The "Jinyu Yuanmingyuan Flood Method" consumes 60 kilograms of imported gold.
We also use 2500 South African diamonds, 1200 Ska, Burmese, Elephant red and sapphires.
Others include 590 pieces of natural pearls and 210 pieces of high-end jadeite.
Finally, nearly 100 kilograms of fine white jade were selected from 2,500 kilograms of Xinjiang "white jade" raw materials.
The wooden base is made of Burmese rosewood with a hundred years of history, and a total of 1.5 tons are used.
The gem inlay is exquisite, the white jade carving is delicate, regular and plain, and the rosewood base is designed with excellent carving craftsmanship.
It is truly a masterpiece that is unique among thousands, and truly a treasure from a garden of thousands.
The Old Summer Palace, known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens", is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation and a model of garden art in the world.
Among them, the Western-style building is known as the "Oriental Versailles" in the Old Summer Palace.
In the mid-18th century, in order to show his national strength and courage, Emperor Qianlong ordered the Italian painter Castiglione, French missionaries Chiang Youren, Wang Zhicheng and others who served in the palace to design it in the style of Western European gardens, which took craftsmen decades to complete.
Because the landscape is concentrated, novel and interesting, it is called the "soul of the garden", and the Law of Water is one of the most outstanding works.
What people often call "Da Shui Fa" actually includes three landscapes: Yuanyingtai, Da Shui Fa and Guan Shui Fa.
They complement each other and rely on each other. They are the most spectacular and noisy places in the entire Western-style Building Scenic Area.
The large craft ornament "Jade and Water Method" with the theme of the Western-style Building in Yuanmingyuan is 256 cm long, 162 cm wide and 180 cm high.
Since the Old Summer Palace did not leave any image data during its heyday, designers could only realize this work through various researches.
Therefore, the entire conception process lasted 4 years, and finally took 1 year to complete.
The entire work uses pure gold and Hetian jade as the basic materials.
Supplemented by jewelry jade diamonds and a Burmese rosewood base, it is refined through various techniques such as metal carving, filigree inlay, and hand-made wood carving.
This is the latest attempt to use traditional Chinese craftsmanship to recreate famous cultural landscapes.
The work is scaled down to a scale of 1:38. The entire work has a regular layout, rigorous structure, grand momentum, scattered ups and downs, and full of rhythm.
From the perspective of each part of the work, such as the Dashui method, Yuanyingtai, Guanshui method, etc., they can all become relatively independent works of art.
Coupled with the perfect combination of gold, jade and wood, the Western-style building, the crystallization of Chinese and Western architectural culture in the past, can be reproduced.
After the production was completed, it was appraised by experts and judged to be an "unprecedented art treasure in China".
Of course, if Chen Wenzhe had to make this kind of treasure by himself, I don’t know how long it would take!
Because it is too big and uses too many techniques.
Therefore, he just had a brief understanding of the technology. If he really wanted to do it, he would still have to imitate the bonsai made of gold, coral, and jewelry from the Qing Dynasty.
Looking at the various gemstones and red corals in front of him, Chen Wenzhe smiled.
According to the information he provided, Gao Qijing and the others have been having a lot of sex lately.
Their men were divided into three, and one team salvaged the sunken ship at sea.
Another group went into the mountains to hunt for treasure, and the other group was looking for the ancient tomb that Chen Wenzhe accidentally discovered.
Of course, that ancient tomb might also be a treasure cave.
Chen Wenzhe doesn't care about these things. After all, he has accumulated wealth to his current level, and he doesn't care about ordinary things at all.
Just like now, if he wants to make some gem bonsai, a large number of gems will be delivered immediately, and that's it.
While others achieve financial freedom, he achieves everything he wishes!
Grabbing a handful of tourmaline, this thing was salvaged from a sunken ship. It should have been plundered from the Americas by those Western bandits.
Unexpectedly, he was eventually buried in the sea and fell into the hands of Chen Wenzhe.
Putting down the tourmaline, Chen Wenzhe cleared out sections of redwood, which were all the heart of the tree. Of course, there were also some strange-shaped tree roots mixed in.
In addition to the first time, there are all kinds of jade and precious stones, such as jade, sapphire, jasper, mutton-fat white jade, and blood jade.
There are also pearls, agate, lapis lazuli, etc.
If there is something special, it is ivory. These are all old ivory, nothing too big and nothing too fresh.
This kind of thing can be regarded as a bit of an edge shot.
When he first started making gem bonsai, Chen Wenzhe did not choose too precious materials, but chose a piece of natural root.
This is the root of a redwood tree. It is not large but very hard.
After cutting it with a knife a few times, I felt that the roots of the tree were very old.
Redwood is like this. It grows very slowly, so both the roots and the trunk are very hard.
This should be the root of a piece of rosewood, which belongs to Vietnamese and Cambodian rosewood. There is still a small stump left on it, and no hollow is seen. If the wood is harvested, some wood cores can be taken out.
However, Chen Wenzhe wanted to wither the wood, so naturally he would not take out the core of the wood. After all, the thing was not big.
"First make something from the Qing palace collection!"
What Chen Wenzhe made is definitely a more famous treasure, this is a bonsai of the Immortal Chengcha.
The overall height is 39.5 cm and the widest point is 54 cm.
Natural wood roots are used to make a boat-shaped boat, with painted clay waves as the support under the boat. Holes are left on the waves to insert ivory-carved lotus flowers, lotus leaves and lotus pods.
There is a gilded copper-plated enamel basin with four sunflower petals on the head, and a small tourmaline peach tree planted inside.
In the middle of the tree sits an old man carved with stained teeth, with a long beard reaching to his chest, one hand touching his knees, and the other holding a scroll, with a peaceful expression.
The tail of the chakra is wrapped around a gold-plated copper wisteria, which curls up like a dragon's tail, covering the old man. A small white jade gourd and burnt blue leaves hang from it, making it delicate and cute.
This bonsai requires the use of mahogany roots, white jade, tourmaline, and animal teeth. The animal teeth here must be ivory.
If it were in China, it would definitely be against the law, but in South Vietnam, although the law is also violated, the management is not strict.
It is really not difficult for Chen Wenzhe to make such a bonsai.
After all, a bonsai like this is just a pile of various decorations, and it is just a clever design.
It's like a withered root, but it's just like a boat.
There are also small gourds, lotus flowers with withered teeth, lotus leaves and so on.
These can be done step by step and slowly, and then integrated together through the filigree inlay process.
The most special process among them is probably tooth carving.
Among the many arts and crafts in my country, ivory carving is one with unique elegance.
Ivory is an organic matter, with a smooth and clear surface like jade, fine and regular texture, and is easily susceptible to knives.
Use it to carve exquisite utensils, which combines the beauty of nature and artificial axe.
The initial ivory products were just practical tools. Over time, decorative items gradually appeared and became the mainstream of ivory craftsmanship.