"Gilding, isn't it almost the same as gold plating? Just a layer of gold, so valuable?" Zhang Qingliang is really incomprehensible, even if it is made of full gold, it doesn't need tens of millions, right?

There should be no shortage of such a golden Buddha, there should be no shortage of gold shops, and the same size is estimated to be one million or hundreds of thousands, and two or three million are all up to the sky, right?

I have to say that the ancients are really powerful, not gold, but better than gold.

"To a certain extent, gilding and gilding are similar, but gilding can be a little more complicated. In a sense, gilding is the ancient gilding. However, metal plating can only be carried out when there is electricity. Hu Yang said to everyone.

Intuitively speaking, in addition to professional aging, there will basically be no new gilt products from the factory, because the electroplating process is too trouble-saving, time-saving, labor-saving and money-saving, and the intuitive effect is much better, and the electroplating products look more glamorous and more in line with the characteristics of bling.

This is the progress of science and technology.

However, it is difficult to say how long it will be saved. Judging from the current electroplated gold handicrafts, the electroplated metal will not be preserved for a long time.

The gilt was already very mature in the Han Dynasty, and some of the gilding objects preserved in the Han Dynasty are still shining.

"The craft of gilding, by the Ming Dynasty, developed to a peak. Earlier, we also said that the artistic development of the Ming Dynasty belonged to a highly developed era in history.

In this dynasty, a magnificent book like the "Yongle Canon" was born, a superb porcelain like sweet white glaze was born, and a peerless bronze like the Xuande furnace was born.

And there is a technology, which everyone may not understand, is gilding technology, which also developed to a unique extent in the Ming Dynasty.

At present, almost all the gilded ware in the world, worth more than 100 million, was produced in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Yongle period. Hu Yang introduced to everyone.

The audience in the live broadcast room was speechless.

There is no doubt that Brother Hu is a bright blower. However, the artistic civilization created by the Ming Dynasty is indeed admirable and makes future generations proud.

Despite this dynasty, the common people in the later period were also bitter. But if he let the Han people stand up, it is worthy of future generations to pay respect. Although the economy of the Song Dynasty was very developed, the weak military chicken has always been criticized by later generations, and it is to seek peace at every turn.

Although the Yuan Dynasty was powerful, the Mongols did not regard the Han people as human beings at all, and when they ruled, they were even more excessive than the Qing Dynasty. Everyone's sense of identity with the Yuan Dynasty is not very strong.

Until the appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthless man, the invincible Mongols were driven back to the steppe. Once, in order to find the jade seal of the whole country, Zhu Yuanzhang even sent troops into the grassland several times and beat the Mongols to a miserable point.

As for what later generations said: The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! For hundreds of years, the Ming Dynasty did not make peace with relatives, did not cede land, and did not pay tribute, which made many descendants full of respect for this dynasty.

Seeing those speeches in the live broadcast room, Hu Yang smiled: "I'm not a big blower, I have respect for every dynasty in our country." However, in our cultural circle, traditional culture, the Ming Dynasty did leave us too much precious wealth, this is the truth. ”

Soon, some people want to say that the Song Dynasty was dominated by literati, and the culture created was also very bright!

"That's right! The culture of the Song Dynasty was also very good, and although it was militarily weak and often beaten, I also liked it. Hu Yang said undeniably.

Chinese porcelain, which has been brilliant for more than 1,000 years, began to break out in the Song Dynasty, and the five major kilns are still talked about and remembered by the world.

Literary attainments, various calligraphy, poetry, painting and other arts, are also in full bloom.

Now, many of the ancient calligraphy and paintings before the Song Dynasty have been wiped out, and almost all of them are copies of the Song Dynasty. To a certain extent, the Song Dynasty retained a very large amount of ancient heritage.

Getting back to business, the topic returns to the gilding ware of the Ming Dynasty.

"There is also a reason why the gilded objects of the Ming Dynasty, especially the gilded Buddha statues, have been able to develop to that extent. Hu Yang said.

He said that before the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the court attached great importance to Buddhism.

On the one hand, before the Jiajing Dynasty, most of the ruling class believed in Buddhism, and Buddhism had developed and matured among the folk religious beliefs.

On the other hand, since the Ming Dynasty, especially in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, relations with the Tibetan government were very harmonious, and the court's admiration for Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, was inseparable from the political needs of the ruling class at that time to encircle the Tibetan government.

In addition to the attention of the court, the objective conditions also allow the batch casting of copper Buddha statues, that is, the circulation currency of the Ming Dynasty is mainly silver, and copper can be said to be not very valuable, so there is more surplus. It is not surprising, then, that the gilded Buddha statues of the Ming Dynasty could flourish under such conditions. Hu Yang analyzed.

As for how much the Ming Dynasty attached importance to the casting of Buddha statues, we can get a glimpse of one or two from the fact that it has specially set up institutions and departments to produce Buddha statues.

The Buddha statues made in the Ming Dynasty are based on the statue model under the influence of Tibetan Buddhist culture, integrating traditional aesthetics and some craftsmanship, and skillfully combining Han culture and Tibetan culture on this Buddha statue.

Therefore, the gilded Buddha statues of this period have a very high artistic value and sufficient cultural content, and they can often be auctioned at sky-high prices in the auction market, which is a matter of course.

Judging from the proportions of the Buddha statues, the early and middle Ming Dynasty paid attention to symmetry and coordination, but one of the most prominent points in the late Ming Dynasty was that the head proportion was too large, and there was a sense of "big-headed son".

Judging from the lines of the modeling, the Buddha figures have many shoulders and thin waists, and are S-shaped. However, the lines below the waist of the bronze gilt Buddha statues in the early and middle Ming Dynasty have a small arc, but this line has gradually become rounded since the late period.

Therefore, even if there is no knowledge, it is not difficult to judge that this is a work of the early years of the Ming Dynasty.

In this period of Yongle, everyone is also familiar with Zhu Di, the emperor of Yongle, who is another representative emperor of the Ming Dynasty. During his reign, he was militarily powerful and very domineering.

Many people know that Zhu Yuanzhang chased the Mongols several times in order to find the national jade seal, which made people want to cry without tears. But he didn't know that when Zhu Di was in time, the emperor did not let go of the Mongols, and made five expeditions to Mongolia, and even died on the way back from the expedition.

After him, the Mongols almost had a natural fear of the Ming Dynasty, and fled when they saw it.

In addition, he sent Zheng He to the West many times, strengthening friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries. At the same time, he also ordered people to edit the "Yongle Canon" and dredge the Grand Canal, which are all major events that can leave a name for eternity.

"Do you know how much the most expensive gilt is cost?" Hu Yang suddenly asked.

Actually, it's not a secret, and you can still know if you want to look it up. The audience immediately searched on the Internet and found that the most expensive gilded Buddha statue was from the Yongle period, worth more than 200 million, which shocked everyone.

"More than 200 million, terrible. No wonder, more than a million Brother Hu are not moved. ”

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