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Chapter 1928 The tinyness of a tool, the poor workmanship and ingenuity
"Bamboo Lady", also known as Qingnu, is a cylindrical tool woven with green bamboo, with small holes around it and hollow in the middle.

In summer, the ancients could hold it in their arms to cool off the heat, which is similar to the function of a summer mat.

If the family is wealthy, you can make more than one and hang them at the door or inside the room.

When the breeze passes through the bamboo lady, it can play the role of gathering wind.

The term "Mrs. Bamboo" originated from the writing of Su Shi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty: "If you ask me how many bamboos are on the bed, my wife should not understand Qingqing."

It is precisely because of this that it was originally called Qingnu and has such an elegant name as "Mrs. Bamboo".

In fact, the history of "Mrs. Bamboo" has long existed, and there have been many records written by literati in the Tang Dynasty, so the earliest origin of Mrs. Bamboo is the Tang Dynasty.

During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong joked with Fang Zhang: "How many wives do you have?".

The abbot replied: "Two. Mrs. Xia Yongzhu and Mrs. Donghuai Tang".

Emperor Qianlong couldn't stop laughing after hearing this, which also shows that Mrs. Zhu played an important role in people's lives at that time.

In addition, Mrs. Bamboo is also a symbol of ancient men.

Because many tribes and regions in ancient times worshiped "reproductive organs".

Therefore, there are inevitably many real objects that have become representatives of this kind of worship, and Mrs. Bamboo is one of them.

Because Mrs. Bamboo's shape resembles a male's part, and there are two small balls in the middle, Mrs. Bamboo is an important representative of male family succession in ancient marriages.

At the same time, Mrs. Bamboo is also generally believed by the people to be the most masculine utensil.

Whenever a man and a woman talk about marriage, the man will always bring multiple "bamboo ladies" to the woman's family as a dowry gift. This phenomenon is especially common in ancient southern regions.

In fact, in addition to "Bamboo Lady", the ancients had many ways to escape the heat.

Fans used by ordinary people, as well as wooden refrigerators and ice cubes used by the rich and high-ranking officials, are all concentrated expressions of the wisdom of the ancients.

It's just that for ordinary people, it's not easy to have such cheap and effective summer heat protection tools as fans and Mrs. Bamboo.

Of course, among the bamboo products, there is not only a bamboo lady for bedding, but also a bamboo mat.

Bamboo mats are generally made of water bamboo, moso bamboo, and oil bamboo, and are made into various kinds of bamboo mats after being shredded, steamed, soaked, and hand-woven.

Spread on an ordinary bed, it immediately becomes a "bamboo bed".

Moreover, the bamboo mat is smaller and lighter than the bamboo bed, and it is easier to clean. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.

Bamboo is one of the plants with the most Chinese characteristics. In addition to entering the calligraphy and painting of literati and refined scholars, bamboo has also entered the homes of ordinary people.

Chinese people's love for bamboo flows in the rhythm of life.

Bamboo chairs, bamboo fans, bamboo beds, bamboo cabinets...

All kinds of bamboo products have been handed down for thousands of years, condensing the wisdom of the common people, and also showing the powerful practical performance of bamboo.

Chinese people love bamboo very much. In the hearts of Chinese people, bamboo is considered noble, like a gentleman.

Bamboo is a relatively common plant in the south. It is straight and hollow outside, which is very distinctive. Since ancient times, bamboo has held a high position in people's hearts.

People believe that bamboo itself is a spiritual and cultural symbol of elegance, purity, humility and restraint, and it is a plant praised by many literati.

In the world, my country is also the first country to use bamboo products. Bamboo carvings also have a very long history and culture in my country.

Bamboo carving, also known as bamboo carving, uses the roots or joints of bamboo to carve them into some practical or ornamental furnishings.

On these carved bamboo utensils, various decorative patterns or characters are carved with exquisite skills to achieve a relatively high artistic effect.

Common bamboo carvings are mostly Buddha statues, figures or some animals. Although many bamboo carving handicrafts are not very large in size, their appreciation value is relatively high.

Because of the particularity of bamboo, it is very difficult to carve it, requiring a lot of carving experience and skilled carving skills.

The origin of bamboo carving art is too long to be inquired, but according to historical records, it has appeared since the Six Dynasties, but it was not until the Tang Dynasty that bamboo carving gradually became known to people.

In the Qing Dynasty, bamboo carving technology began to flourish. At this time, the bamboo carving technology had a great development, and its exquisiteness even surpassed that of the previous dynasties.

In the gradually developed bamboo carving culture, many bamboo carving masters have emerged.

Their exquisite carving skills have left a brilliant mark in the history of Chinese arts and crafts.

These unique bamboo carving masters have left precious artistic wealth for the Chinese nation through their unique ideas and dexterous hands.

It can be said that it is a small tool, poor workmanship is extremely skillful.

Although most of the bamboo carvings are small objects, this one can be crafted with ingenuity due to its tiny size. After fine carving, it shows its artistic charm.

Especially bamboo carving handicrafts after Ming and Qing Dynasties, because of the emergence of famous sculptors, various unique bamboo carvings have become handicrafts cherished by many literati.

"Is this a stool made of beads? A prick, right?"

Chen Wenzhe has seen all kinds of bamboo products, but he didn't expect to see a kind of embroidered pier made of bamboo here!
The most feminine seat in ancient times is the embroidered pier.

The pier belongs to the category of high seats, chairs and stools, and has always been in the shape of a wooden cavity drum.

The sitting pier has a flat top and slightly convex, arc belly is hollow, and the upper and lower edges of the outer wall are decorated with a circle of drum nails, so it is also called drum pier.

And this kind of round stool is usually used by women.

Because women who love beauty often decorate their own embroidered silk fabrics on the seat, and cover it with a piece of silk embroidered fabric, it is also called embroidered pier.

"Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture" by Gu Hongzhong, a painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, clearly shows the use of furniture in the Five Dynasties period.

There are straight back chairs, strip tables, screens, beds, couches, piers and so on.

Among them, the embroidered pier is shaped like a drum, and it is covered with fabrics such as brocade to increase its magnificence.

There are various forms of embroidered pier seats, in addition to round shapes, there are crabapple, plum blossom, melon edge, and oval shapes.

Xiudun can also be divided into consecrated and non-consecrated. Consecration refers to the relatively large transparent light hole on the waist of the pier.

There are five consecrations and six consecrations.

The embroidered piers are exquisitely carved: begonias, bamboo knots, and vines are lifelike and full of artistic appeal.

Xiudun developed in Ming and Qing dynasties compared with the previous dynasties.

The embroidered piers of the Ming Dynasty are slightly larger in shape than those of the Qing Dynasty, but relatively smaller than those of the Song and Yuan dynasties.

In the Qing Dynasty, in addition to being thinner and more elegant in shape than the Ming Dynasty, the embroidered pier also derived forms such as crabapple, plum blossom, hexagonal, and octagonal shapes from the traditional round shape.

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