Chapter 1055: National Treasure (5)
PS: The last chapter will be completed tomorrow, so you can look forward to it.
"Hey, it's actually a wood carving."
At this time, Yu Feibai took the lead, and after walking to this room, he immediately raised his eyes and saw a carved piece placed in the most conspicuous position in the room.
At this time, Wang Guan also looked at it, only to see that the carving was a Buddhist thing. Similar to the shape of the mountain, there are countless Buddha statues in the mountain, the large one is one inch, and the small one is only a few points. The head of a Buddha the size of a grain of rice and a bean, the eyebrows, eyes, mouth, ears, and spiral-like bun on the head are not bad at all.
Next to the buildings in the mountains, there are rockeries, flowing water, flowers and trees. There are thousands of monks walking on the road in front of the mountain, and there is a mountain gate at the foot of the mountain, and a three-inch purple gold bell is hung. There are so many of them that it is dazzling to look at, as if it were the legendary landscape of the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom.
"This is Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain."
At the same time, Hou Lao smiled: "By carving it out of sandalwood." ”
"That's it?"
However, Yu Feibai seemed to be a little dissatisfied: "It's just a simple wood carving?" ”
"Otherwise, what else do you want?"
Hou Lao shook his head and sighed: "You don't want to think about how tiring it must be to carve so many lifelike and countless Buddha statues in such a large piece of wood. We estimate that at the speed of ancient craftsmen, without the help of mechanical equipment, it would have taken at least ten years to complete this work by hand alone. ”
"Yes."
When Yu Feibai heard this, he also had a little more respect.
"But unfortunately, due to improper preservation, the wind cracked in all directions." Hou Lao smiled: "We also took a lot of effort to restore Wanfoshan and restore its original appearance." ”
"Cracked? I can't see it. Yu Feibai was suddenly a little surprised, because looking at it with the naked eye, the carvings of Wanfo Mountain can be said to be a perfect whole. There are no flaws at all.
"This is made with a special adhesive, carefully spliced together, and then after some process treatment, it is naturally not visible." Hou Lao said casually: "After this treatment, it can be maintained unchanged for at least a hundred years." ”
"It's only been a hundred years?" Yu Feibai was curious: "So what will things look like in a hundred years?" Is it just completely shattered? ”
"After a hundred years, we have to re-glue again." Hou Lao smiled: "It won't be so easy to decay." ”
"Oh."
Yu Feibai nodded, and he no longer paid attention to Wanfo Mountain, because at this time, he found it next to Wanfo Mountain. There is also a rather strange carving. It was a bird-like thing, resting in a glass enclosure.
Looking closely, I saw that the bird-shaped wood carving was not detailed, and the carving was full of rough feeling. However, for some reason, in the rugged style, there is a bit of vivid lightness.
Yu Feibai was surprised, so he naturally asked curiously: "Old Hou, what is this thing?" It doesn't look easy. ”
"How do you know it's not easy?" Hou Lao asked with a smile.
"He guessed."
At this time. Wang Guan said in one sentence: "After all, things are placed in glass covers, and they are kept so carefully that it is not easy to guess things casually." ”
"It's good to know, don't tear it down." Yu Feibai didn't mind admitting it. Then he said with a smile: "Old Hou, tell me, what's so special about this thing, it's so tightly hidden." ”
"There must be something special." Between words. Hou Lao sold Guan Zi again: "I'm not in a hurry to say, if you guess again, maybe you can guess what this thing is." ”
"A masterpiece carved by a famous artist?"
“…… No! ”
"Precious wood?"
"Not either!"
Yu Feibai guessed twice in a row. Let Hou Lao veto, which made him a little frustrated, and then shook his head and said: "Then I can't think of it, so I have to give a hint anyway." ”
"Hint......" Hou Lao thought for a while, and really prompted: "I can clearly tell you that this is something before the pre-Qin period." In addition, you are also right about one point, but it is not comprehensive. This is indeed the handiwork of a famous artist, but you didn't say it accurately, so I vetoed it. ”
"What do you mean?" Yu Feibai was stunned and said, "Why didn't you say it accurately?" ”
At the same time, Wang Guan was also a little surprised, and felt more and more that the carving in the glass cover was more precious than he imagined.
In addition, even if he got the hint, Yu Feibai still guessed to no avail, so he had to ask Qian Lao for help. looked at Qian Lao and the others with a pitiful look: "Don't hang people's appetites, tell us the answer quickly." ”
"Haha, I know you can't guess."
In the midst of laughter, Hou Lao opened the glass cover with his hand, and then carefully took out the wooden bird. At this moment, I don't know where he pressed, the wooden bird's wings suddenly stretched out, forming a momentum of eagle wings.
"Ahh
Seeing this situation, Wang Guan and Yu Feibai were stunned, but they didn't think that the wooden bird would still move. In their feelings, they thought that the wooden bird was just a carving.
