Yan Liqiang arranged the driver to send Kangweihao to Tianhua Hotel to rest. Although he and Kang Weihao are also friends, they have not yet arrived, leaving him at home for the night. And the reason why Yan Liqiang supported Kang Weihao was also to ask Yu Lifei about the situation of this white-glazed monk's hat pot during the Prince Yong period.

If you don't know your own things and history, how can you introduce them to others in the future? According to Yu Lifei, this white-glazed monk hat is not small, and it is still something before Yongzheng became the emperor. Despite this, Yan Liqiang also felt that it had added inheritance to this pot.

"Lifei, let's go, go to the study, you have to tell me about this white-glazed monk's hat pot." Yan Liqiang pulled Yu Lifei's arm and said impatiently. Now, he can't send the things in Yu Lifei's mind to his brain all at once.

"Brother Qiang, I only know about fur for these things. If you believe me, I might as well show you this book. After reading it, you will definitely have a deep understanding of the porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty. Yu Lifei said humbly.

"Lifei, didn't you mean to laugh at me? You know, I didn't read a few books since I was a child, and I didn't even graduate from elementary school, so I went to the construction site to move bricks. If you let me study, you might as well kill me. Yan Liqiang said that the reason why he likes antiques is also to make up for the regrets in his heart. Now he loves collecting, and he also wants to get a little bit of the atmosphere of a literati.

Of course, Yan Liqiang did not graduate from primary school, which does not mean that he is uneducated. Some people can't read more. Reading too many books will hurt their brains and solidify their thinking. Yan Liqiang is such a person, if he could have been in high school or even admitted to university, I am afraid that he would be an engineer or something in a factory or mine now. Naturally, it will not create the current Lihe Group, and it will not have the financial ability to collect antiques.

"Alright then, I'll tell you about white glaze. But I don't know much, you can't show off in front of others. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if I'm laughed at. Your reputation will be affected. Yu Lifei said modestly.

"I said Lifei, what kind of ability do you have, don't I know?" Yan Liqiang pretended to be annoyed and said. In Wu Wengu's office tonight, Yu Lifei has already impressed him. He now has a feeling of treating Li Fei like Wu Wengu.

"What we are talking about now is white glaze, which is actually a monochrome glaze. White glaze, red glaze, blue glaze, and yellow glaze are all considered monochrome glazes. It is also called a glaze, or a color glaze. Brother Qiang, you should know that there are Temple of Heaven, Temple of Earth, Temple of Sun and Temple of Moon in the capital now, right? Yu Lifei asked.

"I know, I've been to the Temple of Heaven's New Year's Prayer Hall." Yan Liqiang said.

The ancient capital of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun, and the Temple of the Moon were designed and built according to the principle of the innate gossip of "Zhou Yi". It is in the south, north, east, west, and four directions outside the inner city of the ancient capital. There are four ancient altar buildings: the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon.

"The four altars of heaven, earth, sun and moon are the places of sacrifice of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Historically, each of these four altars has been burned with sacrificial porcelain of a specified color. Among them, the Temple of Heaven is blue because the sky is blue. The altar of earth represents the land and is yellow. The Temple of the Sun is red, and this goes without saying. And the Moon Temple, of course, is white.

These four colors are the colors that nature is born with, and they are the most important and earliest colors observed by human beings. Humans in ancient times. When there is no productive force and no creative force, the first thing you see is the heaven, earth, sun and moon in nature. What I feel the most is the color of the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon. Therefore, the four colors of blue, yellow, red, and sun have a great impact on human civilization. Yu Lifei said.

"Heaven and earth, sun and moon. Corresponding to the blue, yellow and red day, if you don't say it, I really don't know. Yan Liqiang said, Yu Lifei said in simple terms. He understood it as soon as he heard it. He thought to himself that if there was such a person, he would tell him a little knowledge about antiques every day. It won't take long for him to become a generation.

"The eight flags of the Qing Dynasty are also divided according to these four colors. When the Qing Taizu Nurhachi first raised his army, he divided the soldiers into squads, each with ten people. Each person took out an arrow and gave it to the captain, and the team was called Niu Lu, and the captain was called Niu Lu Ezhen. The meaning of Niu Lu is the meaning of 'big arrow'.

After Nurhachi's captain had more than 1,000 men, he divided the troops into four oxuns, which were divided according to blue, yellow, red and white. This is the beginning of the Eight Banners, and later there were more troops, and four flags were added, namely inlaid blue, inlaid yellow, inlaid red, and inlaid white, which is the origin of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. As for the later Han Eight Banners and Meng Eight Banners, they were all divided according to this.

So you see, blue, yellow, red, white, these four colors, are very important in the court. The sacrificial system and the military system are very important to the country, so these four colors, the porcelain they represent, reflect a royal thought. Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"Lifei, I already know about the blue, yellow, red and white, let's talk about this white-glazed monk's hat pot." Yan Liqiang said.

