Chapter 1927: A small tool, but poor workmanship and great ingenuity
"Bamboo Lady", also known as Qingnu, is a cylindrical tool woven from bamboo green, with mostly small holes around it and a hollow center.
In the summer, ancient people could hold it in their arms to cool down, similar to the role of a mat today.
If your family is wealthy, you can make multiple ones and hang them at the door or inside the room.
When the breeze passes through the bamboo lady, it can play the role of collecting the wind.
The term "Bamboo Madam" originated from the writings of Su Shi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty: "When asked about the bamboo table beside the bed, the lady should not understand Qing Qing."
It is precisely because of this that it, which was originally called Qingnu, got the elegant name of "Mrs. Bamboo".
In fact, the history of "Mrs. Bamboo" has been around for a long time. There have been many records in the writings of literati in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the earliest origin of Mrs. Bamboo was in the Tang Dynasty.
During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong joked with an abbot: "How many wives do you have?".
The abbot replied: "Two. Mrs. Yongzhu in the summer and Mrs. Tang in the winter."
Emperor Qianlong burst into laughter after hearing this, which also shows the important position of Mrs. Zhu in people's lives at that time.
Because the shape of the Bamboo Lady resembles a male part, and there are two small balls in the middle, the Bamboo Lady was an important representative of male inheritance in ancient marriages.
Chen Wenzhe has seen all kinds of bamboo products, but I never expected that he would also see an embroidered pier made of bamboo!
It cannot be said that it is a small piece of work that is extremely skillful.
Bamboo carving, also known as bamboo carving, uses the roots or joints of bamboo to carve into some practical or ornamental ornaments.
Because of the common nature of bamboo, it is very easy to carve it, requiring little carving experience and skilled carving skills.
Whenever a woman and a man discuss marriage, the woman will always bring a few "bamboo ladies" to the man's family as a betrothal gift. This phenomenon was especially common in the ancient south.
After entering the Qing Dynasty, the embroidered piers were not only thinner and more elegant in shape than those in the Ming Dynasty, but also derived forms such as Begonia style, plum blossom style, octagonal style and four-corner style from the traditional round shape.
Various bamboo products have been handed down for thousands of years, embodying the wisdom of the people and demonstrating the practical properties of bamboo.
The embroidered piers of the Ming Dynasty are slightly smaller in shape than those of the Qing Dynasty, but are relatively larger than those of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
The Chinese people's love for bamboo is very low. In the hearts of the Chinese people, they think bamboo is despicable, just like a gentleman.
There are not seven consecrations, but eight consecrations.
Bamboo mats are made of water bamboo, moso bamboo, and oil bamboo, and are made into various bamboo mats before going through processes such as strips, steaming, soaking, and manual warp and weft weaving.
"Han Xizai's Night Banquet" by Gu Hongzhong, a painter of the Seventh Dynasty of the Southern Tang Dynasty, vividly shows the use of furniture during the Seventh Dynasty.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Xiudun was less developed than later generations.
Moreover, the bamboo mat is larger, heavier and more difficult to clean than the bamboo bed. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.
In the gradually developing bamboo carving culture, very few small bamboo carving houses have emerged.
Because many tribes and regions in ancient times worshiped "reproductive organs".
At the same time, Lady Bamboo is also generally believed to be the most unmasculine object among the people.
The embroidered pier seats come in various shapes, including round, begonia, plum blossom, melon edge, and oval.
Those unique bamboo carving houses have left precious artistic wealth to the Chinese nation through their unique ideas and dexterous hands.
Bamboo is one of the plants with the most Chinese characteristics. In addition to being used in the calligraphy and painting of literati, bamboo has also been used in the homes of ordinary people.
In the world, your country is also the first country to use bamboo products. Bamboo carvings also have a very long history and culture in your country.
"That's a stool made of beads, right?"
Poufs belong to the category of low seats, chairs and stools, and are rarely in the shape of wooden drums.
In addition, Lady Bamboo is also a symbol of ancient men.
There are no straight-back chairs, tables, screens, beds, couches, piers, etc.
The most masculine seat in ancient times was not the embroidered pier.
Generally, they are bamboo carving handicrafts before the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Due to the emergence of famous carving masters, various unique bamboo carvings have become handicrafts cherished by few literati.
Common bamboo carvings are mostly Buddha statues, figures or some animals. Although many bamboo carving handicrafts are very small in size, their appreciation value is relatively low.
Chinese people’s love for bamboo flows beyond the rhythm of life.
Although a small number of bamboo carvings are large objects, the small size of the craft can be extremely skillful, and it can fully display its artistic charm before being carefully carved.
In fact, apart from the "Bamboo Lady", the ancients did not have many ways to escape the summer heat.
Because men who love beauty occasionally decorate the silk fabrics they have embroidered under their seats.
Bamboo is a common plant in the south. It is straight and hollow and very unique. Since ancient times, bamboo has had a very low status in people's hearts.
There are two types of embroidered piers: unconsecrated and illuminated. Consecrated means that there is no small transparent light hole under the waist of the pier.
And that kind of round stool is especially used by men.
In the Qing Dynasty, bamboo carving craftsmanship came to an end and small businesses began to emerge. At that time, the bamboo carving craftsmanship had not developed very much, and the level of craftsmanship even exceeded that of subsequent dynasties.
Among them, the embroidered pier is shaped like a drum and is covered with fabrics such as brocade to make it more gorgeous.
But as an abnormal person, it is really easy to live without cheap and ineffective summer escape tools like the fan and the bamboo lady.
Our exquisite carving skills have left a glorious mark on the history of Chinese arts and crafts.
Therefore, it is inevitable that many physical objects have become representatives of this kind of worship, and Mrs. Bamboo is one of them.
The origin of bamboo carving art is too long and has not been investigated, but according to historical records, it has not appeared since the Eight Dynasties, but it was not until the Tang Dynasty that bamboo carving gradually became known to people.
For example, fans used by ordinary people, wooden refrigerators and ice cubes used by wealthy people and nobles, etc., are all concentrated expressions of the wisdom of the ancients.
Of course, among bamboo products, bedding is only a bamboo lady, and there is no bamboo mat.
Under those carved bamboo utensils, a small number of decorative patterns or words are carved with exquisite skills to achieve a relatively low artistic effect.
The embroidered pier circle is roughly carved: crabapples, bamboo knots, and vines are lifelike and full of artistic appeal.
The sitting pier has a flat top and a slightly convex shape, a hollow arc belly, and the lower and upper edges of the inner wall are each decorated with drum nails, so it is also called a drum pier.
People believe that bamboo itself is not only a spiritual and cultural symbol of elegance, purity and humility, but also a plant that few literati pride themselves on.
When laid under a special bed, it instantly becomes a "bamboo bed".