"Common carving techniques include flat carving, vertical carving, openwork carving, relief carving, openwork carving, yin and yang carving, etc., and many works are often completed by a variety of carving techniques.

And our Zheng family ancestral carving skills, passed from Suzhou, so the best is still miniature carving, of course, so long to settle down here, take the strengths of the people, especially the various carving culture of Lingnan, also deeply influenced by its style, has a lot of changes, in the aspect of ivory carving, is also our strength......"

Along the way, Zheng Zhanle explained to them all kinds of carvings, and his saliva was almost dry.

"If I were ten years younger, I would like to learn from you. ”

Liu Yunfei's eyes shone brightly, and this scene was extremely exciting.

"In this regard, in addition to interest, the most important thing is to look at talent, since you like it so much, I will give you a few pieces each, in this collection building, just tell me what you like!"

Zheng Zhanle patted his chest and said very loudly, his face was full of pride, with his status in the family, it was okay to make his own assertions.

"It turns out that the most important thing is talent, which is why you are not interested in the inheritance of the craft at home, and instead like gambling stones?"

Feng Qibo had a look of sudden realization.

When I was a child, my grandfather dragged me to learn carving every day, and I wasn't uninterested, but I just didn't want to make it a lifelong career. Where can a character like me calm down? I can't sit down and work on it at all. ”

Zheng Zhanle rolled his eyes and said, fortunately, he has a grandfather who understands things and did not force him to develop in this direction, otherwise he would have died of pain.

"This guy just can't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth, don't care about him, he dares to touch his master's face and cancel his rights. ”

He Wenhui fell into the well on the side and asked him to pick a few collections, and he even had so many things to say!

"Don't, I also admire your Zheng family's craftsmanship very much, and it is an honor to have the honor to get a few, then I will be disrespectful!"

Feng Qibo immediately greeted him with a smile, eager to strangle He Wenhui, the black-hearted guy who pit his teammates!

"Xiaole, you have a big mouth, can we take anything?"

On the other side, Liu Yunfei and Zhao Tianming had already started to search for targets unceremoniously, only to see Zhao Tianming pick up a nuclear carving and put it in his palm and said.

"Wow! Your vision is really amazing, this can't be the nuclear boat in "The Story of the Nuclear Boat", right?

Seeing the delicate nuclear boat lying quietly in Zhao Tianming's palm, Feng Qibo's eyes lit up, and he said a little exaggeratedly.

He went to school so-so, but some related things, I still remember very clearly, when I saw this nuclear boat work, I immediately thought of the article "Nuclear Boat Record" that I had learned in the textbook, and the nuclear boat recorded on the opposite side of the book I had long wanted to see.

"The Nuclear Boat?"

Hearing Feng Qibo's words, everyone else turned their eyes to this side, and naturally, they were attracted by the exquisite nuclear carving in Zhao Tianming's hand.

It is a peach pit as the raw material of the nuclear carving, only three or four centimeters in size, carved into the shape of a boat, there are small windows on both sides, the bow and stern are carved with figures, lifelike, delicate, very delicate and exquisite, it can be seen that its technique is clever.

In addition, there can also be some small items and some words on it, Liu Yunfei's eyes are good, and he can easily see the sentence "The mountains are high and the moon is small, and the water falls out." ”

He knew that this sentence came from Su Shi's "Red Cliff Fu", and the nuclear boat recorded in "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" is actually real in history, telling the story of Su Shi's visit to Chibi, and there is also such a sentence engraved on it.

It may be that Feng Qibo also saw it, and it is inevitable that he will have such thoughts, even now, he has such thoughts and doubts.

It's just that he heard that this work, which is widely circulated in ancient texts, has actually been lost a long time ago, is it actually hidden in the folk and obtained by Zheng Zhanle's family?

With the ability of the Zheng family, this possibility is not small!

"How is it possible? The nuclear boat in "The Nuclear Boat Record" is indeed lost, at least so far we have not found it, this is my grandfather according to the record in the "Nuclear Boat Record", carved it, but the level has always been unable to catch up with the predecessors, and it is a little more streamlined than the record in the text. ”

Zheng Zhanle shook his head and said, it is said that the times are advancing, in fact, the superb skills of many ancients are now incomparable, and there are many techniques that make everyone admire, which have long been lost.

His grandfather saw the record in the book and remembered the sages, so he had the heart to catch up, but in the end, he failed to fulfill his wish.

"Your grandfather's work? That's also very unremarkable, and people like me don't see the difference in half a bucket of water. ”

Feng Qibo squinted and picked up the nuclear boat in Zhao Tianming's hand, and observed it carefully.

"The difference is great, Wang Shuyuan's carved nuclear boat has five people, eight windows, and a canopy, oars, stove, teapot, hand scroll, prayer beads, and other items, and the couplet, inscription, and seal inscription add up, and there are thirty-four characters in total. ”

may be because of his closeness to his grandfather, Zheng Zhanle also came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"And my grandfather's work, missing handscrolls, prayer beads, seal inscriptions, not to mention, the number of words is much less, only the title of 'the breeze is coming, the water waves are not prosperous', 'the mountain is high and the moon is small, the water falls out' eight words, using simplified characters, the gap is difficult to explain to you.

Moreover, according to another historical record, Wang Shuyuan carved the window in the nuclear boat, with exquisite shafts, which can be flexibly opened and closed, and my grandfather can't do this alone, I really don't know how the ancients did it.

It's a pity that there are not many recorded works of Wang Shuyuan, and there is only one that has been handed down, and it is still collected in the Beijing Museum, so I can't study it. ”

Zheng Zhanle said this, several people realized the difference, in their eyes, the old man Zheng is already a mountain-like existence, I didn't expect that there is such a gap with the ancients, the wisdom and skills of the ancients, it is really difficult to say, can not be underestimated.

He is the founder of the "Yushan School of Micro Carving", named Wang Yi, the word Shuyuan, and the word Shuming, the number of the early Pingshan people, is a famous carving craftsman in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and is also a representative of miniature carving.

His name can be known to the world and will be famous for centuries, thanks to an article by Wei Xueyun "The Story of the Nuclear Boat".

Wang Shuyuan is the best at carving nuclear boats, the carving skills are superb, the crown is unparalleled, but there are few works left in the world, there are four carved works known at present, and only three are seen in the written record.

Among them, there are two pieces of fruit core carvings, both of which are based on the theme of Su Shi's tour of Chibi, which is the famous peach pit boat, officially called "Dasu Pan Chibi", which has been lost, and the other peach pit boat is "Dongpo Boating Chibi", which is now stored in Ningbo Cultural Relics Bureau.

The other is a wood carving work, the miniature wood carving "Tianfeng Tower", which has also been lost, leaving only a series of regrets for future generations.