Entertainment: Let you come to the rescue, and you will play seven roles

Talking about antiques, Du Yiming's assistant also came to join in the fun.

But he didn't go to carry Su Qin's sedan chair, but wanted to praise his curator.

"Teacher Du, please tell us about this golden bowl."

"You have made a lot of achievements in the study of Tang Dynasty culture, and you can give us some popular science."

Du Yiming is a mature man, how could he not know what this assistant is thinking.

With his mind racing, he quickly came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

He then took the golden bowl and began to explain it in detail.

"This golden bowl with mandarin duck and lotus petal patterns is plump and plump in shape, solemn and generous, with complicated and magnificent decorations, graceful and elegant, exquisite craftsmanship and extraordinary magnanimity. It can be said to be a microcosm of the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty."

"As for the decorative techniques it adopts, it is called suitable for pattern composition."

"It divides the utensils to be decorated into many small sections, and then fills these small sections with suitable patterns. Through the decoration of each small section, the purpose of beautifying the entire utensil is achieved."

"This technique was common in the early and prosperous Tang Dynasty, but became less common in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In modern times, it has become a lost skill."

Following his explanation, the audience also followed the camera to look at the golden bowl.

I saw that the wall of the bowl was hammered to create two layers of bulging lotus petals. Each layer has ten pieces. The upper and lower contours are consistent. Each lotus petal unit is engraved with a decorative pattern.

The upper theme is animal prints, including mandarin ducks, wild ducks, parrots, foxes, etc.

The lower level is a single honeysuckle decorative pattern.

The blank spaces on the lotus petals are also decorated with patterns of birds and clouds, and the bottom is decorated with fish roe patterns.

But the most surprising thing is that the words "九二半" are written on the inner wall of the bowl.

Wang Feng and the others also saw these three words and wanted to ask Du Yiming questions.

"Professor Du, what does 'nine two and a half' mean?"

Du Yiming did not answer them, but looked at Su Qin with a smile.

"Since you can recognize at a glance that this is a golden bowl with a mandarin duck and lotus petal pattern from the Tang Dynasty, you must also know what 'nine liang and a half' means."

Su Qin nodded and accepted the olive branch he offered.

"'Nine Liang and a Half' has no special meaning. It represents the weight of this golden bowl."

"You can weigh this golden bowl now. The total weight should be between 353 and 354.5 grams."

Seeing that he could accurately tell the weight of the golden bowl, the professor's assistant immediately took out the electronic scale.

When the numbers on the electronic scale screen were frozen, bursts of exclamation instantly erupted at the scene and in the live broadcast room.

"Damn it, it's really 354.3. Su Qin is a god. How could he know it so accurately?"

"Awesome, Su Qin, he's pretending to be this awesome again, don't be too happy about it."

"Followers, fans, fans, my grandparents are all fans of Su Qin. My grandpa forced me to post this comment."

"Being able to dance, sing, and write, and knowing so much about antiques and cultural relics, and even guessing weight so accurately, it's really hard not to love Su Qin."

At the weighing site, Zhang Yixing had completely turned into Su Qin's little fanboy.

"Teacher Su Qin, how do you know such an accurate weight? This is too outrageous."

His admiring expression really made Su Qin feel happy.

"It's very simple, because one pound in the Tang Dynasty was 16 taels, which is equivalent to 596.82 grams today."

"Gold is extremely stable in nature and is almost impossible to be lost artificially. Therefore, the conversion of nine and a half taels is 354.36 grams."

Hearing his impeccable answer, everyone's admiration for him increased even more.

You must know that this simple arithmetic problem involves Tang Dynasty weights and measures, multiplication and division operations, and two decimal places.

This powerful mental arithmetic ability alone is enough to be admired.

But after he finished pretending, Zhang Yixing returned to the original question.

"Teacher Su Qin, is this what the ancients used for dinner tonight?"

Su Qin was not eager to refute him, but told him a piece of history.

"The number of bowls among the gold and silverware of the Tang Dynasty is very large, and there are many changes in shape, but most of them are silver and there are very few gold bowls."

"It is recorded in Volume [-] of "Tang Zhayan": "Wang Yuanzhong was a bachelor of the Imperial Academy during the reign of Emperor Wenzong.

On a free day, I was playing cuju with Zhu Kunji in Taipinglidi. The ball hit the ball and hit the forehead by mistake, causing some damage.

There was an urgent summons from Russia, and when Bi arrived, he was surprised. He heard the above news from the source.

He said: "Your Majesty Yongmu!" Then he gave two plates of wine, each containing ten gold bowls, each bowl holding about one liter, and issued an order to give them together with the bowls. There is nothing left after drinking from the source, and there is no hint of drunkenness. "

"Cuju in the article is the modern way of playing football, which originated during the Warring States Period. Drinking with porcelain bowls proves that gold bowls were not only used for eating but also for drinking in the Tang Dynasty."

Hearing his answers that quoted from classics, the audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room were all excited.

While admiring him, he was also curious about how long Su Qin's brain was and how he could remember such profound knowledge.

Little Peng Peng couldn't help but sigh: "The ancients actually used gold bowls to drink wine. It was really luxurious. If calculated according to the current price of gold, this bowl would be worth 15."

Zhang Yixing immediately started quarreling with him.

"If you say so, this bowl would probably be worth millions if it were auctioned. Wouldn't that be more luxurious?"

Su Qin explained with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to be surprised. It's just like we use bowls to eat and drink."

"What's more, at that time, the emperor was giving wine, and the emphasis was on appearance. In today's terms, it was to raise the bar. Who can refuse this?"

Everyone laughed after hearing his funny and reasonable explanation.

The audience even discovered that the originally boring archaeological excavation turned out to be so interesting.

Du Yiming glanced at Su Qin with deep meaning in his eyes and said in great admiration.

"Su Qin, you are really a young man with a great mind. It seems that it is right to ask you to participate in tomorrow's cultural relics seminar."

Su Qin said modestly: "Professor Du thanks you for the award. We can put the cultural relics seminar aside for now."

"I think you need to send more people to explore the surrounding area. Maybe we can actually unearth ancient tombs from the Tang Dynasty."

Hearing the words "Tang Dynasty Tomb", Du Yiming's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Don't worry, Su Qin, the archaeological team is already on the way."

"But before doing that again, can you help us dig with an excavator and explore the path?"