apprenticeship to Learn the Craft

The Early Stages of Learning

Sticking to Studies

Life of Apprenticeship

Becoming a Master After Seven Years of Apprenticeship

Creating His Own Way

Chronology of Master A-fa 



Entrepreneurship and Innovation 

Settled in Changhua

Difficulties and Challenges in Starting a Business

Growth against the Trend

Becoming Famous Far and Wide

The Crisis of Inheritance

Devotion to Inheritance

Commitment to Inheritance and Promotion

Taking Root

 

Statue Sprucing Craftsmanship 

Origin

Techniques

Materials

Restoration of Statues

The posture and facial expression of the statue

Cleaning up

Taboos of statue sprucing 

Master A-fa statue sprucing Video

 

 

Public Television 

Preparations before the Interview

Go to Nanyao Temple for on-site video shooting

A Visit to Master A-fa’s Buddhist paraphernalia shop

First encounter with gold

Lacquer thread carving experience

Public Television

 

Interviews and tours 

The interview with Mr. Tsai

Sweetness and bitterness experienced in statue sprucing

Class tour for promotion

Questionnaire statistical analysis

Lacquer thread game

Carving game

Comic Little Theater


Thematic Production and Reference Bibliography

Production process experience

Interesting details behind the project

Contribution and gain

Curriculum Integration

References and news links

Quiz