Chapter Two Thousand and Seventeen: The Painting of the Eight Great Mountain People
There is only more than half an hour before the start of the Spring Festival Gala, and all the audience and special guests have entered the brightly lit CCTV No. 1 studio hall and are seated in their respective seats.
Ye Tian and his family have also entered the studio hall and sat down at a round table in the second row of the audience, the position of the round table is very good, close to the stage, and the view is excellent.
On this round table, covered with a red silk tablecloth embroidered with auspicious patterns with gold threads, a pot of delicate blooming orchids is placed in the center of the round table, and there are two bottles of mineral water in front of each person.
There are also many round tables in the front, to the left and right, and to the back, and each round table is already full of people, and everyone is smiling and excited.
Sitting at these round tables are different families from all over the country, popular stars in the entertainment industry, and other special guests, such as national model workers, soldiers with medals on their chests, outstanding entrepreneurs, and so on.
As soon as they entered the studio hall, everyone was shocked by this huge studio full of lights, flowers, and a cheerful festive atmosphere, and they were also completely infected by the atmosphere here.
Especially Matthew and Evelyn, as well as the three little ones in Linlin and Dongzi.
Several of them were running out of eyes, and they kept turning their heads to look at everything in the studio, and everyone's excited eyes lit up in amazement.
Until they walked to the round table and sat down, they were still in shock, and their eyes were still shining with excitement.
"Steven, this studio hall is really beautifully decorated, the atmosphere is extremely warm, and the stage in front of me is even more so, it is definitely the most gorgeous stage I have ever seen."
Looking at everything in this studio hall, Matthew couldn't help but sigh.
Before his words fell, Evelyn next to him continued:
"It's still your Chinese Spring Festival lively, everyone is jubilant, the whole country is immersed in a strong festive atmosphere, I like this festival, I like the Chinese New Year"
Ye Tian smiled softly, and then said in a low voice:
"The Spring Festival is the most solemn festival of the Chinese nation, which embodies the Chinese nation's ideological beliefs, ideals and aspirations, life entertainment and cultural psychology, and is also a carnival display of blessings, food and entertainment activities.
Its origins contain profound cultural connotations, and carry a rich historical and cultural heritage in the inheritance and development, during the Spring Festival, activities will be held throughout China to celebrate the New Year, each with its own characteristics, but all lively and festive.
At this moment, not only in this studio where we are located, but also in every place and family in China, people are immersed in a warm and joyful festive atmosphere, bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year......"
Just when Ye Tian was chatting with Matthew, many viewers and special guests in the studio hall had already discovered Ye Tian and his party.
In addition to those CCTV staff and many big names in the entertainment industry who stayed backstage in the Spring Festival Gala before, many people were very surprised that Ye Tian and them suddenly appeared in the No. 1 studio hall.
"Isn't that Ye Tian? Why did he appear here? And sitting in the second row of the audience as a special guest, I didn't hear that he was invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala before!"
"What's so strange about this, if you can donate 5,000 volumes of the priceless Dunhuang Canon to the National Library, you can also be specially invited to sit in the front row of special guest seats."
There was a lot of discussion at the scene, and many people looked at Ye Tian.
For this kind of scene, Ye Tian had already expected and was accustomed to it, and he didn't feel strange at all, and continued to chat with his family, waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to officially kick off.
After chatting for a while, an unfamiliar voice suddenly came from the side.
"Take the liberty of excuse me, Mr. Ye Tian, can I delay you for a few minutes?"
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately stopped talking and turned his head to look at the round table on the left.
The unfamiliar voice came from the round table, where the speaker was a man in his fifties, who was polite and elegant-looking.
Beside the man sat a woman in her fifties and a beautiful girl in her twenties.
Facing the stage, sat an old man in a military uniform with a military medal on his chest, and an old lady with gray hair but strong spirits.
Obviously, these people are also special guests of the Spring Festival Gala, and three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren came to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, which is similar to Ye Tian's situation.
Ye Tian looked at the other party, then nodded with a smile and said:
"Hello, I'm Ye Tian, do you have anything to do, it looks like you're a lot older than me, just call me by my name, or call me Xiao Ye, don't use the word 'you' anymore, I can't afford it"
"Okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then call your name, Ye Tian, I am a teacher at Tsinghua University, named Tang Bowen, these are my family, let's participate in the Spring Festival Gala today"
With Tang Bowen's introduction, Ye Tianchong, the family member of the Tsinghua teacher, nodded lightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
Mr. Tang's family members also nodded at him and said hello, and everyone looked at him with curiosity.
