Thinking of this, Qin Huai took down the next one hundred and thirty-year-old cypress.

When the piece was bought, the twigs were sawn off, leaving behind a trunk and stump that was the length and thickness of the baby's arm.

Some people may ask, is that all there is to it for a hundred years of cypress?

Yes.

In the crevices of the rocks of the majestic Taihang Mountain, there is very little space for the growth of the cypress.

Because it can only grow stuck in the crevices of the rocks, the size of the cypress is just a dwarf compared to the trees that are often more than ten meters long.

"Facing the wall for a hundred years, only one foot is born" is said to be the cypress.

"It's ugly. ”

Seeing Shang Ya's disgusted face, Qin Huai raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"You will be so ugly if you have been beaten by the wind and rain in the mountains for fifty years. ”

"It's messy by the wind, isn't it?"

Shang Ya giggled, but Qin Huai's face was serious, she laughed for a while, and then stopped laughing.

It's embarrassing......

It's funny......

However, Qin Huai's eyes were burning and staring at Yabai.

True.

This cliff cypress is very ugly, and its body is full of ravines formed by the stubborn squeezing and weathering of the rocks.

But this is the symbol of the weathering of the barren mountain stones, which is the root of the high quality of the cypress.

If you peel back the weathered skin of the cypress, you will find that the rings inside are densely arranged in circles, twisted like silk threads, and the weight of a hundred years is imprisoned in a small body by a strange force!

The snake-like branches and twisted annual rings all reveal a magnificent beauty that life does not give in easily.

The viewer seems to feel the desire to struggle upward, to the barren rocks, to the vast sea of stars, when it was alive.

It makes people gnash their teeth!

Because of the above reasons, carpenters are quite obsessed with the cypress.

……

……

Qin Huai put the ugly cliff cypress on his desk and looked at it carefully for twenty minutes.

It wasn't until there were no extra thoughts in my heart that I decisively picked up the carving knife, filed a knife, and peeled off the peripheral floating skin one by one, leaving only the core material of the essence.

"It smells so good. ”

The epidermis was gradually peeled off, Shang Ya raised her eyebrows, and sniffed a few times.

The fragrance of the wood is soft and long, full of charm and evocative.

Smells!

"This is the case with the cypress, which has no flavor before opening, but once opened, the fragrance inside will overflow, like a thread. ”

Qin Huai explained.

"In general, a plant has three parts: roots, stems, flowers and fruits.

Roots and stems are not the reproductive system, so they do not exacerbate fragrance.

There are only two cases in which the fragrance will be emitted, the first is that the plant is injured and will shed its juice and release the smell. The second is to reproduce, and it will also release odors. ”

Shang Yaqiao's face was blushing, and she sat awkwardly, how could this popular science sound red-eared?

"However, when the wood is cut down, the situation will change.

Scented wood generally has many pores on the skin, and the fragrance molecules can easily escape. At this point, the wood will have a fragrance.

The cypress is more special, its skin is also very dense, and it is difficult for fragrance molecules to escape. Got it?"

Qin Huai patiently explained.

At the same time, move the waste materials from the desktop to the other side, and the desktop is still clean and white.

At this time, the skin of the cypress has been completely peeled off.

The inside is a core material with plenty of oiliness.

It is not carved, and it has a smooth and delicate nature.

Qin Huai held the two ends of the head and tail of the cypress, and the corners of his eyebrows bloomed with an arc of appreciation and joy.

This is a two-color cypress.

The so-called two-color cypress means that the core material inside has two colors, one is yellow and red like jade, and the other is white and greasy like ivory.

The two colors are distinct, and they are wrapped under the skin of the cypress.

It was a small surprise.

The corners of Qin Huai's mouth rose slightly.

Its branches are also like two small snakes intertwined, and even the roots are divided into two colors: ivory white and yellow and red.

Very interesting piece of material!

Qin Huai tossed and turned, his mind racing at high speed, imagining how to turn it into a satisfying work of art.

"It's not that ugly, but it's still not good-looking. ”

Shang Ya complained.

"When I get rid of the excess, it's not ugly. ”

A shallow smile crossed the corner of Qin Huai's lips, his eyes were burning, looking at the cypress, as far as the branches were concerned, it was still very beautiful, and the texture formed by the annual rings was very delicate, turning a thousand times.

If you turn the wood upside down, you will find that the two snakes have a sense of déjà vu.

Of course, this is based on Qin Huai's rich imagination.

That's what it looks like.

"Well, I'll wait for you to turn decay into magic. ”

Shang Ya nodded like pounding garlic, she had no brainless admiration for Qin Huai's unbridled imagination.

Qin Huai smiled, and while thinking, he talked to Shang Ya.

"Sculpture and painting are recognized as the two major categories of art in the world. Although Chinese art has been absent for hundreds of years, wood carving is still highly regarded in the history of world art.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western capitalist countries plundered countless wood carving treasures by stealing, robbing and stealing.

As far as I know, many of the wood carvings that museums such as the Louvre are now focused on are ours.

Of course, it is not only the 'collection' of our wood carving boutiques, but also the artistic value of the 'collection', and the African black wood carvings have also been 'collected' a lot!

But we're lucky because we still have people who inherit these skills. It will not be broken and annihilated in the dust of history.

If there is no one to inherit, we will have to remember in a museum in a foreign country. ”

Qin Huai sighed.

His expression slowly became serious.

Nixon once wrote in "1991 Without a Fight":

'When one day, the young people of ancient China no longer believe in their historical traditions and nation, that will be the time when we Americans will win without a fight!'

Qin Huai felt that the Americans were too worried.

The traditional culture of the Chinese family will not only not be lost, on the contrary, it will continue to shine in combination with current science and technology.

One day, the Chinese gods and the art of the Celestial Empire, which have been absent for hundreds of years, will once again reign over the world.

And Qin Huai is willing to use his bones as stepping stones to pave a king over the world.

……

Some time ago, he and several old gentlemen thought in the same direction, and felt that making traditional culture cater to the market was to make the greatest contribution.

Now he feels that the greatest contribution to traditional culture is to push traditional things to another artistic peak and constantly open up new themes and new fields.

- Because the monumental event in the history of painting is not whose work sold for 100 million, but who created Impressionism and Abstractionism......

If a work can be sold for 100 million, then with China's material resources, is it difficult to sell 2 billion?

There is no shortage of markets, no lack of soil, and a lack of people who stand at the top of the world.

Of course, there is also a lack of military strength to bring the world to its knees.

Compared with his predecessors' persistence in the midst of hunger and cold, Qin Huai at least saw the dawn of the king's reign in the world.

……

……

'Thinking far. ’

Qin Huai shook his head, held his breath, and looked at Ya Bailiu intently.

When Shang Ya saw this expression, his heart moved slightly, and he knew that under this style of painting, the little brother was about to become invincible.