Chapter 625: The Key Is Sincerity
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To be honest, Mr. Han's request is indeed a bit difficult. This kind of thing is as unreliable as trying to add an arm to a Venus with a broken arm.
Of course, it is slightly better than Venus to install arms, and the ancient wooden statues of gods also have some regularity. After all, it is a statue of the gods, so it is absolutely impossible to mess around, and it is necessary to follow the conventions of the people.
Taking Guanyin and Buddha as examples, what Buddha, what Guanyin, and what kind of Dharma image are strictly regulated, at most there are some changes in the details, but the general shape is still the same.
Knowing this truth, Wang Guan and Pi Qiushi also knew a little that the reason why the monks in the middle of the mountain called them over was nothing more than to deduce its true face through the incomplete wooden statue.
At this moment, Wang Guan remembered a joke. In biology class, the professor gave a bird's leg to the student to identify what kind of bird it was, and the student threw his pen and walked out the door, lifted the corner of his pants and asked the professor to call out his name......
Now what the monks in the middle of the mountains have asked them to do is to realize this joke.
In this regard, Pi Qiushi also smiled a little bitterly: "Master, you are here to make things difficult for us." ”
"Pisch is serious." The voice of the monk in the middle of the mountain was still so gentle: "Although this matter is a little troublesome, it shouldn't make the two of you embarrassed." ”
At the same time, Wang Guan was thoughtful and slowly savored it. It's really not difficult to say, and it's not easy to say. The key is probably not to deduce the origin of the wooden statue, but to say an opinion that can convince Mr. Han.
After all, the wooden statue is only partially left, so just pick a statue of Guanyin or Buddha to carve, the question is whether Mr. Han agrees with it or not.
If Mr. Han agrees, even if the re-carved statue is not the original, then he will treat it as the original. If Mr. Han doesn't agree, even if the carved image is the original one, it is estimated that he will feel that everyone is deceiving himself.
This situation is like some leaders in the country. Say you can do it, you can do it, you can't do it, say you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it. Okay or not, it's all in Mr. Han's thoughts.
It's a pity that although Mr. Han believes in Buddhism, it doesn't mean that he is ignorant, on the contrary, he is still a very shrewd person. Since he attaches so much importance to this remnant, he must have asked many experts to identify it, and everyone has a different opinion. However, ordinary people will never be able to fool him, and naturally there is no way to convince him.
In the midst of such hesitation, Mr. Han thought of the monk in the middle of the levels in Singapore.
Before the master of the mid-levels monk passed away, Mr. Han went to Singapore to study Buddhism and meditation with him, and after a long period of contact, he naturally knew the level of the monk in the mid-levels.
With some hope, Mr. Han immediately invited the monk from Mid-Levels to come over, but the result disappointed him. In the face of this afterimage, the monk in the middle of the mountain couldn't say why, so he recommended Pi Qiushi and Wang Guan......
Although I don't know what the level of the two is. But Mr. Han still sold the monks in the middle of the mountain to save face, and agreed to let them come and take a look at this remnant.
However, Mr. Han didn't have much hope, so he didn't care when he heard that Pi Qiu was not confident. On the contrary, I think this person is more straightforward. If you know, you know, if you don't know, you don't know, unlike some experts, who obviously don't understand anything. But he just messed up a lot of bullshit and nonsense.
"Succumbing before a fight, this is not your style, Brother Pi."
At the right time, Wang Guan thought about it for a moment. He smiled slightly: "Let's take a look first, maybe there are some clues." ”
"There are too few clues, too many possibilities, how can people judge ......"
Pi Qiushi walked over, and while looking, he shook his head and sighed: "Lotus platform, that is the most classic magic weapon of Buddhism, all kinds of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, including Arhats, may stand on the lotus platform." Do the math yourself, how many famous Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats are there? It's just that you don't need to count, and there are so many images of Buddha and Bodhisattva, that's an extremely huge number. ”
As for how big the number is, you don't have to calculate it at all, because you can't calculate it, even if it is a monk with advanced Buddhism like a monk in the middle of the mountain, I'm afraid there is no accurate number.
"Huh!"
Complaining in his mouth, Pi Qiushi still looked at the remnant wood carving very seriously, and then stretched out his hand to touch it slightly, and at this moment, a little surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"What's wrong?"
Feeling that Pi Qiu had discovered something, Wang Guan also hurriedly came over.
"This material ......" Pi Qiu touched the wood carving remnant, and said with some hesitation: "It seems unusual." ”
"Materials?"
Wang Guan was stunned, and then looked carefully, only to see that the surface of the wood carving was painted with a layer of gold paint, and it should be very old, so there was a phenomenon of paint cracking, making the surface mottled. As for the broken parts of the wood carving, it is very rough and thorny, so that people can't see the texture of the material.
However, when Wang Guan and Pi Qiushi reached out to touch the wood carving, they noticed the abnormality of the material.
