Chapter 462 Horseshoe Cup
The problem with the generator is simple: the gasket is old and the oil is burned out.
This is not even a fault, it can only be called inadequate daily maintenance.
But putting such equipment in a temple twenty miles away from the brigade headquarters is really a bit embarrassing for the old monk.
Zhou Zhi couldn't help feeling that cultivating merit didn't seem to be a big project, it was just a piece of cake.
But the old monk Cixiang was very happy. What is the biggest problem on the mountain? With water, it would be troublesome in the dry season without a generator.
Zhou Zhi felt very strange. How many people were there in the temple? Do you need so much water?
As a result, I found out that the monks at Fawang Temple are required to grow their own vegetables and grains. This is a rule passed down since Guoshan was the abbot, and it is called "the unity of Zen and farming."
Fawang Temple also has a machine for making bean curd. Hundreds of people come during large temple fairs and Maitreya festivals. The amount of bean curd rice required is very large, and it would be tiring to grind it manually.
"It should be almost done." Zhou Zhi pulled the rope of the generator, and the generator buzzed. This time, the black smoke and noise were much smaller.
"Now it's time, let's go get some water..." At this moment, the old monk Cixiang didn't look like a virtuous monk at all, but more like an old captain of the production team.
We called two monks who looked more like farmers than magicians, and they carried the generator to the well.
Zhou Zhi started the machine again. Cixiang took a bucket of water and poured it into the pump. After the machine stopped idling, the water was pumped out after a while.
The clear well water flowed along the ditch into a large reservoir. The monks farming on the slope below the pond also threw down their hoes and gathered around.
“The water in Fawang Temple is very good.” Cixiang pulled two pumpkin leaves, washed the bucket, and took a bucket of water: “Let’s go, I’ll make tea for you...”< br>
The tea at Fawang Temple is indeed good. In addition to the aroma of tea, it also has a unique aroma of glutinous rice. Zhou Zhi was ignorant in this regard in his previous life and had never tasted a similar flavor anywhere. ”
“Delicious! Zhou Zhi stared at the porcelain cup in his hand: "This cup is good..."
"You still understand this?" " Ci Xiang smiled and said: "I also have a pot here..."
"This pot is a later version. It is an imitation of the Republic of China and is worthless. "Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "But these cups are amazing..."
"Don't look at the bottom price first. If you cut off the elbow, when did this come from? "Ci Xiang started to think about competition.
"Well, let me try... First of all, let's talk about the shape of the cup. Judging from the shape of the cup, this is called a horseshoe cup."
"Look, do these cups look like upside-down horseshoes?"
Everyone looked at the cups in their hands, and sure enough, they looked like overturned horseshoes.
“Horse hoof cups first became popular in Chenghua and Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, so they have another name, Jiajing cups.”
“However, the glaze of cups in the Ming Dynasty was basically Huiqing. The main ones are Salan and others, and the format is not as regular as these.”
"The glaze on these cups has blue and white under the glaze and colors on the glaze. This is called 'doucai'."
"Although there were doucai in the Ming Dynasty, they were rarely used on horseshoe cups. . ”
“There are also patterns. The painting of doucai in the Ming Dynasty is simple, so-called 'leaf without side', 'four seasons single clothes', workmanship. The artistic level is not up to the level of these cups.”
“Also, although the horseshoe cups are all open-mouthed and cut-down, by the Qing Dynasty, the shape of the vessel was much more standardized and the patterns were formed. Regulation. ""By the time of Qianlong, the decoration of horseshoe cups was mostly pastels."
"Of course, pastels were not invented only in the Qianlong Dynasty, just like doucai was not invented in the Yongzheng Dynasty. However, I have never seen doucai used on horseshoe cups after the Qianlong Dynasty."
“There is another thing. The color particles used in these Sanduo horseshoe cups are not up to the Qianlong Dynasty’s. The level of detail is high, but the painting skills are at the level of official kilns.”
“Although we can only see a little of the carcass features through the thin glaze on the cup mouth, we can basically conclude that this is a Qing Yongzheng set. Doucai Sanduo Horseshoe Cup."
"What is Sanduo Horseshoe Cup?" Ci Xiang asked.
“A horse’s hoof is the shape, and three more is the pattern.” Zhou Zhi said: “One branch with three fruits, or one cup with three places is the pattern, which is called three more.”
Everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, there were longevity peaches, bergamots, pomegranates, and persimmons on their cups. There were three on each branch.
"These fruits represent respectively..."
"I know!" Mr. Qiao answered quickly: "The longevity peach means longevity, and the bergamot represents blessing...er, what does this pomegranate represent? "Master Qiao asked.
“Pomegranates have many seeds.” Uncle Yao said, “This is also an old pattern, but what are these persimmons?”
“Toast, Jiji Toast, King Wen Yining. So this starts with It was an object that only the emperor dared to use. "Zhou Zhi said: "I just don't know if it is the "Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty" or a sustenance money imitating the "Chenghua Year of the Ming Dynasty".
"It's amazing!" Ci Xiang turned the cup over in his hand. The bottom words under the longevity peach, bergamot, and pomegranate were all "Ming Dynasty Chenghua Year", and the bottom of the persimmon cup happened to be "Qing Yongzheng Year". system".
"Eh? There are two missing?" Zhou Zhi laughed when he saw it: "Three more cups are often made in sets of three. Master You must have hidden two more, right?"
< br> Ci Xiang opened his cabinet with a smile and took out two small cups, one with lychees painted on it, and the other with loquats on it.
“Lychees are ‘more beneficial’, but what are loquats more?”
“Loquats have a hard core, which means ‘more healthy’.” Zhou Zhi said with a smile.
The two cups were turned over, and sure enough, they were both made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty.
"They also know that it is against the regulations. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no three cups of lychees, loquats, and persimmons." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be amused by the little ideas of the craftsmen back then.
“You have to be a thief to be a good thief. Unlike us, we don’t even know how to steal two cups.” Uncle Yao’s words made everyone even more amused.
“These cups were received at the foot of the mountain when I was placing orders in Mount Wutai.” Cixiang said: “Firstly, the patterns are exquisite and the colors are elegant, and they look cute. Secondly, there is a lychee cup. "It happens to be a specialty of my hometown, so I bought it out of nowhere."
"The master has collected these two sets of cups. They should be valuable in the future."
"Don't talk about the future..." Ci Xiang's face became eager: "Just talk about now, how much can it be worth now?" It’s too high, maybe two thousand yuan.”< br>
“Six such small cups can be sold for two thousand yuan?” Cixiang was overjoyed: “Then it’s enough for me to build the main hall!”
“Well, master, you understood it wrong, no? Six cups cost two thousand yuan, but six cups cost two thousand yuan. A set of six thousand yuan is more appropriate... Hey, Master, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Cixiang was about to fall, Zhou Zhi was so frightened that he quickly reached out to hold him up: "Don't drop the cup..."
"Yes, yes...this baby can't be dropped. Half of the hall was destroyed after it fell..." Ci Xiang was helped by Zhou Zhi to sit back on the chair, and carefully put the lychee cup in his hand back on the coffee table: "Uh-huh... It seems that he is really an expert at elbows. There is something wrong. ...Ah this..."
(End of this chapter)