The next day, Zhang Tianyuan and Xu Gang went to the airport to pick up Mu Ying, but they hadn't seen each other for a few months, and Mu Ying actually became a lot darker than before, but her figure was better, probably because the food in the United States was different from here.

Mu Ying and Xu Gang met, Zhang Tianyuan completely became a light bulb, so he went to walk around alone for a while, and when he came back, Xu Gang had already left, which was also an agreement, he would go back to class after he came to the airport to meet Mu Ying, and Mu Ying was entertained by Zhang Tianyuan.

"Old classmate, how is it, where are you going to play?" Zhang Tianyuan had the intention of pulling Mu Ying into the gang, so he naturally wanted to be polite.

"I'll stay in the imperial capital for a day, and I'll go back to Shangpu tomorrow, and I want to buy a gift for my grandfather, why don't you accompany me to Panjiayuan for a visit?"

Speaking of Pan Jiayuan, Zhang Tianyuan immediately became interested, to be honest, before he came to the imperial capital, he had heard of this name many times.

Whether it is the smash hit "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" or "Notes on Tomb Robbery", Pan Jiayuan is mentioned,

For Zhang Tianyuan, it is really a magical and mysterious place.

It is said that Panjiayuan did not sell antiques at the earliest, but sold city bricks. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Panjiayuan was a brick-burning kiln, because the boss's surname was Pan, so it was called Panjiayao. Panjia kiln was the first to burn only civilian bricks and tiles. Until the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor had to build the outer city, and the city bricks were not enough, so he had to develop several kiln factories of "people to officials", which were specially used to fire city bricks, and Panjia kiln was one of them.

Nowadays, Panjiayuan is the name of the famous antique and thrift market at home and abroad, and someone once said that there are two places to go to the imperial capital, one is Tiananmen Square. One is the Panjiayuan Antique Market. It is said that Hillary Clinton came to visit China with her husband Clinton and named her to visit Pan's homeland. This shows its popularity.

Compared with Panjiayuan, Liulichang and Dashilar are a little less famous. Liulichang is okay, because it is often mentioned in some TV series, and it is quite famous, but few people know about Dashilar outsiders.

The most powerful thing about Panjiayuan is actually the thrift market.

Panjiayuan thrift market is located in the southwest of Panjiayuan Bridge, East Third Ring South Road, Imperial Capital, covering an area of 48,500 square meters. The market is divided into six business areas, including the stall area, the ancient building area, the classical furniture area, the modern collection area, the stone carving area, and the catering service area.

It is mainly engaged in antique items, handicrafts, collectibles and decorations, with an annual turnover of hundreds of millions of yuan. The market has more than 4,000 business merchants and nearly 10,000 business personnel, of which 60 percent of the operators come from 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions outside the imperial capital, involving more than a dozen ethnic groups such as Han, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Dong, Uyghur, Mongolian, and Chaoxian.

The market was formed in 1992. It has gradually developed with the rise and activity of folk antique art trade, and has now become a large-scale antique art market that spreads folk culture.

Panjiayuan thrift market can be said to be the most popular antique goods market in the country. The market is open 365 days a year, and the stalls are open every weekend, with a daily passenger flow of 60,000 or 70,000 people, including nearly 10,000 foreign guests. Tourists of different colors, languages, classes and creeds mingle here. Dozens of foreign dignitaries, such as former U.S. President Clinton's wife Hillary, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Hasd, Greek Prime Minister Himitis, Romanian Prime Minister Nastase, Sri Lankan President Mrs. Kumaratunga, and Thai Princess Sirindhorn have visited and shopped.

"Climbing the Great Wall, eating roast duck, and visiting the Forbidden City" was originally an important project for foreign tourists to travel to China, but now it has added a visit to Panjiayuan.

Here you can find the most complete collection of items or your favorite items.

The main items operated here are antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, old books and periodicals, agate jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, bamboo and wood bone carvings, shadow puppet masks, Buddhist tokens, national costumes, cultural relics and so on.

It is the so-called prosperous fire collection.

Panjiayuan Market is a window for collection display and a platform for collectors to communicate. A paradise for Tibetan friends. As the largest distribution center of folk crafts in the country, you can find snuff bottles in Hengshui, New Year paintings in Yang Liuqing, embroidery in Sujiang, wood carvings in Dongyang, stone carvings in Quyang, shadow puppets in Dongshan, porcelain and crystal ornaments in Xijiang, purple sand in Yixing, bronzes in Shaanzhou, clothing in Nanyun, Buddhist supplies in western Tibet, white jade in Hejiang, and Jiaozhi pottery in Baodao.

These handicrafts with different folk characteristics gather in Panjiayuan from all over the country, and are sold to the whole country and the world from here.

Because of this, in 2004, at the "First Annual Ranking Award Conference of the Chinese Collection Industry". Through the public vote, Panjiayuan thrift market was rated as one of the "Top Ten Antique Markets in the Country".

Mu Ying wanted to buy a gift for Old Man Mu in Panjiayuan, which was really suitable.

Zhang Tianyuan personally drove Mu Ying to Panjiayuan.

Not here. You have absolutely no idea how lively it is.

People crowd people, people touch people. In terms of shoulder to shoulder, it really has to be just right.

