一個瑞安姑娘和10000個胡桃夾子

楊微微

胡桃夾子是德國奧勒山地區(qū)的傳統(tǒng)工藝品，因為德國浪漫主義作家霍夫曼創(chuàng)作的童話故事《胡桃夾子與老鼠國王》，這種玩偶幻化成了很多人心中的一個童話。

溫州瑞安的李芳芳就是其中之一。從小到大的28年里，她找遍全世界，搜集、收藏胡桃夾子10127款。她因此甚至創(chuàng)下一項新的吉尼斯世界紀錄。

世界各地收集胡桃夾子

1983年出生的李芳芳是家里的獨生女。9歲那年的平安夜，她收到舅舅送的圣誕禮物：一個白胡子、大眼睛的木偶人，背著一個小麻袋，腳踩黑色高筒靴，頭上戴著一頂小高帽。這就是胡桃夾子。不同于布偶洋娃娃，嘴巴會動的木質(zhì)胡桃夾子讓她一見鐘情。

后來，她從書本上真正認識了這位漂洋過海而來的朋友。書上說，胡桃夾子能夠守護家庭中的每一位成員，會對魔鬼和惡者露出牙齒，會給人帶來好運、遠離罪惡之神。

被賦予童話色彩的這個玩偶深得李芳芳的喜歡。從此之后，胡桃夾子一直陪伴她成長。從最初的喜愛，到后來的收藏，這一晃就是28年。

走上收藏之路后，只要外出旅游，李芳芳帶回的就不僅僅是美景與回憶，還有各種各樣的胡桃夾子。她每次外出旅游，多數(shù)時間都在尋找胡桃夾子，有時從國外帶回胡桃夾子，運費遠遠高于胡桃夾子本身。為了能得到一款限量版或是絕版的胡桃夾子，她經(jīng)常要與老板“打太極”才行。

2016年，她曾在美國待了40天，幾乎每天都在“淘寶”——淘限量版、造型特殊的胡桃夾子。

在美國蒙特利半島卡梅爾小鎮(zhèn)上的一家小商店里，她看中了老板的“鎮(zhèn)店之寶”——一款限量版胡桃夾子，老板并不打算售出。李芳芳前后三次光顧這家店，到店之后，她就開始跟老板“磨蹭”，講述自己收藏胡桃夾子的故事。最終，李芳芳的誠意打動了老板。老板忍痛割愛將這款限量版胡桃夾子交到她的手中。此后，兩人成為了很好的朋友。李芳芳創(chuàng)造了新吉尼斯世界紀錄后，還收到這位遠方朋友的祝賀。李芳芳也向他發(fā)出邀請，如果有機會來中國，她一定把她收藏的胡桃夾子展示給他看。

李芳芳說，上萬件胡桃夾子，雖然來源并不都記得清清楚楚，但是每一件都是親自收回來的，這其中有自己一路成長的印記。

在李芳芳的收藏中，最高的胡桃夾子有3米高，最矮的只有1.5厘米。上萬款胡桃夾子，是李芳芳通過28年時間收集的，每款都不一樣。她特別鐘情其中一款“諾亞方舟”，這款胡桃夾子至今已有40多年歷史，陳舊的模樣盡是歲月留下的痕跡。能收到它，也是有著一個美麗的故事。

十多年前，李芳芳在羅馬一家古董店發(fā)現(xiàn)這款“諾亞方舟”版胡桃夾子。聊天中，老板得知她是一個胡桃夾子收藏愛好者，難得遇到這樣一位來自中國的知音，老板做出了一個意外的決定：將胡桃夾子贈送給李芳芳，并表示有機會要來中國看看李芳芳的藏品。

想組建一個胡桃夾子俱樂部

除了收藏，李芳芳還巧妙地將胡桃夾子與自己的事業(yè)結(jié)合起來。

2014年，李芳芳決定自己創(chuàng)業(yè)投身餐飲行業(yè)。她將文化與餐飲結(jié)合，構(gòu)建“胡桃夾子”文化平臺，將胡桃夾子文化加入到她的餐飲行業(yè)里。

2017年，在胡桃夾子誕生200周年之際，她在溫州白鹿洲公園的年代美術(shù)館里舉辦了一次以“胡桃王國與夢境之旅”為主題的大型展覽，展示了7500個胡桃夾子人偶，從高達3米的巨型胡桃夾子，到幾厘米高的小掛件，造型各異，就像一個童話故事里的夢幻世界，吸引了數(shù)萬名參觀者。

