Appreciation of treasures

Chapter 766
"No, just treat me as someone who jumped in line midway. Don't worry about me. You can do whatever you want."

As he spoke, he sat down on a chair beside him.

This peaceful gesture made Ruan Jing and Zhong Beishan secretly relieved.

Han Yu didn't insist and followed Jin Wenli's wishes.

The three add-on players, Zhao Gang, Miao Jun, and Feng Chengru, walked to the table and waited.

Zhao Gang's expression was calm, Feng Chengru's eyes were dark, and Miao Jun restrained the smile on his face, keeping his eyes away from Miao Ling as much as possible.

Miao Ling naturally saw Mr. Miao, except that he was surprised when he saw it for the first time, but he calmed down his expression well, and unfolded the scroll in his hand attentively and carefully.

"I will definitely beat you this time!"

Feng Chengru said firmly.

"Well, come on."

Zhao Gang patted Feng Chengru's shoulder lukewarmly.

But Zhao Gang's expression didn't fluctuate at all, as if he didn't care about all of this.

This comfortable posture seemed to ignore Feng Chengru at all, it was extremely perfunctory, and made him even more angry.

It's really not Zhao Gang's fault, his attention is all on the picture scroll slowly unfolding in front of him.

On the mottled and yellowed paper, the first thing that catches the eye.

Occupying most of the frame is a sitting Bodhisattva statue, wearing cassock on the lotus platform, with benevolent brows and kind eyes, hands made into lotus finger shapes, and golden holy light lingering behind his head.

On his left and right sides, and at his upper and lower ends, there was a person kneeling devoutly.

With reverent expressions and prostrate postures, the overall size of the two worshipers was several times smaller than that of the bodhisattva, forming a sharp contrast.

Their painting techniques of uniform thickness and coiled iron are a mixture of Gandhara art style and Khotanese local culture painting techniques, perfectly integrated with bright colors.

The picture scroll depicts a divine residence that only exists in legends, but the style is realistic.

The lifelike God's Mansion is vivid on the paper, and the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere makes the disciples of Buddhism look at it as if it is a treasure.

All this strongly impacted everyone's attention.

The painting style has a strong exotic style, which is completely different from the ink and wash style of the Central Plains of China, and belongs to the typical style characteristics of the Khotan School of Painting.

Feng Chengru blurted out.

"This is the style of Western Region painting!"

Then he stopped talking, he didn't want to remind Zhao Gang and Miao Jun.

Zhao Gang didn't speak either, but kept studying the painting with a frown.

There are many people in the Western Regions who are good at Buddhist portraits, and there are also many people who can use Khotan's painting method, but when it comes to representative figures, there is only one famous person.

Yuchi Yiseng.

If it is not for studying the culture of the Western Regions, this name will definitely sound unfamiliar. It has left a strong mark on the Buddhist portraits of the Western Regions.

He was born in the Tang Dynasty, an aristocrat in the old Khotan Kingdom.His master is his father.However, he did not blindly follow his father's style step by step, and was unique and self-contained. Compared with his father, his style appeared to be even more superior.

It was called "the body is like a wall" by later generations.

It means that the characters depicted are lifelike, as if the body is about to come out of the mural.His father is called "Da Yuchi" and his name is "Little Yuchi".

Even the famous painter Wu Daozi was influenced by him. His unique style, excellent painting techniques and deep understanding of Buddhism allowed him to greatly restore the beliefs of the people in the Western Regions of that era.

However, handed down works are rare, and all works that have appeared so far are imitations.

There are a total of eight works that have appeared, all of which were copied by revered descendants, and his authentic works have never been seen in the world.

According to the records in ancient books, he had been to Kucha and painted many pictures of Kucha, among which the most famous one is "The Picture of the Daughter of Kucha".

Zhao Jinnian's study of the Western Regions naturally cannot avoid this link.

However, he did not describe it in detail, but simply talked about Yuchi Yiseng's painting style.

Zhao Gang guessed that this painting might be Yuchi Yiseng's scroll, but what gave him a headache was that he didn't know if it was the real one.

There is no seal or special mark on the painting. The world is full of imitations, and no one knows where the original is.

For the present world, Yuchi Yiseng, like the ancient country of Kucha, is shrouded in mystery.

If this is an authentic work, it will surely be a discovery that shocked Huaxia.

Just because there is no real work in the world, no one will believe that it is the real work.

Some people even speculate that Yuchi Yiseng's paintings have been wiped out in the torrent of history, or are still buried in the ancient city under the yellow sand.

Feng Chengru's face was ugly. He could only tell that it was a religious Buddhist painting from the Western Regions, and he could tell that it was roughly in the Tang Dynasty style, but it was even more difficult for him to guess carefully.

He glanced at Zhao Gang's expression with a guilty conscience, and saw that the latter also frowned.

Feng Chengru immediately relaxed a lot, thinking that he couldn't understand things, how could this country bumpkin understand?
Although Zhao Gang's childhood is Wang Hao, a folklore researcher, but it is impossible to understand everything.

10 minutes passed quickly.

Han Yu carefully put away the scroll, with a look of wonder on his face.

"I have to say that the Chen family really brought a precious treasure. This will definitely have an effect on this big research project."

Ruan Jing couldn't help admiring, his eyes couldn't hide his longing for that picture scroll.

He didn't say anything about extra analysis, after all, Zhao Gang and the three of them still had to compete.

Following the same steps, Han Yu brought paper and pens to the three of them, and after 5 minutes, the three of them stopped writing.

Han Yu handed the paper to Zhong Beishan and Ruan Jing, and after Ruan Jing took it, he couldn't hide his admiration.

He couldn't help but said, "Where did Ms. Chen get the paintings of Yuchi Yiseng? Even if he has never handed down the authentic works, the imitations are still of great research value."

"All of the 36 ancient countries in the Western Regions believe in Buddhism. It is very likely that we will encounter Buddhist cultural relics during this trip."

After hearing this, Chen Ziqi said modestly.

"Mr. Miaoling came across this painting by accident. Recently, he saw this painting when he was visiting an old friend in southern Yunnan. He happened to know that two academicians were looking for it. He immediately asked his old friend for it. He happened to come to Linshui to find my grandfather. Just brought it here.”

These words were so precise that Ruan Jing and Zhong Beishan felt good about them.

But whether this is the truth or not, only two people know. Chen Ziqi's beautiful eyes circulated, and she blinked at Zhao Gang.

There was a little pride in those eyes.

Zhao Gang couldn't help but bend the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, Ruan Jing nodded and spoke again.

"The Chen family is interested, so I will tell you about my appreciation results. None of the three of you answered completely, but one of you is the closest."

After speaking, Ruan Jing began to tell.

Zhong Beishan folded his arms and simply closed his eyes to rest.

He has never had much patience for these cumbersome things, and Ruan Jing is so happy that he is willing to carry them all the time.

After seeing the painting, Jin Wenli's eyes lightened a little, and now he listened to Ruan Jing's story with great interest.

"The original painting of this painting was made by Yuchi Yiseng, a painter of the Tang Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)