After a brief self-introduction, Mr. Tang continued:
"Ye Tian, as we all know, you are the world's top antique art appraisal expert, your eyes are extremely sharp, you have never looked away from anything, I want to ask you to help identify a painting and calligraphy artwork.
In order to cooperate with a program of the Spring Festival Gala, 'I have an heirloom', we brought an ancient painting here to prepare to display it on this show, that is, our family heirloom has been in our family for decades.
But the authenticity of that ancient painting, we are not sure, we have also looked for experts before, some people say it is true, some people say it is fake, instead of getting a clear result, it makes us even more confused!
I didn't expect to meet you here today, and now there is still a little time before the start of the Spring Festival Gala, so I took the liberty to bother, and I wanted to ask you to help me and identify it, so that we can have a bottom in our hearts!"
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately laughed softly, and his grandparents were the same.
"Mr. Tang, like you, we were asked by the director team of the Spring Festival Gala to bring a family heirloom to the Spring Festival Gala scene, and if we were invited to participate in the 'I have an heirloom' program, we would show our family heirlooms in public.
This is the New Year, since you have said a word of request, let me help identify your family heirloom, how can I refuse? As long as you can trust me, then I will help you look at and appreciate that ancient painting!"
"That's great, Ye Tian, thank you for your help, the questions that have plagued our family for a long time can finally be solved today, this is about to become our family's heart disease!"
Teacher Tang nodded excitedly and said, his eyes full of anticipation.
Immediately afterwards, he picked up a brocade box about fifty centimeters long from his feet and carefully placed it on the table in front of him.
Ye Tian stood up, came to the table, and looked at the brocade box on the table.
The same is true of my grandfather, who is a lover of calligraphy and painting, as well as other audiences and guests who heard Ye Tian and Mr. Tang talking nearby, all of them looked at the brocade box, and everyone was full of curiosity.
As for Mr. Tang's family, not to mention, everyone's eyes are full of anticipation.
Especially the old man Tang, who was sitting at the top, stood up directly, staring at the elegant brocade box with concern in his eyes, and his breathing became a little short.
After putting the brocade box, Mr. Tang took out two pairs of white gloves from his handbag, put one on himself, and handed the other directly to Ye Tian.
Then he carefully opened the brocade box, then uncovered another layer of white silk, and took out a yellowed scroll from the brocade box.
"Ye Tian, this is the heirloom of our family, a painting by the famous painter Bada Shanren Zhu Qi in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, although it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, but it has been collected in our family for more than 80 years, and we cherish it very much.
In the mid-thirties of the last century, he was working in Shanghai, and by chance, he received this ancient painting, which has been kept in our house ever since.
After the liberation, our family moved to Beijing, and in the early fifties, we had a forensic expert from Liulichang to see it, saying that it was the authentic work of the Bada Shanren, and some people wanted to buy it at that time, but we didn't sell it.
In the 80s of the last century, because I had to study abroad at that time, the cost was large, but the family was very poor, so in desperation, we moved the idea of selling the painting and looking for someone to re-appraise it.
This time, the appraisal expert gave a diametrically opposite conclusion from before, and the appraisal expert said that this was a fake, a forged painting in the early years of the Republic of China, from a master of calligraphy and painting counterfeiting in Tianjin.
We didn't believe in this evil, and we found several experts to identify it, and some people saw the real and some saw the fake, so we were completely confused, and the painting was not sold."
Mr. Tang introduced the basic situation of this painting, and gently placed the scroll on the round table, instead of handing it over to Ye Tian.
Obviously, this teacher Tang also knows some of the rules of the domestic antique shop, and knows that the goods are not enough!
"The paintings of the Bada Shanren, they are very rare, you must enjoy them"
Ye Tian said with a smile, with a bit of surprise on his face.
At the same time, many of the surrounding audience and special guests heard that this might be a painting of Bada Shanren, and they all stood up and looked at this side with bright eyes.
With the rise of collecting craze and the endless variety of treasure hunting programs on TV, people nowadays know a little bit about collecting antique art, and there are even some people who claim to be experts.
The calligraphy and painting works of the Bada Shanren have been enthusiastically sought after by countless collectors over the years, and the auction prices have repeatedly reached new highs, and they can definitely be called one of the most attractive ancient Chinese painters in the market.
At this moment, when you hear that there is a painting of the Bada Shanren here, can you not be excited?