Chapter 1030: Red Rabbit and Ma Guan Gong Statue (1)
"Old man, this... what kind of object is this? Why are there two more?"
When Zhuang Rui saw the old man holding an object in one hand, his eyes immediately straightened. When he looked carefully, he saw that it seemed to be a character or an animal. Due to the wrong angle, Zhuang Rui couldn't see clearly what the object was.
"Nuo, these series of matches are really my crowning achievement. Don't use good materials to seduce an old man like me in the future..."
Gu Tianfeng asked Zhuang Rui to put away the tea set and carefully placed the objects in his hands on the coffee table. For more than a month, apart from sleeping and eating, the old man had focused almost all his energy on these things. He was really tired.
Not light.
However, since Zhuang Rui moved in, Gu Gu felt that his energy seemed to have improved, so the ending was particularly smooth. He didn't know that Zhuang Rui was using spiritual energy to help him regulate his body every night.
"Old man, is this the red rabbit among the horses?"
Over there, Hu Rong looked at the objects on the table and shouted. Zhuang Rui quickly looked over and saw that one of the objects was indeed a maroon horse 17 or 18 centimeters long.
Hiss, he looks extremely handsome.
This red rabbit horse ornament is carved from a whole piece of red jade. The sword technique is very delicate. The blood all over it is like gold and the shape is as round as the moon. It seems that it is following the owner to charge into thousands of troops.
Zhuang Rui looked at the lifelike red jade rabbit, looked at Gu Tianfeng with some surprise, and asked: "Old... old man? Is this the red jade you want to take away?"
Before Zhuang Rui participated in the salvage operation of the "Awa Maru", the old man went to his basement and took away a piece of red jade that was of good quality but had uneven color distribution. It was not appropriate to make a bracelet out of that piece of material.
, so Zhuang Rui always stayed in the basement.
But Zhuang Rui never expected that the old man would actually carve it into a red rabbit horse.
Moreover, the old man's technique is very unique. He arranges some light and heavy colors very cleverly. For example, the horse's eyes are so dark that they are almost purple, while the red rabbit's forehead has a white mark, which is exactly the same as the red rabbit's forehead.
The characteristics of the red rabbit and horse match.
Regardless of the fact that this piece of red jade has reached the ice level, the ancient man's ingenious conception and exquisite carving alone are enough to make this red jade rabbit horse one of the top three contemporary handicrafts.
If the material of this ice-type red jade is also taken into account, the value of this red rabbit jade horse is probably no less than Zhuang Rui's fruit plate ornament carved from Hetian chalcedony.
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, ancient, this junior is really willing to be defeated..."
After Hu Rong carefully observed the red rabbit horse from front to back and up and down, he sighed. He originally thought that his jade design skills had been mastered, but after comparing with the old man, he realized that this ginger was really old.
You know, what the old man is famous for is his carving skills, and designing objects is not his specialty. But even so, such a lifelike red rabbit horse is still not something Hu Rong can design.
Seeing the expressions of the two of them, the old man couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You two boys, this emerald horse is just a matching object, and the real owner doesn't even look at it?"
The old man was very happy about the reaction of Hu Rong and Zhuang Rui. He was also extremely satisfied to be able to carve such works in his later years. Both in terms of design and craftsmanship, these two works can become the inspiration of his artistic life.
Representative work.
Zhuang Rui was awakened by the old man's words. He patted his head and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, how could I forget this?"
An emerald horse, no bigger than a palm, caught the eyes of Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong so much that they forgot about the piece of yellow emerald for a moment.
After Zhuang Rui reluctantly looked away from the red rabbit horse, he said casually: "Red rabbit among horses, Lu Bu among men, uncle, how did you carve a yellow emerald Lu Bu?"
The story of the Three Kingdoms is widely circulated. Zhuang Rui has read it since he was a child. Although he admires Lu Bu who is the most powerful in the story, he is ultimately a brave and foolhardy guy and is not popular with future generations.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the old man smiled and cursed: "Bad boy, since you are reading unofficial history, how come you don't know that the red rabbit horse was later obtained by Guan Yu?"
"Of course I know. Hey, is it really Mr. Guan?"
The description of the Red Rabbit Horse in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is very detailed. It was originally a BMW horse that Dong Zhuo brought from Xiliang. In order to win over the young general Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo gave this horse to him. Lu Bu actually killed him after he got the horse.
He betrayed his original master Ding Yuan, defected to Dong Zhuo's sect, and became his adopted son.
Later, the horse followed Lu Bu and showed great power, but at Baimen Tower, because of Liu Bei's words, Cao Cao killed Lu Bu, and the red rabbit and horse belonged to Cao Cao.
Perhaps it was a coincidence that Guan Yu temporarily took refuge with Cao Cao in order to protect Liu Bei's two wives. Cao Cao also wanted to imitate Dong Zhuo in "giving BMWs to heroes", but Guan Yu was not Lu Bu after all. He accepted Red Rabbit in order to find Liu Bei faster.
