Chapter 217: Interior Painting and Snuff

In the following week, Wang Yao visited several famous calligraphy and painting masters in Beijing with the visit of Mr. Qigong's disciples, and made more preparations for his animated films. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Today's visit is a folk painter recommended by Chen Zhiming, who was painted by a master hired by a crew when he was filming a drama before.

Inner painting, a special kind of painting in traditional Chinese art, because it belongs to the miniature technique of painting, and it is accompanied by a kind of painting method produced by utensils, snuff bottles, so it is also called inner painting snuff bottles.

Huaxia has the name of "the hometown of snuff bottles", because the craftsmanship of making snuff bottles is unparalleled in the world, and it is a pocket art that integrates various crafts.

In the seventeenth century, tobacco was prevalent in Europe, and later tobacco was introduced to China, and quickly became a popular 'daily necessities', because tobacco had the effect of refreshing the mind, and even the kings and grandsons loved it, so it derived snuff bottles to hold tobacco.

The role of snuff bottles has also gradually developed from the beginning of tobacco to a kind of literati, and the modeling of snuff bottles, firing, and interior painting and other techniques have gradually flourished, and finally become an independent snuff bottle industry.

Snuff bottles and tobacco, just like modern cigarette boxes and cigarettes, but snuff is used to sniff, tobacco powder through sniffing from the nostrils to the trachea, can achieve the effect of refreshing the mind, ventilation and nasal congestion, and snuff and modern cigarettes compared with no tar, nicotine and other inhaled after combustion, will not cause second-hand smoke and cigarette harm.

Moreover, some snuff can be mixed with Chinese herbal medicines, which is imperceptibly beneficial to the body, and the most important thing is that compared with the harm of cigarettes, snuff should really always be promoted as a substitute for cigarettes.

However, there are also some drawbacks, that is, because of the snuff sniffing action, it is easy for people to misunderstand that it is doing illegal things, and they will sneeze after sniffing, which is very indecent in public, but if you pay a little attention, these are basically negligible.

However, because there is no large amount of nicotine, the 'coolness' of snuff is far less than the irritating sensation of inhaling cigarettes, so for people who are used to smoking cigarettes now, snuff will seem a little weak.

But snuff does not cause lung cancer and harmful effects to pregnant women.

And in the past, because snuff smoking would cause the nostrils to turn black, but now that the standard of living is improving day by day, basically everyone washes their faces every day, this can be ignored.

The first time he came into contact with this thing, Wang Yao felt that the door to a new world had been opened, and the feeling after smoking tobacco and then sneezing violently really made Wang Yao feel a little excited.

And those exquisite snuff bottles that make Wang Yao feel anti-human, even more make Wang Yao sigh that this skill is really anti-human, painting in a small glass bottle with a maximum of less than 6 centimeters and a width of only 3,4 centimeters, and it is almost exactly the same as the original picture, but the scale is reduced, and the others are almost exactly the same, this technique can be called a miracle skill.

The painting method of the interior painting is to use a special deformed fine brush, in the glass, crystal, amber and other materials of the pot blank, hand-painted detailed picture, elegant style, exquisite brushstrokes.

The master surnamed Zhang who came to visit Wang Yao, named Minmin is the fifth generation of the Beijing School of internal painting, and his ancestors once painted internal paintings for the emperor's relatives in the court, so many precious techniques and patterns have been preserved.

Master Zhang Weimin is less than 60 years old this year, looks like a man in the prime of life and is in good spirits, wearing a long coat with ancient rhyme, smiling very kindly, living in an old alley, there is a courtyard at home, the yard is planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, raising a few cages of birds, and an old cat.

At first glance, it is the family legacy of the old gentleman in the capital in the past, and it is chic everywhere.

Master Zhang Weimin has a small studio in his home, about forty square meters, which is full of all kinds of exquisite snuff bottles, including enamel colors, precious stones, and ordinary porcelain paintings.

Each one is so delicate that you can't put it down.

Wang Yao personally consulted Master Zhang Weimin on the skills of painting inside.

"We're certainly not as good as those masters, but I'm really not modest when it comes to drawing. Zhang Weimin said with a smile, picked a new snuffbox in a small box, and "Draw one for you." ”

"It was such an honor. Wang Yao licked his lips excitedly and drew a rich peony on the paper.

"Do you want to color? Or just use ink?" Master Zhang Weimin glanced at Wang Yao's painting, "It's a good painting." ”

"Can you still color?" asked Wang Yao in surprise.

"Of course, that's not all. Zhang Weimin pointed to the shelf behind him and smiled.

Wang Yao filled in the color again, and Master Zhang Weimin looked at it, and then began to mix the colors, and the brush he used was like a small pin, stained with dye, and little by little pierced into the fine lines that had been polished in the snuff box to paint.

Wang Yao stared at the needle-like paintbrush, looking at the little bit of coloring on it, to be honest, he felt a little numb when he was so patient.

