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Chapter 376 Qingniu Stone Inkstone Beeswax Ancient Buddha
The moment he saw the Qingniu inkstone, Chu Yunqiu's eyes couldn't help flickering. He didn't know how Mr. Du got the Qingniu inkstone, but the Qingniu inkstone did have an unrivaled attraction to him, and it was still deadly.

Chu Yunqiu, who didn't want to accept it at first, hesitated at this moment.

Although he doesn't know much about Qingniu Inkstone, he knows very well about the Thousand Gold Monkey King Inkstone in "One Stone, Three Inkstones". Whether it is in books or in TV programs, the Thousand Gold Monkey King Inkstone is regarded as a typical representative. .

was widely reported.

According to rumors, the Qianjin Monkey King Inkstone is rectangular parallelepiped and flat, carved from the precious Daxi Cave stone in Laokeng, Duanxi. Stone products such as Dong, Huo Na, blue and white and gold thread.In the inkstone hall, there is a natural fish brain jelly in the shape of a macaque, surrounded by rouge and fire. Under the contrast of the fire, the image of the macaque is vivid and lifelike.The forehead, lip, back and side of the inkstone are all thinly carved and shallowly carved, and the techniques are applied in accordance with the material, and the decorations such as high mountains, flowing springs and waterfalls, and plump peach trees are carefully carved.On both sides of the inkstone are engraved official script inscriptions, on the right side are inscriptions: "Thousand Gold Monkey King Inkstone, Guangxu Renchen, Collection of He's Xiansou in Yushan", and on the left side: "Guo Lanxiang made inkstones, Xiang Xinnan published characters".

The one who discovered the Thousand Gold Monkey King Inkstone was Shang Chengzuo, a well-known Chinese ancient philologist, calligrapher, and expert in ancient cultural relics research. During the Anti-Japanese War, he braved the flames of war to rescue cultural relics, including a precious ancient bronze mirror of the Warring States Period.

After Shang Chengzuo saw the Thousand-Gold Monkey King Inkstone, he took the inkstone and looked at it repeatedly, and told the shopkeeper that this inkstone was called the Thousand-Gold Monkey King Inkstone, which had a lot of background and was related to Zhang Zhidong, a famous Chinese historical figure.

It is rumored that during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and presided over the development of inkstones in eastern Guangdong.

In Zhaoqing Fuke Mountain and Beiling area, there are dozens of inkstone pits distributed within a radius of nearly [-] square kilometers. The famous Duanshi are produced in these pits. Among them, the inkstone produced by "Laokeng" is the most precious and delicate. Delicate, dense and firm, with good ink development effect, the ground ink is fine and oily, and it is not easy to dry out. It is deeply loved by literati and emperors and generals in the past.

It is said that the ink made with Duan inkstone "does not freeze in the middle of winter", and the words written on the paper "insects and ants do not eat".

In ancient times, it was very difficult to quarry rocks in the old pit. The pit was underwater and about 80 meters long. During the dry season in winter, dozens of people went down into the pit, sitting one meter apart, lined up in a row, and filled the pit with earthen pots. It takes a month or two to wash out the accumulated water in the cave one by one, even if it is kept around the clock. The stones can only be quarried after there is no accumulated water in the cave.The height of the old pit is only about one meter, and the inkstone workers have to bend over to enter at the risk of landslides. Taking the west cave in the pit as an example, it can only accommodate four people. The two men holding the lamps had to lie down, not even at sitting height.Because the stones in the old pit are so precious, they were once offered as tributes to the imperial court. Therefore, in ancient times, the old pit was always under the jurisdiction of the government and guarded by special personnel. The stone workers must be naked when entering the cave to quarry. The masons stole the endstones.In order to protect the inkstone resources, the pits have been closed and banned many times in history. The time for closing the pits is not fixed, and the re-exploitation is also irregular.

