Episode 10 The Queen of the Stone
It turns out that Yuhuatai got its name because Master Yunguang was here when Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty: "Ascending the altar to say the Dharma, moving the heavens, falling flowers like rain, turning into colored stones, and then named Yuhuatai."
Looking at the relief itself, Master Yunguang sat on the lotus platform, with a beard, a lock of goatee, big ears and shoulders, and firm eyes, making a "two" gesture, I don't know what it means, does it refer to the two poles of yin and yang?
Below Master Yunguang, all the disciples listened in fascination, some worshippers, some surprised, some distracted, some confessed, and two with their faces sticking to their faces, and they didn't know what they meant.
Could it be that Master Yunguang appeared last night and instructed me to play with the Yuhua Stone?
How can there be such a coincidence, maybe I think too much.
I don't want to, let's go and see Yuhuashi first.
Entering the museum, all kinds of rain flowers and stones come into view.
Jiulong is stupid, why is this rain flower stone so ugly? These stones have rough surfaces, loose textures, and opaque, and although they have pictures, they also lack beauty.
"These are rough stones, I don't play with them, they have no ornamental value at all, just understand them. Brother Zhao explained.
I see!
Look down again, it's completely different, the surface of the stone is smooth and delicate, with and without skin, mostly transparent, there are shogunate mountain agate, Qinhuai River agate, crystal rain flower stone, amethyst rain flower stone, various shapes, sizes, colors of stone stubble after stubble, the size is generally not big, one hand can be held, these are a bunch of together, the surface seems to be a little dry and dehydrated feeling, not round enough.
"These are called fine stones, and the quality is average. ”
Brother Zhao is still qualified as a commentator.
The back is more special, it is a single rain flower stone, all with a porcelain basin, put water in it, the texture changes immediately, the stone is delicate, the color is gorgeous, the roundness is high, and the crystal is lovely.
These rain flowers and stones present a variety of landscapes, people, birds and beasts, trees and other scenes, like a beautiful Chinese painting, Jiulong stared at it with wide eyes, and sighed at the magic of heaven, that kind of artistic conception, not human.
This is the first time that Kowloon has been in close contact with Yuhua Stone, and he wants to see where the magic of these porcelain pots is?
Huh, how do these rain flowers and stones have nice names?
"Emei Old Road": like a fairy wind bones, calm and natural.
"Pearl Spring": Like a spring bubbling out.
"Baochai fluttering butterfly": Flying with a big fan, lively and cute.
"Xiangyun drunk and lying": the drunk state is gratifying, and the big grin.
"Miaoyu Practice": also immortal and human, not vulgar.
"Jia Yingchun mistakenly married a Zhongshan wolf": The wolf's legs are higher than Yingchun's, which is terrifying.
"Cherish Spring Composition": Splash ink, wanton and chic.
"Wang Xifeng's poisonous lovesickness bureau": poor Jia Rui, an illusory daydream.
"Sister Qiao avoids trouble": A little red outside the wilderness, and there is a burden on her back.
"Keqing Chun Boudoir": No wonder Baoyu wants to sleep in this room.
Also, "Miaoyu Practice", "Jianzhen Dongdu", "Daiyu Funeral Flower", "Yuanchun Provincial Family", "Tanchun Association", "Li Kun Class" all have wonderful interpretations.
In addition, the combination of the twelve hairpins of Jinling hanging on the wall is vivid, it is simply breathtaking, but it is a pity that there is no physical object to put out.
It's really an eye-opener, the little rain flower stone, there are these good pictures, Kowloon's heart fluctuates, the more I look at it, the more I like it.
In the end, he fixed his gaze on a rain of flowers and stones, and looked at a lot, and his expression was a little strange.
"What's wrong? ”
This museum is not big, Brother Zhao has already finished reading it, and when he turned around, he found Jiulong's surprised expression, and immediately ran back and asked.
"Look at the monkey. ”
Kowloon pointed to the stone and said.
Brother Zhao looked carefully, there was a spirit monkey with a sharp beak and monkey gills, which looked cute and nothing special.
"I dreamed of Monkey King last night, but what popped out of the stone was a full-body image, this monkey is half-body-sided, and it doesn't look like it was in a dream. ”
Kowloon scratched his scalp.
"Hehe, you still take your dream seriously, do you want to turn into a beauty out of the stone and go home with you, so that you don't have to spend money to beg your daughter-in-law." ”
Brother Zhao teased.
"If you laugh at me again, I will ask Sun Wukong to come out and beat you with a wishful golden hoop stick. ”
Kowloon replied.
"You have now seen the magic of the Yuhua Stone, as long as you can think of something, it can be presented through shapes or pictures, so everyone calls it the Queen of the Stone. ”
Brother Zhao stopped joking this time, and said seriously.
"Queen of the Stone", this name is very apt, Jiulong nodded in approval, he asked Brother Zhao: "Are these all masterpieces of nature?
Brother Zhao said with a smile: "This rain flower stone, I have been playing for a few years, to tell you honestly, the absolute nature in this museum, this rain flower stone appreciation has been playing since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, not to mention that it has a history of more than 1,400 years." ”
"This is really incredible, the theme of Dream of Red Mansions alone can find so many pictures, it's amazing. ”
Kowloon watched it again and lingered.