也就是在2017年，李芳芳萌生了挑戰(zhàn)吉尼斯世界紀錄的想法。

通過一年多的資料準備，她對照幾十頁的申請細則，一項一項落實。一個空曠場地上，她把上萬款胡桃夾子收藏品全部擺放出來，進行歸類和歸檔，并對283款限量版及絕版的胡桃夾子單獨做了一張介紹清單，請第三方認證人和監(jiān)督員現(xiàn)場清點數(shù)量及品種，再拍攝視頻，保證每一款胡桃夾子尺寸、款式、品種都不重復(fù)。整個認證過程，就花了34天時間。2018年12月30日，她終于收到吉尼斯世界紀錄官方挑戰(zhàn)結(jié)果。

“收集胡桃夾子是我一生的追求和夢想，創(chuàng)下新的吉尼斯世界紀錄以后，我依然會繼續(xù)收集胡桃夾子。接下來，我還要為胡桃夾子辦巡展，打造以‘胡桃夾子為主題的產(chǎn)業(yè)鏈，比如，目前我們準備著手做民宿、主題酒店、主題樂園以及教育項目等。”李芳芳說，除了自身對胡桃夾子的延伸發(fā)展外，她還想借著此次展覽計劃組建一個胡桃夾子俱樂部，讓更多的愛好者能夠互相交流和促進。

（本文圖片攝影：王志）

Girl in Ruian Boasts Worlds Largest Collection of Nutcrackers

By Yang Weiwei

The 36-year-old Li Fangfang is the only daughter of a family in Ruian， a county-level city in Wenzhou， a port city in the southeast of Zhejiang Province. She received her first Nutcracker figure as a Christmas gift from her maternal uncle on the Eve of Christmas when she was nine years old. The wood puppet fascinated her tremendously and set her imagination on fire. She then read the story about the legendary figure who befriends ones family members against monsters. She fell in love with . Over the past 20 some years， she has built up a collection of 10，127 nutcrackers. It is the worlds largest collection on December 30， 2018， as confirmed by the Guinness Records. Officially， hers is called the largest collection of the nutcracker and the mouse king memorabilia.

Most of these nutcrackers in her collection came from her overseas trips. In fact， she took overseas tours essentially in her hunting for all kinds of nutcrackers. In some cases， she paid more for shipping them back home than purchasing them from sellers. In 2016， she spent more than 40 days in the United States， searching and buying the nutcrackers of limited editions or those that look special. In a shop in Carmel， a town in Monterey， California， she spotted a limited edition nutcracker. The proprietor said the treasure of the house was not for sale. Li visited the shop three times and her story about her childhood memory， her passion for nutcrackers and her collection， touched the heartstring of the proprietor. Eventually， the nutcracker changed hands. And Li and the proprietor became friends. The proprietor congratulated Li on her world-record collection.

Li Fangfang cannot tell exactly where each piece in her collection came from over the past 20 plus years， but she is absolutely certain that she built the collection up piece by piece. The tallest in her collection measures 3 meters and the shortest only 1.5 centimeters. Her favorite is one called Noahs Ark which was first issued more than 40 years ago. She spotted it in an antique shop in Rome more than ten years ago. After chatting with Li， the shop owner decided to give it to the Chinese visitor free of charge.

In 2017， Li Fangfang held an exhibition at an art museum in White Deer Park in Wenzhou to mark the 200th anniversary of The Nutcracker， a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E.T.A. Hoffmann. At the exhibition， she displayed 7，500 nutcrackers from her collection. Tens of thousands of people came to see the exotic puppets.

It was also in 2017 that she thought to put her collection into the Guinness World Records. The preparations took her more than a year in order to comply with all the guidelines listed in several tens of pages of an official Guinness manual. She put the whole collection in one large space in categories and prepared a catalogue of the whole collection. She also prepared a special manifest of the 283 special edition and exhausted edition nutcrackers. The third-party witnesses and Guinness officials came to check the whole collection out， recording all the details in writing and in video to make sure each one in the collection was different and there was no repetition at all. It took 34 days to complete the whole verification procedure. On December 30， 2018， Li Fangfang received the record-holder certification from the Guinness World Records.

“It is my lifelong ambition and dream of collecting nutcrackers，” says Li Fangfang. “My efforts will continue after the Guinness World Records. My nutcracker exhibition will take a road show. I plan to create a business franchise featuring nutcrackers. For example， I am engaged in programs of inns， theme hotels， theme parks and education.”

Moreover， she is thinking of setting up a nutcracker fans club where nutcracker buffs can meet and socialize.