"Hello three, look at the fact that I just bought a string of stars and moons from the market, and that person said that it was the first month, Shunbai, or dry grinding! I don't know much either, you guys give me a palm. ”

Zhang Yang nodded, signaling to Wu Shixiang that this is a specially selected player, and watching TV is not all senior, but more of them are new players. The program is to use guò TV, so that more people can understand the way of culture and play, and not let profiteers deceive people.

Cao Ming has experience, this kind of is specially to popularize knowledge, and said with a smile: "Those are all jargon for playing Xingyue, don't worry, I'll explain slowly." Let's talk about dry grinding and Shunbai, dry grinding and water grinding are two processing methods, we all know that Xingyue is made of raw seeds, not born like this. ”

"Dry grinding is the beads one by one directly on the machine tool grinding, because the machine speed is high, if you don't add water, it will directly break off some low-density beads, which virtually plays a role in eliminating low-density seeds by physical methods. The advantages of the beads are that they are more porcelain than those of water milling, the brightness is higher, the star eyes are more divine, and they also have a handmade temperament. ”

"Water mill is the use of emery or vibration grinder for high-speed grinding, and cold water is added to cool down during the grinding process. The advantages of the beads produced in this way are that the yield is higher, the whiteness and roundness are better, and it is suitable for mass production. The disadvantage is that the texture of the beads will be raised, the epidermis will have some fat-powder effect, and the star eyes are hazy, not as bright and clear as those made by dry grinding. ”

Cao Ming picked up Xingyue and made a comparison as he spoke: "Dry grinding has a lot of friction, and it is easy to leave car marks, which can be seen if you look closely." The purpose of the water mill is generally to pursue the New Year, and it looks good. In addition to the different touch, it should be noted that some businesses will add bleach to the water mill to pursue the "white" effect. In order to fake Shunbai, the water mill stars and moons are very good-looking, but after a long time, the opening lines appear tough, and it is easier to crack after the opening. Dry grinding is not easy to crack, manual labor cost is high, and the output is low. ”

"No wonder he keeps emphasizing what is the New Year, Shunbai, and dry grinding! Originally to sell for a high price? It dawned on the player.

"In fact, dry-ground Xingyue seeds are highly playable. But it doesn't mean that the water mill seeds are very bad, the water mill is not terrible, the key is to be afraid of medicine. Lao Yu added.

"Then how can we novices choose a good star and moon?" Players finally ask the most crucial question.

"The stars and the moon are the first to pursue density and skin color, and the second is the moon. Unless the dry grinding beads are selected, the price of a string of New Year beads will be very expensive. The position of the eye of the moon is divided into the first quarter and the first quarter of the moon, the first month is in the middle, and the first quarter is biased. ”

"What about density? First of all, the hand, the same size of beads, where to hang heavy? See if the beads press the hand or not? Second, look at the stars above whether they are dense or not, whether they are empty or not. The density of the stars is solid, and the density is small, depending on whether the stars are full and clear. ”

"The third is to look at the color, the beads with good density show a natural milky white or light beige natural luster. The density of immature seeds is not good, that is, they are blue and have no natural luster. Some people specialize in playing pubic skin, not all pubic skin. And it is very expensive, most people don't like the pubic skin, the pubic skin has a color difference for a long time, but if you insist on the plate to the end, there is no difference. ”

"I put the beads in my hand and listen to the sound of the beads colliding with the beads, if the sound of the beads colliding together like porcelain is particularly crisp, it means that the density is high; If it is stuffy, it means that the density is low. Wu Shixiang interjected.

Players are satisfied with the end of the game, and take the opportunity to popularize the knowledge to the novices, at least not to be deceived by the gangsters and spend their money in vain.

"The more common stars and moons on the market are Mani seeds, ingots and golden cicadas, and the conventional saying is that the density of golden cicadas is the hardest, ingots are in the middle, and Mani seeds are second." Wu Shixiang concluded: "I think the golden cicada is not much different from the ingot, the star and moon opened by the ingots are the most common, and the density is much better than that of mani seeds. ”

"If you often play with a traditional star and moon, that is, an ingots or a golden cicada, and then play with a mani seed star and moon in the first month, it will feel that the mani seed star and moon are fluttering. The first moon stars and moons on the market are basically opened by mani seeds, because the moon eye of mani seeds can be seen from the surface of the original fruit, so when the car beads are carried, they can be cared out of the first moon according to the position of the moon eye, and the golden cicada and ingots cannot see the position of the moon eye from the outside, so the moon out of the car is random. ”

When this is said, it is a bit of a revelation of the unspoken rules of the industry! Connoisseurs are tacit, even if they say it, they chat with each other, and it is rare to directly expose the processing method in public. Like Hai Huang's eyes, Wu Shixiang feels that it is just a processing technique, not a rarity, and he said a lot of the inside story he saw in the last best exhibition, and he continues to bang today!

Zhang Yang likes Wu Shixiang the most, dare to tell the truth! However, with Mu Yuan's current status and popularity, he is the only one who has the confidence and strength, so he hurriedly asked: "I don't know what else you know?" ”

"Probably since last year, the stars and moons on the market have appeared one after another with vacuum bags to seal. The merchant is known as "protecting the stars and the moon and facilitating sorting and transportation". I think it's still the past to say "easy to transport", but when it comes to protecting the stars and moons, I think it's a complete gimmick! ”

Since he said this, Wu Shixiang didn't hide it, and began to reveal everything he saw.

