Chapter 93: Hidden History
Early the next morning, Xu Zhiyuan followed Ouyang Cheng into the Forbidden City to visit the Forbidden City, the royal land of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, the Forbidden City was closed for interior decoration during this time, and tourists were not allowed to visit, but with Ouyang Cheng, an honorary consultant, the road was unimpeded, and after contact, not only could you fully participate in all the halls, but also enter the treasure house to study the national treasure at close range.
"It's also that you're getting more and more famous, and even the Forbidden City has to sell this favor!"
Ouyang Cheng was in good spirits today, and the two of them chatted while walking towards the Taihe Palace, strolling through the Forbidden City, which had a different feeling.
As Xu Zhiyuan walked, he turned on the insinuation permission and projected all the large and small palaces of the Forbidden City into the system. There were many emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they will definitely be used in the future.
This is the Taihe Palace, commonly known as the Jinluan Palace, which is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture and one of the three major halls in the East. The largest existing wooden hall in China. It is located in a prominent position on the north-south main axis of the Forbidden City in Beijing. ”
Old man Ouyang acted as a tour guide for Xu Zhiyuan, and introduced with great interest: "The indoor and outdoor beams are decorated with the highest-level and seal paintings. The upper part of the door and window is inlaid with a rhombic pattern, the lower part is embossed with a cloud dragon pattern, and the joints are equipped with gilded copper leaves engraved with dragon patterns. ”
"The reason why it is called Jinluan Hall is because the gold bricks in the hall are paved with the ground, but they are not really gold, and the gold bricks are named because they require a lot of money when they are built. The ground in the Taihe Hall is paved with 4,718 large gold bricks two feet square. All are specially made bricks in Suzhou. Its surface is light black, oily, bright, not astringent or slippery. ”
Xu Zhiyuan had led a group to Taihe Hall a few times before, but there were a lot of people at that time, and he had to leave in a hurry after a few minutes. It is rare to have the opportunity to visit carefully, and slowly walk to the most eye-catching position in the center of the main hall, in front of the dragon chair of the Ninety-Five.
"The throne with gold lacquer cloud dragon pattern is located on the high platform of the seven steps in the center of the main hall, and there are seven large gold lacquer screens carved with cloud dragon patterns behind it. It was made during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. ”
The old man also walked to the side, touched the dragon chair made of fine red sandalwood with his hand, and sighed: "There are a total of 13 golden dragons entwined on the chair ring, and the largest one is standing in the center of the back of the chair; There are no usual chair legs under the chair surface, but a Sumeru base. ”
"In the place where the waist is open-carved double dragon play beads, full of gold paint. The surrounding area is furnished with an elephant vase that symbolizes peace and elephants, a symbol of the monarch's wisdom and the sage's end, a crane that symbolizes longevity, and an incense burner and incense tube for burning incense. And the six bright pillars and beams and dragons on the fang near the throne in the hall are all gilded with leached powder, which is extremely luxurious! ”
Xu Zhiyuan hurriedly scanned the dragon chair in a key way, this is the main purpose of this trip, the Taihe Hall has been 100% copied into the system, and when he goes back, he can let Ao Bidenji sit in the palace and enjoy the feeling of being an emperor before he dies.
Then the two of them visited the other main halls again, and it took more than three hours, Ouyang Cheng's body couldn't bear it, so he ended the visit and came to the treasure house, resting and admiring the national treasures.
Looking at the dazzling treasures in the treasure house, Ouyang Cheng said proudly: "The Palace Museum has a total collection of about 140,000 paintings, murals, prints, calligraphy, rulers, and inscriptions, accounting for about a quarter of the total collection of ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy in the world's public museums. ”
The Palace Museum has a collection of nearly 420 paintings from the Yuan Dynasty and before, of which 17 are included in the State Administration of Cultural Heritage's "Second Batch of Cultural Relics Prohibited from Exhibiting Abroad". The Forbidden City has many unique masterpieces in the history of Chinese painting, such as Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Futu" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is a copy of the representative Song Dynasty. ”
"Sui Dynasty Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Tour", the only credible hand-me-down authentic work of Zhan Ziqian, is the earliest scroll painting in China known so far, and is the pioneering work of green landscape painting."
"The volume of "Five Oxen Pictures" by Han Rong in the Tang Dynasty, Han Rong's representative work, is the earliest known painting on paper in China so far."
"The volume of Yan Liben's "Walking Diagram" in the Tang Dynasty, a copy of Yan Liben's representative work in the Song Dynasty, retains the lines and charm of Tang Dynasty figure paintings, and truly records major historical events."
"The volume of Huang Quan's "Sketch of Rare Birds" of the Five Dynasties, the representative work of Huang Zhen, the ancestor of flower and bird painting, occupies an important position in the history of flower and bird painting."
"The volume of Han Xizai's Night Banquet by Gu Hongzhong of the Five Dynasties occupies an important position in the history of figure painting, and although it is recognized by some as a copy of the Song Dynasty, it is recognized as the most wonderful copy of the same theme."
"Finally, there is the famous Northern Song Dynasty Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Map" volume, Zhang Zeduan's only credible authentic handiwork, is a huge picture scroll that records China's urban life in the twelfth century, and it is a masterpiece!"
For the first time, Xu Zhiyuan had a close look at the real national treasures, which were all heavy weapons that restricted the exit of the country, and each exhibition had to be submitted to the Cultural Relics Bureau for approval.
Ouyang Cheng has been studying the Qingming Shanghe map for many years, and said with a smile: "It can be called the first painting in Chinese history, but soon after the painting, the Jin soldiers invaded on a large scale, killing people and burning the city, and the fire in Bianjing City was not extinguished for three days." According to my research, Zhang Zeduan's paintings depict the prosperity of Bianjing in detail, and even the precarious reasons for the Northern Song Dynasty, such as lax defense and ineffective fire fighting, are hidden. ”
He pointed to a place and explained: "Look here, the firetower used for fire lookout in the picture has become a gazebo, the barracks where it is stationed have been converted into a restaurant and tea shop, small tables and stools have been placed, and wooden barrels filled with firefighting water have been converted into military wine, and the soldiers drink excessively. The city gates were unguarded, and the Hu people came and went freely; The shops are built illegally, and there are many hidden dangers. ”
However, Song Huizong did not seem to look at this famous painting that was handed down later, except for a double dragon seal, and Song Huizong did not realize the many problems of the Northern Song Dynasty in Zhang Zeduan's paintings? Or is it that this emperor who has lived in the capital for a long time has already seen through the general trend of the Song Dynasty, but he wants to play with his own hands and live after death? ”
"Now many experts have pointed out that there is actually one and only answer to the various irrationalities in the Qingming Shanghe map, whether it is the chaotic crowd on the Hongqiao, or the defenseless and open city gate, etc., it is a conspiracy, and the mastermind behind this conspiracy is very likely to be Song Huizong!"