From then on, the Red Rabbit Horse and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword became the representative images of Guan Yu. When Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and was killed by Soochow, the Red Rabbit Horse was acquired by Ma Zhong again, but this time it no longer obeyed the new owner.
, died on a hunger strike and followed his old master Guan Yu.
Of course, these are all recorded in the unofficial history of the Three Kingdoms. According to historical records, the red rabbit horse disappeared after Lu Bu's defeat. It did not become Guan Yu's mount.
However, the craft of jade carving was originally a folk craft in the early years, and the old man was not a history expert, so he carved the red rabbit Guan Yu according to the description in the novel.
"Guan Gong Huang Fei?"
Hu Rong's attention at this moment also shifted to the jadeite figure, but his brows were furrowed. As we all know, Guan Erye has a red face. If it is carved with yellow jadeite, it may not show the "face as heavy as jujube, lips as painted"
"fat" effect.
This statue of Guan Gong is about twelve centimeters high, with a beard two feet long at the lower chin. The carving is exquisite and detailed, with a pair of long and narrow red phoenix eyes slightly squinting, and thick silkworm eyebrows like the roots of an old tree, vigorous and powerful. From the carving,
In general, Guan Yu's appearance is fully displayed.
Moreover, this is a statue of Guan Er Ye, with his long clothes fluttering at the hem, covering his legs, and holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his right hand.
The Qinglong Yanyue Sword was carved by the old man from other materials. It is made of variegated jadeite, with a golden iron-colored blade. There is a blood mark on the blade, and a winding dragon body is carved into it. The whole statue is majestic and domineering.
It's just that although this Guan Gong is carved, the color of his face makes Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong afraid to compliment him. Speaking of red-faced Guan Gong and yellow-faced Qin Qiong, this big yellow face cannot show the second master Guan no matter how you look at it.
His style?
No matter how exquisite the craftsmanship is, if there is something wrong with the shape of this character, it will always be a flaw, or a failure. The yellow-faced Guan Erye is like Monkey King using a rake, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.
The old man has lived for such a long time, how can he not see the thoughts of Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong? He smiled and asked: "What's the matter? I feel like this Guan Gong has something wrong with his face?"
"Haha, in fact, Guan Gong may not necessarily have a red face. How can anyone have a face that looks like red dates? Romance, I guess it is also a romance, old man, this character is very well portrayed..."
Hu Rong laughed. As a junior, he was embarrassed to directly comment on the old man's works, but his words were a bit insincere, and Zhuang Rui on the side could hear it.
The old man laughed loudly after hearing this, pointed at Hu Rong and said: "You little Hu, you are trying to fool the old man, right? Guan Yu has been called the Martial Saint since ancient times, and he is as famous as Confucius. This red face is also a symbol of him
, I won’t do that thing of mistaking a deer for a horse..."
"Uncle, then...why is this?"
Zhuang Rui also didn't understand Gu Tianfeng's actions. The image of Guan Erye had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If he took out the jade of this figure rashly, he would definitely be accused of being a joke.
Gu Tianfeng did not answer Zhuang Rui's words, but looked at Hu Rong and said, "Xiao Zhuang, you don't know how to carve. Let me ask you, Xiao Hu, what aspects should you pay attention to when designing objects?"
"Of course it has to be shaped first according to the texture of the material..." Hu Rong replied casually.
"That's right, but you should have studied the principles of optics and aesthetics, right? The brightness, fire, sparkle and other factors of this gemstone will sometimes cause different effects..."
Instead of playing riddles with the two of them, the old man picked up the jade statue of Guan Er Ye and placed it on the red jade horse.
What Gu Tianfeng carved was originally a series of ornaments. Needless to say, the fit is very good. At first glance, it looks like it is carved from a piece of jadeite with different textures.
After putting the two together, the old man squinted his eyes, looked up at the sun in the sky, then turned Guan Gong's head like a red rabbit, so that Guan Yu's face was exposed in the sun, and said to the two people next to him with a smile
: "Take another look..."
In fact, there is no need for the old man to tell, both Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong saw that Guan Erye's face, which was originally as yellow as chicken fat, suddenly turned red in the sun, as described in the book, "the face is as heavy as a jujube"
exactly the same.
What surprised the two of them the most was that in addition to the discoloration of the face of the statue of Guan Er Ye, the body also appeared in various colors, as if the Huang Fei had been given a layer of colored sculpture.
"This...this, I understand..."
Hu Rong suddenly slapped his thigh and figured out this joint. After Zhuang Rui thought about it for a while, he also understood that although the jade was a pure color, it would often reflect other colors under different lights.
Just like the black pearl Zhuang Rui got at sea, although it is completely black and has a metallic luster, when it is exposed to light, it can produce several colors such as azure blue and deep purple.
