Yan Zixiu said unhurriedly: "The level of this piano is very high, the workmanship is exquisite, the shape and contours, the lines are square and round, and the rules contain simplicity, if there is no more than 20 years of production experience and high artistic accomplishment, it will not be made." ”

Mr. Huang and the other two guests of honor all nodded in approval.

Yan Zixiu asked: "Is there a qin master named Huang Wenhao in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Mr. Huang shook his head. The Ming Dynasty is not far away, and the slightly famous qin masters are all recorded, and there is indeed no one named Huang Wenhao.

Gu Yingzhi put forward another reason: "Doctor Yan said that there is no qin master named Huang Wenhao in the dynasty, so how can future generations write the words in the belly of the qin?" ”

Yan Zixiu was confident: "Everyone, please look at the edge of this piano, there is a clear difference between the lacquer color, the tire quality and the bottom of the piano, the fetal quality is thicker, although there are also broken lines, but the face and bottom of the piano are incoherent. What does this mean? ”

Professor Wu Wan said: "It shows that this piano has been rebuilt through the abdomen. This paragraph should be written on the Ming Dynasty when the owner of the piano broke his stomach and rebuilt. ”

At this moment, the audience was sensational, and there was warm applause.

Everyone not only admired Yan Zixiu's knowledge, but also admired his determination and calmness.

Mr. Huang said: "Ms. Gu used the price of Mingqin to get Zhang Songqin, which is gratifying." ”

Gu Yingzhi's face was happy: "Thank you Dr. Yan, thank you Mr. Huang." ”

Cai Gaoyang asked Gu Yingzhi: "Sister Gu, are you willing to transfer this piano?" ”

Gu Yingyi smiled: "I just got it, and I want to appreciate it for a while." ”

Cai Gaoyang looked at Yan Zixiu and shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

Yan Zixiu smiled, meaning that he was not in a hurry. What he thought in his heart was that he really couldn't buy a famous piano, and it was okay to buy a contemporary yaoqin of acceptable quality.

But Cai Gaoyang wanted to do it very much, so as to express his heart.

Mr. Huang smiled and said, "Mr. Cai, I have a proposal, add a chair, and invite Brother Yan to sit at the guest of honor, what do you think?" ”

"Dr. Yan has a profound knowledge of guqin identification. I strongly agree with Huang Lao's proposal. Cai Gaoyang said loudly.

Everyone applauded, and Boss Lin's voice was the highest. With Yan Zixiu's strength, he is fully qualified to be the guest of honor.

The Cai family had many maids, and they quickly made arrangements. Yan Zixiu, as a backward, sat on the left side of President Wu Wan.

Cai Gaoyang walked onto the podium: "The second activity, piano appreciation." It is still presided over by Mr. Huang. ”

Mr. Huang beckoned, and the servants carried another piano case.

Since this time it was not an appraisal but an appreciation, the guqin was taken out and placed on the table.

Mr. Huang stepped forward to introduce:

"Friends in the guqin connoisseurship industry know that the social and economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty promoted the popularization and development of the decoration craft. The Song Dynasty guqin can best reflect the characteristics of the times is the one-color lacquer qin. One color lacquer qin, as the name suggests, refers to the lacquer qin with one color all over the body. And sometimes the same guqin has a different color on the surface, which is actually the result of the fading of the lacquer color due to time, and it is still a one-color lacquer qin. One color paint is simple but not simple, simple but not vulgar. Song Qin lacquer tire is more delicate, golden light contains, its color quality is warm, showing an inner and subtle beauty. ”

"Everyone, please see, this is a Song Qin in my collection. This piano is a Zhongni style piano, the bottom of the face is broken by the snake's belly, and the surface of the piano is wide and flat. It is 127 cm long, 21.5 cm wide at the shoulder and 15.5 cm wide at the tail. Its size is larger than the heirloom Tang Qin, which is not in the ancient, plus its long and broad work. ”

Yan Zixiu knew that Song Qin was indeed based on the Zhongni style. Looking closely at this piano, we can see that it is simple and concise, neat and standardized, simple and practical, and has a spiritual charm that transcends the form.

Someone below asked: "May I ask Mr. Huang, what is the name of this piano?" ”

"The name of this piano is called Crane Qingxiao."

