"Uncle, you take me to Uncle Zhao's house first, and I'll discuss with Uncle Zhao what I should do with that hot spring pool!" Thinking of this, Yun Yi looked at the eldest girl's father with an eager expression.

At first, I came to my father-in-law with the idea that he would help him find someone to build a wooden house, but now that I heard that there were skilled stonecraftsmen in the village, I thought that I would first decorate the inside of the hot springs and then consider the wooden house.

The eldest girl's father nodded, and after putting together the firewood that had been chopped just now, he put it on and put it aside, with a patched coarse cloth gown on it, and led Yun Yi to the house of Zhao stonemason in the village.

After following his father-in-law through two crooked streets in the village, and passing through a sparse grove planted by someone who didn't know who planted it, Yunyi and his father-in-law came to Zhao Stonemason's house.

Zhao Mason's home is in the northernmost part of the village, close to the north main peak of Qingyun Mountain behind him, looking from the courtyard of his house to the north main peak of Qingyun Mountain, about two hundred meters away from his house, there is a quarry standing there, on which a chaotic forest of white flowers stands, obviously different from the surrounding dark yellow forest background.

It seems that the reason why this Zhao stonemason built the house behind the village is to take local materials from the mountains and use stones conveniently.

Approaching the courtyard of Zhao Stonemason's house, and after seeing the building outside the courtyard, Yun Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he happily approached the courtyard and observed it carefully.

The whole courtyard, unlike the courtyard walls that are generally made of bamboo fences in Qingyun Mountain Village, is that it is all made of stones.

The foundation part of the pedestal is made of cyan long stone, which looks very solid and beautiful; The wall above the stone is made of irregularly shaped stones, which are spliced together by the staggered edges and corners of the canine teeth between them, so that the courtyard wall looks like the stones have their own teeth and bite each other.

Such an architectural approach. Yunyi has never heard of it; The result is not only a sturdy wall, but also a beautiful one, because it is made of no sediment or cement, and it is all naturally spliced together, making it almost like a work of art.

Such a bizarre, almost ingenious technique, it seems that the stonemason craftsmanship of the owner of the small courtyard is extremely superb, which has exceeded the definition of ordinary craftsmen, and is close to the level of ingenuity and great artists.

Enough of the beautiful courtyard walls. Yun Yi walked to the courtyard gate with a feeling of great admiration, and was about to call the door in to visit this ingenious artist, but unexpectedly after seeing the exquisite carvings on the courtyard door of the Zhao stonemason's house, he was shocked again.

The whole courtyard gate is a small courtyard gate with a gatehouse built of stone; The door frame is framed with bluestone strips, and then the door frame is edged with marble from where I don't know where the road comes from, and on the door frame in Dali, there are exquisite and complex patterns carved.

Approach the gate and take a closer look. The carved patterns on this door frame are mostly dragon dancing golden yang, hundreds of birds and phoenixes, and white cranes and longevity pines. Hundreds of children frolicking and other auspicious patterns in Chinese history.

In Chinese history, the stone carvings that decorate the gate were used in ancient times with strict regulations and systems; Like a hundred birds and a phoenix, it was used before the Ming Dynasty. It has to be an official of the third rank or above, and there must be a lady in the family to use this stone carving; Just after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty government abolished this rule in terms of etiquette, so that the folk use of the hundred birds and phoenix stone carving pattern began to become popular.

However, due to the restrictions in the Ming Dynasty, the carving technique of the hundred birds and the phoenix that was popular among the people after the Qing Dynasty has always been significantly different from the style of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no atmosphere, cheerfulness and bright style of the stone carving skills of the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The first dragon dance Jinyang, in the Chinese dynasties is only used in the imperial family, if someone other than the emperor uses, no matter who it is, even if the emperor's own brother uses this shape, it must be considered a premeditated rebellion, and it will definitely kill the head.

Therefore, before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the dragon dance Jinyang, which had always been forbidden among the people, became popular; However, compared with the majestic feeling of the royal family, the popular dragon dance Jinyang after the Republic of China is the same as the hundred birds and the phoenix of the Ming Dynasty, lacking the majestic feeling that was originally exclusive to the emperor and the ministers of the three products, and has become extremely stingy, and the image is not flexible enough, it seems dull and stiff.

However, these stone carving images at the door of Zhao Stonemason's house are extremely atmospheric and vivid, and the kind of stone carvings that are more than Yun Yi have seen are countless times better than Yun Yi, and they are simply a heaven and an underground.

"Yunyi, let's hurry in, what's so beautiful about this mess of flowers, birds, birds and beasts!" Seeing that his son-in-law was looking at the door of Zhao Stonemason's house with a blank look, the eldest girl's father waited patiently for a while, and saw that Yun Yi was still looking at it like that, so he stepped forward and greeted Yun Yidao.

"Well, let's go inside!" After being greeted by his father-in-law, Yun Yi woke up, and then entered Zhao Stonemason's courtyard with an excited expression.

"Oh my God, this is really a stone carving art center!"

Although he was mentally prepared for the layout of Zhao Stonemason's house, when Yun Yi saw the stone carvings of hunting dogs, giant wolves, tigers, big snakes, and horses among the trees and flowers in Zhao Stonemason's yard, he still couldn't help but exclaim for a while.

"Is Uncle Zhao at home? I'm Miao Shu, and I have something to do with Uncle Zhao! The eldest girl's father was accustomed to these stone carvings in the yard, and when he saw that there was no one in the yard, he shouted loudly.

After Yunyi's father-in-law shouted twice, a slightly clear voice came from the house, and said, "It's a bolt, why do you think that you came to my old Zhao Laoshi, and the small mill at your house is not easy to use?" ”

With this voice, out of the beautiful stone house of the building came an old man about sixty years old, about one meter six or seven tall, with gray hair, although his face was slightly old, but he looked radiant.

He was dressed in a homespun cloth made by ordinary mountain people, and although his hair was white, it was very clean; With a step, he walked towards Yunyi and the eldest girl's father with a smile, holding a small chisel in his hand.

"Uncle Stonemason, my family's small grinding is good, and there is no need to repair it!" The eldest girl's father smiled, and then looked at Yun Yi beside him, and got it: "I came to find Uncle Stonemason today, it was Yun Yi who wanted to build a hot spring pool in the mountains and woodlands!" (To be continued.) )

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