Chapter 9 Folding Fan

Another 4000 words of kindness!

After being stunned, he looked at Old Man Lin, and found that Old Man Lin had nothing else except for holding a folding fan in his hand that looked quite good, so he knew that this old man was playing tricks, and what he was talking about was the folding fan in his hand, so he said with a smile:

"Hehe, Grandpa Lin, you are always romantic, if you put on a yellow robe and coat and go to Jiangnan like Emperor Qianlong, I don't know how many old ladies in Jiangnan will be fascinated!"

"Haha, Mobai, well said, well said!" The old man saw Li Mobai teasing Old Man Lin, and said with a smile, "Old Lin, you too, half of your body bones are in the ground, how can you talk about juvenile madness, take a folding fan and hang around!" Hey, could it be that you're talking about this folding fan? ”

"Haha, my old man, it's not okay to be old, I see, I guess as soon as I come in, Mobai will be eyeing my folding fan!" Old man Lin was not surprised, and laughed a little proudly. As he spoke, he turned the folding fan in his hand neatly, and handed the fan head to Lin Mobai, "Since Mo Bai has already seen it, let Mo Bai see it first, who made your old man dizzy!" "The folding fan is not fragile, but it is not as delicate as porcelain, and there are so many exquisitenesses, it doesn't hurt to hand it over directly. Old man Lin is very particular about speaking, obviously after getting this folding fan, quite a lot of effort, most people will say the folding fan as 'handle', but in fact, the folding fan should say 'put', only the group fan will say 'handle', because the folding fan is a thing to play, and the group fan has a handle.

"Uh, grandpa, you go first!" After taking the folding fan, Li Mobai handed it to his old man very respectfully. Old man Lin squeezed the old man, he can't be rude in front of outsiders, he feels good when he holds it in his hand, although he is really curious, this old man Lin has gotten to someone's fan, and he came to offer treasure, but after all, antiques are a kind of culture, and we are not those vassal and elegant nouveau riche who only buy expensive and do not buy right, since they have an ancient word, the traditional etiquette must not be lost.

"Haha, old thing, envy!" None of the old man's sons and grandsons liked antiques, and he was regretted by the old man, but the old man hit mercilessly. The old man first carefully looked at the fan bones, then spread the folding fan, carefully observed the fan surface, and picked up a magnifying glass to carefully observe the fan head of the pulp, fan painting and the seal of the model.

The folding fan is a kind of folding fan made of bamboo wood or ivory, and the fan surface is made of tough paper or silk, and it is also the favorite of traditional Chinese literati. When used, it must be spread out, formed into a semicircle, and the head and tail should be scattered. It is also known as sprinkling fan, pinching fan, folding fan, folding fan, and gathering fan. Folding fans first appeared in the 5th century AD during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Book of Nanqi says: "Chu Yuan said with a waist fan", and this "waist fan", according to the explanation in the "Tongjian Note", "is a folding fan." "But it wasn't popular at the time. In the Northern Song Dynasty, "folding fans made in the market are ...... The exhibition is three or four feet wide, and the combination is two fingers", the market has a system, indicating that it is no longer exclusive to a few people, but has become a commodity, and it is popular.

Another theory is that the folding fan is a foreign product, which was sent to China as a tribute gift by the Tang envoys. But personally, I think that the book of Nanqi is still relatively reliable, and a dignified Chinese folding fan still needs to be imported from the small book that was still a semi-slave society at that time, joke ear!

After about ten minutes, he closed the folding fan, handed it to Li Mobai, and said with a smile, "Mobai, take a look, and then talk and talk, if you say it well and like it more, just stay!" The old man was as if this folding fan was his own, and he didn't look at the old man Lin next to him, and he didn't look at the old man Lin next to him, and he was not annoyed when he heard the old man say this, and he smiled, like a Maitreya Buddha.

"Hehe, this is Grandpa Lin's beloved thing, I don't dare to take Grandpa Lin's love!" Took the folding fan, listened to the old man say this, although he didn't look at it, but he was already sure that this was a big open thing, the old man was carrying a sedan chair for himself, after all, the antique circle is so big, it has always been passed on by word of mouth.

Picked up the folding fan, took a closer look, and found that it was a rare boutique, and was quite shocked, no wonder the old man was reluctant to put it down, "Grandpa Lin, you are a rare boutique!" Ninety-fifty-six square shallow carvings on the flat ground to leave the ancient square head jade bamboo fracture fan, the fan bone is the "Blue Lotus Picture" carved by the master of Zhici'an, and the fan painting is the "Tiger Roaring Picture" painted by the master of the tiger idiot Zhang Shanzi, good thing, I really want to stay, but I don't know if Grandpa Lin is willing to cut your love! ”

Li Mobai couldn't help but praise that the so-called 956 squares refer to the fan bone being 9 inches and 5 minutes long, and the large bone and small bone totaling 16 grades, which was the most popular standard specification in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China; Shallow carving flat ground to leave green carving is said to be the carving process of the fan bone, that is, the graphic and text are left on the bamboo skin (green), and the rest is shoveled to the bottom (ground), and the picture and text are then shallow carving method to separate the layers, so as to have a dark ink effect; The ancient square head is the style of the fan head, and the common fan head styles are straight, ancient square, fish tail, gourd, ruyi, monk head (round head).

