"Everyone, please see, the real value of this magical artifact is not the Bagua bronze turtle on the outside, but what's inside."
Zheng Tianlong raised the thing in his hand high, first let everyone see it clearly, and then handed it to Wang Gang.
Wang Gang took it and took a deep breath. In fact, when Zheng Tianlong cut open the Bagua bronze turtle and exposed this piece, he knew that Zheng Tianlong had indeed missed it again this time.
"Long-life lock, this is a long-life lock! It is indeed a good thing, worth 3 million!"
Without the Bagua Bronze Turtle package outside, Wang Gang identified the real value of the longevity lock in less than a minute.
"Ah! Is it really a leak?!"
"How is this possible? Zheng Tianlong's luck is too good! He can pick up such leaks!"
"Tch, how is this luck? It's because I have good taste. There is a Bagua Bronze Turtle package outside. If it were you, would you be able to tell it?"
"That's right, I have to accept it. It seems that Zheng Tianlong is indeed quite good at it!"
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The Longevity Lock is usually called "Baijia Lock" or "Baijia Baosuo". It is a magical weapon used to bless children with health and longevity, ward off shock and evil, and drive away disasters and illnesses.
The predecessor of the longevity lock is called "longevity thread", which evolved from Zhu Suo. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Etiquette" records: "On May 5th, Zhu Suo's five-color seal is used as a door decoration to prevent evil spirits.
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In the Han Dynasty, Zhusuo was a door decoration for the Dragon Boat Festival. It was made of five-color silk. The colors were green, red, white, black, and yellow, which represented the Yin and Yang and the five elements. It also symbolized the east, south, west, north, and center.
, so although the five-color silk is just a simple thread, because it has the magical power of the five elements, it can suppress surprises, ward off evil spirits, and expel evil spirits.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were many wars, plagues, and famines. People tended to use a large number of five-color silk threads to pray for peace. As time went by, longevity evolved into using copper, jade, gold, etc.
The lock shape made was later called the longevity lock.
"Master Tianyi, the longevity lock appeared in the Song Dynasty. I wonder if this is the case?"
Wang Gang is a master at identifying magical weapons, and his knowledge is naturally very broad. He has also done some research on magical weapons such as the longevity lock, but he has never been able to figure it out. Now that he has such an opportunity, he naturally has to figure it out.
Finding Tianyi looking at him, Zheng Tianlong understood that he wanted him to speak.
"It seems that Tianyi is also a sophisticated person."
Zheng Tianlong had this thought in his mind. Today is the day for his opening. The opportunity to perform can give him a lot of points. Tianyi saw this, so he gave up the opportunity even if Wang Gang asked him for advice.
Own.
This is his own place today. Tianyi gave up the opportunity. Zheng Tianlong himself was not polite. He nodded and said, "Well, let me talk about it."
"The appearance of longevity locks is indeed in the Song Dynasty. This is well documented. For example, the children in the "Changchun Hundred Sons Picture" by Su Han of the Southern Song Dynasty collected in the museum in Taipei wear longevity locks.
That is a typical collar lock. At the same time, this painting also depicts a child wearing a life-long thread. Moreover, this is not the only one, the other one is also painted by Su Zhuo in the Song Dynasty.
The same portrait also appears in "Duanyang Playing with Infants". From this, it can be seen that in the Song Dynasty, longevity threads and longevity locks existed at the same time. Therefore, in the process of evolution, longevity threads changed from threads to the Song Dynasty.
The lock is certain."
"It turns out that this is the case. This problem has troubled me for a long time, and now I finally figured it out."
Regarding the two paintings mentioned by Zheng Tianlong, Wang Gang did not know before. If it is true as Zheng Tianlong said, then the longevity lock appeared in the Song Dynasty. On the surface, this kind of information seems to be related to the magic weapon.
The identification is irrelevant, but in fact it is crucial….
After knowing this information, if someone comes up with a longevity lock in the future and says it is from the Tang Dynasty, it must be a fake and there is no need to look at it at all.
For Feng Shui masters like Zheng Tianlong, Tianyi and Wang Gang, the value of a magic weapon can naturally be determined by looking at the Qi. However, if you want ordinary Feng Shui masters and ordinary people to believe it, you have to tell a reason.
Come, so the information like what Zheng Tianlong mentioned just now is very important.
"Tianlong, you just said that Longevity Lock is also called Baijia Lock. What does this mean?"
Yang Xin's voice immediately attracted everyone's attention. There was no way she could do it. Her temperament was so outstanding that it was impossible not to attract people's attention.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Yang Xin was stunned for a moment. The main reason she spoke was to help Zheng Tianlong "extend" the topic related to the Longevity Lock, so as to further show that Zheng Tianlong is good at identifying magical weapons.
She has profound knowledge in this field, but she did not expect that her words helped Zheng Tianlong, but also "exposed" herself. Especially her title of "Tianlong" made people realize that she was different from Zheng Tianlong.
The relationship between them is unusual, because if it were just a customer or peer relationship, Zheng Tianlong would only be called "Master Zheng".
Of course, these are just things that can be imagined but cannot be expressed in words. No one will say anything about it, but many people are jealous of Zheng Tianlong's beauty.
Zheng Tianlong naturally would not waste Yang Xin's kindness, and immediately said: "The Baijia Lock is one of the longevity locks, and it is also the most precious one, because this kind of longevity lock borrows the blessings of hundreds of families, wearing such a
Children with long-lived locks mean that they can eat food from hundreds of families and wear clothes from hundreds of families. They will naturally be able to ward off misfortunes and seek good fortune, and grow up safely. Generally speaking, there are three ways to make Baijia locks: The first is to collect money from relatives and friends, and each time
Households want a little, and after reaching 100 households, they will use the money to make longevity locks for their children, or they may recognize their godfathers and stepmothers, and the godfathers and stepmothers will pay to make longevity locks; the second type
It is to collect money from various shops to make longevity locks. This method is especially popular in the capital city. The method is similar to that of monks and Taoists. The children's family members beg from various shops in the streets and alleys. Each family only needs a very small amount of money.
After collecting enough money (often one penny in ancient times), they would use it to make longevity locks for their children to wear; as for the third way, they would recognize monks as their teachers, and these monks would wear them for their children. I think this way
Master Tianyi is relatively familiar with it."
"Amitabha, yes, Donor Zheng is right. This last method is more familiar to me."