After dinner, everyone went to Zhou Zhi's large study room. This painting is a standard Ming Dynasty palace painting. There are strict standards and regulations for this type of portraiture.
A full-body seated statue must be ninety-six centimeters vertically and sixty centimeters horizontally. If the subject is a male emperor or court official, the sitting posture must be upright, with both hands on the knees, and the toes of the boots exposed from the bottom of the robe. .
If you are a concubine, your sitting posture must also be upright. Your feet must be covered by your robe so that nothing is exposed. Your hands must be wrapped in your sleeves so that nothing is exposed. The armchair you sit on must be exposed. The rest of the "Ruyi head" is used to cover up the contrasting silk brocade in court clothes.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial uniforms were not expensive and fancy. The second grade was a white cross-collar inner shirt with a red brocade robe with dark flowers on the outside. It mainly relied on the blue background with gold embroidered clouds and Zhai patterns, and the Zhai crown or pearl jade on the head. Tin heads to show luxury.
However, due to a common problem in ancient paintings, this painting may have been enshrined with incense for a long time and was contaminated by oil fumes, and then rolled up and hastily preserved. Even if it is counted from Wu Sangui's rebellion, it was still smoked. Three hundred years, if you put it away and ignore it for three hundred years, the situation will not get better.
In addition, Wu Renzhong, Lu Hui, and Hao Chunwang are all laymen. Looking at this tattered and old painting, the color is so dark when it is opened that it is almost difficult to see the traces of the painting. I thought that I was so serious about letting us see the national treasure, and the result is this. ?
"Look at this part..." Zhou Zhi pointed to the upper part of the scroll. It was probably covered by a curtain or something like that in the past. The damage from the oil smoke was not serious. You can see Mrs. Shexiang's appearance. The original appearance of the crown is still painted extremely finely.
“Shouldn’t this be called Fengguan?” Wu Renzhong asked: “It’s in the costume, right?”
“The Ming Dynasty was the peak dynasty of feudal centralization, and the regulations on court uniforms were very strict. Strictly." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I can't tell the difference between Luan, Feng and Zhai. , It’s better for ordinary people, officials like Renzhong can be dragged out and beheaded.” Counting officials is not even considered an official, someone who doesn’t count or count.”
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Luan, phoenix and phoenix are three commonly used shapes on ancient clothes. The phoenix patterns in the Ming Dynasty were mostly two facing each other up and down, or chasing each other front and back. Regardless of the Luan or the phoenix, their neck shapes are basically the same, thin and thin. They are long and have flying feathers. In addition, they have crowns on their heads with feathers flying upward, and their mouths are like Parrot."
"The only difference between a Luan and a Phoenix is the tail. The one with a curly tail is called a Luan, and the one with a flame-shaped tail is called a Phoenix."
"Only the concubine can have the Luan and Phoenix pattern. "
"The clothes and crowns of the royal women and concubines. Zhai is used in the decoration. The so-called Zhai is actually a long-tailed pheasant. Of course, the shape has been abstracted and often appears in an image similar to a phoenix. The only difference is the head, which still retains the image of a chicken head. The head is very different from that of Luanfeng."
"The Records of Ming Dynasty Clothing and Crowns. "There is a description of the first-grade crown with gold, five zhai, two gold zhai on the crown, and a pearl knot on the crown. The second to fourth-grade crowns use four zhai, and a pair of gold zhai with six pearl knots. The top grade is made of three zhai, and a pair of gold and silver zhai are used to tie it.
"Mrs. Shexiang is the second grade. Her number of beads corresponds to her grade, so she should have four crowns, plus a pair of golden crowns to fix the crown."
"In addition to this In addition, the crown should also be decorated with beaded peony heads, green clouds, green peony leaves, etc. The one held in the mouth is called the pearl picking card. The circle at the bottom of the crown is also the leftmost circle of gold, which is called the gold mouth circle. The mouth circle should also be decorated with gold treasure flowers and green cloud pearl flowers, and gold treasures need to be inserted on both sides. A pair of hairpins are inserted together with the gold Zhai crown to fix the Zhai crown. ”
“ In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the number of Zhai Guan Zhu Zhai often exceeded the grade regulations, and even Zhu Zhai and Jin Zhai were often called Feng Guan. From then on, Zhai Guan was often called Feng Guan." "But in the early Ming Dynasty when Mrs. Shexiang lived, no one had it. Dare to do this. These characteristics are actually used to determine the age of the portrait. "One of the important symbols of the times."
"Such a complicated thing..." Wu Renzhong thought of his painful experience of taking wedding photos: "Then these lucky ladies must arrange this outfit properly. How long will it take?”
"One or two hours are needed." Zhou Zhi said: "Get up at half past two and tidy up until four o'clock. Then you can line up at the palace gate and prepare to enter the palace to ask about daily life."
"It's not easy to be an official. It's not even easy to be an official's wife..." Wu Renzhong couldn't laugh or cry: "No wonder Tao Yuanming ran away!"
"Tao Yuanming's time and his official position were not in a position to play like this." Zhou Zhi said.
“This painting is such a pity.” Chi Xueli looked at the clean top of the scroll and contrasted with the dark bottom: “When I saw the part you opened yesterday, I thought they were all like that. Why is the lower part so bad?”
Zhou Zhi shook his head: “No, no, no, this painting is a bit peeling and peeling. Although it looks like it is polluted by oil smoke, the oil smoke actually has a certain protective effect on the painting, compared with water stains, insect infestations, mildew spots, and biological acid corrosion. This painting looks scary, but it is actually relatively easy to repair.”
"Can the lower part be cultivated like this?" Chi Xueli asked, pointing to Mrs. Shexiang's Zhai Guan.
"It should be better." Zhou Zhi had carefully inspected the scroll and breathed a sigh of relief. At least the flaws in the painting were within the scope of his craftsmanship, and there were no new issues: "Look at the top part of the scroll. Wearing clean clothes is actually just The reason why the comparison with the lower part is too obvious is that this part also needs to be processed. After cleaning, the picture will become brighter and clearer. "
" What a pity." Chi Xueli said with some regret. " You have to bring this painting Let’s go to the capital for restoration. It would be great if I could follow you for a photo shoot.”
“Isn’t this simple?” Zhou Zhi suggested: “There are countless cultural relics in the Forbidden City and the National Museum. All plans have been postponed to fifty years later. When you are free, you want to film a set of "I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City". I will go to Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang to tell you. "No!" Chi Xueli: "No!" Want to sponsor! Start with one million!”
"As long as your plan can convince the Yutang Foundation Board of Directors, I will definitely vote in favor." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "But I only care about getting my own vote. Everything else depends on your level."
"Don't think I don't know that they also listen to you, at least Li Laosan, right? What does he know about humanities? Isn't he voting with you?"
"Like Li Laosan After all, there are only a few such pure gold owners, and most of the council members are still big players like Qi Lao, Wang Lao and Gu Lao..." Seeing that Chi Xueli was about to make trouble again, Zhou Zhi had no choice but to wave his hand: "Ignore everything else, if you really I have proposed a documentary on the restoration of cultural relics in the Forbidden City. Can I guarantee it?”
“That’s pretty much it!” (End of this chapter)