As for Master Zhici'an, I have to introduce the background of Master Zhici'an. Master Zhici'an is the most famous bamboo carving master in modern times, with profound artistic attainments, good at calligraphy and painting, especially good at gold and stone. Carved bamboo with painting, talking about artistic conception, seeking interest, melting books, paintings, carved in a furnace, exquisite knife work, strict law. The structure of the bamboo carving surface is complete and coordinated, the knife technique is accurate and fine, and it is good at using the natural "skin" and "green" of the bamboo piece to express the shade of yin and yang of the painting. The carving techniques include Yin text shallow carving, green shallow carving, bas-relief and high-relief carving.

After the invasion of Shanghai, Zhici'an engraved "Putang Qingqu and silkworm leaf figure arm rest", the front of the work is carved with the method of leaving green to engrave the lotus pond scenery, the lotus petals are slender and light, there are young fly dots on the stamens, fluttering and flying, the lotus leaf rolls and stretches, the texture of the veins on the leaf surface and the ups and downs, the shape is written into the micro. On the back of the arm rest, the bamboo spring is carved with bas-relief technique "silkworm leaf map", there are several silver silkworms on the mulberry leaf wriggling, the leaf surface is etched and porous, and the carving is vivid. The author of "The Continuation of the Bamboo People" and the connoisseur of cultural relics Yu Deyi inscribed: "Ci'an carved bamboo, today's Xihuang, Songlin also." This secret is engraved with silkworm leaf maps, suitable for strong neighbors to invade, and the counties are burned. Not swallowed by whales, first encroached, this painting is an omen. "The evaluation is not high, and the arm rest engraved by Zhici'an is intended to allude to the invasion of the Kou, the loss of the country, the danger of the nation, and the feeling of worrying about the country overflowing with the blade.

And the tiger idiot Zhang Shanzi, then it is even more famous, the first person to paint tigers in China, if this is not clear enough, vulgarly said that it is the second brother of the famous painter Zhang Daqian. Zhang Shanzi is good at painting landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects, animals, especially fine painting tigers, the tiger in his pen is quite different from the tiger painted by his predecessors, the predecessors painted the tiger mostly for speculation, focusing on the performance of the tiger's might, as for the shape and structure of the tiger is inevitably lost, and Zhang Shanzi's tiger is not lost in the tiger's might, but also rich in human surnames, containing a kind of warmth, while the structure is accurate, the characteristics of the tiger are obvious.

At the same time, this old man is not only a tiger idiot but also a fighter who worries about the country and the people, and there are really a lot of stories about him. In 1935, during the Long March of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Kuomintang division commander Hao Menglin was transferred to Guizhou to participate in the encirclement and suppression. His troops caught a tiger cub in the deep mountain cave of Qiandai, and soon brought it back to the Hankou "Appeasement Office" and sent it to Zhu Bolin, the general staff, after a long time, the milk tiger became a little tiger, and it was inevitable that it would be dangerous to play with the children at home every time, Zhu Bolin knew that his old friend Zhang Shanxiao was good at drawing tigers, so he sent a telegram to Suzhou, asking if you want to send a tiger, such a telegram is really fun, and Zhang Shanzi was overjoyed when he received the telegram - in order to draw a tiger, he had raised tigers, but it was still when he was in Sichuan before, This tiger probably eats meat more badly, and the meat has a lot of phlegm and unfortunately died, and Zhang Shanzi has always regretted it. Now that the good news came, he immediately went to Hankou with his illness and returned with the tiger, and the rockery cave in the Master of Nets Garden became the new home of the tiger cub. When he walked through the bustling streets of Suzhou with Xiaohu in his arms, the audience was shocked and caused a sensation.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he painted a group of tigers and pounced on them with the title "Roar, China" to express his praise for the victory of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. There are 28 fierce tigers on the painting, galloping and jumping, chasing and falling on the line. The tiger symbolizes the 28 provinces of China, mighty and brave, full of vitality; The sun is setting, and the breath is dying. He also wrote an inscription on it: "The majestic king wind, roaring in unison; Regret the rivers and mountains, swallow the clown! That night, he said to his friend: "You see, the twenty-eight provinces are roaring, and Xiao Yan has the reason to be invincible." Later, he stood in front of the painting and asked someone to take a photo, and Zhang Shanzi, who was in a thick bearded robe, was integrated with this masterpiece, righteous and awe-inspiring, generous and heroic, showing his dignity and personality. In addition, there is also the famous "Twelve Golden Hairpins", which draws various forms of tigers, and each picks the words and sentences of the West Chamber. Such as "the turn of the autumn wave", "how can you not come back to the face", "finally said that the price of love is sleepy", etc., in order to imply the meaning of the beauty and the tiger. After that, more than 100 anti-Japanese fundraising art exhibitions were held in Europe and the United States, and the total donations reached more than 200,000 US dollars, including more than 100,000 US dollars from individual charity tiger paintings, which was highly praised by all parties.

