There is nothing to do with Wu Chen in the afternoon, Huang Zhichao has his own way to go, he is about 40 years old this year, he has been the director for 5 years, and he has always wanted to work hard to go further. Wu Chen was alone, took a nap in the room, and was a little bored after getting up, so after thinking about it, he decided to go to the glass factory.

As the most famous antique distribution center, Liulichang is located outside the Heping Gate of the current capital, from the Heping Gate subway exit, walk more than 200 meters to the south. Although the name is Factory, it is actually a street of less than one kilometer, which is divided into east and west halves by South Xinhua Street.

It belongs to the suburbs in the Liao and Yuan eras, after the Yuan Dynasty fixed the capital, out of the need to build the palace, the official kiln was opened here, and the glazed tiles were fired, so it was called the glazed factory; In the Ming Dynasty, the construction of the inner city and the palace expanded the scale of the official kiln, and the glaze factory became one of the five major factories of the imperial court at that time; After the construction of the outer city in the 32nd year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, it became an urban area, and it was not suitable to burn the kiln in the city, so the official kiln was moved to the Liuliqu Village of the Mentougou District now, but the name of "Liulichang" was retained and passed down to this day.

In the early Qing Dynasty, during the Shunzhi period, the "Manchu and Han sub-cities lived" were implemented in the capital. And the Liulichang is precisely in the west of the outer city, most of the Han officials at that time lived nearby, and later the guild halls from all over the country were also built nearby, and the officials and the examiners often gathered here to visit the book market, so that the Ming Dynasty was prosperous at the front gate, the entrance of the lamp market and the city god temple book market in the west city were gradually transferred to the Liulichang. Booksellers from all over the country have also set up stalls, built offices, and sold large collections of books here.

The bustling market and convenient conditions have formed a "Kyoto Elegant Tour", which has gradually developed into the largest book market in Beijing, forming a cultural market where humanities gather, and culture-related pen, ink, paper, inkstone, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., have also developed.

At that time, the annual Dong'anmen Lantern Market was also moved here. There are bamboo branch lyrics in "Dumen Miscellaneous Songs": "The newly opened factory is on the New Year's Day, and you can play a good book department store." Qiu Ma is a noble son, and he is a scholar who comes and goes", indicating the prosperity of the place at that time.

In the poem sent by Cheng Jinfang to Yuan Mei in "Tengyin Miscellaneous Records", it reflects the more real status quo: "The powerful family reviews the treasures, and the cold guest stall pays homage to the old book."

The antique industry has always been a high-investment industry, and those who do not have a certain economic potential can only choose some high-quality and inexpensive used books in the second-hand book stalls.

There are many famous old shops in Liulichang, such as Huaiyin Shanfang, Rugu Zhai, Guyi Zhai, Ruicheng Zhai, Cuiwen Ge, Yide Pavilion, Li Fushou Bizhuang, etc., as well as China's largest antique bookstore - Tianchao Bookstore, as well as the original three major bookstores in West Liulichang - Commercial Press, Zhonghua Book Company, and Shilujie Book Company.

Of course, the most famous old store is none other than Rong Bao Zhai! People who have read the novel or drama about Rong Bao Zhai know that its predecessor is "Songzhu Zhai", in the Guangxu years, take the meaning of "meeting friends with literature, Rong name treasure", renamed "Rong Bao Zhai", inscribed the door plaque by the famous calligrapher Lu Runzhen at that time.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, literati and writers often gathered here. During the Republic of China, the older generation of calligraphers and painters, such as Yu Youren, Zhang Daqian, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, etc., were frequent visitors here. So much so that today, you can still see a lot of these authentic works in Rong Bao Zhai, and they are hung on the wall for others to appreciate.

Of course, this practice was there as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when Rong Bao Zhai, Daqian Gallery and other old stores of Liulichang competed for the famous calligraphy and painting in front of the window, attracting people to stop and watch, becoming a scenery of Liulichang. At that time, it was also the most famous paintings of Rong Bao Zhai and the most lively, to this day, Rong Bao Zhai has long been state-run, and even the door plaque has been replaced with Guo Moruo's inscription.

Today's glaze factory, after reconstruction, has largely returned to its original appearance. There are all kinds of century-old shops, and there are a lot of genuine products, but the price is expensive, far from what Wu Chen can afford for people who want to pick up leaks, so he has been here before, but he mainly plays and has the right to go to the museum, as for wanting to buy things, he bargains to buy some cheap handicrafts as a souvenir in some small stalls or small alleys that are branched off on the side.

Walking through the crowd, Wu Chen couldn't help but sigh, how many people have been fed by an ancient trade, and how many of them are paying attention to the real cultural value of it? Not to mention others, it is myself, but also full of hope to change their own life status by picking up leaks, focusing more on economic value, perhaps, need to accumulate to a worry-free life, in order to appreciate the true value of antiques.

