Chapter 496: Exquisite

Liu Yijiao naturally has his own ideas, if it is really a Xuande furnace, he must try his best to take it down, don't forget, there are not a few Xuande furnaces in the world, no longer because of its preciousness, but because of its rarity, and his own peculiar experience also made him fascinated by this artifact.

Therefore, when I heard that Zheng Xin was still talking about whether it was worth it or not, it was strange that he was not in a hurry.

"Director Liu, why are you in such a hurry? Do you have one at home? Zheng Xin was a little strange.

"I'd like to have that, but how can an ordinary family like ours have such valuable utensils? To be honest, I'm really curious, after all, I've only heard about it all the time, and I haven't really seen it, so I'm in a hurry. So, right? If you can tell me whether this artifact in your house is real or fake, I will tell you the peculiar life experience of the Xuande furnace, how about it? Liu Yijiao also put forward the quid pro quo,

"Hehe, it must be true," Zheng Xin smiled,

"How so? Have you identified it? ”

"I didn't have the identification, because the artifact couldn't see the light, so I didn't dare to take it out for identification."

"And how can you be sure it's true?"

"My father once showed it to Xie Na's grandfather, who is also a veteran of the cultural relics collection industry, because he has studied the inscriptions for many years, and he will naturally dabble in archaeology, so he also has a certain amount of research on this kind of bronze artifact. He looked at it carefully and was sure it was the real thing. Zheng Xin explained,

But he asked us not to treasure it and not to show it to others, otherwise it would be easy to cause trouble, after all, it is not our own. My father obeyed his orders and locked him in a deep closet ever since, not even letting his family look at him! Zheng Xin explained, "It's only when my great-grandfather dies that he will take it out to worship, so far, I've only seen one or two sides, after all, it was once a murderous thing!" ”

"Hey, you don't know yet, do you? In fact, the appearance of the Xuande furnace itself is a dangerous process, and I am not talking about your family's experience, but that it itself originates from an unprovoked heavenly fire."

"I believe what you said, when smelting, it must be tempered and refined, what can be done without fire? And the temperature has to be high? Zheng Xin disagreed.

"Hehe, refining is inevitable, but before it appeared, the raw material itself had already experienced a fire," Liu Yijiao asked rather mysteriously, "Do you know why it's called Xuande Furnace?" ”

"I really don't know, don't look at this object in my house, but we are all very jealous, and no one ever asks about its origin."

"Hehe, then I'll have to talk to you about it!" As soon as he heard that he didn't know, Liu Yiyi was proud, "The so-called Xuande furnace is the incense burner cast in the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that there were only dozens of them when they were cast. Think about it, over the past few hundred years, after the change of dynasties, coupled with the chaos of war and displacement, there are very few people who have really survived in the world, right? When I said it was a murderous thing, I was actually referring to the fire."

"Did it really go through a fire?"

"Yes, in the Ming Dynasty, there was a fire in the emperor's family temple, which burned all the Buddha statues and even the Ding furnace jewelry, and these treasures were finally condensed together, forming a large copper lump with various impurities, and the raw materials of the Xuande furnace originated from this."

"I see?"

"Yes, because this is the sacrificial vessel in the temple, and it is due to the burning of the heavenly fire, so those who know it say that it is an evil thing. But how to deal with the condensation of this monster in the monster makes everyone feel terrible," Liu Yizhen painted,

"Wouldn't it be nice to bury it? Or just melt it, it's really not good, you can cast a Buddha statue? Zheng Xin took it for granted.

"Your two ideas, someone came up at that time, but they were opposed by the imperial court, especially the deacon in the temple did not agree, after all, this fire is a nameless fire, and it is the wrath of heaven, so the remaining raw materials must also be a murderous thing, no matter where it is buried, it will attract disaster, besides, it is even more impossible to cast Buddha statues, because there are not only jewels and jade in it, but also sacrifices and Ding furnaces, if these things are cast together, it must be a great disrespect to the Buddha,"

"What then? Such a big pimple occupies a lot of land, where can it be put in the way? ”

"That's right, so later someone came up with the idea to melt this big lump again, refine it many times to remove impurities, and then cast it into an incense burner, so that this big lump can be decomposed, and the incense burner itself still exercises the things of offering to the Buddha, there are respects and chanting, isn't it better for the Buddha to be in it? After all, isn't it very good that it has gone through this cycle of reincarnation and turned back into a sacrificial object? All the dangers have been solved. Moreover, after thousands of tempering, the murderous things have been decomposed one by one, and the bad luck has long been gone. In this way, the court agreed. Therefore, we say that the production of the Xuande furnace is a coincidence and a coincidence, and a strange and strange thing, which is derived from this,"

"In this way, the Xuande furnace itself is not just cast from brass, but mixed with many strange elements such as jewels and jade that are burned inside?"

"Of course, it's not brass in the original sense, because it's been fused with a variety of elements and turned into a very rare copper alloy. This kind of accidental, special craftsmanship and materials, just like the phoenix nirvana, has created a magical sacrificial vessel such as the Xuande furnace, which is absolutely rare in the world, and the natural brilliance is incomparable, and its preciousness lies in this. Liu Yi's poem-like description made everyone very fascinated, "So, if the Xuande furnace in your home is indeed real, it is definitely a kind of fate, because it is too precious and rare!" ”

"Hehe, I really didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a broken incense burner? How do you know there are so many stories in this? I'm going home today, I've got to take a good look! ”

"Well, you have to take a good look, there are too many complicated processes in it, especially the casting process, which is exquisite, and it takes many times of sintering and tempering to make such a shape like porcelain, as thin as cicada wings, exquisite Xuande furnace" Liu Yizhen praised without hesitation,

"You think about it, the royal casting process itself is very strict, the emphasis is on meticulousness, coupled with many times of refining to remove impurities, the official temple fire and into a variety of jade particles, its copper must be crystal peculiar, so to speak, in terms of artistic modeling, metallurgical casting, metal surface treatment and other processes, it is not an exaggeration to say that it represents the fruits of Chinese civilization in the fourteenth century,"

"You're so good! It's really rare to comment on an artifact like this, it's like making a poem! Zheng Xin praised it.

"I praise it so much because of the irreproducibility of this stunt, although the Xuande furnace seems to be an ordinary thing, it has received countless beautiful words like an artifact," his smug expression overflowed.......

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