Chapter 72 Examination of Experts
"Why do you think about looking at blue and white porcelain, but you don't want to see pastels, monochrome glaze? You should know that many pastel porcelains were also good in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and monochrome glaze achieved glory!"
Ma Weicheng laughed loudly, and when he finished speaking, many students around him laughed again.
"You, you were you just now. Don't look back, you are talking about you!"
After the laughter was lowered, Ma Weicheng pointed to a young student in the crowd again. The student pointed at stretched out his finger to his nose, looking inexplicably and excited. He didn't understand why Teacher Ma came to him.
"Yes, it's you, are you deliberately slandering the situation? 1. Today we are going to talk about Ming and Qing porcelain. Why do you want to see Yuan blue and white porcelain? It's been hundreds of years!"
Ma Weicheng said with a smile, the student was slightly stunned. After the other students were stunned, they burst into laughter again.
Teacher Ma is right. The Ming and Qing porcelain area I saw today is not Yuan blue and white, but also in Yuan blue and white museums, but it is relatively rare, and they are all broken objects, so they are placed in the broken objects area.
The student who was pointed at by Ma Weicheng scratched his head embarrassedly. He saw that the students all said blue and white, and couldn't help but call out a Yuan blue and white, but he didn't expect that the Yuan blue and white were a bit in conflict with today's theme.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Looking at him, the students around him laughed louder. Liu Yiyang couldn't help but smile and looked at Ma Weicheng with admiration.
He is indeed an excellent appraisal expert who often appears on TV. In a few words, he completely inspired the atmosphere of the students, which is very different from the other two experts just now, which also highlights his charm.
"Since we all want to see blue and white, let's start with blue and white, and the classmates all come here with me!"
After the atmosphere started, Ma Weizhen took more than a hundred students to a square pillar. Around the square pillar was a circular glass booth with four pieces of blue and white porcelain placed inside, facing one direction.
The four pieces of blue and white porcelain are not small, including large blue and white jars, relatively large plum vases, as well as gourd bottles with dragon patterns at the top and round bottom, and a pair of slightly smaller celestial ball bottles.
The four blue and white pieces are all very positive in color and look very beautiful.
"These four are the treasures of our museum. Let's first look at the first large jar of the blue and white generals of the infant drama from the Yongle period. The blue and white infant dramas started in the Yuan Dynasty, but the number of blue and white in the Yuan Dynasty was small, and even fewer were there in infant dramas. The real development of infant dramas was in the Ming Dynasty!"
"In the early Ming Dynasty, infant dramas mainly appeared in the Yongle and Xuande periods. Someone asked, infant dramas were found in the Yuan Dynasty and Yongxuan periods. Why did it not exist in the Hongwu period? Here I want to tell you that it was not that it did not exist in the Hongwu period, but because Zhu Yuanzhang had many descendants at that time, and he had no worries about not having any descendants. Therefore, the infant dramas and decorations in that period were very few, and they were almost invisible to the official kilns!"
Ma Weicheng said with a smile. His speaking style was different from the first two experts. The first two experts seemed to be talking to teachers, and he seemed to be chatting about family matters, which made the students more accepting.
"In fact, infant dramas are not common in Yongxuan and even in the blank period. The most common infant dramas are in the Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde periods. I will ask you a question. The Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde periods have a common characteristic. What is this common characteristic?"
Ma Weicheng asked a question back, and the students were stunned. This was also the first expert to ask them questions today.
"I know that the politics of the three periods were considered Qingming, and there was no big rise and beauty, but it was not bad. Among them, there was also the saying of Hongzhi's revival. Although Zhengde was incompetent, it was still in the period of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!"
A student immediately raised his hand to speak, and Ma Weicheng looked at him with a smile, but did not speak.
"Teacher Ma, these three periods are a critical moment of rapid development of blue and white porcelain. Are you referring to this?"
Ren Lijuan raised her hand and said in a low voice. Her words were recognized by some people. The blue and white porcelain of these three dynasties is indeed good. In fact, many of the artworks in these three dynasties are contending with each other, and they have developed well in all aspects.
Ma Weicheng still smiled but did not answer. Thinking of what he had said before, Liu Yiyang's heart moved slightly and immediately raised his hand to speak.
"Teacher Ma, Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde have one thing in common, that is, there are fewer descendants. Whether they are themselves or the ministers of the dynasty, they hope that they can have more children and grandchildren. Artworks of any era are affected by the environment at that time, so that period was the peak period for the development of infant picture pictures!"
Liu Yiyang said slowly, many classmates looked at him, and many people nodded in agreement.
Artworks, especially porcelain, were deeply influenced by the environment at that time, just as modern porcelain mostly competed for beauty or lively character scenes, which had a lot to do with the peace and prosperity today.
Looking back, not to mention the distance, things from more than thirty years ago are very different from those now.
