Chapter 354 Third Master
The courtyard as an ancestral hall must have been very glorious. Zhou Zhi entered the courtyard, bypassed the screen wall with the word "Chu Shen" glued on it with blue and white tiles, looked around, and found out Brick carvings are a kind of decoration that is difficult for wealthy people to buy.
Brick carving refers to carving patterns such as landscapes, flowers, and figures on blue bricks. It is an important art form for carving and decorating ancient buildings.
The core point of the production process is to use finished green bricks of gold brick grade. Through various carving techniques, the fine texture of the green bricks can be carved into various themes and patterns, which can be used for building components or doors, doors, etc. Screen wall and wall decoration. Let the house achieve exquisite, delicate, vivid and bookish effects.
There are nine major regions of brick carving, the most famous ones being the Beijing style in the north and the Su style in the south.
The brick carving patterns in this ancestral hall can be viewed from far and near, and the carvings are also very exquisite. They include dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness, harmony of two immortals, Liu Hai playing with golden toad, Sanyang Kaitai, Guo Ziyi celebrating longevity, unicorn giving birth, and lion rolling hydrangea. , Suihan three friends, four immortals in flowers and other patterns.
The words on the gate tower include "Three Stars Gaozhao", "Weituo Jinbao" and so on. On the roof ridge there are "Jia Di Lian Yun", "Ping Chu San Level", etc. The calligraphy is quite good.
It is a pity that the protection is worrisome. Many places inside the blue brick patio have holes caused by dripping eaves, and the masonry floor has not been replaced.
The surrounding ditches are also covered with moss. It is estimated that the water was not dredged properly, causing waterlogging.
Even the large wooden pillars are covered with tiny wood fungi.
In addition, many families live here, and the courtyard is just like the large courtyard where my aunt lived. There are coal piles from various families in the corridor, chicken coops and briquette stoves against the walls, and there are wooden boxes and flower pots for planting in the patio. Onions, garlic, melons, vines, etc. In short, it is messy and dank.
Zhou Zhi shook his head. If this once gorgeous and exquisite courtyard was not repaired, it would be completely destroyed in less than ten years.
"What are you looking at with your elbows there!" Manager Fei's voice sounded: "Come and sit down quickly and have a bowl of brown sugar fermented glutinous rice eggs!"
Only then did Zhou Zhi realize that Manager Fei had reached the bottom of the yard. In the main room, he sat there holding a bowl and waving to Zhou Zhi.
It is said to be the main room, but it has actually been divided into two rooms by using ugly red bricks. Manager Fei is now in the room on the left.
There was a small Eight Immortals table, a small cupboard, and a recliner. An old man was lying on the recliner. There was a small briquette stove next to him, and a small copper pot was placed on the stove.
A bowl of fermented glutinous rice eggs is boiling in the pot. The old man’s legs are covered with a quilt and he is shakily filling the fermented glutinous rice eggs from the pot into the bowl.
“Oh, how dare I work for you, old man!” Zhou Zhi hurriedly caught up and took over: “I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”
“Third Master, this is my kid, you can just call him elbow. Okay." Manager Fei scooped up the glutinous rice flour with a spoon and said loudly to the old man named "Third Master".
The old man is really thin and shriveled. He wears this velvet hat on his head and has age spots on his face and hands. However, his little eyes are still clear. He nods to Zhou Zhi and his voice is very weak. : "Young man, you are very good."
"Third Master, how long do you live?" Zhou Zhi put the glutinous rice flour in a bowl and brought it to him: "You still look healthy!"
Third Master gently waved his old hand, which was as dry as a vine: " This is when Erwa said that Teacher Fei is coming today and asked her to You can eat what I made for you.”
After saying that, he shook his head and said, “I’m seventy-six, so I have to eat the glutinous rice.”
