Chapter 553: Huaxia Tea Ceremony
Landis's residence in Rome was naturally the Manor of the Medici family, which was not glittering compared to other wealthy residences, but it covered a huge area. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć In the center of the info stands a very conspicuous and wide castle-like building, just looking at the mottled vicissitudes of life outside, everywhere is the mark left by hundreds of years of wind and rain.
"This house is a little old!" Chen Fa raised his eyebrows and said.
Luo Yuyu tugged at Chen Fan's clothes beside him, and said in a low voice: "This is a very prestigious Gothic building in Italy, judging from the architectural style, it should have been built between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, and it must have a history of five or six hundred years!" ā
Lantis glanced at Luo Xuan in some surprise: "Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chen also has research on Italian architecture. As he spoke, he said with a hint of pride on his face: "Actually, this building was built in 1137, and two hundred years later, the ninth patriarch of the Medici family took over this manor, and since then, this place has become a symbol of the Medici family!" ā
Chen Fa couldn't help but show a touch of shock when he heard this, damn, no wonder people like to collect antiques, the whole family lives in such a priceless antique building, and it is cultivated by a small family.
"Inside, please!" Rantis stretched out his hand and smiled.
Chen Fa nodded and walked in with Lantis. Don't look at the castle outside, it looks like it has been ravaged by time, but when you enter the inside, you will find out what is called the world's top rich house.
Under his feet is the top Persian handmade carpet, and there are some oil paintings hanging on the wall, although Chen Fa really doesn't know what artistic value that thing is, but through the excited muttering of Luo Xuan next to him, he can vaguely understand that these oil paintings are either Leonardo da Vinci or Van Gogh......
As for the chair next to it, I'm afraid it's not simple. Chen Fa has studied the wood a lot, and when he puts his hand on it, he feels that it is delicate and soft, and he still smells a faint and elegant fragrance at the end of his nose. Damn, this is actually made of small-leaved rosewood, and it should be the one unique to Hainan.
Nowadays, Hainan's red sandalwood can be called the most precious wood in the world, especially the small-leaved red sandalwood, and it is estimated that it is rare to find this kind of large wood made into wooden chairs. What's more, the wooden chair at the moment seems to be quite old. So much so that when Chen Fa sat down, he was slightly nervous.
Wipe, this ass is at least sitting on millions of dollars, but when he saw the eight sandalwood chairs placed next to him, Chen Fa was a little speechless.
He can also be regarded as a rich man, at least after getting the unexpected wealth of the Wa Kingdom, Chen Fa is sure that there must be many richer people in this world than him, but they are definitely countable. However, at this time, after seeing the battle of the Medici family, he really felt his poverty.
If nothing else, at least most of the things in this living room are not something that money can buy.
When wealth is accumulated to a certain extent, simple money is just a bunch of numbers. Only these heritages that have been slowly accumulated over time are the essential difference between a prosperous family and a nouveau riche that has been inherited for generations!
"Tea or wine?" Rantis sat on the throne and chuckled.
Chen Fa coughed lightly, as if to hide his embarrassment: "Drink tea, I'm not used to drinking wine!" ā
Rantis nodded, and soon the old man who looked like a butler stepped back, and soon came up with a cup. Chen Fa took the tea and thanked him, but when he saw Luo Yu looking directly at the teacup in his hand, he said in a low voice: "What's wrong?" ā
"This, it shouldn't be blue and white porcelain, right?" Luo Xuan said in a low voice.
Chen Fa laughed: "Don't make trouble!" But as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fan turned his head suspiciously and glanced at his cup. It was a typical Chinese porcelain, he couldn't see any texture, tire glaze, but just looked at the previous living room under the feet, the eyes to see, the buttocks to sit down, all of them are priceless things.
It seems, perhaps, people won't use modern imitations, right?
Looking at Chen Fan's slightly suspicious gaze, Rantis nodded and said, "I like Chinese culture very much, so I like to use this blue and white porcelain tea set to make tea." I remember that you also have a poem in China that describes blue and white porcelain, which is written like this, the white glaze blue and white are made into a fire, and the flowers are clear from the glaze. It can participate in the innate wonderfulness of creation, and the origin of Wuji is Taiji! ā
"Good tea needs good water and good tea utensils to live up, there is a way to light a light sandalwood, recite a wonderful poem, can be called a great joy in life. It's a pity that although I found someone to learn the Chinese tea ceremony, I felt a little less charm after all. ā
If this is done by another person, so to speak, then Chen Fa will definitely think that Ya is pretending. Don't you just drink tea, where do you get so many things? However, at this time, the corners of Lantis's mouth were smiling, and his tone was calm, not only did he not suspect a little pretending to be a calf, but gave people an extremely sincere, elegant, and noble feeling.
I have to say that the kind of aristocratic style that can only be possessed in a gesture that has been cultivated for hundreds of years is really very lethal.
Especially the poem he just recited, Chen Fa had never heard of it, which made him a little sad and blushing. With a dry laugh, he immediately picked up the teacup and took a sip. Well, don't talk about it, this tea ......
If the cup is broken by mistake, it is estimated that a cup can be worth three or five hundred thousand, right?
Luo Yuyu lightly glanced at the cranky Chen Fan, and said with a chuckle: "The tea and culture of China are all bred in the mountains and rivers on that side, so the best place to drink tea is to stand on the cloud bank of the mountains, watch the stream fish splash water, smell the sound of pine and bamboo, take dead wood as branches, burn green smoke and fine fire, with the ethereal spirit of mountain spring water, the sandalwood of boiling tea petals, and the red sleeves of plain hands to gently add it, so as to get its three flavors and raise its soul!" Therefore, tea tasting is not outside, but inside, not in things, but in the heart! ā
Luo Xuanyu's words, Chen Fa couldn't help but have a leisurely yearning look, let alone Landis? I saw that he couldn't help but high-five and praised: "Wonderful, wonderful!" There is a European proverb that it takes three generations to train a gentleman, but when I heard Mrs. Chen say this, I suddenly realized what a shallow and ridiculous pride this is. Only thousands of years of Chinese inheritance can give birth to this fascinating tea ceremony! ā
As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head and said with a wry smile: "However, a person who is vulgar and smelly of copper like me can only watch from a distance and not get close!" ā
Luo Yuxuan didn't say anything, just smiled slightly, and continued to drink tea, she said just to earn some face for Chen Fan, now that she has face, then she will naturally not be in the limelight again.
Chen Fa smiled and said: "Mr. Rantis drinking tea like this is already considered superior, if he swallows the sea like me, wouldn't it be like a cow peony, a big scenery?" ā
The two looked at each other and laughed, and Landis shook his head and said, "It seems that I still have more in common with Mr. Chen." In the past, when I was in Bellini Manor, there were many people and many inconveniences. I wonder if Mr. Chen is looking for me for something? ā
Chen Fa's eyes flashed, come on, the appetizer tea has been drunk, it's time to talk about business......