Jianbao life

Chapter 300
Speaking of this, the young man put on a posture that he didn't want to talk anymore, as if the price of 8000 yuan was already his bottom line.

"This..." Chu Chen showed a thoughtful look.

"Brother, don't worry, the things are definitely passed down from my family's ancestors." The young man assured, patted his chest.

Chu Chen didn't speak, but kept playing with the things on the stall as if he couldn't put it down, and after a while, he said, "Little brother, how about it, I'll add another thousand, look, this bowl , and on this plate, there is a notch."

As he said that, Chu Chen pointed to the rims of the bowl and the plate respectively, not to mention, there was really a mouthful.

"Brother, your eyesight is really good." The young man gave Chu Chen a thumbs up and said, "But having said that, after all, it is something that has been around for hundreds of years, bumps and bumps are inevitable. Well, if you If you really want it, let's take a step back, how about these few things, five thousand and five?"

Chu Chen lowered his head, hesitated for a while, took out the money from his bag, counted it, handed it to the young man and said, "Okay then, but you have to pack it for me!"

"Okay!" The young man took the money, counted it carefully, then suppressed the excitement and joy in his heart, and quickly wrapped everything in old newspapers.

When he was finally about to pack the folding fan, Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Just put this fan in my bag, no need to pack it."

"Row!……"

After Chu Chen left with the bag, the young man couldn't help cheering, and hurriedly picked up his mobile phone and called his girlfriend.

"Qiangzi, what's the matter! I'm eating!"

"It's a great thing! I sold all the things you gave me yesterday, and I sold them for five thousand five thousand!"

"No way, the rags my dad bought actually sold so much? But is there really any treasure in it?"

"Come on, if your father had such good eyesight, would he still lose almost all of your family's money?"

"That's right! Well, let's not talk about this, since we have so much money, we can buy the jewelry I fancy last time, Qiangzi, you go there and wait for me first, I'll be there soon." come over……"

Chu Chen hummed a ditty and came to the restaurant he had made an appointment with. Following the waiter to the private room, Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu had already ordered food and were waiting for him.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, Zhou Wenping smiled and said, "Xiaochen, you're in such a good mood, can't it be a mistake?"

Chu Chen laughed and said, "Brother Zhou, your guess is really accurate, I really picked up the leak just now."

"Isn't it?" Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu were very surprised, and then they all looked at the bag in Chu Chen's hand.

"It's not here. These are fakes. Let's talk about the details after we have dinner." Chu Chen laughed.

"Yes, yes! Eat first..."

During the meal, Chu Chen recounted the cause and effect of what he missed just now, and both of them were amazed.

"It's really stealing chickens and losing rice. You lost your wife and lost your army!" The fifth child laughed dumbly and said, "But I'm really curious, Xiao Chen, what kind of treasure did you get?"

Chu Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's talk about it after we've had our fill of wine and food. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

"Well, let's wait and see..."

After eating, after the waiter cleared the table and made everyone a cup of tea, Chu Chen spread a newspaper on the table, took the folding fan out of the bag and put it on it.

"Hey! Folding fan!"

"It looks like a purple flower wax base!"

Folding fan, presumably everyone should be familiar with it, it is a kind of foldable fan made of bamboo wood or ivory as the fan bone, and tough paper or damask silk as the fan surface, and it is also the favorite of traditional Chinese literati.When used, it must be spread out to form a semicircle, with the heads gathered and the tails scattered.Also known as spreading fan, pinching fan, folding fan, folding fan, gathering fan and so on.

There are different opinions about the origin of the folding fan, but in my opinion, it is more reliable that it originated from the Southern Qi Dynasty.

"Biao Chuang Hua Fan" has: "Folding fans are commonly known as folding fans, and they are called Jutou fans in ancient times, and they are also called Jugu fans. They began in the Northern Song Dynasty, and their origins were as far away as Southern Qi." "Waist fan is a day", "Tong Jian Zhu" says: "Waist fan is a folding fan". But it was not popular at that time. In the Northern Song Dynasty, "It is like a folding fan made in the market... The wide size of the exhibition is three or four, and it is combined. Stop the two-finger promise ", the market has a system, which shows that it is no longer exclusive to a few people."

However, regardless of the origin of the folding fan, the unified view is that the folding fan is gradually improved and innovated from the original fan shape, and endowed with a new national traditional cultural significance. It can be said that it contains the unique cultural connotation of our country.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes! This is indeed a folding fan with a bamboo and purple flower wax base for the concubine Xiang. I think it was made in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties."

"Xiangfei Bamboo" is always the word that attracts fan bone collectors the most. Not only are collectors proud of having a high-quality Xiangfei bamboo fan, but collectors who have Xiangfei bamboo fans often like to compare them secretly to see whose. Xiangfei bamboo fans are more beautiful and better in appearance.

Why are folding fans made of this material so attractive?
Speaking of this, let me first talk about an ancient legend about Xiangfei Bamboo: Legend has it that Emperor Shun’s second concubine Ehuang and Nvying cried and mourned Emperor Shun in front of Cangwu Mountain, and shed tears on the bamboo mountain of Jiuyi Mountain. There are little tear spots on the surface, some are purple, some are snow-white, and some are blood-red. This is "Xiangfei Bamboo".

