Riding the wind of rebirth

This world is often so magical, and the feeling between people is so wonderful. Sometimes Zhou Zhi can only classify it as the "aura" in mysticism.

For example, Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi, although they are thousands of kilometers apart, they hit it off instantly and are closer than their own children. They almost regard him as their old friend. He teaches them to be patient and try their best, and trust and help them in times of trouble. They are worth tens of millions. The purpose of half selling and half giving away wealth is to find a worthy heir for his treasure, and at the same time, he is afraid of putting too much pressure on him. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as loving and cherishing.

In the eyes of others, Zhou Zhi has met a noble person, and there are far more than one or two such noble people.

For example, the fourth cousin, the third generation of the Gu family, or the Li family of Hong Kong Island.

The people who left pagers were all elders, and many calls had to be answered immediately, so Zhou Zhi took out his mobile phone and started answering.

Most of the calls were just to express congratulations to him. Except for his fourth cousin and godfather, they actually did not understand the value of the three statues.

However, the fourth cousin knew very well that this was an important achievement beyond the discovery of Xinmang stamping money. In addition to thanking Zhou Zhi for the calligraphy rubbings sent to him along the way during his inspection of the Three Gorges, he also reminded Zhou Zhi that the calligraphy of the Wei stele on the enshrinement plate behind the statue is very exquisite. If he has high-resolution photos, please don’t forget to send them to Zhou Zhi.

At the same time, they also questioned Zhou Zhi's method of handling the statues, thinking that he was too greedy for merit and handled it hastily. Although the ramie-lacquered statue is said to be incorruptible for thousands of years, and the thoughtful treatment is correct, there is no room for mistakes in the archaeological work of rescuing cultural relics, because those precious treasures will not give you any chance to regret it.

For example, the Dingling Tombs, which had been excavated with great efforts, ended up causing irreparable damage to countless cultural relics. This led to the country’s decision from then on to not move the ancient tombs buried deep underground except for rescue excavations. move.

Of course Zhou Zhi could only accept the instruction obediently and said that he must pay attention next time, mainly because it was a spur-of-the-moment move. He himself did not expect that the three extremely crude swallowing Bodhisattvas contained three such important and exquisite statues.

This has indeed become another mystery in the history of cultural relics, just like the batch of porcelain unearthed from the Wang family vegetable garden in Jinyu Village, Suizhou.

Just over three years ago, when a farmer was digging a pit in the Wangjia vegetable field in Jinyu Village, Suizhou, he discovered a green and rusty copper bucket. Then, in a pile of dark brown soil, he discovered a pile of bluish-white porcelain.

The news quickly spread to the local cultural relics department, and after rescue excavation, a cellar filled with porcelain was revealed. The layers of porcelain have different shapes and are stacked in an orderly manner. The number and variety of them are beyond people's expectations.

After counting, a total of 1,005 artifacts were unearthed from the pit, including 985 pieces of porcelain, including 600 pieces of shadow celadon from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, 342 celadon from Longquan kiln, Zhejiang, as well as Guangyuan kiln and Ding kiln. , Yaozhou kiln porcelain, a total of forty-three pieces.

In the center of the bottom of this exposed cave, a jar with a lotus leaf lid was unearthed. There is only one reason for stacking this jar in the center of the cave - even if other porcelain is crushed, it can ensure the durability of this porcelain jar. Safety.

After the jar was cleaned, it shocked the country.

First of all, the body of the jar is huge, and secondly, the lid of the jar is white and delicate. Most importantly, it is covered with plum green glaze, which makes the glaze color soft and elegant. The edge of the cover undulates like a lotus leaf. Looking from top to bottom, it looks like a lotus leaf floating in the wind, which is very beautiful.

The plum green variety was only produced in the Southern Song Dynasty, and very few survive. This green glaze jar with lotus leaf lid is one of them.

And it’s also the biggest one.

The shape of the jar with lotus leaf lid has been considered to be a product of the Yuan Dynasty before. Therefore, this plum celadon lotus leaf covered jar is just like the statues of the Three Saints of Huayan that pushed the actual ramie statue from before the Sui Dynasty to the Northern Qi Dynasty. It also pushed the history of the firing of lotus leaf covered jars from before the Yuan Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty.

This rewrote the history of China's porcelain, and this cultural relic became a national first-class cultural relic.

So, why are so many porcelains of excellent quality buried underground? This mystery has not yet been solved.

The most likely guess at present is that it is related to the Song-Mongolian War.

According to relevant historical records, during the Song Dynasty, Jinyu Village in Suining County was once the seat of the government office. Therefore, this batch of treasures should have been hastily buried by local merchants before the Mongolian army broke into Suining Prefecture.

The war lasted for many years, and it was estimated that the owner of the cellar would never have the chance to return to his hometown after fleeing. Therefore, these precious porcelains were buried underground for nearly a thousand years, leaving behind an amazing treasure for future generations.

It is completely unknown how the statues of the Three Saints of Huayan traveled from Yecheng, the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, to Yiling. Yang Min was born in the Hongnong Yang family, which was a powerful family in the Eastern Han and Jin Dynasties, and later in Er During the Zhu clan's rebellion, the Yang Min clan was wiped out, but because of its huge influence, after Gao Huan pacified the Er Zhu clan, he gave many posthumous gifts to the Yang Min clan.

Among one sect, two people were awarded Taishi, Taifu, Prime Minister, and General; three were awarded Taiwei, Lu Shangshu Shi, and Zhongshu Ling; five people were awarded Pu She and Shangshu; and more than twenty people were awarded It was given as a gift to the governor and prefect, and it was said in history that "the prosperity of pursuing glory is unprecedented in ancient and modern times."

Therefore, both Zhou Zhi and his fourth cousin believed that the Three Saints should have wandered out of the Yang family temple after Yang Min was executed, but the subsequent history cannot be tested.

It can only be said that Xiajiang has been a battleground for military strategists in the past dynasties. It is not a particularly unexpected thing to happen in Jinyu Village in Suining County.

While talking about this, my fourth cousin was particularly interested in two pieces of collection from Zhou Zhi, the Jingdezhen Blue and White Dragon Pattern Lotus Leaf Covered Jar and the Plum Green Glazed Lotus Leaf Covered Jar.

These are basically Zhou Zhi's first two valuable collections, which were also collected under the guidance of his fourth cousin.

The characteristics of the dragon pattern on the porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty are very distinctive. The dragon head is small, the dragon head has no hair, the dragon neck is thin, the dragon body is long, the dragon limbs are thin and strong, and the dragon toes are mostly three toes and four toes, often supplemented by clouds.

In addition, Su Maliqing's hair color and smudged hair are bright and plump, and the composition is multi-layered but not chaotic. Therefore, neither of them has any objection to the age of this porcelain.

However, the research on plum celadon was not so in-depth at that time, because it was so rare that even my fourth cousin could not be sure of it.

Therefore, regarding the age of another celadon-covered jar, he only suspected that it was related to the collection in Jinyu Village, but it should specifically belong to the Yuan Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty, but he only said that it still needs to be studied.

Nowadays, with the publication of many papers that determine the age of the cultural relics unearthed in Jinyu Village, collectors of cultural relics in Sichuan have also gained a deeper understanding of Longquan celadon. The questions that once puzzled the uncle and nephew now have answers.

Lotus leaf covered jars are not only found in the Yuan Dynasty. This proposition is solved, and the age issue of the jar in Zhou Zhi's hand is also solved. It has the same nature as the lotus leaf jar in Jinyu Village - Southern Song Dynasty plum green. (End of chapter)