Chapter 1572: Journey to the Great Road, the world is for the common good
In the Qing Dynasty, the "Jinou Yonggu" cup was no longer a drinking vessel, but a symbol of praying for the eternal protection of the country and the eternal prosperity of the country.
"Jinou is forever solid", but the Qing Dynasty is not stable
For Emperor Qianlong, "Jin'ou is forever solid" was just wishful thinking.
Shortly after he supervised the completion of the "Jin'ou Yonggu" cup for the last time, the fate of the Qing Dynasty suddenly became confusing.
Beginning in 1797, uprisings occurred one after another.
First it was the White Lotus Sect, and then there were the uprisings along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian.
At that time, the rebel army repeatedly defeated the Qing army, and the southeastern sea area was no longer stable;
What is even more shocking is that in 1813, the Tenri Rebellion broke out in the north.
At that time, some Tenri believers, assisted by eunuchs, rushed into the palace, and a bloody massacre ensued;
This is the prosperous age of Qianlong that we see now. Most people don't know how chaotic the prosperous age was.
From this we can also see how much of this prosperous age was just blown away.
After a hundred years of peace and the middle period of Qianlong, domestic class conflicts became acute and peasant uprisings were in full swing.
This made Qianlong's successor, Emperor Jiaqing, very busy.
From then on, the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong came to an end.
The "Golden Ou" of the Qing Dynasty was also increasingly shaken.
When the great powers marched in, the Taiping Rebellion swept most of China...
However, maybe Qianlong was not a good emperor, but he was indeed a good player.
During his reign, he created many top-notch works of art.
Speaking of cups, the most famous one should be the Qianlong Twelve Flower God Cup that we all know well.
Chen Wenzhe has imitated this before, so naturally he would not do it again now.
However, in addition to this set of twelve cups, there was also a set of twelve pieces during the Qianlong period.
That is the Twelve Golden Hairpin Cup made in the Qianlong Year. Everyone knows the Twelve Golden Hairpin Cups, and it is a work decorated with these twelve beauties.
There are many such works, such as the Twelve Golden Hairpins and pastel vases, etc.
Chen Wenzhe first made a set of teacups, which are easier to make because each teacup only needs one character.
After finishing twelve pieces, Chen Wenzhe immediately made another pair of bottles.
It is not difficult to make two bottles because they are large enough, but it is more difficult to make because of the layout of the characters.
The height of this pair of bottles is about 45cm, and the maximum belly width is about 23.5cm.
The surface area is also large enough, so you can create as much as you like on it.
This pair of bottles is based on Qianlong's "Large Vase of Flowers and Flowers with Ji Blue Glaze and Gold" as the blueprint, combining the three major techniques of "heavy pastel color, Ji blue glaze with gold, and shaping and carving" into one vessel.
It uses kaolin, which is on the verge of exhaustion, and has a unique pastel glaze formula.
Plus 72 processes, purely manual, completed in accordance with the strict standards of imperial kiln firing.
The pastel vase of "Twelve Golden Hairpins" includes "Daiyu burying flowers", "Miaoyu serving tea", "Xiang Yun lying drunk", "Baochai fluttering butterflies", "Li Wan teaching his son", "Yuan Chun's wedding" and so on. Classic scene.
Together with "Exploring Spring to Marry Far Away", "Qiao Jie Weaving", "Welcoming Spring and Covering the Rolls", "Xifeng Gaining Power", "Cherishing Spring for Painting" and "Keqing Dressing" are cleverly integrated on a pair of melon-edge vases.
They have different shapes, and they are all charming and reborn.
Chen Wenzhe uses meticulous brushwork to depict the classic artistic group portrait of the Twelve Golden Hairpins!
It vividly expresses the charm, tenderness, plumpness, elegance, coolness and beauty of our classical ladies!
The beauty of gold hairpin, the beauty of pictures, the beauty of decoration, the beauty of craftsmanship and the beauty of Oriental art are interpreted to the extreme!
The paintings on it are detailed and detailed.
Where there is boldness, there is freedom and elegance.
Elegant but not plain, pink but not vulgar.
The pink color is soft but elegant, lifelike but not lacking in artistic conception, fully displaying the exquisite pastel porcelain charm of the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties.
Such pastel porcelain is definitely more beautiful.
However, Chen Wenzhe has made a lot of pastel porcelain before, and now he is making blue and white porcelain.
Therefore, after finishing these pairs of vases, he turned to making blue and white porcelain again.
Among the Qianlong blue and white porcelain cups, there are many exquisite ones, such as the Qianlong blue and white dragon pattern "Justice Cup".
Fairy cups are very common in the antique market now.
This kind of thing is just a gimmick that uses rarity to deceive people professionally.
But this thing was really not simple in ancient times.
The Gongdao Cup was first used as a drinking vessel and appeared in the Yuan Dynasty and Liao Dynasty.
When holding wine in a fair cup, it should only be shallow and not too full, otherwise all the wine in the cup will be lost. This instrument is used to control drunkards;
The modern fair cup, also known as the uniform cup, the male cup, and the sea of tea, has become an important utensil at the tea banquet;
The fair cup handed down from ancient times usually has an old man or a dragon head standing in the center of the cup, and a hollow porcelain tube inside the cup, which leads to a small hole in the bottom of the cup;
The upper mouth of the tube is equivalent to the height of the mole on the old man's chest (or dragon's chin).
There is a hole at the connection between the head body and the bottom of the cup. When water is poured into the cup, if the water level is lower than the top of the porcelain tube, the water will not leak out;
When the water level exceeds the top of the porcelain tube, the water will leak through the leakage hole at the bottom of the cup.
This kind of leaky cup is called "fair cup" among the Han people. It is made based on the siphon principle in physics.
The most reasonable way to hold wine is to use a fair cup. When holding wine, it should only be shallow and flat and not too full. Otherwise, all the wine in the cup will be leaked and not a drop will be left.
In modern times, in order to further explore traditional ceramic craftsmanship, ceramic artists in modern Jingzhen have made bold improvements to the "Gongdao Cup".
The original cup has a downward faucet angle, a single decoration, and when the water content exceeds 70% of the cup capacity, all the water will leak out.
The "Fairy Cup" improved by their repeated trials has the dragon's horns facing upward and is colorfully decorated with blue and white flowers and pastels, which is extremely beautiful.
And the water holding capacity has also increased from the original 70% to 90%.
Today's "Justice Cup" is well-known at home and abroad, and can be regarded as a high-end ceramic art treasure.
In 1982, the Workers' Daily published a report entitled "'Justice Cup' Sensation in Neon", pointing out that this cup was favored by foreign businessmen.
Nowadays, all tourists who visit the porcelain capital are full of praise when they see this kind of treasure, and they are all attracted by the "Justice Cup".
Justice comes from "Book of Rites·Liyun": "When the great road travels, the world is fair."
The world belongs to everyone, fairness, objectivity, reasonableness, respecting the original appearance of things are the most basic rules.
Such thoughts are not only reflected in the daily life of society, but also in literature, drama, and in the utensils of daily life.
According to legend, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang hosted a banquet for the ministers of civil and military affairs.
When he was pouring wine, he specially poured it full for several close ministers as a reward.
But for ministers who usually like to speak outright in admonishment, he only has a weak attitude.
Unexpectedly, things went counterproductive. The ministers who were rewarded were unable to drink a drop of wine, while the others enjoyed the wine given by the emperor.
Things went contrary to expectations, and Emperor Hongwu was very puzzled.
Later he learned that the wine glass at the banquet was a tribute gadget developed by the imperial kiln factory, called the "Kowloon Cup".