"Tuk Tuk!"
Wang Guan stretched out his hand and knocked on it, and immediately found that the texture of the material was very dense, and there was no echo at all. If I used a little more force, I felt a pain in my finger joints.
"It's so heavy."
At the same time, Pi Qiushi also half-hugged the lotus platform, wanting to weigh the weight of the afterimage, but he didn't expect to just let the afterimage sway, and he couldn't lift it at all.
When Pi Qiushi was weighing, Wang Guan was not idle, he intercepted a little wooden thorn in the place where the wood carving was missing, and then studied it for a moment with the help of the bright light, and suddenly said in surprise: "It feels like Jin Sinan." ”
"Young people have good eyesight."
At the right time, Mr. Han had a little more smile on his face: "Many people only speculate about the shape of things, and they don't pay attention to what the material of things is. ”
"That's a lot of money."
For a moment, Pi Qiushi exclaimed: "Judging from the lotus base and the remaining parts, the volume of this wooden statue is comparable to that of a real person, and the materials are all golden silk nanmu. Not to mention now, even in ancient times, it was a very big deal. ”
"That's why I'm curious to know what the statue looks like until it's damaged." Mr. Han said softly: "It must be very dignified and solemn......
Good materials with good work, this is the same situation in ancient and modern times. To be able to carve such precious wood, it is necessary to ask the most skilled craftsmen to carve little by little to the point of perfection, so as not to waste such materials.
Of course, all this is just speculation, but it can't stop Mr. Han from thinking like this, when he bought the afterimage and learned about the preciousness of the afterimage material, he had such an idea. Sometimes, people always fight over something inexplicably, and the elegant one is called persistence, and the bad one is called drilling.
It is very obvious that unconsciously, Mr. Han has committed this problem. However, when it comes to his current status, even if he knows that he is on the tip of the horns, not to mention outsiders, even his family members do not dare to dissuade him, but follow his wishes. After all, in the eyes of the Han family, it is nothing more than a trivial matter, as long as Mr. Han is happy, why go against his will.
Perhaps it is this kind of connivance that will make Mr. Han always remember to trace the roots.
"It's hard to say what the statue looks like, but I know it's a technique of wood carving in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province."
At this time, Pi Qiushi pondered: "The portrait of the round carving, and the lacquer is painted with gold powder, the style is very obvious, and it belongs to the craftsmanship of the Chaozhou gold paint school." ”
"And the figures carved in this genre have their own characteristics, and the figure ratio is 5:1, so I can be sure that the statue should be so tall when it is intact." Pi Qiu gestured in the air, and then spread his hands and said, "As for the original carving, I don't know where it is sacred. ”
Mr. Han nodded lightly, but there was no surprise. After all, the experts he hired can't all be wine bags and rice bags, and there must be a few very clever experts who can naturally come to the same conclusion.
At the same moment, Pi Qiushi also apologized: "Master Banshan, forgive me for my limited ability and can't help." ”
"Amitabha, just do your best, and you can't force anything." The monk in the middle of the mountain smiled, and he didn't have much disappointment, and he probably expected this result.
"I'm ashamed." Pi Qiushi shook his head, then turned back and asked, "Brother, what do you think?" ”
"I don't know much about wood carving, where is there any high opinion." Wang Guan smiled and said, "You have finished talking about the big brother, and I have nothing to say." ”
"Mr. Wang......"
At this moment, Han Lang walked into the living room lightly, his expression was very normal, but there was a bit of spike hidden in his words: "You have nothing to say, or you know the answer but don't bother to say it." ”
"Aaron."
Hearing this, Mr. Han frowned, and said a little strangely: "You know?" ”
"I've dealt with them before." Han Lang avoided the important and said lightly: "Grandpa, you may not know, Mr. Wang is a very clever connoisseur, he must have seen something, and now he is just hiding it." ”
"Really?"
Even Pi Qiushi can see that Han Lang doesn't want to see Wang Guan, not to mention the old Mr. Han, who is old and sophisticated, he also knows his grandson very well, and it is rare to see Han Lang with a gun and a stick in his words, obviously the two have not only dealt with each other.
Mr. Han was thoughtful in his heart, but his face was silent, but he smiled and said, "If you say this, is it because our sincerity is not enough, so Mr. Wang is unwilling to give advice?" ”
"I think most of it." Han Lang smiled lightly: "Grandpa, you invited someone to come over to identify things, which time was not polite, a greeting with good tea and wine, and when the people left, they would also give a big red envelope." Therefore, if there is no high insight, the lack of ability is an excuse, and the key is 'sincerity'! ”
The word sincerity, that is the accent, makes people fully understand Han Lang's off-string sound.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the hall also became a little strange, Pi Qiushi looked at Han Lang, and then at Wang Guan, and was about to stand up to break the siege and play a round, but saw Wang Guan suddenly smiled and said: "I don't know how much sincerity Mr. Han has?" (To be continued.) )