"If you want to talk about the monk's hat pot, you must start from the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan people are still white, they advocate white, advocate white. As for the reason, there are different opinions. However, it is generally believed that the main reason is that the Mongolians eat milk as the staple food, so they are still white. In addition, silver, the metal that the Mongols valued, was also white.

In addition, the original meaning of "Mongolia" is silver. Also, Genghis Khan, you should know, right? The horse he rode was certainly white. If Genghis Khan rode a black horse or some other color on an antique, you don't need to look at it, just throw it away. Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"The white glaze of the Yuan Dynasty seems to be very famous, but the most famous in the Yuan Dynasty is still blue and white." Yan Liqiang said.

"Of course, but without the fine white glaze, the people would not have been able to paint such a beautiful blue and white on it. If you think about it, the color of the porcelain is black and stuffy, and the blue and white cannot look verdant and pleasant. The reason why Jingdezhen is so famous is also because of the white porcelain in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty. Otherwise, if Jingdezhen wants to sit in the first place, I am afraid it will be difficult. The reason why Yuan blue and white occupies a dominant position in porcelain is also because of the appearance of Jingdezhen white glaze. Yu Lifei said.

"That's right." Yan Liqiang nodded.

"The white glaze of the Yuan Dynasty has a special name, called 'Shufu glaze'. It was influenced by the Southern Song Dynasty in the early days, and it was not very white, and the Wu duck eggs were blue. After the middle stage, it becomes completely white, and it is a very opaque white, the technical term is 'opaque glaze', as opposed to 'glass glaze'. People in the industry call this kind of white glaze 'nirvana white glaze'.

Nirvana is a feeling of not being ventilated. Nirvana is a very stuffy color. The Privy Mansion is the abbreviation of the Privy Council of the Yuan Dynasty, which is equivalent to our current State Council and Military Commission. Historically, this is the only example of this naming method. By the time of Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty, a sweet white glaze appeared. The reason for this name is that the white glaze of Yongle looks like white sugar. Of course, there doesn't seem to be white sugar at the time of Yongle, and the name was changed by someone later.

Brother Qiang, Yongle's sweet white glaze, that is also the highest peak in history, and it is collected by major museums in the world, if you can have one here in the future, plus your monk's hat pot, it will be considered to be propped up. Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"It's a pity, such a good thing can be met but not sought." Yan Liqiang sighed. No matter which one plays collecting, they all want the porcelain and Yuan blue and white of the official kiln of the Song Dynasty, but such a thing, just like the sweet white glaze of Yongle, sometimes, even if you really touch it, you don't dare to make a move. There is so little in the world, and it really appears in front of you, do you dare to take it at a sky-high price? What if it's fake?

"It's okay, take your time, maybe one day, there will be such a thing that suddenly appears in front of you. After entering the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Dynasty began to burn a large number of white porcelain, but the white porcelain of this period was not a single white porcelain, and began to have carving. Kangxi's white porcelain is somewhat shiny blue, not very white.

After arriving in Yongzheng, the whiteness is very high, almost pure white. This is related to Yongzheng's character, he, like Yuanren, also likes white porcelain very much. If you look at this white glazed monk's hat pot, it's very white. Your white-glazed monk's hat pot was fired before Yongzheng ascended the throne. It should be regarded as the Kangxi Dynasty, but you see, it is also very white, which is related to Yongzheng's personal requirements. Yu Lifei pointed to the monk's hat pot on the table and said.

"Lifei, as soon as you explain it like this, I basically have an understanding of white glaze. But what about after Yongzheng? Yan Liqiang asked.

"After Qianlong, the white porcelain firing became very skillful, perhaps because it was too skilled, but there was no pursuit. White porcelain is easy to fire, very white and very beautiful. After Qianlong, white porcelain was not much used as an artistic variety, and daily porcelain was also very white. Yu Lifei said.

"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Lifei, you will definitely become a generation of people in the future. Yan Liqiang said.

"I'm also a halfway monk, and if I want to become everyone, it's impossible to be lewd for decades." Yu Lifei said humbly.

"I'm very optimistic about you, don't be presumptuous." Yan Liqiang said with a smile. Yu Lifei's origin, he heard Wu Wengu say. When I first came to Tanzhou, I didn't understand anything. But now, he not only opened an antique shop, but also did a thriving business. In just a few months, you can get 80 million.

"Brother Qiang, you must put away this monk's hat pot, I'll go back first. By the way, this thing, you'd better not show it to Wu Lao, otherwise he will definitely do your ideological work and let you donate it. Yu Lifei admonished.

"It's okay, Elder Wu knows that I value these things more than my life, and he won't mobilize me to donate." Yan Liqiang said with a smile. Although he said this in his mouth, he had already made up his mind in his heart, and he should not tell Wu Wengu about this matter. He wants to ask someone to identify it, but there is still a way to think of it.

After Yu Li flew away, Yan Liqiang stayed alone in the study until almost dawn. With Yu Lifei's introduction, he also has a certain understanding of white glaze. When I look at this monk's hat pot again, I feel completely different. Even if there is no inscription or pattern on this pot, it can still attract him deeply. (To be continued......)