urban bible

Chapter 16 Old paper that is more expensive than famous paintings!
With three books in his arms, Lin Dong happily walked forward while looking at what he wanted.

It was a stiff cardboard, dark yellow, with a small red bell imprinted on it.

This piece of paper should be used by the original owner of the book as a bookmark. When Lin Dong was looking at it at the stall, he found this piece of paper in the book, and the real information of this piece of paper flashed in his mind immediately.

Lin Dong is not a businessman who is ungrateful for profit. He doesn't know whether the owner of the book knows the real value of this thing, or whether he knows what it is.

If it's just because of negligence, then I have to remind the other party.

But after hearing what the stall owner said, Lin Dong was relieved.He spent 30 yuan to buy three books, and he was really in a good mood!

Jinsushan scripture paper is the paper used by monks in Jinsu Temple to copy scriptures.

Jinsu Mountain is located in the southwest of Hai (Yan) County, ZJ Province today. At the foot of the mountain is Jinsu Temple, which houses the Tripitaka copied in the Northern Song Dynasty.Dong Gu of the Ming Dynasty said in "Continued Water Records": "There are two copies of the Tripitaka in the Dabei Pavilion, and there are more than ten thousand volumes. The scrolls are the same, and they are almost like books written by one hand. There is a small red seal on the paper, which is called 'gold. Sutra Tibetan Sutra Paper'." The results of modern scientific and technological inspections show that the "Jinsushan Tripitaka" is made of different raw material papers, including hemp paper and mulberry paper. Most of them are leather paper, and the paper is yellow or light yellow. Wax is applied on the surface, and then calendered, so the curtain pattern is not obvious, the paper is hard, and the xanthate turns yellow after being soaked, which has the function of insect repelling. "Jinsushan Buddhist scripture paper" is thick in quality, coarse in texture, fine and smooth, and is immortal for a long time, so it is very valuable.

This is the information that flashed through Lin Dong's mind after seeing the hard yellow paper.

What made Lin Dong even more excited was another piece of information: a complete piece of Jinsushan Buddhist scriptures was sold at an auction in 2014 for a high price of 29 yuan, which was more valuable than many artists' paintings!

The reason why Jinsushan scripture paper is so expensive is that it is rare, and second, since the Song Dynasty, the paper has mostly been used by calligraphers and painters to decorate precious calligraphy and paintings.In later generations, many people even peeled off the pages of scriptures that had been copied and used them for decoration, which made the paper famous all over the world.As far as paper is concerned, this kind of paper has been through thousands of years, and the color is a little bit, but the quality is intact and firm, which is really a rare treasure.

How could a nerd like Lin Dong be unhappy to see such treasures on such a small Taobao street?
What's more, this is a complete and complete piece of scripture paper!
Lin Dong lowered his head and looked at the paper carefully while walking. The three people in front of him were facing him sideways, looking at something on a stall. Just when Lin Dong was about to bump into one of the middle-aged people, one of the three people kept going. The vigilant young man pushed him, and said displeasedly: "Walking with eyes! What are you looking at? I hit someone!"

The man used a lot of strength, Lin Dong was thrown staggered, and almost fell down. Although he was slightly angry, he was not hostile. After all, he was careless. He stood up and said "I'm sorry", Just ready to take a detour and leave.

The middle-aged man's attention was attracted, his eyes swept across Lin Dong, and fell on the piece of paper in his hand, and then subconsciously grabbed Lin Dong:
"Huh? Young man, stop!"

Lin Dong was displeased, didn't he almost run into him?I have already apologized, and the other party also pushed me in an almost rude move, what do you want to do now?
"Lin Dong?"

Among the three people, the girl who was watching the stall next to her was affected by the noise, and turned her head in displeasure, but was surprised to find that it was Lin Dong.

"Ji Yao?" Lin Dong was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the girl whose side was blocked by the middle-aged man and the young man was Ji Yao!
Still with long hair shawl, slightly curly long hair half covering the face, wearing a windbreaker, concealing the delicate face and slim figure, Lin Dong's surprise was caught by Lin Dong's fleeting surprise between his eyebrows and eyes caught.

"Xiaoyao, do you know each other? That's great!" The middle-aged man said excitedly, "This is your classmate? Come on, let me introduce you! I'm Xiaoyao's uncle Song Zhiguo, little brother, what's your name?" name?"

Lin Dong was not dull, most of the eyes of the other party fell on the scripture paper in his hand, the purpose was very clear at a glance, he did not point it out, and said with a smile: "My name is Lin Dong."

"Are you looking for things too?" Ji Yao raised her eyebrows when she saw the book in Lin Dong's hand, "Are you going to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"

Song Zhiguo, a middle-aged man, listened to the conversation between the two, and his interest in Lin Dong increased greatly. He knew that his niece never pretended to talk to young boys, but today she took the initiative to ask a boy a question. Is this...

The young man saw that Lin Dong and Ji Yao were familiar, and that Song Zhiguo had shown enough interest in Lin Dong, so he took a few steps back and stopped talking.

Lin Dong shook his head, raised the Jinsushan Buddhist scriptures paper in his hand, and said, "I don't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination, I bought the postgraduate entrance examination book mainly for it. Such a precious thing is in the book, it really feels like a waste of money." !"

When Song Zhiguo heard what Lin Dong said, he knew that the young man probably already knew the true value of the paper, and his thoughts of picking up the leaks faded a lot, but he became more interested in Lin Dong.Today's young people can know the origin of this paper, I am afraid that there are really not many!Although this paper is expensive, it is in the collection field. It is not as famous as porcelain and jade. If it is outside the calligraphy and painting collection field, who would pay attention to such a side item?This alone is enough to show that young people are probably much more knowledgeable than ordinary people!
Looking at the paper in Lin Dong's hand, Ji Yao's mind quickly flashed several kinds of precious paper, and then quickly locked on one of them. Her pretty brows were slightly wrinkled, and her surprised expression was undoubtedly revealed: " It turned out to be Jinsushan Buddhist scriptures paper? Your luck is too good!"

Listening to Lin Dong's explanation just now, and thinking about those books for the postgraduate entrance examination, no matter how stupid Ji Yao is, she can guess how Lin Dong obtained this paper.

"I just heard that you missed it this morning. I didn't expect to come here again now. Your vision is really good!" Ji Yao couldn't help admiring Lin Dong.

Going to this Taobao street was of course the idea of ​​Song Zhiguo, an uncle who likes to collect, and it is not like Ji Yao didn't want to miss out on Taobao here, but she didn't gain much, so for Lin Dong, who repeatedly challenged people's cognition , is also very admirable.

Lin Dong blushed, shook his head and said with a smile, "It's just luck!"

Song Zhiguo managed to interject: "Young man, can you sell this piece of paper to me?"

Lin Dong smiled: "As long as the price is right, no problem!"

Although he likes the paper, money is more important at this stage.Besides, this kind of paper is safer and better preserved in the hands of people like Song Zhiguo who like to collect it.

Both of them were happy people, and the deal was quickly sold for 33 yuan.One is that the price of collection must increase year by year, and the other is that this paper is relatively well preserved.Both are quite satisfied.

Seeing that Ji Yao and Song Zhiguo were still going to continue shopping, Lin Dong said goodbye knowingly.

(End of this chapter)