Zhang Zhidong was particularly fond of Duan inkstones from Guangdong, and he ordered his staff member He Pengzhou to be in charge of organizing the digging of stones to make inkstones.At that time, the excavation work was very difficult, and holes were dug under the cliffs by the river. Whenever a good endstone was found, He Pengzhou asked the craftsman to make a good inkstone and give it to Zhang Zhidong.On this day, He Pengzhou came to inspect the pit. At this time, someone came to report that he had dug three good inkstones.He Pengzhou Wenxun didn't say anything, and went straight to Laokeng, only to see the beautiful patterns on the endstones, such natural inkstones are hard to come by, and they are three pieces at once, which is even more rare.

He Pengzhou hired Master Guo Lanxiang, a descendant of the Guo family, a well-known inkstone making family in Huanggang, Zhaoqing at that time, to specially create a three-way inkstone according to the characteristics of the three end stones.Each side has a patterned image that resembles an animal, one side looks like a monkey, which is the monkey king inkstone;The Sanfang inkstone is a natural creation, and after He Pengzhou got it, he danced with joy.Out of love for these three inkstones, He Pengzhou did not give them to Zhang Zhidong as usual, but secretly hid them himself.Since the three inkstones were secretly hidden, the world has no chance to see them.

In the later days, Mr. Shang Chengzuo was very lucky to buy the Thousand Gold Monkey King Inkstone and Yanhua Four Elephant Inkstone, but the last Qingniu Inkstone was never found.

According to rumors, the color of the Yanhua Sixiang inkstone is greenish-grey and bluish, the stone is delicate and delicate, and the inkstone is rectangular.The name of this square inkstone is "Yanhua Four Elephants Inkstone" engraved on the upper left corner of the forehead.The craftsman who made the inkstone cleverly carved it into a pine tree based on the natural "yellow dragon pattern" on the forehead, with slanting branches and abundant pine needles.

The shallow-carved crane head next to it and the natural fish brain jelly in the inkstone hall are cleverly combined to form a vivid white crane. The white crane is flapping its wings and is pecking at the pine leaves with a lifelike shape.

Turn it over and look, you will be surprised to find that this is actually a double-sided inkstone, with inkstone halls on both sides. The craftsman dug a round inkstone hall on the back, and the forehead and lips of the inkstone are shallowly carved with melon patterns intertwined with branches and tendrils, implying "The melons are endless, and the descendants of the generations";
On the side of the inkstone, there is a sixteen-character inscription in official script, "White cranes peck the pine, green cows sleep on the grass; melons hang down, and kiwis hold peaches".

This sixteen-character inscription complements the historical records.

The kiwi holding the peach refers to the Qianjin Monkey King Inkstone, the White Crane Pecking Pine and Guadie Chuishi refer to the Yanhua Sixiang Inkstone, "Qingniu Sleeping Grass" refers to the Qingniu Inkstone, and the Sanfang Inkstone has four different landscapes , so it can become a national treasure among national treasures. If it is an ordinary product, no one will come.

And the second inkstone is also an ancient stone inkstone, and this inkstone is no worse than any inkstone in Chu Yunqiu's eyes. It is Cai Jing's clear water rib pattern inkstone in the Northern Song Dynasty. Clear water floats generally.

According to rumors, the ink ground with the clear water rib inkstone will give people a sense of movement, as if it is flowing, which is very magical.

It's a pity that this clear water rib inkstone is not well-known, and no one recognizes its value.

And some collectors only regard it as an antique collection, and no one understands its value at all.

Chu Yunqiu clenched his fists tightly, making the temptation even bigger.

Inside the third box is an ancient beeswax Buddha in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, sitting cross-legged, with his left hand on his chest, and a string of beads in his right hand. On the chest is a "卍" character symbol, under the ancient Buddha , is a lotus flower with eight petals, very beautiful.

The Buddha is dressed in cassock and looks solemn.

It is not the Buddha himself that makes people marvel, but the cassock and lotus base.

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