His paintings of tigers are as famous and admired as his personality. There are many equally wonderful and true stories, but they are deliberately ignored for some reason.

"Tsk, aged jade bamboo, horn nails through the size of the fan bones, money eyes and fan bone pulp thick and bright, obviously after a long period of play to form, not just out of the oven after the kind of sharp" Look at this bamboo carving, the lotus petals are slender and thin, the lotus leaves roll and stretch, the tendon texture rises and falls, the idea is lofty, full of interest, the knife work is exquisite, strict and lawful, it is not a fake, the falsification to do this step is not a fake, but a master, the owner of the Lingyin Dyeing Incense Museum, the owner of the Dyeing Incense Pavilion is a great master, known as the only person in the twentieth century who can be the leader of the bamboo carving sect Zhu Songlin and Zhang Xihuang. The handwriting of the seal is as fine as a slender, but it is clear and crisp, simple and strong; The condition is intact, the material is good, and the style is ancient and elegant.

The fan painting is Zhang Shanzi's "Alone in the Mountains and Forests", the pen and ink are unbridled and vigorous, the momentum is heroic, the tiger is vigorous, one muscle and one spine, one shoulder and one claw, all of them are full of energy, pure and realistic, it is really the tiger roaring jungle, showing the heroic nature of the lord of the mountains and forests, from the use of pen, ink, color, and chapter law is undoubtedly Zhang Shanzi's true handiwork; Settle the money' pull out the mountain and cover the world, and no one in the world knows you. Brother Yuan Bairen is Mr. Zheng, and his brother Tiger Idiot Zhang Shanzi wrote in the Master of Nets Garden'. The three seals are Zhang Shanzi's name and font number seal 'Zhang Zeshan Twin Seal Letter', the idiom seal that expresses the ambition in the chest is 'the breath in the chest to swallow the cow', and the Zhaiguan seal is 'Dafeng Tang', the seal outline is round, the surface is smooth, the seal law is fit, the chapter law is reasonable, and the knife technique is exquisite. The time of painting should be the period when Master Zhang Shanzi lived in the Master of Nets Garden, and the Yuan Bai mentioned in the paragraph was the famous guqin artist Xu Yuanbai at that time.

According to the current market situation, due to the relatively low market awareness of Zhang Shanzi, although the bamboo carving of Zhici'an is famous, but the bamboo carving is a niche market, if it is auctioned, the starting price can reach 100,000 yuan, and if you meet enthusiasts competing with each other, the price will double or even more. ”

"Haha, I didn't expect my old man to pick up a legendary big leak in his later years!" After listening to Li Mobai, Old Man Lin laughed proudly, "Mobai, if you like it, you can stay!" ”

"Grandpa Lin, this is not good, this is your beloved thing!" Although Li Mobai likes it in his heart, he is not too ugly to eat, after all, this old man treats himself well, and he is even more arrogant to himself when he is young.

"Hehe, Mo Bai and this old thing don't have to be polite, if you like it, stay it!" The old man didn't interject all the time, and then said happily, obviously quite fond of this folding fan.

"Hehe, you don't have to be polite with my old man, but it's just limited to Mo Bai!" Old man Lin was in a good mood and said with a red face.

"Nacheng, Grandpa Lin, how about giving me 150,000?" Li Mobai thought about it, he didn't have much money on hand, and the landlord's family didn't have any grain in stock.

"Haha, forget it, just according to what you said, the starting price is 100,000, and the excess part will be considered a gift from my old man!" Although Old Man Lin picked a leak, if the old man was allowed to transfer it at the original price, it would completely lose the fun of picking the leak, not a matter of how much money he had, so Old Man Lin transferred it according to Li Mobai's own estimated price, which is also the rule in the circle.

"Mobai, if you are free at night, go to my house for dinner, my granddaughter will definitely be happy if she sees you!" Still immersed in the excitement after the leakage, Old Man Lin said pointedly.

ps: Tickets, tickets, recommended tickets, collections (added to the bookshelf), and sign-in are all brought to me!

;