golden ear

Chapter 297
"The celadon series, Cizhou series, and Jun porcelain of Song porcelain have always been loved by the Japanese. Song and Jin's Cizhou plus color bowls, red flowers and green grass leaves, we call this kind of red color porcelain "Song Chihui". As for The blue and white works of the Ming and early Qing Dynasties are also highly recommended, and the Wanli five colors of the late Ming Dynasty are especially fond of, and the love is crazy."

"China's export of blue and white porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty had a great influence on Japan. The tea set signed by Wu Liang Dafu Wu Xiangrui was highly respected. It was the Japanese who studied in China who introduced China's blue and white technology to Japan, and the porcelain industry was worshiped as a god. China's five colors of the Ming Dynasty influenced Japan and produced famous porcelains such as Imari and Kutani."

"Most of the porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty had abrasions on the edge of the mouth. The Chinese regarded it as disabled, but we Japanese didn't feel sorry for it, and even nicknamed it "Chongha". A piece of porcelain exported in the late Ming Dynasty had a little bit of "Chongha". It does not affect the price, just like a goddess with a broken arm or a beautiful woman with a mole, but it is more attractive. The Japanese are relatively indifferent to the blue and white and pastel wares of the mid-Qing Dynasty, and do not like the eye-catching richness and over-decoration."

"The Japanese are not particularly fond of snuff bottles and miscellaneous jade wares, especially jade wares. Few people know about them. The four treasures of the study, Japan is an important export market in Chinese history, especially the ancient inkstones in major museums and shops. Considered by many Japanese as "student pets."

"Tokyo Eternal Bunko is the top old brand of the study room, but because the domestic market has been chaotic in the past ten years, for example, bloodstone is very expensive, but because of Balin stone and artificial dyers, many Japanese are discouraged. So now the market Not good, there is no brand effect.”

Wu Tianyuan wrote it down carefully, these are valuable experiences, a family with an old man is like a treasure!With Goro Sakamoto as the guiding light, Tianyuantang will be able to avoid many detours in the future.

"The next step is to revive antique porcelain with all my strength. The focus is on Song Dynasty porcelain. You are all ready to integrate channels and contacts. Wait for my first batch of results next month, and then slowly start to open up the Japanese market!"

Wu Tianyuan suddenly received a call from Antian, saying that there was important news over there, and he was invited to come over for an interview.Wu Tianyuan came to Antian's house and saw him with an excited face.

"It's done!" Yasuda excitedly said: "As expected of Lord Tianyuan, even the Yasuda family attaches great importance to it, not only agreeing to in-depth cooperation, but also let me be fully responsible for all matters!"

Wu Tianyuan said with a smile: "I said earlier that there is no problem. This will not do any harm to the Antian family. I will ask Mr. Antian to take care of me in the future!"

The two laughed, planning the next step while drinking, discussing how to use various channels to enhance brand value and influence.

After making arrangements for Japan, Wu Tianyuan returned to the capital, and immediately contacted Old Tang to ask him to continue recruiting troops, recruit all the talents and resources around him, expand the assembly line as soon as possible, and increase production.

Antique porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties of the Old Tang Dynasty has become very mature, and now there are higher-end channels for sales, and the price has increased by at least ten times.Longquan celadon has also been successfully researched, and the rest is to continuously improve the craftsmanship.The next step is to make every effort to imitate Jian Kiln and Ding Kiln, and the results will be produced within one month.

After Mr. Geng heard about it, he went to live in JDZ himself and helped Tang Tianming research the formula together.He also specially invited several masters to form a group to reproduce the lost craftsmanship of the ancestors.With Wu Tianyuan's secret recipe, the progress is very fast.

"In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin himself was fond of drinking tea. He set up tea affairs agencies in the court, and the tea used in the court had been graded. Tea rituals became a ritual system, and tea giving became an important means for the emperor to win over ministers, cherish relatives, and even express friendship to foreign envoys. As for Among the folks, the tea culture is full of vitality. Some people move from place to place, neighbors want to "offer tea", and when guests come, they must respect "Yuanbao tea". "Healing tea", the gathering of relatives and friends is inseparable from the tea party."

Several people chatted while eating: "Song people usually use "ordering tea" as the basic form of tea affairs. , waiting for the soup, blowing, and cooking test, the key lies in waiting for the soup and blowing."

"The main feature of ordering tea is that the cake tea is roasted first, then smashed and ground into fine powder, and the tea powder is sieved with a tea bag. "If the tea is fine, the tea will float, and if the tea is thick, the powder will float. "One coin tea spoon, first inject the soup and adjust it to make it extremely even."Add another injection, beat back and forth, and the soup will stop when it can be divided into four.Shenqi's complexion is bright and white, and it is better to wear a cup without water marks. "Put the sieved tea powder into the teacup, pour a small amount of boiling water, stir well, then pour in boiling water, and beat it repeatedly with a bamboo tea whisk to make it foam until the side wall of the teacup leaves no water Those with scars are the best."

Old Tang lamented: "The most advanced art of tea drinking in the Song Dynasty was "tea fighting". Tea fighting embodies all the skills of tea tasting in the Song Dynasty. Tea fighting, also known as tea fighting, is a form of competition to judge the quality of tea. Customs. There are strict requirements on materials, utensils and cooking methods, and the effect of fighting tea is measured by the color and uniformity of the tea noodle soup flower, and whether there is any trace of water at the junction of the inner edge of the cup and the soup flower.”

"If you want to fight tea to win the championship, it still depends on the operation. The court tea fighting in Huizong's time is actually better than the pilot tea skills. The tea quality is good, and the water quality is also the premise. The comparison of tea fighting is still a cup of noodles. , "Bite the cup" or not, is the winning or losing rule of the tea fight."

"The standard for judging the outcome of a tea fight is that the face is bright and white, and there is no water mark on the cup is excellent; in Jian'an fighting test, the first water mark is the loser, and the durable one is the winner. That is to say, if you look at the brown color, The second is to look at the water marks. When two families fight each other, there is often more than one time. For example, the one who sees the water marks twice in three fights is the loser. "Tea fighting also includes tasting tea soup. Therefore, only those with the best color, aroma and taste can win the final victory."

Geng Lao smiled and said: "The winner of the tea produced after the tea fight was often used as another name for the best tea at that time. The price of the best tea is extremely expensive, such as Dragon and Phoenix Tuan, eight cakes per catty, two taels per cake, The cost is two taels of gold, but the prince and general still sighed, "Gold is easy to get, but dragons are hard to find! "

"After the "Little Dragon Tuan" created by Cai Xiang came out, the Dragon and Phoenix Tuan competed to become a third-rate product. In Xining, when the "Miyun Dragon" appeared, the Little Dragon Tuan had to be relegated to the second rank. Later, the "Dragon Tuan" made of silver water sprouts Shengxue", each cake weighs about one cent five, and its cost is said to be "thirty thousand" by some, and forty thousand by others."

"For 20 yuan, you can buy grain for [-] shi. Among them, the top-quality "Baiya" and "Longtuan Shengxue" in the "tribute tea" specially used by the royal family are only two or three catties produced in the whole country every year. You can't see it at all. The "Little Dragon Tuan" and "Miyun Dragon" with a little more production were only given a cake by a few close officials when the court held a sacrificial ceremony. Ouyang Xiu said that he had been in the court for [-] years, and only Received a cake of "Little Dragon Tuan" from Song Renzong. He treasured it for several years, and only occasionally took it out to pass on when relatives and friends got together."

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