“My grandma is eighty-five and it’s the New Year. Eating glutinous rice balls and making noises about eating Yueyuehong, let People are extremely worried." Zhou Zhi looked around, scooped up all the glutinous rice flour in the small copper pot, beat an egg into the pot to make egg drop, and found some sweet potato starch to thicken it into gravy. Add to the egg drop soup and mix it It was in the shape of osmanthus and lotus root powder, and he gave the third master a bowl: "Come on, old man, you can eat this."
Liu Sanye took it, took a sip, and said softly: "Young man, it's so good. Very.”
At this time, Liu Er came out of the back room, holding a large wooden box in his hand: "Teacher Fei, this batch was left by grandpa after seeing it, and it is waiting for you to come." "Er baby, if you learn 20% of what third master has learned, I've recruited you for your skills." Manager Fei put down the glutinous rice bowl and said, "Sir, can I take a look first?"
The third master was eating with a small bowl. "Lotus root starch", nodded gently.
The rule of thumb when looking at goods is not to touch the goods. For the sake of convenience, Liu Er directly put the wooden box on the ground and opened the lid: "Teacher Fei, please."
Zhou Zhi held the bowl and glanced into the box. There was a box full of toys.
Mainly porcelain, which was probably Manager Fei's request. In addition, there were many miscellaneous items such as bones, wood, gold and stone, and a few scrolls.
Dayi is a big cultural county, and Anren is a big cultural town, with quite a lot of good things.
A large bottle of colorful characters and stories that takes up half the volume of the box is particularly eye-catching.
There is also a Ji-red glazed celestial sphere vase, which looks like the object that opened the door to the Qianlong Dynasty.
This week, Zhou Zhi also became interested. After slurping down the glutinous rice flour in a few mouthfuls, he joined the ranks of looking at the goods.
The character story vase is a lion-ear vase, which is a vase with a thick and long neck. The ears of the vase are two auspicious lions.
This bottle is very beautifully painted. In addition to the lion, the picture is a stage for performance. The bottle shoulders are painted with glazed eaves, which cleverly divide the bottle above and below the shoulders into the outside and the wall. Two views inside.
On the outside of the wall, there are bamboo, stone and flower trees in the distance, and there are two big trees nearby. There are several children climbing on the big trees, peeping at the rehearsing of the play inside the wall.
The inner part of the wall is the bottle belly, surrounded by lawns, rockeries, and waterside pavilions. There are seven or eight characters scattered in the picture, including Hua Dan and Xiaosheng, Qing Yi is singing her voice, and there are also There were two painted faces, one holding a hammer and the other holding a gun, sparring on the grass.
There are tables and chairs set up next to the opera practitioners. Several musicians are playing there. There are refreshments and cups and pots on the table.
The funniest thing is that there is a banana plant in front of the moon gate in the corner. Where the banana plant is hidden, there is another child showing his little face at the moon gate, also peeping at the play. It forms an echo with the children on the tree outside the bottleneck. relation.
Of course there are many other sights, such as the swimming fish in the pond, the pairs of swallows in the air, and even a few butterflies near the refreshments. The picture is extremely vivid and vivid.
The bottom of the bottle is the standard mark of the official kiln blue and white "Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty", but the picture is slightly different from the exquisite five-color official kiln bottle, and seems to be a little... deformed.
Manager Fei also saw the flaws in the painting. He smiled at Mr. Liu and said, "Mr. San, is there a hole in this bottle?"
"This bottle is a bit weird." Liu The third master was also a little confused: "The bottom money is Zhenzhen'er's official kiln bottom money. I can't find any faults at all, but this painter..."
"It's a pity that such a large vessel is of such a large size." Manager Fei shook his head: "This should be an imitation made after the Republic of China, right?"
"It's not an imitation made after the Republic of China." The third master slowly teased the spoon: " To say it is strange is because its painter has different proportions. It’s passable. I really can’t find fault with other brushwork and colors. I prefer the apprenticeship of the Jiadao period in the later dynasty, the stuff made by famous disciples before they became apprentices.”
(End of this chapter)