Chapter 100 Hetian Yuhuang

"China's jade culture has a heritage of 7,000 or even 8,000 years. Since prehistory, jade has established a lofty position in the life of the Chinese nation and has been endowed with extraordinary spiritual connotations. The Hongshan culture in the northeast, the Lingjiatan culture in the Huaihe River Basin, the Liangzhu culture in the Taihu Lake Basin, the Longshan culture in SD, and the Qijia culture in the northwest were in the late Neolithic Age, where there was no writing and Ru Mao drinking blood, from north to south, from east to west, a splendid jade culture and civilization were formed on the land of China.

After the development and evolution of Xia, Shang and Zhou, jade gradually penetrated into all aspects of Chinese life, during the Warring States and Han Dynasty, jade culture climbed to another peak, silk and hemp rotted, copper and rust rotted, only jade broke out of the dust, like an immortal gene, preserved the exquisite and magnificent civilization fruits of each period, and showed them to future generations as before. ”

Pursing his lips, Wang San'er continued: "The warmth, tenacity, restraint and immortality of jade have been regarded as a reference for self-cultivation and virtue by generations of Chinese people, and the dragon totem of China has been passed down from generation to generation by virtue of the medium of jade. ”

Speaking of this, Wang San'er paused: "There are a lot of people who collect jade, and I am also interested in this, some little care, this play jade, that is, 'look at its shape from afar, look at its quality up close, and look at its work' twelve words, which has the taste to slowly experience its essence." ”

"And this ancient jade, played with by human hands for a long time, its skin is of course very good, and the color is of course very warm. Moreover, it has experienced such a long historical accumulation, and its cultural connotation is not comparable to that of new jade. ”

"Xiao Rong, have you heard the story of He's wall?" Wang San'er asked.

Xiao Rong nodded and didn't speak, just looked at Wang San'er seriously.

Wang San'er smiled and said: "Since ancient times, jade has the saying of 'five virtues'. The ancients worshiped jade as virtue and said, 'A gentleman without jade is not virtuous'. So, why did the ancients worship jade to express virtue? This is where the answer comes from the Heshi wall. According to the record of "Han Feizi He": In the Spring and Autumn Period, Bian He, a Chu person, got a piece of jade and presented it to King Chu Li, who thought it was a stone, and Bian He was deceiving him. So, he cut off Bian He's left foot. Later, Bian He offered the jade to King Wu of Chu, but King Wu of Chu still recognized it as a stone, and as a result, Bian He was cut off his right foot again. When King Chu Wen succeeded to the throne, Bian He hugged the jade and wept bitterly at the foot of Jing Mountain, King Chu Wen passed by, heard the sound of crying, and asked Bian He why he was crying, and Bian He told King Chu Wen of Puyu's suffering. King Chu Wen ordered the craftsman to untie the stone, and it was indeed a beautiful stone. ”

People have told this story for thousands of years, not because of the beauty of the stone, but because of the virtue of Bian He's sincerity. Therefore, jade culture represents people's virtue. It is also today that people use jade to express the inheritance of historical and cultural morality. ”

When Wang San'er was talking about this, the store was unusually quiet, Xiao Rong and Wang Honggang were fascinated by what they listened to, listening to Wang San'er talking about this, and nodded thoughtfully from time to time.

"Hehe, when people are old, they talk a lot, and the verbosity will not end, and there is no need to make you laugh." Wang San'er said to Xiao Rong with a smile.

"Where, what you said is so good, I really have gained a lot of knowledge." Xiao Rong applauded again and again, and asked with some unfinished thoughts: "Can you drink some water, and then be tired to tell me about Yuhuang?" ”

"Okay, I'll tell you about this Yuhuang again, Hong Gang, you also listen, learn from Xiao Rong's love of learning." Wang San'er glared at Wang Honggang, took a sip of water and continued.

"Jade Huang is a kind of arc-shaped flake jade. "Shuowen" said: "Half bi is Huang", in fact, the ancient jade Huang is not limited to the regular half bi and half circle. Huang is used as a ritual vessel in the 'vessel', and "Zhou Li, Chunguan, Dazongbo" contains: "Xuanhuang is used to honor the north." "However, in archaeological excavations, it is mostly found in people's chest and abdomen, hanging a kind of ornament, and often a piece of jade ornament. The data show that in addition to the arc-shaped characteristics of jade in various eras, its shape has changed very much, and only a few are regular half-bi shapes. ”

"Yuhuang is one of the oldest jade forms in China, as early as 7,000 years ago, there was Yuhuang in the early Neolithic ZJ Yuyao Hemudu culture. In the middle Neolithic period, the Liangzhu culture in the Yangtze River basin began to make and use jade huang, and during this period, jade huang was used as an ornament on the chest, and the shape was mostly irregular and varied. ”

"During the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, Yuhuang was still commonly used. Judging from the actual situation of archaeological excavations, the vast majority of jade huang at this time are still used as typical ornaments, and the use of jade huang ritual vessels still needs to be studied in the future. ”

"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, jade jade was prevalent, and jade appeared in large numbers as a component of a group of jade, and its form and ornamentation were extremely rich, and many special-shaped jade huang appeared. After the Han Dynasty, Yuhuang made a decline trend. The jade Huang of the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty are all arc-shaped plain faces, and the two ends are drilled near the periphery, and some are also inlaid with gold edges on the inner and outer periphery, which is slightly different from the earlier ones. ”

"During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the official uniform needed to hang jade, and the jade reappeared, at this time the jade has evolved into a comb-back shape or diamond shape, and the shape is different from the previous generation. During this period, the popularity of jade in society was very small, so the number of jade huang was very small. ”

"According to me, your piece of jade should be a fine product in the Western Han Dynasty, but it is a pity that from the form of jade, this jade should be a pair, and now there is only one piece, and the value is inevitably greatly reduced."

"Really? How can things be as good as the world should be, please give this piece of jade an appraisal again. Xiao Rong smiled faintly.

"If you want me to say that the value of this jade should be between 400,000 and 500,000, if you can make a pair, the price can be doubled several times." Wang San'er said with a deep groan.

"Ha, then I've picked up a lot of leaks, it's time to be content." Xiao Rong smiled lightly and said to Wang San'er: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." I've really benefited a lot today, so how about I go out and celebrate? ”

"Okay, it's time to celebrate. Hehe. Wang San'er didn't shirk either, and agreed with a smile.

"Jingle Bell ......"

At this moment, Xiao Rong's mobile phone rang suddenly, Xiao Rong smiled apologetically at Wang San'er and picked up the phone.

"Hey, I'm Xiao Rong, who are you? Oh, yes? Really? Okay, okay, where? Okay, I'll be right there, okay. ”

Hanging up the phone, Xiao Rong said to Wang San'er very apologetically: "Master Wang, I'm sorry, it seems that we have to celebrate another day, I have something to do temporarily." ”

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