A fun thing lies in its twists and turns and unpredictable results. Once the result is clear, the process becomes no fun at all. The biggest disadvantage of today's competition lies in this. The Song Dynasty blockbuster obviously has the upper hand.
If there are no more powerful entries, this sluggish situation will continue until the end, and the competition will immediately become boring.
What came up now was a white-haired old man, but he was in good spirits. He was holding a dilapidated ancient book in his hand. Before the expert could identify it, he said, "I came here today to find out whether this is an engraving."
Print the book and find an answer.”
Everyone, including Luo Tian, was shocked, but they all thought it was impossible. The earliest engraving printing in the world was the "Diamond Sutra" and it is now stored in the British Museum. Could the broken ancient book in the old man's hand really be an engraving?
Block printing is known as the "living fossil" in the history of printing. Yangzhou is the birthplace of Chinese block printing and the only city in China that preserves a complete set of ancient block printing techniques. The country attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage.
Luo Tian looked over first, because he could determine everything at a glance. It didn't matter. He almost exclaimed that this was indeed an ancient book printed with engravings! Luo Tian had the answer in his heart, but it didn't matter if he said it alone.
Only after all the judges have unanimously identified it can they sign and approve it. Now it’s up to Huang Lide and others to decide.
The first step in woodblock printing is to make the original manuscript. Then the original manuscript is turned over, spread out on a large flat wooden board, and fixed. Then various skilled craftsmen carve the paintings or text on the original manuscript on the wooden board. Master carvers
Those responsible for the finer parts, the cheaper wood or the less important parts are carved by lower-level craftsmen. The wood is carved, then brushed with ink, and pressed in the printing press to form a copy of the original, which is then printed.
The handwriting of the work is clear and the printing process is very exquisite.
Huang Liide picked up a magnifying glass and carefully looked through the yellowed ancient book. This required comprehensive consideration from several aspects. One was the paper, the other was the handwriting style of the ancient book, and the third was the printing process. Only by verifying these three aspects could it be confirmed.
Only by whether or not the engraving print is produced can we determine which era the engraving print is from.
Xu Changqing is an expert in calligraphy and painting. He was also studying it carefully on the side. The two of them bumped into each other, and they didn’t know how long it took before they raised their heads. They exchanged glances and nodded with certainty: "There is no doubt that the engraving book was made in the late Tang Dynasty."
The old man was excited: "Really?"
Huang Lide chuckled: "Old man, sitting in my position, it takes courage to draw conclusions. If you are irresponsible, I, Huang Lide, will not speak out."
After signing the appraisal certificate, Huang Lide personally stood up and delivered it to the old man: "Take it. This is a rare and precious treasure. You must keep it well."
The old man smiled and said: "It is a real woodblock printing. I will donate it to the National Museum for free. It can be regarded as my small contribution."
Huang Lide and others were in awe: "Old man, thank you!!"
Watching the old man leave, Luo Tian's soul seemed to have received a brand new baptism. After today's game, he saw more people who were ambitious and hoped to get rich in one day, but there were also people who were chasing dreams and for
For people who work hard to gain self-recognition, and even for people like the old man who are pure-hearted and not burdened by fame and wealth, today's competition may not be as shocking as yesterday's, but it is more profound.
The Song engraving version, which had already had a good chance of winning, now lost its chance of winning due to the emergence of woodblock printing in the late Tang Dynasty. Chen Xiao sighed, there is still a mountain high.
The situation suddenly reshuffled, and the old man's late Tang Dynasty engravings immediately gained the upper hand. There were only two contestants, but they had no chance to compete. Both calligraphy and paintings were typical fakes, and one was colored by outline.
Ink filling, to put it bluntly, is to use a thin pencil line to outline the outline, and then fill in the hollow part with ink. It is a relatively simple way of forgery and is easy to identify. This kind of forgery may look similar at first glance, but if you look closely,
You will find that the spirit of the whole work is dull, the brush strokes are dull and lifeless, and the ink color lacks shades. Although some forgeries are painted first and painted later, they are ultimately timid due to a weak heart. The charm is inevitable. As long as you look closely, you can see the flaws.
The last one is a pity. In order to increase the value of a perfectly good painting from the Republic of China, the contestant actually added fake inscriptions to the original work. Isn’t this self-defeating?
With that, the dust has settled!
The jury submitted the results and was about to leave the arena. Luo Tian and Gu Yuping were walking at the back. Gu Yuping suddenly pulled Luo Tian and asked him to stop. When he saw that no one was around, he said, "Remember Ouyang Qing?"
?”
Why is it this Ouyang Qing again? Luo Tian frowned: "What's wrong?"
Gu Yuping took out a few tickets from his pocket and raised them: "Have you forgotten this? You gave it to me."
Those were tickets for Ouyang Qing's concert. Luo Tian was speechless: "Teacher Gu, I gave you the tickets, why are you looking for me? All the tickets Ouyang Qing gave me are given to you."
"That's not what I meant." Gu Yuping was considered to be very young among the appraisers. He smiled sheepishly: "You come with me, just tonight. We don't have anything important to do tonight, okay?
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"No." Luo Tian flatly refused. He didn't want to touch anything that had anything to do with Ouyang Qing. He had a feeling that Ouyang Qing would become a time bomb in his life. For this kind of danger,
, effective avoidance is the only way.
"I'm surprised." The more Gu Yuping thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: "This Ouyang Qing is not a savage beast. Why do you have to hide from others? I think that Ouyang Qing is quite interested in you."
"Teacher Gu!!" Luo Tian was a little anxious: "What's wrong with her? She and I just met by chance. We didn't know each other before, and we're not familiar with her now!"
"Why are you losing your temper while talking?" Gu Yuping shook his head: "Okay, I won't beg you. At worst, I will go by myself."
Luo Tian felt that he was too excited, so he slowed down his tone: "I'm sorry, Teacher Gu, I have my own reasons, and I can't explain them clearly at the moment."
"Forget it, let's go have dinner." Gu Yuping didn't care: "Anyway, you gave me the tickets, so it doesn't matter."
Luo Tian and Gu Yuping arrived at the restaurant where they were eating. As soon as they entered the door, Gu Yuping's appearance changed. He looked back at Luo Tian with surprise in his eyes. Luo Tian asked: "What's wrong?"
Gu Yuping turned sideways to let Luo Tian see clearly what was going on inside. When Luo Tian understood it, he was stunned. Reality explains what Murphy's law is. The less you think about something, the more it will come. Sit down
Surprisingly, there were Ouyang Qing and his manager at the dinner table!