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Chapter 200 Ten Deer Touring Spring (for Subscription)

Chen Wenzhe only saw three brick carvings just now, but he didn't expect that there were eight more brick carvings behind the dog and mouse stone carving.

These brick carvings are not small in size, and there are still a lot of them piled up behind them.

At this time, he really wanted to hide these brick carvings, but he had nowhere to hide them.

He didn't look at it a few times just now, not because he didn't pay attention to these brick carvings, but also because he was afraid of arousing suspicion.

Originally, I thought I would get one set, two brick carvings, but I didn't expect to make two sets.

These brick carvings are larger than ordinary Han bricks, and the carvings on them are more exquisite.

At this time, no one was watching, so he naturally wanted to study it.

Just now he took a quick look and recognized a picture of a carp jumping over a dragon's gate.

This kind of brick carving should be two pieces combined to form a complete carving.

After a little searching, he found another piece. At this time, he also saw that the other nine pieces could definitely make up a picture.

"It really is a carp jumping over the dragon's gate!"

He opened the backpack, took out the tape measure inside, measured it, and found that it was really not small.

This "Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate" brick carving is composed of two bricks, each 33 centimeters long, 21.5 centimeters wide and 17 centimeters thick.

This pair of brick carvings has allusions. The left one depicts the scene of a carp preparing to jump into the dragon gate.

A big carp jumped out of the water in the waves and jumped to the main position, and two small carp also jumped towards the dragon gate with their heads high.

The second floor is the Dragon Palace with cornices on the top of the bowl, wind chimes hanging from the corners, and breast nails on the door. It is solemn, magnificent and magnificent.

The door was slightly opened, and through the gap, a 3 cm thick inner space could be seen.

Below the bricks are five groups of highly decorative waves, surrounded by carps and dragon gates, and a magnificent scene of the Dragon King's Palace in the sea is vividly displayed on the bricks.

On the right brick, there is a "fish" jumping out of the dragon gate. Anyone who looks at it will feel familiar with its image: the horns are like a deer, the eyes are like a cow, and the mouth is like a horse...

Obviously, this is a "dragon" transformed from an ordinary carp.

It looks back at the dragon gate with a smile on its face, showing the carp's sense of joy and pride when it jumps over the dragon gate.

The implication and expectations of this group of brick carvings are obvious.

Use fish to pray that people will have the opportunity to jump through the dragon gate and be promoted.

In ancient times, "Dragon Gate" was used as a metaphor for high promotion and high climbing.

For example, Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty said in "Shanghan Jingzhou Book": "Once you climb the Dragon Gate, you will be worth a hundred times."

Folks often regard carp jumping over the dragon gate as a symbol of winning the imperial examination.

This group of brick carvings should be used for the decoration of the gatehouse, with a more unique meaning.

It is particularly worth mentioning that honeysuckle patterns are interspersed on the upper, lower, left and right sides of the two bricks, the upper left corner of the front of the left half brick, and the upper right corner of the front of the right brick.

If I didn't look closely, I thought it was the same wave pattern, because it is very similar to the wave pattern.

But after a closer look, it was discovered that it was a pattern of honeysuckle. The combination of the two patterns did not feel messy at all.

The sculptor added honeysuckle patterns to the theme of "Carp Jumping over the Dragon's Gate". It seems that there are two unrelated themes, but Chen Wenzhe, who has a lot of research on bricks, knows that there are other articles in it.

Honeysuckle is a kind of twining plant, commonly known as "Honeysuckle" and "Honeysuckle Vine". Its flowers have long gourds and pendulous beards, which are half yellow and white, so it is named Honeysuckle.

Lingdong does not wither, so it is called honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle patterns are mostly used as Buddhist decorations, which may have an auspicious meaning of "longevity".

In addition to the carp jumping over the Dragon Gate, this brick carving expresses the desire to be promoted in the imperial examination, and the honeysuckle pattern is used to express the blessing of prolonging life, which also reflects the creator's idea of ​​strengthening the meaning of auspiciousness.

This kind of random addition of rich associations with or without fetters is not uncommon in ancient craft patterns, especially in Dunhuang patterns.

The high-relief style of this group of brick carvings is outstanding. The thickness of the whole brick is 17 cm. Except for the solid layer of the ground which is 6 cm, the thickness of 11 cm is all high-relief and hollow-out carvings.

From the carp in the front to the carp in the mid-range and distant view, from the nearby waves to the disappearing waves in the distance, from the front of the dragon gate to the middle of the dragon gate, from the foreground to the background, the layers are very rich.

In particular, the Dragon Palace Gate and Yuding architecture have broken through the category of relief sculptures.

Using the combination of hollow carving and round carving, it shows a three-dimensional space.

When this group of brick carvings is placed on the wall, the 11cm carving layer is protruding from the wall, giving it a more three-dimensional effect.

The whole group of brick carvings is a combination of round carvings, relief carvings, hollow carvings, and deep and shallow carvings. It is also a representative work with better use of points, lines, and surfaces.

"There were no imperial examinations in the Han Dynasty. This brick sculpture doesn't seem to be from the Han Dynasty. How does it look like it was from the Qing Dynasty?"

After reading it, Chen Wenzhe looked puzzled instead.

He was sure that those bricks were Han bricks, and they came from ancient tombs.

And those tiles should also be from the Han Dynasty, but these brick carvings should not be.

This is interesting, is there an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty near a mansion in the Qing Dynasty?

Or, simply a wealthy family in the Qing Dynasty bought these things from the Han Dynasty and decorated them in their own mansion?
Chen Wenzhe looked at the other nine brick carvings. Sure enough, this thing was not from the tomb, but was used in the mansion. It was a brick carving of "Ten Deer Traveling in Spring".

It should also be from the Qing Dynasty, and it is a fine work in the south of the Qing Dynasty.

This set of "Ten Deer Touring Spring" brick carvings is a group of rare treasures.

It is composed of nine rectangular bricks, each brick is 32.5 cm long, 24.5 cm high and 5 cm thick, with a total length of 292.5 cm.

The first and ninth blocks are carved with Ruyi patterns, and the trees, landscapes and two deer are cleverly placed, and eight deer are arranged on the seven bricks in the middle.

The theme of this brick carving implies auspiciousness. The sound of "deer" implies "lu", "ten" implies "wholeness", and "spring" implies "everything is renewed and full of vitality".

The composition of the nine bricks adopts the method of opening and closing. The bricks are divided in a planned way and organically combined to form a complete group painting, which is very rare in the magnificent southern gardens. of.

This pair of brick carvings is a continuous picture scroll of scatter-point composition. There are six pieces of pines and cypresses and elms in the close view. The leaves are long and round, with lines and faces.

In the middle scene, ten deer with different shapes are carved, trekking across mountains and rivers to go outing in the countryside. From left to right, they are respectively looking back, rolling, rubbing around trees, licking calves, drinking water, and grazing.

The solid and heavy rocks in the distant view are lined with light and flowing streams, with movement and stillness, and the contrast is harmonious.

The whole group of brick carvings is in a 2 cm thick carving layer, and the mountains, water, trees, deer, and lawns are divided into several layers.

There are many techniques of high relief, relief, round carving, openwork carving, and deep and shallow engraving.

It can be said that this one is more complicated, and the knife technique is changeable, the knife playing is concise, and the layers are rich.

Such things, not to mention how much they are worth, but their artistic value, are priceless.

It's just a pity that it was discovered by a group of people who don't understand anything, and I don't know how many good things will be destroyed!

(End of this chapter)