However, it was at this time that Wang Guan had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that this thing is the legendary trap bird?" ”
"Trap Bird!" In an instant, Yu Feibai also suddenly realized: "The male loser cuts bamboo and wood to think that he is a magpie, and he flies into it, and the organ bird does not fall for three days?" ”
"I finally guessed it."
At the same time, Hou Lao nodded and said, "That's right, it's such a thing." ”
"Really?" Yu Feibai was pleasantly surprised, but also a little hesitant: "Is it really Lu Ban's work, and can you fly in the sky for two or three days without falling?" ”
"I don't know."
Unexpectedly, at this time, Hou Lao shook his head: "The thing is already broken, and it can't fly." Due to the complexity of the mechanism, we only repaired some of them, and we were barely able to move our wings. ”
"Alas......"
When Yu Feibai heard this, he immediately sighed in disappointment.
"Of course, according to our research, even if everything is repaired, it is impossible for the thing to fly for three days." Hou Lao smiled: "After all, if you lack enough power, you will definitely not be able to fly for that long." However, we have also done precise calculations and think that in a tailwind situation, the trap bird should be able to glide in the air for a few minutes. ”
"Don't underestimate these few minutes, you must know that it was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. To be able to do this is absolutely unprecedented. It is no wonder that it will be falsely spread and exaggerated to become a legend that cuts wood for birds and does not fall for three days. ”
Between the words, Hou Lao also sighed a little: "But it's a pity that ancient China emphasized literature over reason, otherwise if we continue to study, even if we can't invent an airplane, a simple glider can still be realized......"
Everyone nodded their heads, and they also sighed a little.
"Let's go, there's something better in there. Let's take a look. ”
After a while, Hou Lao also felt that talking about this was a bit ruinous to the atmosphere, so he simply changed the topic and continued to lead everyone out of this room, and then walked through a long passage and came to another huge space.
However, after coming here, Wang Guan and others found that this place was not so much a space as a small workshop. A porcelain workshop. Among them, there are more than a dozen people in white coats who are busy.
"Yao Jing."
Yu Feibai glanced at it, and found that among these people, there was a quiet little girl, and he immediately cried out in surprise. Somewhat unexpected. And the feeling of expectation.
Hearing the voice, Yao Jing only raised his head slightly, and after his gaze swept over, he nodded slightly. Then I continued to focus on my own business. A pair of delicate little hands, but at this time they are very flexible, when the roulette wheel is turning. With a slight pull of the ten fingers, a ball of blank naturally forms a small bowl......
"It's really not just a workshop here, is it?" Yu Feibai watched it interestingly, but he also had some doubts. After all, if it was just an ordinary workshop, there would be no need to build it here at all.
"Haha, you have your own eyes, don't you know how to see?" Hou Lao reminded him and pointed with his hand.
At the right time, Wang Guan and the others took advantage of the situation and saw that on a table, there were indeed a few pieces of finished porcelain. However, it looks like plain porcelain, unadorned, plain porcelain with no depictions.
"Huh."
However, after approaching, Wang Guan and the others were surprised to find that they seemed to have seen a mistake just now, several pieces of porcelain were not plain porcelain, but colored porcelain, and the pure blue color was very clear, and it was clearly sacrificial blue......
"What is the sacrificial blue, it should be the sacrificial red."
However, before Wang Guan spoke, Yu Feibai next to him retorted. At first, he didn't feel at ease, at most he thought that Wang Guan had made a mistake, but the next second, with Baye's words, both of them were also stunned.
"Isn't that yellow?" Bayeux was confused.
"Red, yellow, blue?"
In an instant, Wang Guan and Yu Feibai also realized that something seemed to be wrong with the situation, and after looking at each other, they immediately looked at Hou Lao and the others, hoping that they would give an explanation.
Of course, while asking for help, several people also staggered a few steps to continue to look. When they look at it, they see the problem. If you look at the porcelain again from different angles, you will notice that the glaze color of the porcelain has also changed.
"What's going on?"
After discovering this situation, several people kept shifting their directions, and sure enough, they found that every time they changed their directions, the glaze color of the porcelain they saw was completely different. However, there are not many changes, only red, blue and yellow.
"It's the effect of a discolored glaze."
At the same time, Hou Laocai explained with a smile: "The process is complicated, and I can't explain it clearly for a while, anyway, it is because of the combination of special blanks and glazes that such an effect is produced." ”
"In the beginning, it was just monochrome, but after a long period of research, it became two-color and tricolor."
While speaking, Hou Lao also had a little longing and said: "However, if you study it deeply, maybe you can be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple." ”
"Old Hou, you say less, plus black and white, that's nine colors."
At this time, a researcher next to him smiled: "We are confident that we will definitely be able to do this." Even if we can't do it, the little sister of the Yao family can definitely do it......"
"That's right, with Xiaoyao's strength, in a few years, he will definitely be able to develop the perfect formula."
All of a sudden, a group of researchers nodded their heads in approval, apparently only a few months had passed, and Yao Jing had already impressed a group of colleagues, and no one despised her because of her young age. (To be continued......)