Chapter 63

The next morning, after saying goodbye to Zhou Wenping's family, Chu Chen and others went to the hotel. That hotel, they specially reserved close to baxian'an, and baxian'an is not far from Xijing railway station, so they don't have to rush back.

When they arrived at the established Hotel, Chu Chen's mobile phone rang.

"Xiao Chu, have you arrived? I've arrived at the lobby of the hotel you said."

"Wait a moment, brother Hou. We'll be right down."

The caller, needless to say, was Hou Yuanming. When he was in the car, Chu Chen called him and told him the hotel he was staying in. Unexpectedly, Hou Yuanming was very fast. As soon as they arrived, he came back.

Hou Yuanming's appearance is very recognizable. He is about 40 years old, with a Chinese character face and thick eyebrows and big eyes. It looks like everyone is full of a sense of justice, giving people a sense of sureness. Of course, the specific person needs to be known after contact.

After the two sides introduced each other, Hou Yuanming complained about Chu Chen and said, "Xiao Chu, you're really not interested enough. You've been here for a few days, and you only called me today. Are you afraid that I'm not suitable for being a landlord? No, I'll have to punish myself for three cups at noon

Chu Chen apologized and said, "brother Hou, I'm really sorry. I'm really busy these days. I didn't get in touch with you. I won't say three cups at noon, but six cups will do."

Hou Yuanming laughed and said, "ha ha, Xiao Chu, I like your cheerfulness. Next, where shall we go first? "

Because we had already agreed to go to baxian'an antique market, Chu Chen said, "let's go to baxian'an first, and then go to Houge's shop to talk. What do you think?"

"OK, let's go."

The distance from the hotel to baxian'an is only about one kilometer. The six people (sister Zhou and two children did not come) did not take the means of transportation. They went all the way to the baxian'an antique market after browsing the surrounding scenery.

In fact, baxian'an antique market is commonly known by local people. Its official name is Baxian palace antique market. From its door, you can see Baxian palace, a Taoist temple full of ancient wood and smoke.

The eight immortals palace is one of the birthplaces of Taoist culture of the Chinese nation and a gathering place of cultural relics. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi fled to the West and ran to Xijing with Guangxu. She once stayed in Baxian temple. Every time the temple fair is full of incense on the first day, the fifteenth day and the fourth month, many merchants and collectors gather here, thus forming the Xi'an folk antique market.

After the reform and opening up, due to the requirements of market standardization, the present Baxian Temple antique market was built in the early 1990s.

As soon as Chu Chen and others stepped into the antique gate, they were attracted by a faint, antique flavor. Then, looking around, the whole market is a two-story antique Langfang style wooden building. It looks like there are dozens of shops, and the central axis of the corridor in the middle of the ground floor is equipped with stalls.

The antiques market in Xijing, with its long cultural heritage of the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, is unique in its supremacy and brilliance. Even if you don't know anything about the collection, you don't know the weight of this ancient city. Baxian Temple antique market also adheres to this feature, Qin brick and Han figurines, Tang Sancai and so on, it is really dazzling.

This situation makes Chu Chen and others immediately interested, especially Wen Yuting. Basically, she stops to have a look at every stall and shop, and takes Chu Yulan to comment for a while. What she doesn't know is that she hasn't been to the antique market.

Chu Chen is not surprised to see this, this girl is a person to crazy character, as long as there are more people, it will chatter incessantly, and Chu Yulan will only listen with a smile, from time to time to insert words, two people's character is really dynamic and static, complement each other.

After visiting several shops, Chu Chen also had a certain understanding of the shops here. Although there are not many shops here, there are many kinds of shops, such as bronze ware, jade ware, four treasures of the study, ancient pottery, three colors of the Tang Dynasty, porcelain of the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, ancient furniture and even calligraphy and painting collection, which are very complete, giving people a small and complete feeling.

In the antique market, if you want to pick up a leak or choose something you love, it's better to be alone, because only one person can calm down and appreciate it carefully.

If you play, there is a person with certain strength in antiques in the best team. When you play and listen to that person introduce relevant antiques knowledge and stories, you can not only learn something, but also have fun. At this time, Chu Chen played this role.

When everyone came to a stall selling all kinds of tiles and tile inkstones, Wen Yuting asked:

"brother Chu, is this the tile in the history book?"

Tile, also known as tile head, refers to the specific part of the top of the ceramic tile. Tile, that is, pottery with circular arc, is used to cover the roof; the so-called "Dang", according to the explanation: "Dang, the bottom also, the tile covers the eaves, just at the bottom of the tiles, and the section is more than the eaves end, so it has the name" Dang ".

