Waiter balances tens of plates on his head

编者按：陈长发是四川合江县先滩镇的一个传奇。38年来，他脚穿草鞋、头裹白布、手持一块方巾，头顶数米长的木制食槽送菜超30万碗，却从未失手一次。顶着几十斤重的滚烫菜肴，在乡宴的席间穿梭自如，送菜如同杂耍，这项绝活就是“打盆”。“打盆”是先滩镇所独有的，据考证起源于清代中期，当时古镇上办宴席，客人多菜品也多，上菜的人自然就得动作快。可老街狭长且窄，上菜的人多了，行走起来不方便，于是想出了打盆这一上菜方法。如今在镇上打盆的只有陈长发和杨光祥师徒二人了。

Editor's note: Chen Changfa is famous for serving dishes in Hejiang County of western China's Sichuan Province. And, one of his claims to fame is that he can hold a long wooden tray on top of his head packed with a large number of dishes. He believes he has brought more than 300,000 dishes to dining tables over a period of 38 years without a single mishap. The trick is said to have been invented several hundred years ago in the town, when dish servers needed to scamper through crowded streets showing a great sense of balance to serve many guests at the local banquets. Now, only Chen and a single apprentice can perform the extraordinary feat.

今年66岁的陈长发，从27岁就开始学习这门技艺。这天的乡宴上，18道菜都是陈长发老人打盆送到餐桌旁。[视觉中国] The 66-year-old Chen Changfa learned the skill when he was 27. Here, he is serving dishes at a banquet. [Photo/VCG]

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