Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

Chen Yang and others walked to the stall, and Song Qingyun looked at the porcelain pot next to it. This porcelain pot had a handle, a flower pattern on the belly, and green glaze. The glaze color was simple and elegant, quite beautiful, but there was one thing. This pot is made of spout, lid and handle. There is no lid. This is a magic pot!

The magic pot is also called the backflow pot. In the glorious history of Yaozhou porcelain, there is a classic work that has been handed down to this day. Due to its strange shape and weird usage, it is the backflow pot, one of the representative works of Yaozhou porcelain.

The appearance of the backflow kettle is very different from the common wine kettles and teapots we see. In addition to the fact that there is no lid, the kettle body is round and complex in shape. The most special thing about the backflow pot is that there is no lid that can be lifted, so it cannot be opened at all, and the water inlet cannot be found, making it difficult to start.

It is different from ordinary pots. The mouth of ordinary pots is at the top, but the opening of this pot is at the bottom. The design is quite clever. backflow pot

The interior of the pot body is not actually empty, but is divided into two parts. The two parts are symmetrical, with a passage in the middle, the spout, which is similar to an "M" shape.

When using it, you need to turn the pot upside down, fill it with water from the small opening at the bottom of the pot, and then turn it over.

The amazing thing is that after flipping over, water will not flow out from the water filling port. As for making tea and pouring water, it is similar to an ordinary teapot. As long as the pot body is slightly tilted forward, the water will flow out from the lion mouth spout.

In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, it uses simple physical connector principles. When there is only one kind of liquid in the connector and the liquid is not flowing, the liquid levels in each container always remain level.

This kind of pot appeared in the Tang and Song Dynasties. As time went by, the production level of the backflow pot became higher and higher, and later it could be made into a pot with multiple inner pots, so that different liquids could be poured out from one pot. From this point of view, as early as more than a thousand years ago, our ancestors not only understood this principle, but also used it.

If you want to make this kind of all-porcelain backflow pot, it is very complicated even if you use modern technology and equipment, and it was even more difficult in ancient times.

First of all, the complex shape must be made by hand. The thin and long kettle beam must be beautiful and strong, and the molding and firing processes are very demanding.

As for the internal porcelain pipe structure, because the backflow pot has no lid that can be opened and is almost completely closed, it cannot be formed in one go.

According to later data, the backflow pot needs to be assembled and fired in three steps. Whether it is shaping, drying, transportation, or firing, if there is a problem in one of the processes, the entire pot will be wasted. The wisdom of our ancestors!

Chen Yang squatted on the ground and looked at it with a backflow pot in his hand. The glaze color and craftsmanship of the backflow pot in front of him should have been fired by the Longquan kiln of the Ming Dynasty. Even if it was fired by the Longquan kiln of the Ming Dynasty, this is rare. object.

"Young man, can you not understand this pot?" The stall owner was an uncle. Looking at Chen Yang's expression of eagerness for knowledge, he asked Chen Yang with a smile.

"Boss, your porcelain pot is interesting. Why doesn't it have a lid?" Chen Yang squatted on the ground, picked up the porcelain pot and asked the stall owner.

The uncle stroked his beard and smiled, "This is the wisdom of our ancestors, please turn it over and take a look."

Chen Yang turned the backflow pot upside down and couldn't help but feel happy when he looked at the plum blossom-shaped water filling port at the bottom.

"Uncle, your pot is very funny. Why is there a hole underneath?" Chen Yang closed one eye and looked inside through the hole with the other eye. "If this water is poured in, won't it leak out?" , Is your pot broken?"

"Haha," the uncle laughed while stroking his beard, and then picked up the backflow pot and started talking to Chen Yang, "Then if the water leaked out, why did the ancients invent it? Wouldn't it be free!"

Then the uncle explained the principle of the backflow pot to Chen Yang, but he didn't understand it clearly. Anyway, he just explained that the water is poured in from the bottom and will not leak out.

After hearing this, Chen Yang pretended to nodded, "This is quite interesting. How much does this pot cost, sir?"

The uncle touched his beard and pretended to think carefully, "Young man, this is a good thing, from the Song Dynasty."

At this point, the uncle stopped talking. Chen Yang looked up at his uncle and couldn't help but smile. The antique dealers in the capital were different. They were waiting for him.

The rule of bargaining is to hold an object in your hand and look at it if you understand it. If you don't understand it, you can ask the owner. For example, for this backflow pot, Chen Yang just pretended not to understand it, so he asked the uncle.

The next step is to recognize the age of an object. Now the uncle says it is from the Song Dynasty. If Chen Yang agrees, the two parties have reached a consensus; if they cannot reach a consensus, the uncle says it is from the Song Dynasty and Chen Yang expresses disapproval, then they can ask for the price. Don't worry about the age. In other words, as long as you spend money, it will be when you say it will be, and the stall owner will not be stubborn with you.

"Uncle, I don't think this is from the Song Dynasty. It looks like something from the Longquan kiln in the early Republic of China." Chen Yang put down the backflow pot, clapped his hands and said, "Well, please give me a price."

The uncle thought about it and stretched out a finger, "One thousand, because you are young and eager to learn, if someone else comes, at least this number!" After the uncle finished speaking, he opened his palm and said.

Five thousand more? If in future generations someone could buy this thing for five thousand, but no one would buy it for one thousand these days.

Chen Yang shook his head, then stretched out a finger, "One from the Republic of China only costs a hundred yuan. I bought it out of curiosity and wanted to play with it."

After listening to this, the uncle stroked his beard and thought for a while. I got this backflow pot accidentally without spending any money at all. I thought it was a good thing, but after half a year, many people asked about it, but none of them wanted to buy it.

In fact, one hundred yuan is quite a lot. I took this item to the owner of Gupinzhai, and they only gave me twenty yuan. Now I want to sell it to this young man.

Chen Yang saw that the uncle was silent, clapped his hands, stood up and signaled Song Qingyun and Boss Jia beside him to prepare to leave.

"Young man, take the hundred yuan," the uncle pointed at the backflow pot and said, "You young people like these weird objects, so go ahead and play with it."

Fuck, I’m cumming!

But now that the price has been said, if you say you don't want it now, you are deliberately causing trouble. A hundred yuan to pick up this item is considered worth it.

"Uncle Master, when did this object look like to you?" After leaving the stall and walking some distance forward, Chen Yang showed the backflow pot in his arms to Song Qingyun.

There are so many people coming and going on the antique street that it is impossible for two people to touch each other. Song Qingyun looked at the glaze color of the backflow pot in Chen Yang's hand, "I think it looks a bit like the objects from Longquan kiln in the Ming Dynasty. Now that the era has come, this object just doesn't work!"