Many of the things at that time were tense wars, or images of the Red Guards. Younger people may not know that those who are a little older will have an impression. When they were young, the basins, bowls, etc. at home were printed with quotations from Chairman Mao or images of the Red Guards. That was the environment at that time.
Ma Weicheng finally smiled and nodded at Liu Yiyang.
"This classmate is very thoughtful. He is right. There are not many children of three emperors in three periods. At that time, everyone wanted more children, so there were so many infant pictures. Are there all children in the infant pictures? There are many children, which also means that there will be more children and grandchildren below. In short, let the emperor see more children and think about having children in his heart. In this way, we can have many children!"
Ma Weicheng's words made everyone laugh again. Many people nodded, and some people looked at Liu Yiyang enviously.
Some people still thought that they had thought of this just now, but they were not as quick as Liu Yiyang's reaction, so they were taken first by Liu Yiyang and showed themselves in front of Teacher Ma Weicheng.
People who like antiques have a lot of knowledge about history.
Those who can come here today are also the backbone of antique clubs in various schools. The history of the three emperors Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde are very clear.
Let’s talk about Chenghua first. When he was young, he was the prince. As a result, his father was accidentally arrested by foreigners. The prince’s identity was gone and he became the prince. Later, after his father was restored, he became the prince again. His father was the captive Emperor Yingzong of Ming, the famous "Tumu Fort Incident" in history.
The most famous person in Chenghua dynasty was not this emperor, but Concubine Wan. Concubine Wan was deeply favored by Emperor Chenghua, and had long controlled the government and had the autocracy of foreign relatives. Later generations did not say that Concubine Wan was right.
The Uncle Concubine is a jealous woman. If any other concubine of Chenghuadi is pregnant, she will either not be able to give birth or be killed by him after giving birth. Later, Chenghuadi himself cried and said that he had no son to inherit the throne. Later, the eunuch told him that someone had given birth to a son and kept secretly.
This was the later Emperor Hongzhi. Hongzhi was born to a palace maid. He was displaced since childhood and ate hundreds of families to avoid the destruction of Concubine Wan. He finally ascended the throne for a long time. Influenced by his childhood, he was not satisfied with the harem of the three palaces and six courtyards, so he only married one wife, and there was only this queen in the entire harem.
This was unimaginable at that time, not only in the feudal era in China, but also in this emperor who only married one wife.
If there are few daughters-in-laws, there are naturally few children. Emperor Hongzhi has only one son, and that is later Emperor Zhengde.
Chenghua and Hongzhi had few descendants, and the infant picture naturally developed widely during this period. After that, Zhengde was worse than them. Zhengde had no son until his death, so he could only choose his cousin to ascend the throne before he died.
This was the environment of the Three Dynasties at that time. It was this environment that affected the development of art. There were many infant dramas at that time, and it was also the period when there were the most infant dramas in history.
After Liu Yiyang said it, many people thought about it, but they didn't think about it. If it weren't for Liu Yiyang's mention, how could they think of these things?
But soon, everyone left behind the baby picture, and Ma Weicheng began to explain something else.
His explanations are vivid and rich, and many people are unwilling to distract themselves from thinking about other things and listen wholeheartedly, especially the interaction between him and his classmates, which makes warm applause and cheerful laughter burst out from time to time in the crowd.
The four treasures of the museum were finished soon, and Ma Weicheng took everyone to the booth next to him, where there were blue and white and pastels, folk kilns and official kilns, but most of them were folk kilns.
When Liu Yiyang passed by, there was still red mist on his forehead. These four items were worthy of being treasure-level treasures in the museum. Each item had a spiritual energy for more than ten minutes. These spiritual energy made Liu Yiyang feel so comfortable that he almost screamed out on the spot.
If he screamed, then this time it would be embarrassing.
An hour passed quickly, and Ma Weicheng's explanation made many people feel unsatisfied. Many people have added rich knowledge and lamented that today has not come in vain and gained a lot.
Even Liu Yiyang has this feeling. What the experts say is different from reading books by themselves.
In addition, he had a great harvest, which was the spiritual energy he had just absorbed. He had not finished reading the things in the museum yet. Strictly speaking, it was only a small part of them. Following what the teacher said, these spiritual energy made him feel very full.
Just now, he specially entered the void space and looked at the bronze mirror. The word "Qian" above the bronze mirror is much brighter than before, just like a small light bulb. So much spiritual energy is probably enough for him to use it for a while, even if he encounters a zombie or a pregnant spirit person, he is not afraid.
"Okay, classmates, that's all for today's explanation. At the end of the day, I'll give you a test question and see how you are learning!"
Ma Weicheng finished speaking the last thing, then clapped his hands hard, said with a smile, and a staff member next to him temporarily left.
"Exam questions?"
Many students looked at each other in confusion. Today they only talked about studying, but they didn’t say anything about the exam questions, and the people in the Youth League Committee never talked about it like them.
Chapter completed!