"Friends who have played Xingyue know that Xingyue is actually very solid and forbidden to toss. Not to mention ordinary storage, even if you put it in the washing machine to wash, it may not hurt one or two! So I think the real reason for packaging in vacuum bags: to cover up the imperfections! Let me tell you about several problems that are prone to occur in "vacuum bag Xingyue". ”

"One is to cover up the smell of the potion, it turns out that I didn't know that the bleached Xingyue would smell, it may be that it didn't need to be sealed, and the smell of the potion naturally dissipated. But now, with the increase in market demand, merchants are in a hurry to ship, and vacuum sealing is used, and after adding bleach to the water mill, it is immediately sealed. When the player chooses, he can only look through the bag, and I have heard more than one friend say that when he bought a vacuum-sealed star and moon and opened it when he went home, a smell of potion gushed out. ”

"Second, to cover up the defects in the process, the stars and moons placed in the sealed bag are connected from end to end, so that the buyer cannot distinguish the process of making zuò. Let's talk about the first point first, Kong Dao can't be seen. The holes are crooked, the holes are split, the sizes are different, etc., you can't see the second point of chamfering, uneven chamfering, obvious car marks, etc., you still can't see it. ”

"Three muddy waters, the vacuum-sealed stars and moons are originally dotted with stars, tightly discharged together, you will be dazzled when you look at it for a while. When I opened the package at home, I found that it was not the first month, there was pubic skin, anti-green and so on, and there were several problems. Therefore, these three points are several big problems with vacuum-sealed Xingyue, so remind all players that you must keep your eyes open when you get this kind of Xingyue! ”

After listening to Wu Shixiang's words, the audience was full of discussions, I really didn't expect that it seemed to be an improvement, but it turned out to hide so many cats? I don't know who started to applaud, but later the audience cheered for Wu Shixiang's words.

"Hello three, how about you take a look at my string of cinnabar?"

A senior player took out a string of dark red star and moon prayer beads, which turned out to be a rare cinnabar offering, Cao Ming was curious, and carefully studied it: "We need to understand the origin of "cinnabar for the stars and moon", I have heard five or six versions of this issue, and there are two versions that I think I can share with you. ”

"Version one, in India white is the noblest color, and yellow is the lowest color, so ordinary monks can only wear yellow clothes. Later, Buddhism was introduced to Tibet, and the customs in Tibet were different from those in India, where yellow was the most noble color and red was the lowliest color. Therefore, the general lama chooses to use cinnabar to make zuò red robes. After the beads were in contact with the clothes for a long time, they were dyed red. ”

Version 2, and the most mainstream version, is that Tantra has a practice, that is, the hands are filled with cinnabar and then the mantra is held, and over time, the cinnabar is embedded in the bead itself, and the stars and moon turn red. A string of good old cinnabar prayer beads has also been sold at a high price in the past few years, and is regarded as a treasure by Buddhists. ”

Wu Shixiang glanced at this red star and moon rosary, and his heart was tired for a while, he had seen a lot of such cinnabar offerings, some true and some false. There are very few old ones, and most of them are fake commercial dyes, and they want to buy them at a high price. The real cinnabar for the Qing Dynasty was there, and it was also circulated in the palace, and it was made of good cinnabar and used for daily practice, and it was a rare old thing in the long run.

"I don't think there's anything playable about "Cinnabar for the Stars and Moon"! Wu Shixiang couldn't help it, and began to break the news again: "So there is a reason for saying this, first, in today's era when black-hearted businessmen are all over China, this "cinnabar for the stars and moons" is either baked or dyed, and most of them are still made of chemical pigments. You said that you spent money, and as a result, you bought a watercolor pen drawing of Xingyue, how uncomfortable! ”

"Second, cinnabar itself contains mercury sulfide, although it does not release toxicity at normal temperatures, but once injured, the wound may be slightly poisoned if it comes into contact with cinnabar containing mercury. Cinnabar has had the effect of calming the nerves since ancient times, and it is also a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. However, according to the anti-TCM school of view, the reason why cinnabar can calm the nerves is that when people come into contact with a small amount of mercury, they will be slightly poisoned by mercury and cause malaise, numbness in the hands and feet. This is not within the scope of the discussion of cultural games, and I will not comment. ”

"Third, the current market price of this "cinnabar for Xingyue" is really expensive, thousands at every turn, and tens of thousands at once. I hope you can really think independently and think about whether it's worth it. ”

Seeing the discussion around him, Wu Shixiang nodded and said: "This "cinnabar for the stars and moon" does have one thing that is more worthy of praise, that is, this process technology. If a string of cinnabar for the stars and moon, the whole body color is uniform, and the color of chicken blood red is very positive, it can indeed be called a beautiful handicraft. ”

"These 108 beads are really not the average person can do beautiful, if you say that you are rich, that is, you like "cinnabar for the stars and moon", then it is indeed a pleasure to receive a hanging exquisite craftsmanship, well-made as an ornament. But please remember, even if you fold your hand, you won't be able to make such a star and moon in this life, don't be blinded by the merchants! ”