Chapter 20: Jade Cabbage
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That night, a woman in silk pajamas, unable to sleep and sitting on the edge of the bed, inadvertently turned on the TV, and a TV program caught her eye.
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The content of the TV program "National Treasure Archives" aroused her strong curiosity, and the woman felt that the ancient relics introduced in the program seemed to be similar, and she always felt an indescribable sense of familiarity.
The National Treasure Archives would like to introduce today is the "Jade Cabbage".
"Jade cabbage is carved by ancient craftsmen with a piece of half-white and half-green jade as the raw material, and skillfully uses the color change of the jade itself. The white and tender vegetable stems, the rolled leaves, and the leaves with a mantis and a locust on the leaves, are lifelike and are a rare treasure. The TV presenter talked eloquently.
"How could the detailed picture of jade cabbage flash in my mind, I have never seen it!" The woman said to herself.
Cabbage means innocence and symbolizes the purity of the bride; Insects symbolize fertility and pray for more children and grandchildren.
When this jade cabbage was discovered, it was the furnishing of the Yonghe Palace where the concubine Concubine Jin lived in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is said to be the dowry ........................ for the marriage.
In the TV program, the host introduced it in detail, and the woman couldn't take her eyes off it. When the host of the show described the meaning of her jade cabbage, she was able to say it without delay, and she always felt as familiar with its treasures as if she had once owned them.
"The cabbage grows green and white, which means innocence, and I pray for more children and grandchildren! But it seems to me that it is a cursed treasure, and those who possess it will surely die alone in the end. The woman instinctively came up with such a sentence, and she was even more surprised that she would comment on this treasure.
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However, more than a hundred years ago, the truth was ~
During the Qing Dynasty, the prefect surnamed Zhang of Yunnan Province visited Dali one year and asked the people to offer rare works of art to display at the door of their homes. There is an old man who is a little shabby, and he is very fond of collecting stones, especially contributing the colored stones that have been treasured for many years.
The prefect surnamed Zhang saw the stone contributed by the old man, and said angrily: "If there is nothing to contribute, forget it, dare to fool me with a stone, it is simply not in the eyes of the official. 」
The old man didn't expect that he didn't know that Fu was happy, and he was imprisoned for a few days before being released.
After the old man was released from prison, because he was old and had been imprisoned, he could not eat or sleep well, and when he returned home he was extremely depressed, and seeing that his days were short, he complained about the stone: "Whoever owns this stone will be unlucky! 」
After speaking, he immediately returned to the west. In addition to being sad and sad, the family abandoned the stone by the river.
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The next year, the prefect surnamed Zhang went to Dali to visit.
When the folk craftsman picked up the stone from the river that year, he thought that it would be a good treasure after carving, so he offered the stone.
The prefect, who saw the stone again the following year, was even more angry: "Break his hand, don't let me see this stone again." 」
A craftsman eats by skill, and even if his hand is broken and restored, he will not be able to have the previous skills. As a last resort, he gave up his profession as a craftsman, and instead helped people to occasionally do chores for a living, and lived in extreme poverty.
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When the old carver in the same industry learned about the experience of this craftsman, he decided to help him.
The old carver asked for the stone and deliberately offered it again in the third year. The prefect who had seen this stone again and again was simply angry. said, "Drag that unknown guy out and behead him. 」
Seeing that they were about to die, they pleaded for mercy, and the old carver was also full of confidence: "My lord, please give the grass people a chance, and come back in a year, the grass people will definitely carve treasures and present them, and it is not too late to kill them if they are not satisfied." 」
The old carver won a chance to live, and after a year of careful carving and ingenuity, he finally carved this jade cabbage.
After it was completed, he also deliberately found a witchcraft mage to make a curse to avenge the unfortunate revenge of so many people because of it, and finally offered the cursed jade cabbage to the prefect surnamed Zhang. When the prefect saw the carved work, he was not only very satisfied, but also rewarded him with a large sum of money.
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Since then, this pleasing jade cabbage has been loved by dignitaries and nobles, and finally it was transferred to the homes of high-ranking officials, and was used as a dowry into the Forbidden City.
No one would have imagined that it was cursed.
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The woman was still watching the show and whispered. "Today is the first time I've heard a TV show about jade cabbage, and it feels really strange!"
Does the woman have anything to do with jade cabbage?
After watching the TV show, it was already half past twelve in the evening, she looked at the time and said:
"The chairman asked me to be his son's secretary, and I will report tomorrow, I think I should go to bed early!"
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Turn off the little lamp at the head of the bed and get ready to rest.