Early the next morning, Wu Tianyuan made an appointment with Mr. Ouyang, and the two of them went to see the mahogany furniture together, and took Wu Tianyuan to a furniture factory near the suburbs, and cooperated for many years. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lao Li, I'll take the big tyrant to see the furniture, this is your Uncle Li."

Old man Ouyang introduced Wu Tianyuan to a fat old man in his fifties, with a very kind face and a smile.

"Uncle Li, hello, I'm Wu Tianyuan, I'll give me a lot of advice in the future." Wu Tianyuan hurriedly took the initiative to say hello.

"I've heard my brother's name a long time ago, national hero, Old Man Ouyang praised you to the sky!" Uncle Li is also familiar with himself, and said with a smile: "I have been friends with Old Man Ouyang for decades, and I will be my own person in the future!" Whatever furniture you want, it's all at the cost price, just don't let me lose money. ”

"Look at what Uncle Li said, long-term cooperation in the future of business, as long as the cost performance is high, you must still earn money." Wu Tianyuan said with a smile.

The three of them talked and laughed, and after chatting for more than ten minutes, Old Man Ouyang asked Uncle Li to get busy. He took Wu Tianyuan around first, there are many types of furniture, and they must be selected carefully.

"Lao Li has been making furniture for decades, and his ancestors are the craftsmen of the manufacturing office, and the craftsmanship is passed down from family to family. I used to follow others, but later I became bigger and had my own factory. Authentic ancestral craftsmanship, quality assurance, and fair price. It must be a lot lower than the market, and there is no harm in moving around more in the future. ”

Wu Tianyuan nodded, quality is the first, but Wu Tianyuan attaches more importance to character, and must be honest and reliable. After long-term cooperation, people are very responsible, not greedy or occupied, and the goods do not have to worry about him, and the quality is guaranteed.

They are all businessmen, and no one does it if they don't make money. However, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. You make money and earn clearly, the price of raw materials rises, and the labor is improved, which everyone understands. In the case of ensuring quality, there must be an increase every year.

But to make it clear first, the quality can't be bad, as for those that have risen more, they are a drop in the bucket for Tianyuan, and they are exported to foreign countries, dozens of times the profit.

"Today I will take you around, learn a little about the market, and recognize people. In the future, you will come by yourself, as the old saying goes, playing with wood and furniture is the king. Players, playing to the Ming style is the top, come, I'll show you while talking. ”

Old man Ouyang took Wu Tianyuan and taught him hand in hand while walking around the warehouse.

"The development of Chinese furniture in the Ming Dynasty began to enter the golden age, and a large number of exquisite and practical furniture of all kinds appeared. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, although the furniture materials were excellent, the carvings were cumbersome, and the style also changed greatly. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, furniture, like other handicrafts, was in decline. ”

"Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture because of its own truth, goodness, beauty and rich connotation and unique artistic value, in the past ten years, has always been in the boom of international collection. Craftsmen of the Ming and Qing dynasties combined the finest materials, impeccable design and meticulous craftsmanship to create furniture that was "as wonderful as a mystery" that amazed Westerners. ”

"And there is absolutely no need for iron nails in the production, just with complex and ingenious design of furniture such as tongue and tenon, so that the Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture has become a part of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation."

Old man Ouyang said while briefly introducing the difference between Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture, the Ming Dynasty is the peak of furniture, it inherited the aesthetic taste of the Song Dynasty, simple and generous, and the literati are very popular. Full of streamlined beauty and a strong sense of design, it is the same as the popular minimalist style, and is sought after by collectors all over the world.

As for Qing-style furniture, because of the emperor's preference, it pays attention to grace and luxury, calm atmosphere. The materials are mostly red sandalwood, and the carving is cumbersome and fine, in Wu Tianyuan's view, it loses the most beautiful place of furniture. The artificial temperament is too heavy, but it is also a fine art, and it is the darling of the auction house.

"The ancestors made a piece of furniture by hand hundreds of years ago, without any current technology, all relying on the mortise and tenon structure, and it can still be handed down, do you say that it is magical?"

Old man Ouyang obsessively stroked the mahogany furniture, in addition to calligraphy and painting, the furniture itself has been played for a lifetime, the more you play, the more profound you are, the more you study, the more you admire the wisdom of the ancients. Sometimes wisdom and wisdom are not the same, deafness and sight are wisdom, and wisdom is wisdom if it is foolishness.

"The style characteristics of Ming Dynasty furniture are mainly manifested in the following aspects: first, the shape is stable, generous, proportional and dimensional, and the silhouette is concise and stretched. Scientific structure, precise tenon riveting. ”

"The artisans are very good at the selection of ingredients, and pay attention to the natural grain and color of the wood itself, which is most evident in Huanghuali. The engraving and thread decoration are properly handled. Finally, some metal ornaments are delicate in style and soft in color, which plays a good decorative role. ”

Old man Ouyang walked to a top cabinet, the Huanghuali material was the treasure of Lao Li's town store, and he explained it to Wu Tianyuan a little bit.

"The shape and proportion of each part of the Ming style furniture are basically adapted to the structural characteristics of each part of the human body, such as the height of the chair and stool is between 40 and 50 cm, which is generally attached to the height of the human calf."

"Large seats, due to the proportions of the body, the sitting surface is higher, but there must be a foot pedal to match, people sit on it, both feet on the pedal, from the pedal to the sitting surface is still between 40 and 50 cm."

"The same is true for the table, the person sits on the chair and stool, and the height of the table is basically flush with the person's ****. Your hands can be naturally laid flat on the table, or you can read and write, or draw with a pen, which is extremely comfortable and natural. There is a certain gap between the legs at both ends, and the teeth should also be controlled at a certain height. So that the human legs are stretched inward and the body is close to the table. ”

The back of the chair is mostly attached to the height of the human back, and the back panel is designed into an "S" shaped curve according to the natural characteristics of the human back. And maintain a 100-105 degree back inclination angle with the sitting surface, which is the natural angle of the human body to maintain a relaxed posture. Others, such as seat width, seat depth, height and length of armrests, etc., are suitable for the proportions of various parts of the human body, and have strict size requirements.

"The biggest feeling of people using Ming-style furniture is that it is comfortable, and it is more practical than the current sofa. Every bit is the wisdom of the ancestors, don't underestimate a small backboard arc and hitching curve, all of which have gone through many tests to determine the results. There are two things in China that are recognized by the world's great collectors, one is porcelain, and the other is Ming-style furniture. ”

"You look at this simple bench, the most prominent feature is that the side feet are clearly divided, which visually gives people a sense of stability. A bench with four legs forked in the direction of the four corners. Viewed from the front, it looks like a galloping horse, commonly known as a horse running fork. Viewed from the side, the legs are also forked outward, like the appearance of a person riding a horse with his legs spread apart, commonly known as "riding fork".

"Each leg is forked outwards from both the front and the side, also known as the quad split. This situation is only prominent in square furniture. Square furniture also has these characteristics, but the fork degree is slightly smaller. Some of them can be distinguished by eyesight, while others are not obvious, and they can be distinguished by measuring them with a ruler. (To be continued.) )