"You're really good-natured. After half an hour, Master Zhang Weimin sketched the prototype of the pattern, looked at Wang Yao and said with a smile, "Ordinary people are already crazy when they stare at it like this." ”

"You're amazing. Wang Yao said admiringly.

"It's all used to it. Zhang Weimin smiled, "Since I know how to hold a pen, I have been used to drawing these things for a long time." ”

Wang Yao nodded, it may have something to do with this, Zhang Weimin or her family as a whole has a kind of quiet and leisurely indifference, as if isolating the impetuousness of the whole world.

"There's not a lot of people playing this now. Wang Yao asked, looking at the extremely beautiful snuff bottles on the shelves.

"Well, very few, but there are still a few regular customers. Zhang Weimin smiled, "Now no one smokes snuff, they all smoke cigarettes, so naturally this pot can't be sold." ”

"This kind of has reached the category of artworks. Wang Yao said, "Haven't you thought about going the other way?"

"I see that I am sixty years old, and what kind of art is still engaged, this craft is not in my hands, and I am worthy of my ancestors. Zhang Weimin chuckled, "I have been accepting apprentices since I was forty years old, and now I have received one of them." ”

Wang Yao was stunned, "Why?"

"This thing doesn't make money. Zhang Weimin smiled and shook his head, "Twenty years ago, there were still a lot of people who played this, I basically painted one and sometimes I could get hundreds, I was quite famous at that time, hundreds in twenty years, that was a lot of money, so there were a lot of people who admired and apprenticed at that time." ”

Wang Yao pursed his lips.

"Later, I really saw that no one was playing, and no one smoked snuff, this thing became chicken, and learning this is a great test for temperament.

"It's true that traditional culture seems to be slowly becoming difficult. Wang Yao said.

"Times are different, and we're all outdated. Zhang Weimin smiled.

Wang Yao frowned slightly, "Don't say that, you are a hand-me-down craft, and it will never go out of style." ”

"I'm borrowing you with a good word. Zhang Weimin smiled, "It's outdated, it's not what we say, now this idea, it's not that good craftsmanship can make money, but stealing and playing tricky business can make money, to put it mildly, honest and down-to-earth can't make money at all, but lose conscience and make a lot of money." ”

Wang Yao sighed, "It's going downhill." ”

"Money is a good thing. Zhang Weimin smiled: "It's a pity that it's also the worst thing." ”

Wang Yao got up and walked into the shelf, looking at each snuff box seriously, the delicacy and beauty of these snuff bottles are still a little different from the beauty on the painting paper, this kind of exquisite object with amazement and unbelievability, it really should not be buried in this dark alley, deposited with this helpless old man.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yao asked, "Old man, what about your children?"

"All go to work. Zhang Weimin said with a smile, "My son is a civil servant, and my daughter is married to other places, and she is usually very busy, so she will come back after the New Year." ”

"What do you usually do?" asked Wang Yao.

"Draw a snuffbox. Zhang Weimin said with a smile, "Although I can't sell it now, but I paint more, the thoughts left in the future, to be honest, this craft is not the same as painting, you have to rely on patience to grind, I am idle and idle, paint a little more, in case this craft is gone, I can also think more in the world." ”

Wang Yao's heart sank, and he sat back in his position, "Old man, are you so willing?"

Zhang Weimin was stunned, his hand shook, and he looked at Wang Yao strangely, "What do you mean by young man?"

"Such a good craft, just so obscure. Wang Yao said in a deep voice.

Zhang Weimin put down his paintbrush and said seriously, "Young man, we are old and can't keep up with the times, your generation doesn't recognize this thing at all, and we don't want to be obscure." ”

"If you have the opportunity to get to know more people, would you be willing to go out of the mountain?" asked Wang Yao.

"It is incumbent upon us. Zhang Weimin chuckled, "Don't look at my age, but as long as I live, I have to keep drawing, because I have been painting for half my life, and I can't let go." ”

Wang Yao smiled, "That's it, let's make a gentleman's agreement, I'll help you carry forward this thing, you help me cultivate a group of descendants of internal painting, and leave a bloodline for the ancestors." ”

Zhang Weimin was stunned for a moment and smiled, "It's not enough to carry it forward, as long as someone likes it, but when it comes to cultivating future generations, to be honest, we also have rules." ”

"You're saying it's a new era. Wang Yao smiled, "I have a school, which is dedicated to cultivating this kind of traditional folk crafts, and now there are several types of paper-cutting, opera, and storytelling, if you are interested, I want to hire you as a gentleman." ”

Zhang Weimin looked a little hesitant: "Batch teaching?"

"Of course not, our traditional Chinese apprenticeship is particular, what you say depends on fate. Wang Yao smiled and said, "Although I said that it was a school, you should be a former drama troupe, and they were all children who ate mixed rice." ”