There are fingerprints on the bamboo, and it is said that the second concubine wiped the tears on the bamboo.The bright red blood spots on some bamboos were dyed by the blood and tears from the eyes of the two concubines.The reason why the collection of Xiangfei bamboo fans continues to heat up is not only the ancient and sad legend, but also because of its beautiful patterns and rare quantity. After all, its growth period is only two months.

It is said that in ancient times, when the value of the best Xiangfei bamboo was calculated, it had to be weighed on a balance scale. There was a saying that one inch of Xiangfei bamboo was three taels of gold.The Xiangfei bamboo fan bone is made of the "purple flower wax base" before the middle of Qing Dynasty. have.

Moreover, due to the precious material of the "Purple Flower Wax Bottom" fan bones, the workmanship of the fan bones is extremely exquisite, and most of them were made by the master fan makers at that time. "Purple flower wax bottom" has been popular since the Ming Dynasty. However, due to various reasons such as climate change, the material was basically an endangered species after the middle of the Qing Dynasty. , It can be said to be the dream treasure of folding fan collectors.

Seeing this, Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu were eager to try it. They looked at each other, and Lao Wu smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, you should watch it first!"

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Zhou Wenping chuckled, without making any reservations, carefully picked up the folding fan and began to observe carefully.

Zhou Wenping picked up the folding fan without letting it go, first carefully sized up the fan bones, and took out a magnifying glass to carefully observe the patina of the fan head. After a while, he nodded and said: "Yes, this should indeed be the Ming Dynasty. The purple flower wax base of the late Qing Dynasty."

Then, Zhou Wenping spread out the folding fan and carefully observed the surface of the fan, but when he saw the painting on the fan, especially the inscription and seal, he was immediately stunned.

"Eight returns?!"

"What? Is it really eight return?" Hearing the word "eight return", Lao Wu couldn't sit still any longer, stood up instantly, rushed to Zhou Wenping's side, and leaned over to watch.

Not to mention Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu, when Chu Chen saw the seal of "Ba Huan", he was not much better than them. The alias "Ba Huan" may not be very well-known, but this person's other nickname "Bada Shanren" must be familiar to everyone.

Badashanren, that is, Zhu Da, whose real name is Tong, aliases Geshan, Renwu, etc., is a descendant of Zhu Quan, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty.After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. He felt sad and angry. In the fifth year of Shunzhi, he shaved off his hair and became a monk.He was loyal to the Ming all his life, and regarded himself as a survivor of the Ming Dynasty, and refused to cooperate with the Qing.In the 14th year of Kangxi's 60th year, it was signed by Bada Shanren until the year of his death. The four characters of the signature were cursive, like "crying" and "laughing".

Bada Shanren is good at painting landscapes, flowers and birds, bamboo and wood.Flowers and birds learn from Shen Zhou, Chen Chun, and Xu Wei, and form their own style in Jingwu.Huang Gongwang's landscape is based on Huang Gongwang, which was greatly influenced by Dong Qichang.He had a great influence on flower-and-bird paintings in the Qing Dynasty, and together with Yuan Ji, Hongren, and Kun Can, they were called the "Four Great Monks in the Early Qing Dynasty".

His works often express his mind in a symbolic way, and exaggerate the flowers, birds, fish and insects in his paintings. With his unique images and concise shapes, the images in the paintings are highlighted and the themes are clear. He even draws the eyes of birds and fish as "White eyes towards people" is used to express his aloof and cynical character, thus creating an unprecedented flower and bird shape.

The characteristics of brush and ink are known for their laissez-faire, vigor, roundness, and elegance. No matter whether they are large or small, they have a simple, clear, clear and vigorous style.The structure of the rules and regulations is unconventional, seeking completeness in incompleteness.

The painter Zheng Banqiao once praised Bada Shanren's paintings: "Thousands of paintings are painted horizontally and vertically, and there are not many ink dots and many tears." The main tone of painting is also the realm of "emptiness", "mystery", "indifferent" and "deepness" pursued by ancient Chinese literati.

The fan painting on Chu Chen's folding fan is exactly the painting of flowers and birds "Lotus Rocks and Birds" that Bada Shanren is best at.

The shape of the lotus in the fan is refined, a weak lotus stalk connects the flowers and leaves together, and a few ink spots are depressed and indifferent, leisurely and solemn.

Standing on one foot on a dangerous rock, the nameless bird moves in silence, seeks tranquility in danger, stands tall and majestic with its tail and belly up, looking down, defying everything.

The stones painted in the painting also have an abnormal state, the top is big and the bottom is small, precarious, and the danger emerges spontaneously.

The lotus, nameless bird and dangerous stone in the painting can be said to have completely emerged from the author's mental state, fully showing the author's stubborn and arrogant character. From this we can see that it is not accidental that Bada Shanren is famous all over the world.

(End of this chapter)