Shockingly, President Ying looked through their genealogy and found that they were the Ying family from Meizhou, Fujian Province who fled to Gaoqian during the Ming Dynasty. They had the same surname and the same clan, and they were the same family five hundred years ago. They accidentally recognized each other in Gaoqian.
As distant relatives, President Ying was extremely excited. Overseas Chinese have been wandering abroad for many years and have a deep understanding of their roots. So, he invited the two old people to take a group photo together and accompanied them to visit the ancient dwellings again.
Because of the content of the special issue focusing on stone windows in the past few days, Jin Huabin has become an expert and has learned more about stone windows. He stepped forward to explain to Chairman Ying: "The Xianju stone windows originated from Ou in the Neolithic Age.
The ancestors of Vietnam used processed stone. There were many stone windows in ancient houses. Because of the carvings on the windows, they are commonly known as stone flower windows, stone carved windows, and hollow carved stone windows. The craftsmanship combines shallow relief, deep carving, full round carving, round carving, and openwork carving.
A variety of artistic techniques such as this, combined with the characteristics of stone, formed the techniques of carving, digging, engraving, drilling, and polishing. The themes of the window decorations are diverse, and the cultural themes of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are integrated. At the same time, they reflect the folklore of immortals.
People’s religious beliefs, life ideals, cultural concepts, and aesthetic tastes.”
After hearing this, President Ying nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, the stone windows of our Ying family's ancestral hall in Malaysia were made by the craftsmen of Xianju and Sanmen. They are often damaged now. Can you give me some window samples? Our ancestral hall can be improved."
The building has been renovated and repaired, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable master, and everything about the price is easy to talk about.”
Isn’t this pie in the sky? I’m so lucky. After introducing this business to Zhang Guifang’s father, wouldn’t the transformation of their stone carving factory get off to a good start immediately? Jin Huabin suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: “Xianju
There is an artist who specializes in making stone windows and his skills are pretty good. I’ll ask you about it when I get back to the city and I’ll get back to you another day.”
Communication is a skill. Introducing Zhang Guifang's father to him too early may make him think that the high-level trip is for his own benefit, which will be self-defeating and have to whet his appetite.
"Hmm, I have to order a few window samples. I'll explain them to you first so that you can contact the artist." President Ying finished speaking and expressed his needs: "There are empty windows and leaky windows in the ancestral house.
The sill windows, flower windows, and Manchurian windows all need to be repaired."
Jin Huabin couldn't help but agreed: "The leaky window refers to the translucent window. The sill window here is also called the Sanhe window. It is divided into upper, middle and lower floors. The upper floor is made into a window that can be raised and lowered.
The lower one is made upright, and the window can be removed by unplugging the wooden latch. The sill window is also called a half window, that is, the window is installed on the half wall. The flower window consists of a window cover, a window slat and two horizontal leaves.
It consists of three parts, including small windows. Most of them are exquisitely carved and are commonly known as "Miss Window". The window sash of the Manzhou window is arranged in nine palaces. Each window is pushed up and down, which is very suitable for the sultry weather in the south. I don't know if my answer is correct.
?It’s just that the design of the empty window seems to be the simplest, but in fact it is the most complex. The beauty is that it can be viewed from both inside and outside, and the landscape is different. Outside the window, there are strange stones, banana bananas, and bamboo poles planted. It is so exquisite and elegant.
It’s like a sketch of calligraphy and painting. It can only be produced if people are present on site or if there is on-site video recording.”
After visiting the ancient house of the Ying family, it was already lunch time. President Ying turned to Jin Huabin and said, "Is there a more distinctive restaurant nearby? I would like to invite these two uncles."
Jin Huabin recommended: "How about we go to Baita Old Street to eat the Eight Immortals Bowl? It is said that this is related to the Eight Immortals."
"Eight Immortals?" President Ying was interested upon hearing this. The myth of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea is also very popular in Southeast Asia, and asked: "What does this dish have to do with the Eight Immortals?"
So, Jin Huabin told them the legend of the Eight Immortals and said: "It is said that in ancient times, after the Eight Immortals crossed the sea to fight against the Dragon King, on the way back, they saw the neighboring village of Haotan with loud drum music and lanterns and colorful lights. Then the auspicious clouds descended to join in the fun. It turned out that the village
The daughter of a member of Zhongwu who married outside, the Eight Immortals came up at that time, and one person cooked a good dish (namely, picking lotus seeds, Xiangzi sea cucumbers, Zhongli turning the bowl of meat, Guojiu soaking the bream, Dongbin big fish, Tieguai knocking the meat, Xiangu meat soaking, Guojiu)
Lao Doufu) to celebrate. Soon, the people in Xianju renamed the square table used for dining as the Eight Immortals table, and used the eight specialties of the Eight Immortals at wedding banquets, and respectfully called it the Eight Great Bowls."
Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia are very superstitious. When they heard what Jin Huabin said, they were even more happy and said: "Go back and soak up some fairy spirit in Xianju. You will have good luck. I will listen to you and go to the Badawan Hotel."
Although the cook is not a famous chef, he has only cooked these eight dishes for many years. Practice makes perfect, and the dishes he makes are very authentic. While he was chatting with his newly recognized family uncle over wine, he saw two middle-aged men in suits coming to the door.
Jin Huabin recognized them as staff from the Foreign Affairs Office and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce them to both parties: "Hello, two leaders, let me introduce you. This is Ying, the president of the Chinese Cultural Association in Jikari City, Malaysia." He turned around and said.
: "These two are Director Cheng and Director Li from the County Foreign Affairs Office, who are responsible for reception of foreign affairs."
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Director Cheng turned around and shouted to the boss: "Boss, today's table of food and wine will be charged to the account of my foreign affairs office."
Director Ying quickly stood up and thanked him: "This is my private matter, how can I ask the government to spend money on it?"
"Patriotic overseas Chinese are returning to the motherland to visit. I would like to welcome you on behalf of the government. It is a matter of course." Director Li said as he picked up the wine glass. His mouth was oily to the touch when dealing with foreign affairs. Within ten minutes, he had a fight with Chairman Ying.
Get hot.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, President Ying proposed to the two heads of the Foreign Affairs Office: "I gained a lot from my visit to Xianju this time. I recognized my relatives. I would like to donate a sum of money to the Ying family's ancestral hall."
Let’s renovate it a little bit. Can the two chiefs find someone to take charge?”
"This is easy to handle. Just put forward the request and hand it over to the village party secretary in Gaoqian." Director Cheng quickly agreed and ordered the hotel clerk to call the party secretary here.
Someone has invested in building an ancestral hall, which is a great thing. Most people in Gaoqian have the surname Wu, which should be a small surname. The whole village is engaged in tourism development with the encouragement of the government, and the Ying family occupies two of the more than ten gates in the village.
If you can attract investment to renovate it, you can record it on your own credit, which will be very beneficial to your re-election in the next term. After hearing the hotel clerk's introduction, Wu Zhishu hurriedly put down his job and trotted to the hotel. p>
In order to prevent fire, the four walls of the ancestral hall are made of masonry, and most of the windows are stone windows. I have just exchanged knowledge about stone windows with President Ying for such a long time, and this business will definitely fall to me. It is indeed a good thing.
News. Jin Huabin took advantage of going to the bathroom and went to the next door to call Zhang Guifang and said: "Dear, sort out the different types of stone window samples. It can take as short as one day or as long as five days, and you will have a good profit."