"Yuan Qinghua exists in a large number of fixed locations, there are only a few places in the world, and they have not been scattered, the first is the Tubkapa Palace in Turkey, which has been more than 550 years ago. ”

"It is no accident that the second collection, which has a larger collection of 32 pieces in Iran, has never been dismantled. ”

The old man recalled: "The best quality of Yuan Qinghua is collected in the Tuob Kapa Palace, which is never publicly exhibited, and the palace has been renovated and stored in the treasury. Back then, I spent a lot of time to see Yuan Qing. ”

"I stayed in Turkey for a whole week, and after going through hardships and dangers, I finally saw Yuan Qinghua. I went in a kind of worship, especially when I opened the harem, and I sat down quietly, and my relatives seemed to be walking towards me. ”

Su Yuan read a kind of happiness and reluctance from the old man's face, and felt empathy, in fact, Huaxia porcelain was subtle and restrained, gentle and elegant, full of the charm of traditional scholar culture.

The ornamentation of Yuan blue and white is extremely complex, and the color is blue and white, which is inconsistent with the culture since the Han and Tang dynasties. And the shape of the vessel is huge, creating a new era of porcelain.

This is undoubtedly related to the frequent exchanges at home and abroad in the Yuan Dynasty, the spread of East Asian and Middle Eastern culture, and many porcelains have obvious local religious colors in the Middle East.

In particular, decorative arts are deeply influenced by local aesthetics and catechesis, advocating denseness, dislike blank space, rigorous composition, and have an aesthetic tendency of abstraction, regularity and balance.

The motifs are plants, geometric ornamentation and Arabic calligraphy, decorated with twig patterns, bead patterns, deformed lotus petal patterns, diamond-shaped openings, concentric circles, etc.

Many large bowls and plates are more than 40 centimeters in size, and some porcelain is an unprecedented 70 centimeters high, which is made entirely to meet the Middle Eastern habit of sitting on the floor and having a common meal.

Blue is not possible for porcelain before the Yuan Dynasty, and we advocate red and yellow. Red is life, yellow is fundamental.

Blue, especially blue and white, has never had a place in the past cultural aesthetics, and has even been regarded as bad luck for a long time. In the Buddhist scriptures, the evil ghost is called the blue woman, and the ancient township tries the blue pen to deal with it, and it is called the blue single; there is a blue snake in the legend, and its head contains the blue medicine called the poison, and the medicine man dies.

It can be said that Yuan Qinghua is the most coveted masterpiece of the Middle East tyrants, a symbol of royal status, and money can't buy it!

For more than three hours, Su Yuan was satisfied, as if he had eaten a lot. Each piece is a national treasure, behind which not only contains profound craftsmanship, but also has a profound historical heritage, just like the Manchu and Han full seats, which is fascinating.

Back to the workshop, spend a day recording and sorting, know all kinds of craftsmanship clearly, thoroughly understand the blue and white porcelain, and begin to practice.

Place the finely ground wet ingredients in a large bowl, about one-third, stir the ingredients with a spoon and brew them with boiling water. At the same time, stir with a spoon until the surface of the water is foamy.

After it settles, skim off the water on it before the water color can be prepared in separate bowls. Take out the tea, this is the secret recipe passed down from generation to generation in Jingdezhen, when dividing the bowl, not only should we pay attention to the amount of material that needs to be controlled, if you put in the right amount of tea, stir evenly, you can effectively prevent raw water.

The so-called raw water is a phenomenon that occurs in the water separation, that is, the material and the water do not fuse when the water is divided, and the water material is separated, which affects the expressiveness of blue and white hair color and decoration. The tea should not be too strong, otherwise the glue juice in the tea will salivate, make the material agglomerate, and affect the quality of the water.

Pick up a special chicken head pen and start to grasp the material, that is, study the problem of how to draw. Blue and white material is a kind of mineral powder, easy to precipitate after mixing with water, while the water absorption of the mud embryo is very strong, the material pen is drawn up, if the action is slow, the water is absorbed by the body, then the pen can not be used.

If the pen is too fast, the material is light and delicate, and the pen is too slow, so that the material color accumulates and appears dull. If you have clear eyes, careful heart and accurate hands, you can move the pen freely and handy.

When the pen is dropped, the pen is full of material water, so the top of the convex surface is opposite to the pen tip as far as possible for the arc body, and the material water is moved quickly with the pen tip after the pen is dropped, like a breeze blowing on the surface, the mud blank can not be rubbed, and the blank body maintains a certain gap, so as to avoid the pen blade rubbing the blank mud mixed into the material water to affect the color.

Between the movements, the pauses are staggered, the rhythm is fast and slow, and the priority is urgent, which requires the craftsman to be attentive and complete it instantly by feel.

Seek the power of wonder in stability, and the strength is balanced, like a cone drawing sand. The flatness of the pen power, the force is hidden in the dots, and naturally, there is no trace of the beginning and end of an inner power.

The center of the pen, especially at the turning point of the line, should be like a hairpin strand, such as the softness of gold, the pen is round and thick, and the pen is soft and rigid, not crisp.

The agility is not sluggish, and the pen turns, speeds, weights, frustrations and other actions should run freely, such as birds flying out of the forest, startling snakes into the grass. Meaning to the pen, meaning to the pen is not enough, in order to seek the pen to get rid of it.

All skills, all in the heart and wrist with the same, the wrist can do as you like, the heart is alive and the wrist is self-living, and the wrist is alive and the pen is self-living.

Su Yuan is engrossed in it, devoting himself to it, the painting is different from the knife technique, blue and white porcelain as the mainstream of the Ming and Qing dynasties, dominating for more than 600 years, has been prosperous for a long time, and still makes collectors rush to it, and the texture decoration is the biggest killer feature.

Although it is necessary to read various processes with a keen eye, it is still necessary to do it yourself, so that you can understand it thoroughly, and there are no shortcuts.

Song and Yuan porcelain is the beauty of modeling, the Ming and Qing dynasties relied on the decoration of the grain to win, the requirements for the knife work are not high, but the painting work excellence, and strive for perfection.

In blue and white painting, the different color levels and halos are not expressed by the technique of ink painting, but by the thickness of the material and water layer, as well as the technique of taking care of the left side of the body and the right hand pen to collect water.

For example, the eagle independent picture, because the ancient pine branches are bent and wrong, the pen is bound to change, not only pay attention to the speed of the pen, but also take care of the thickness of the water.

The master of the water separation technique can give full play to the fullest, the shape of the ancient pine is changeable, the color of the material is rich, the shade is wiped together, the color level is as many as six or seven layers, there is no sense of condensation, swaying freely, so that the ancient pine cliff is clumsy in front of you.

Especially for the figures, the pen and ink are used for each other, there is material in the water, there is water in the material, and the stroke is born, which is not only to convey the spirit, but also to express the meaning lyrically, and to combine the virtual and the real to express the personal style, which is far more difficult than the painting of flowers, trees, insects and birds.

Su Yuan finished painting a few plain tires in a row, and finally found some feeling, after all, there is no foundation in painting, and the start is not as fast as the knife work, so there is no way, so he can only make up for his clumsiness with diligence and practice more.

There is no discouragement in my heart, but I enjoy it, craftsmanship is like this, there are difficulties and challenges, and the process of each conquest is the most rewarding moment.

Especially if you have seen the national treasures of the Forbidden City with your own eyes, especially Yuan Qinghua, if you don't play, you will play, and you will play the highest-end, which is interesting.