Further inside, we have passed the section lined with famous shops, and most of them are some small bungalows on the street converted into storefronts, or stalls set up on the side of the road. Wu Chen suddenly saw a stall in front of him, and immediately laughed dumbly, isn't that a crooked brother.

This guy didn't know how to get here, and he got a dirty yellow robe, staring at a pair of copycat Nike who couldn't see the color at his feet, and he was sitting there cross-legged, shaking his head and flickering the two female ghosts, with words in his mouth, and a pair of mouse eyes didn't fall on the plump breasts of the two female ghosts.

The two female ghosts sat on the ground and squatted half-squatting, stretching their already plump bodies more and more full of flesh, they were not very old, they were probably international students, and they spoke half-baked Mandarin to communicate with Chen with crooked mouths, and expressed their amazement at some esoteric words that flowed out of the mouth of this old Taoist from time to time.

Wu Chen quietly walked to the side, listened for a long time, and found that they were actually talking about the Book of Changes, but many of them were not quite consistent with what Wu Chen knew, so he didn't interrupt him at the moment, and quietly stood aside and listened to Chen's crooked mouth blowing water, "Let's just say that the map of the round place in this sky seems simple, so what do you say about our Chinese ancestors?" There's a lot going to be in it, right? Some people say that thousands of years ago, the mathematical concepts of the nine-palace phase number and the second-order matrix were fully embodied in this diagram. In fact, this is not the original intention of our ancestors, but it just happens that the rules of quantification are the same, and you don't always think that the ancestors made this thing to represent the advanced level of mathematics, right? No, right? Chen said crookedly as he stared at the two girls.

Those two ghost girls have been studying in China for a while, and they know that the "ancestor" is the most expensive, where do they dare to say a word, every time Chen asks a word, the two of them nodded, and the blonde beauty who was sitting still cooperated with the sound of "um", as if playing the rhythm, making Wu Chen happy, almost laughing.

"Seeing that you are so studious, the little old man will be a teacher today." Chen crooked his mouth and glanced at the pair of plump breasts, most of them were exposed, two white and fleshy balls, squeezed out a thin slit, and couldn't help wiping his saliva, thinking in his heart how to fool around, show them the career line, it can be free!

He perked up and continued: "The so-called use of Fang Yuan is boundless. This diagram is a two-dimensional matrix at a small level, and a two-dimensional diagram of space-time at a large level. As the so-called 'Vientiane Forest Column, Harmonious and Orderly', it is used to express the true universe of 'Vientiane Forest Column, Zen Circle of Harmony and Internal Photography'. Therefore, the ancients also called this picture 'the transformation of the scope of heaven and earth, but it is bent into all things without leaving behind'.

Do you know Lao Tzu? Oh, not me! It's said to sit on the green cow out of the customs, damn! It is the one who wrote the Tao Te Ching in history! This Lao Tzu said, 'Hold the elephant, and the world will go.' The meaning is the same as today's saying "grasp the law, and all problems will be solved"! That is to say, with a picture in hand, you can 'not leave the house, know the world; Don't peep, know the way of heaven', so don't look at the monks meditating, meditating, thinking that they are sleeping, NO, NO, NO! They are thinking about things, thinking about something, thinking about heaven, thinking about elephants! Damn, it's not the zoo ones, that's it! This one! ”

The two ghost girls cooperated, looking like they had an understanding, but they occasionally interjected, and almost didn't stun Chen's crooked mouth, which gave a lecture to foreigners. It's really not something that ordinary people can do! finally let the two chicks figure out that the so-called elephant is the picture in front of him.

"Isn't that a 'mandala'?" The brown beauty who was originally half-squatting was probably a little tired, and she was just curious, but she didn't expect it to become an "academic discussion", so she sat on the ground and raised her own questions.

The so-called "mandala" is a Western religious term, referring to an all-encompassing model, in the meditation epiphany, she is not wrong, but Chen crooked mouth where have you heard of what "mandala"! "Contra" was played more than ten years ago.

Chen crooked his mouth and directly chose to ignore the messy "mandala", smiled and shook his head slightly, and then said: "For example, we had a comrade named Zhuangzi in ancient times, have you heard of it?" It's estimated that I'm going to be mentally ill today.,Yes.,It's a little schizophrenic.,All day at home in a daze.,Ancient otaku! Well, even if he occasionally looks at fish and hunts birds, it can't change his otaku attributes. This guy, just when he was about to get moldy, he had an epiphany and wrote "Getaway". ”

Wu Chen saw Chen's crooked mouth in a serious way today, and Uncle Benshan compared to him, it was simply weak! Didn't even Zhuangzi come out, Wu Chen had to admit that he also listened to it a little interestingly, and he was just tired of shopping, so he simply sat cross-legged in the back, listening to Chen's crooked mouth and continue to flicker.