Professor Wu Wan, who was quiet, chanted aloud: "The night is cloudless and the moon is like silver, and the cranes in the clear sky hurt their spirits. The jade bones in the child period are cold in the snow, and there are a few bosom friends in the world. ”

Mr. Huang stroked his hands and praised: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Mr. Bai Yuchan's poem is the most suitable for this scene. ”

The guqin was originally a wizard's qin, and later evolved into two major schools, the literati qin and the artist qin. Just like the Book of Changes, it evolved into the Cultivation School and the Shushu School. The literati piano focuses on cultivating virtue with the piano, and the artist's piano focuses on moving people's hearts and feeling foreign objects.

Yan Zixiu thought to himself, judging from the poems recited by Professor Wu, it was obvious that they were from the literati Qin faction.

President Ding, who is in a suit and leather shoes, has not yet spoken, and I don't know which faction it is.

Mr. Huang said: "Next, please watch the guests in order. ”

The audience got up one by one and lined up to watch the famous harp crane under the guidance of the maid.

The environment affects people, and in such occasions, no one is impatient, no one is urging.

In the process of watching, Mr. Huang popularized the relevant common sense for everyone:

"The Song Dynasty was the golden age of cultural development in Chinese history, and the rulers' reverence for guqin culture and tolerance for scholars were unprecedented, which also brought prosperity to the development of qin music, and once entered the heyday of the development of qin music.

"Sun Guangxian of the Song Dynasty recorded in the fifth volume of "Northern Dream Trivia": 'Tang Gaoxian, a native of Pengzhou. Smart and knowledgeable, Wenhan vertical and horizontal, as for the astronomical calendar, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, flute and huqin, leading the Liang Dynasty Zhu Yi and others. For the first time, the theory of 'qin, chess, calligraphy and painting' appeared. ”

Someone in the audience shouted: "It turns out that the saying of qinqi, calligraphy and painting came from here." ”

Mr. Huang smiled: "Not bad." Due to the suppression of martial arts and literature in the Song Dynasty, as well as the extreme respect of the rulers for culture, during the two Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the court and the opposition, all of them were not good at the qin, and they were all proud of being able to play the qin, reaching the peak of the good qin in all dynasties. Song Huizong himself is extremely good at the piano, and there is a famous work "Listening to the Qin" that has been handed down to the world.

"In the Song Dynasty, the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting penetrated each other and developed each other, and the literati not only studied the subset of classics and history, but also the collection of the literati's artistic life and artistic life."

……

It took about an hour for everyone to finish.

Cai Gaoyang asked: "Mr. Huang, are you willing to make a move on this piano?" ”

Mr. Huang shook his head with a smile: "I won't sell 10,000 taels of gold." ”

Cai Dashao became more and more disappointed. He thought to himself, could it be that today's event was held in vain? This is a bit sorry for Brother Yan.

Disappointment to disappointment, he had to continue the process: "The third activity, guqin exchange. Professor Wu and President Ding performed a song for everyone. ”

Professor Wu Wan, who was quiet, stepped forward and said to Mr. Huang, "Please use the piano." It means that she wants to use the crane in front of her to clear the sky.

Mr. Huang smiled and stretched out his right hand.

A servant had already set up a stool behind the piano table.

After Professor Wu sat down, he tuned the tune and stroked a song "Flowing Water".

This famous song, Yan Zixiu played it in the Shandiluo Mountain of the Divine Heaven Gate Dancao Peak in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

This song expresses the meaning of aiming at flowing water and the wise man enjoying water, including finding bosom friends and bosom friends with the sound of the piano, and conveying the true meaning of true love and friendship in the world.

Professor Wu has a lot of experience in playing this song, so that the audience can vaguely see the clouds and mist between the mountains, and then seem to see the murmuring stream, and then the melody is as light as a song, like walking with clouds and water. With Professor Wu's continuous "fierce rolling, slow whisking" technique, the stirring sound of the piano makes people feel like sitting alone in a dangerous boat across the Wu Gorge, the waves are surging, and the dragon roars. When it is thrilling and dizzy, then the light boat has passed the rapids, and the artistic conception of swimming in the Pinghu Lake is unique.

When the audience heard this song on the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong Island, they forgot all kinds of worldly complexities and temptations, pressures and helplessness for a while, and felt a calm and natural cultivation realm.

At the end of the song, warm applause rang out.

(End of chapter)