"Well, you're right to look for him, his matching kung fu is first-class, and no one in Longyan surpasses him. ”

Hou Lao nodded, he didn't know that this was a trap set by Kowloon, thinking that Kowloon had found it, so he naturally said it casually.

Jiulong smiled proudly, Hou Lao's words, sure that this person is Master Deng, Jiulong spoke more energetically: "I was in Master Deng's shop, and I saw Hou Lao's Mobao-Shilai operation. ”

"Yes, I haven't been to Longyan for a long time, I really miss Longyan, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the air is fresh, and it is much stronger than the capital. Hou Lao talked and reminisced, very nostalgic.

"Master Deng also said that he is very grateful to you, this time I came, and he also asked me to invite you to Longyan for a walk. ”

This is Jiulong's added fuel and vinegar, in fact, Jiulong himself wants to invite Hou Lao, anyway, the well-intentioned deception is harmless.

Hou Lao was very moved when he heard this: "This Master Deng is indeed a good person, every time I go, he gives me a lot of Zhangping narcissus tea, as well as local red mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms or something, this time you go back and tell him, if it is convenient, ask him to come to the capital for a walk." ”

Hou Lao sighed with emotion and had a good impression of Master Deng.

"Yes, I will definitely tell him when I go back, and there is one more thing I want to apologize to Hou Lao. ”

Kowloon said this, and did not go on.

"What is there to apologize for, lad, you have done nothing wrong. ”

Hou Lao was puzzled and asked puzzled.

"That's right, Master Deng was very good to me, he taught me a lot of knowledge about making a base, and he also passed on Hou Lao's 'three-character formula' to me. ”

"Really, what did he say?"

This time it was Hou Lao's turn to be surprised.

"Beauty-strangeness-rarity. ”

Kowloon said word by word.

"Well, it's those three words, did he teach you how to interpret them?"

"Nope!"

Kowloon answered honestly.

"How can this be done, isn't this misleading? Either you don't teach, if you want to teach, teach it comprehensively, or I'll teach you how to appreciate it, otherwise, if you misunderstand it and spread it, others will still think that there is something wrong with my 'three-character formula', isn't it a sin?"

Hou Lao was a little unhappy, the last time someone made trouble on the Internet and framed him, he was never so angry, this "three-character formula" is the root of his life, if it is misinformed and misbelieved, he can jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it away.

Jiulong observed the words and looks, immediately understood, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for the grace of Elder Hou!"

Not to mention how happy he was, he winked at Xiao Qiao, and the two of them understood it and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Hou Lao taught it word by word.

Beauty, strangeness, and rarity are actually the three steps of appreciating stones.

The first weight: aesthetics!

Stone appreciation has been an aesthetic activity since ancient times, and it is a form of expression of the literati's love for mountains and rivers and the beauty of nature.

In short, stone appreciation is to appreciate and taste the beauty of strange stones!

This step takes beauty as the main point of view or an important criterion, only those natural stones that conform to people's aesthetic habits, are beautiful and appreciable in terms of shape, quality, color and pattern, etc., are worth playing with and the theme is positive, and have positive energy can have the value of appreciation or collection.

Meishi pays attention to overall harmony.

"Stone can't be said to be the most lovely", which is not only a sentence that is often said by people who appreciate stones but also love stones.

Refers to the color, texture and shape of the beautiful stone, the beauty of the stone and the shape, is the basic element of the aesthetic aesthetics of the ornamental stone, because of the popular cognitive basis, easy to be accepted by the enthusiasts and the society, therefore, more and more beautiful stones are found and given the image of the art of the said, become the highlight of the stone exhibition and the hot spot of the collection.

The second is to look at the "wonder".

Strange, strange, unusual, incredible.

This step is curiosity, curiosity, and curiosity, with curiosity as the main attraction or important evaluation criterion, and many characteristics of the stone are classified as "strange".

For example, "This stone is so amazing, it looks like a dog." ”

"Look how strange these stones are, they have eyes!"

"That stone is peculiar, and the lines on it are like copper coins!" and so on.

Stone friends in this realm feel that as long as the stone is "strange", it is worth playing, and the more strange and rare the better.

As for the rest, I don't care too much about it.

Strange stones are precious in the overall image.

The traditional theory of stone is inseparable from the saying of "three points of truth, seven points of image", starting with three points and ending with seven points, and it is difficult to see more.

It was not until the "chickens came out of the shell" and "years" of the desert stone that the people in the world really saw what was created by three parts of heaven and earth and seven points of magic workmanship.

Not to mention that their own price can reach the sky, if you look at it from the perspective of art archaeology, it can be described as "the first chicken in the world" and "the first person in the world".

The first time I saw "Chicks" and "Years", these two sky-high prices of strange stones gave me the feeling that they were an abnormal result of the wrong birth, otherwise I would not be able to solve my doubts at all.

Regardless of the sky-high price, such a great wonder really opened the eyes of people who play and don't play with stones, at least understand what is a strange stone in the real sense, and how strange can a stone without a father and mother be.

From the perspective of artistic discovery, although the number of strange stones and the probability of discovery are completely incalculable, we can focus on three hints from the seemingly difficult to find but easy to obtain:

First, the shape is true and clear;

second, equal opportunities, accessible to all;

The third is that the stone is ordinary and the stone source is abundant.

The third is to find "rare".

Rare, rare, scarce means.

There are many natural rocks, minerals, fossils, etc., there are more than 3,000 kinds of natural rocks, more than 5,000 types of minerals, and countless paleontological fossils, but there are not many that can really become strange stones, so strange stones are rare and precious mineral resources.

"Rare things are expensive", the rarer the higher the value.

During the introduction, Hou Lao paused from time to time, drank daffodil tea and continued.

For such an old person, with clear speech and coherent thinking, Jiulong was already very impressed, and he didn't dare to speak out during the whole listening process, for fear of affecting Hou Lao's thoughts.

Finally, Hou Lao stopped and asked Jiulong if he had comprehended?

Jiulong savored it, only to find that playing with stones is not so simple, although it is only three words, it contains too much content.

For example, in addition to what Hou Lao said, there are also people who regard ugliness as beauty, how to understand this? He asked Hou Lao.

Hou Lao replied: "This mainly refers to the strange stone, the strange stone is ugly for the beauty, the ugly to the extreme is the most beautiful, the ugly word in the hills and ravines is not easy to say, not the ugly stone can be regarded as a beautiful stone." ”

Jiulong nodded as if he didn't understand, this kind of strange stone, Jiulong has not been exposed to it yet, and without intuitive feeling, he can't understand the essence.

"Strange" and "rare" also seem to have similarities, both are unique, how to understand?

Hou Lao gave an example: "Strange, of course, is peculiar, to have a theme, personalized, but sometimes, this kind of stone is not rare, such as monkeys, shoes, often collected a lot, the best, can only be called a boutique."

"Scarcity is different, one in a million, it is difficult to find one party, and then find the other, it can be called the best. ”

Hou Lao's words are easy to understand, Jiulong is not difficult to understand, he thanked Hou Lao, and said that there is no problem.

Hou Lao suddenly said: "Young man, have you really mastered it completely?"

In response to this sudden question, Kowloon was completely unprepared and stunned.

"Why am I angry with Master Deng, I'm afraid that you don't know a lot, can you figure out the difference between beauty and strangeness?"