Chapter 115 Fasting Card
Seeing the boxes of cans that were being moved out, the old uncle twitched his lips and said, "It's just these Westerners who like to eat cans and don't know what's delicious about them."
He has been in the United States for many years, but he still hasn't gotten used to stocking up on cans.
Henry and others felt embarrassed after hearing this.
Because they are the Westerners that my uncle said love to hoard cans.
Their mentality of hoarding cans is the same as that of Chinese people who hoard food.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "To put it bluntly, canned food is war food. It's amazing how delicious it can be."
As far as he knows, apart from various ancient practices for preserving food, canning in the true modern sense can be traced back to the Napoleonic era at the end of the 18th century.
In order to solve the problem of the front supply line being too long and the food being transported to the front line rotting and spoiling, Napoleon offered a reward.
A food factory worker who was a chef came up with a way, which is to process the food, put it into a wide-mouth bottle, then place the whole bottle in a boiling water pot, heat it for 30 to 60 minutes, and then use cork while it is hot. Plug it tightly, then reinforce it with thread or seal it with wax.
As a result, the food did not go bad after being stored for a long time.
Eventually, with the invention of the tin can, cans in the modern sense were born.
"It's probably caused by another doomsday anxious person," Henry said.
He still knows some people in his country very well, and some people are convinced that the end will happen. For example, in 2012, some predictions were made, and they were very clear-cut.
"Let's go! There's nothing to see."
Lin Yuan and the others continued to move forward.
A few dozen meters in front of them, there was a small team of three people and a dog. The dog was sniffing in front.
Good guy! Is the dog being used as a treasure hunter?
Is it useful?
Not to mention, at this moment, the dog was barking like crazy. The three men immediately moved everything away, and then revealed a basement entrance.
Henry and others: "..."
Is it really useful?
However, it makes sense to think about it, a dog’s sense of smell is more than a thousand times greater than that of humans.
It is said that humans have evolved and become the masters of this planet. However, from a certain perspective, humans are actually degenerate. Many animals and plants have "special powers." Except for the human brain, which is relatively easy to use, everything else is weak.
"Wait!" Suddenly, Lin Yuan shouted after walking in.
The three people and the dog immediately looked at Lin Yuan and his group with vigilance, especially David and Tony, who had explosive muscles and were tall and powerful, so they were quite intimidating.
"We found this first." The oldest middle-aged man among the three said.
Lin Yuan nodded: "I know, I just want to ask, do you sell these things? Let's pick a few."
He pointed at the contents of the trio's backpacks.
The backpack was open, so Lin Yuan could see it.
The three of them looked at each other and nodded tacitly: "Okay."
As long as the price is right, it's easy to say. At the same time, I also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I met someone who was going to rob me!
Unexpectedly, people were interested in the things they found. That's easy to say. After all, the things they found had to be sold. To whom was it not sold? "You take your pick!" They poured out the contents of their backpacks.
Lin Yuan walked over, squatted down, picked up a jade sign, and handed it to his uncle: "Uncle, this sign is okay."
That is a fasting sign, a warning sign placed during fasting rituals in ancient China. In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, all government offices were ordered to make wooden fasting tablets and carve on them the inscription, "The state is always determined, and the gods have a warning."
Following the Ming Dynasty system in the Qing Dynasty, whenever the emperor offered sacrifices during the major or middle ceremonies, he should fast beforehand and enter the fasting tablet from Taichang Temple. The fasting plaque is made of wood, decorated with yellow paper, and has the fasting date written in clear and Chinese characters.
Emperor Yongzheng believed that although officials both inside and outside the country had placed fasting plaques in their official offices, they were afraid that they would be slow to act in daily life, so he decided on the style of the fasting plaques, reduced their size, and ordered all officials to wear the fasting plaques between their hearts and chests. We have to look at each other, in order to keep our bodies and minds simple, pay our sincere respect, and not relax even a little bit.
The fasting plaques worn by members of the royal family were all produced by the Qing Palace Manufacturing Office. They were made of a variety of materials and carefully crafted by skilled craftsmen, making them favorite works of art to carry with them.
The materials of fasting cards include jade, jade, amber, gold, fabric, metal body painted enamel, porcelain body painted enamel, wood and so on.
There are various forms, including bat-peach type, gourd-type, oval, rectangular, sachet-shaped, etc., and the size is about 4 to 9 cm. Both sides are decorated with the word "fast" in Manchu and Chinese respectively.
The fasting card in front of me has the same pattern on the front and back. It is rectangular in the center, with the word "fasting" in regular script on the ground, and "fasting" in Manchu on one side. It is surrounded by carvings. It is decorated with two Kui dragons and two pearls facing each other on the left and right, pierced under the chin. The carving is simple and smooth, and the patterns are varied.
This kind of thing, at first glance, is used by the royal family and comes from the palace.
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Produced by the Royal Palace, it must be a high-quality product!
There is no doubt about it.
According to the "valuation" of the treasure hunt, the fasting plaque is worth $70,000 to $80,000.
My uncle also knows about the Zhaiji brand because he has seen it in Uncle De’s and Boss Lei’s stores, so he has an impression of it.
"How much do you want?" asked the old uncle.
The three people hesitated for a moment and stretched out three fingers: "Three thousand dollars, okay?"
"It's too high, a thousand dollars, and we don't buy just one or two pieces. If it's too expensive, we might as well find it ourselves." The old uncle said.
When the three people heard this, they felt that what this man said made sense.
"Okay then!"
A thousand dollars is a thousand dollars.
In fact, the price was slightly beyond their expectations. After picking up this jade sign, they thought it would be OK to sell it for a few hundred dollars.
The reason why they shouted three thousand dollars was because Lin Yuan and the others took the initiative to buy it. They must have liked the jade brand, so there was nothing wrong with shouting higher, right? Of course, I don’t expect people not to bargain.
They simply said: "Both are 1,000 US dollars, take your pick."
Lin Yuan picked up another object, like a pendant hanging around his neck, but the "pendant" was cylindrical.
He knew that this was a stranglehold, which originated from not jade and agate. The knotted rope was used as an accessory in production work. The two ends of the animal skin wrapped rope were tied with thin ropes to form a lifting function, and later developed into More durable stone jade materials, until they become jewelry and so on.
Yuanlezi has a round shape that is as thick as the top and bottom, or has a thin waist shape in the middle, or an olive shape with a thick middle and thin ends, or a trumpet shape, a weight shape, etc. which is thick at one end and thin at the other.
The fang lezi is a square column, similar to the cong, but different in size. There is a theory that Cong is an enlargement of Lezi, or Lezi is a reduction of Cong. However, judging from archaeological discoveries, Fanglezi and Cong are often unearthed in the same place, so there is no similarity problem between them.
If it is used as a ritual vessel, its shape must be large and dignified, and is called Cong; if it is used as an ornament, its shape must be small and convenient, and it is called Lezi.
This round piece of agate was not bad, so Lin Yuan gave it to Paul.
(End of chapter)