The main function of the tile is to prevent water and drainage, and protect the roof truss part of the wooden structure. However, in addition to these, there are various decorative patterns on the tile, which also increases the beauty of the building.

Now archaeology finds that the earliest tiles appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the patterns on the tiles were mostly animal face patterns. As time went on, there were more and more kinds of patterns. Qin badger, grass deer, grass deer and birds are all vivid and vivid.The highest peak of tile making technology should be the Han Dynasty. Its decorative themes include four gods, winged tigers, birds and animals, insects, plants, cloud patterns, characters, cloud and word, cloud and animal, etc.

At the same time, the layout of the screen separated by tiles and nails also appeared. The tiles with characters range from one word to twelve words. The contents include auspicious words such as "Changle Weiyang", "Changsheng Weiyang", "Yutian Wuji", etc., as well as decorative patterns indicating the name and use of buildings.

After the Han Dynasty, the tiles in the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties were smaller, the patterns were mainly composed of cirrus, and the number of written tiles decreased sharply. In the Tang Dynasty, the lotus pattern tile was the most common, and the character tile almost disappeared. In Song Dynasty, animal face tiles were used, while in Ming and Qing Dynasties, flat dragon tiles were used.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have all kinds of Hanwa. If you like, the price is easy to discuss, and the quantity is good." When the stall owner saw that chuchen had introduced the tile, he immediately took up the conversation.

Seeing this, Wen Yuting sneered and said: "I said boss, you are too pale, don't you think, we are girls. What's the use of buying this thing?"

The stall owner said with a smile: "it's really inappropriate for you to buy this tile, but isn't there a tile inkstone? It's one of the four treasures of the study. It's just right for people of your culture, don't you think? "

Tile inkstone, commonly known as tile inkstone. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, most of the bricks and tiles used in palaces were made of clay. Later, some people changed these bricks and tiles into inkstones. In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Rong once described in the Fu on ancient inkstones and tiles: "it is meaningless to be soft but not rigid, and the earth is a tile; it is not meaningless to be abandoned but not used, and the broken tile is an inkstone.".

After listening to the boss's words, Wen Yuting noticed that there were all kinds of round inkstones on one side, which were quite lovely, and she immediately felt some emotion.

Chuchen said with a smile: "boss, you are really eloquent. If you are good at this thing, it's OK for us to buy some back. To tell you the truth, we are still in the same trade, but I'm in Panjiayuan, Beijing."

When the boss heard this, he felt that he was still in the same trade. Although he made less money, he was not too big. Suddenly, he was a little more enthusiastic and said with a smile, "Oh, I didn't expect to meet the same trade in Beijing today. I don't say much. How about the tiles? You can see it. It's still the same sentence, large quantity is preferred."

Chu Chen is indifferent to tiles, but Zhou Wenping is really interested in these tiles, because these tiles are as exquisite as the boss introduced. If the price is right, you can get back to the capital, at least you can earn the cost of the trip home.

So a group of people began to pick and choose, but on the side of the tile, there were only Chu Chen and Zhou Wenping, and the others were on the other side of the tile inkstone. Chu Chen chose these tiles, first to increase his knowledge, and second, to select some high-quality products for Zhou Wenping.

When the selection of tile is almost finished, Chu Chen comes to the side of tile inkstone to see the selection of others.

In fact, tile inkstones belong to Chengni inkstones, but since the blue and white porcelain came into being, there have been more inkstones made of blue and white porcelain in the shape of tiles, so the inkstones here are also divided into these two types.

Chuchen's four companions were also divided into two sides. The men were all choosing Chengni inkstones. They said that they liked the simple style, while the blue and white ones, needless to say, girls generally preferred elegance.

When Chu Chen moved here, Li Guodong was discussing with Hou Yuanming about which inkstone to choose. When he saw Chu Chen coming, Li Guodong immediately asked his opinion.

Chu Chen took over the inkstone and observed it for a while. He found that the two pieces of tile inkstones are of similar value, except that one is a cloud pattern tile inkstone with plain front and the other is a "yiyanshou" tile inkstone. The front is a remnant and looks like a charm.

"In fact, these two pieces are almost the same. The key depends on what you like. Whether you like plain or sculpted, you have to choose by yourself." This situation, can only see his own meaning, so Chu Chen told the truth.

After hearing the speech, Li Guodong was still very tangled, so he started a psychological struggle again.

Chuchen said with a smile: "it's just two inkstones. They're all handicrafts and they're not expensive. If you like them, you can buy them back."

When Li Guodong thought about it, it's true that it's not a valuable thing. He immediately decided to buy it all. When Hou Yuanming saw this, he also laughed and shook his head. He was a little confused just now.