"I heard my grandfather say that Panjiayuan is very lively all year round. I thought it was similar to the antique market in Shangpu, but I didn't expect there to be so many people here, and there are all kinds of people. Mu Ying and Zhang Tianyuan entered the garden, and at a glance, they really had a bit of a headache.

It's lively to show that this place is really quite concerned, but the problem is that it's too lively and a headache, it's easy to lose things or a trivial matter, the key is to lose people, then it's a big trouble, not to mention that you have to stop a few steps here, I really don't know when I can finish this huge garden.

"Actually, if I buy gifts, I still build yì to go to the glass factory. Zhang Tianyuan also has a headache, this summer, the sun is very hot today, he really doesn't want to squeeze around in the crowd.

"Why?" asked Mu Ying puzzled.

"First, there are fewer people in the glaze factory, and secondly, there are more genuine goods in the glaze factory, Panjiayuan is too big, the so-called forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, fake attitudes, you may not be able to pick a real one. Zhang Tianyuan shrugged his shoulders and said.

"It's okay, I just heard that it's fun, so I'm here to play. If I can't buy it, I'll buy something else. Mu Ying said with a smile.

This Nizi was originally a lively master. Zhang Tianyuan now understands where she is here to buy gifts. I'm just here to shop.

"Actually, I tell you, the reason why I came to Panjiayuan is because I heard that Brother Tom also came to the imperial capital today and also came to Panjiayuan to visit, so I want to try my luck and see if I can meet Brother Tom. Mu Ying looked at Zhang Tianyuan's helpless expression, so she lowered her voice and said the real purpose of her coming here.

"Tom Cruise?" Zhang Tianyuan confirmed.

"That's right, it's Brother Tom. ”

"Those are old men. Do you like old men?"

"The old man is nice, but handsome. Mu Ying smiled.

"Actually, I'm also a fan of Brother Tom, so let's go around and see if we have any luck to meet Brother Tom. Although Zhang Tianyuan is not as obsessed with idol worship as many movie fans, he also has his favorite movie stars, and Tom Cruise is one of them.

Mu Ying knew this, so she told Brother Tom about it.

"I tell you, there are basically four kinds of frequent visitors to Panjiayuan: one is the antique dealer. They buy diligently and sell quickly, and they only look at whether the market is good; second, they are antique collectors, and they have a discerning eye. The third is antique lovers, who regard visiting the market as a kind of fun, as a hobby of life, a way of leisure and a mood adjustment. They sometimes know that they are fake, and what they pursue is the feeling in their hearts; Not all the people who come to the thrift market are buyers, and there are many visitors who come to see them. There are also foreigners, who are looking at the Chinese national characteristics hidden in these antiques, and probably Brother Tom belongs to this fourth type.

Some people say that it is a matter of pride to be able to practice in Panjiayuan, because it is a window to show the imperial capital and self to the whole country and even the world. Pan Jiayuan's stall owners have been well-informed, from ordinary people to heads of state, have patronized here, and one stall owner once explained in detail the origin of an old piece of porcelain in English, Japanese, and German in front of everyone. ”

"Is it really that powerful? Isn't that better than those of us who have gone to college?" asked Mu Ying in surprise.

"The social university is very powerful, and I have only felt it deeply in the past few months, and I have learned more in the society than I have learned in four years of college. Zhang Tianyuan shook his head and escorted Mu Ying towards the crowd.

As soon as I squeezed into the crowd, I heard a tour guide shouting to a group of foreign tourists: "It's almost time to see here, next place, next place." ”

The tour guide naturally uses English, but Zhang Tianyuan can understand it, which is not a difficult task for him.

But those foreign tourists didn't buy it, and shouted at the tour guide: "I just paid the money, and I haven't got the things yet, what are you going to do, there are so many beautiful and fun things here, can you slow down." ”

"Panjiayuan is so big, can they see it all?" Mu Ying asked Zhang Tianyuan as he looked at the foreign tourists.

"I'll tell you, every weekend when Panjiayuan opens the market, a carload of overseas tourists comes, these tourists are easy to enter and difficult to leave, often the tour guide repeatedly let the market broadcast notice, and the tourists let you shout loudly is not willing to go out. The foreigners who were in a hurry didn't care about their gentlemanly demeanor, so they opened their voices and talked to the tour guide, complaining that the time was too short, and would rather cancel the later excursions or postpone the meal time, and soak in Panjiayuan for a while. After a long time, the tour guide also learned to be obedient, and arranged the tour of Panjiayuan as the last project, and the market was closed, so you couldn't help but come out.

It is said that Romanian Prime Minister Nastase and his wife are scheduled to leave Beijing by plane at 4 p.m. after concluding their state visit to China. At about 9 o'clock in the morning, they came to the Panjiayuan thrift market, and the prime minister and his wife were addicted to shopping in the market, and at noon they said that they would not leave, and they would go directly to the airport without eating and shopping. As a result, the Prime Minister and his wife spent five hours shopping at the market, buying a large number of items such as porcelain, small pieces of woodwork, and old books, and left the market at 2 p.m. and headed straight for the airport with a full load. Zhang Tianyuan smiled.

"The guides are amazing. ”

"The tour guide we saw just now, probably a new one, don't understand this, and they will learn to be smart when they work for a while, anyway, they make a lot of money, so they can't waste all their time visiting Panjiayuan, it's fun for those foreigners, but for them, there are too many times to come here, and they have long been tired of it. (To be continued......)