"In fact, it's not as easy as you think, this is a museum, naturally it is collected by the whole country, if everyone wants to pick some good ones, then they have to pick one out of a thousand, and they have to be careful to pick the fake ones. ”
"Is there really a fake rain flower stone?" Jiulong wondered.
"Yes, as long as it is valuable, there will be fakes, have you encountered fewer fakes in recent years?"
"This is the truth, fakes are rampant, and the shame is thrown to the ocean, you tell me, what is true and what is fake?"
"Do you really want to hear it?" Brother Zhao said.
"Nonsense, who would have too much ability?" Kowloon couldn't help but laugh.
"Bring the chicken legs. Brother Zhao stretched out his right hand.
"What?" Kowloon didn't figure it out for a moment.
"Apprentice, if you don't have chicken legs, you want to learn skills, no way. ”
Brother Zhao smiled slyly.
Jiulong slapped Brother Zhao's outstretched hand: "Give you chicken legs, let you eat it." ”
Brother Zhao "sighs" and hurriedly withdrew his hand: "I met bandits today, count me unlucky, listen, I only say it once, I don't know how to pull it down." Then there are words in the mouth: "First of all, let's talk about it, look at the color: Yuhua stone is a natural fossil, just like amber, you can see a lot of natural shapes and colors in the stone, now you can see more shapes are striped, the color is yellow, red, green and white, if there is a landscape or the shape of the character in the Yuhua stone, then it will be a priceless, extremely valuable and precious product, rare."
"Two look at the shape: the stone you have seen today, the stone can not have a regular shape, the rain flower stone is generally irregular oval type, the thickness is different, in a word, the natural must be irregular.
"Three look at the hardness: the composition of Yuhua stone is mainly silica, so the hardness is extremely high.
"Look at the weight: the stone must be relatively heavy, and you can generally feel it when you weigh it in your hand. After saying this, Brother Zhao paused slightly, looked directly at Jiulong, and seemed to want Jiulong to digest it first.
Jiulong smiled and nodded continuously, and then motioned for Brother Zhao to continue.
When Brother Zhao talked about fakes, he gritted his teeth, which showed how much he hated in his heart:
Counterfeiting with artificial glass and resin: glass objects are easy to break, the shape is relatively regular (such as spherical), the pattern is relatively regular, and there are no natural traces.
The resin counterfeit is more distinguishable, and the general market sells such counterfeit rain flower stones are round transparent sheets, with some patterns in them, and the texture is soft, so they are packaged in a plastic bag.
Pebbles as rain stones: this kind of counterfeit market is common, because pebbles have most of the characteristics of rain stones, distinguish such differences mainly by looking at the color, pebbles have no shape inside, generally a dark red or dark black, so pebbles do not have ornamental value, it can only be used as stones, such as laying trails in parks, now most areas can be seen.
There is a kind of rain flower stone that is not fake......
Brother Zhao introduced this, deliberately sold a pass, and stopped talking.
"Hurry up!" the frightened wind hit the slow Langzhong, and Jiulong looked unhappy.
"What's the hurry, can't you drink saliva?"
Brother Zhao took a sip of water from the thermos cup he brought with him and continued to introduce:
It is the general market sales of rain stone gift box, most of the stones in it are polished and polished, polished because the rain stone has no regular shape, need to be polished to have a more suitable shape, in order to adapt to people's aesthetics and easy to box.
Polishing makes the surface of the rain stone smooth and shiny, and it needs to be stored in water.
After all, Jiulong was new to the stone, so he couldn't interject, so he could only nod frequently.
The more Brother Zhao talks, the more proud he becomes, this is his strength, so he talks in detail, of course, he also has a careful thought, if he can make Xiao Huang fall in love with Yuhuashi, he will have more companions in the future, what a cool thing.
Jiulong was itchy by Brother Zhao's words, and he couldn't wait to pick it up immediately, but he still asked a very practical question: "Is Yuhua Stone valuable?"
"The collection and investment of rain flower stone should be divided into different grades according to the image, and according to the quality of beauty, shape beauty, string beauty, color beauty, image beauty and artistic conception of the beauty of the 'six beauties' standard degree to develop grades, usually can be distinguished into superb stones, treasure stones, fine stones and good stones and other grades.
"The ornamental and value they show is very different, especially the superb rain flower stone is very rare, it is difficult to find a stone in the market, the price is very expensive, the price of individual gems is millions of yuan, as for the general product, dozens and hundreds of them are available. "Brother Zhao seems to have a lot of experience in the market, and he is the first to talk about prices.
"So, it's hard to get good goods now, what's the fun?"
Kowloon listened and was a little discouraged.
"This is not necessarily, the stone is about fate, maybe the novice is lucky, it doesn't take long to find it, accidentally become a millionaire, what a beautiful thing, besides, play the collection is focused on the process, every day has good expectations, this day will have a good time, otherwise, a person is like a walking corpse, every day does not know what to do, this life is not bad?"
It seems that he is a teacher after all, and he pours chicken soup for the soul when he talks about it, but Jiulong loves to listen to this, and it has always been his motto to take a different path and pick different fruits.
"Okay, put away your preaching, tell me, where to pick it up?"
Jiulong interrupted Brother Zhao's words, raised his leg and wanted to leave, his heart had already flown into the field.