Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 293 Orphan
Lao Wang continued to give Zhou Zhi a detailed introduction: "The position of the coffin bed where the musicians and dancers are carved is called the 'humen'. There are ten people on the east and west sides, and four people on the south side, including two dancers and 22 people playing various musical instruments. There are two people in total. Ten types and 23 musical instruments. In addition to the familiar flute, sheng, xiao, zither, and konghou, there are also ten kinds of musical instruments, such as qihou, flute, chi, shellfish, clapper, Zhenggu, harmony drum, Qigu, cymbals, and blowing leaves. Five."

"Among all kinds of cultural relics of the same period in our country, the music and dance on this coffin bed is the grandest scene; the most complete types of musical instruments; the most realistic carving method, and the most charming performance method."

"Now we have figured out the organization of these musical instruments, which belong to the Kucha music system of the Western Regions. The stone carvings vividly reproduce the music and dance scenes of the court banquet in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and then clarified the number of dancers involved."

"Elbow, you can infer again, who is the core of this orchestra?"

"Here." Zhou Zhi took a flashlight to take a picture of two reliefs: "The two clappers are standing, leaning to one side, showing a dancing posture."

"They are both performers and dancers. Is it even possible... This is the conductor of the band? The person who controls the rhythm and progress of the performance?"

"Eh? Is this the basis for your judgment?"

"No, because the leading actors of the general band are all string performance artists, regardless of Chinese or Western."

"Even the piano is actually made by hammers hitting the strings."

"However, since Director Wang asked this question, there may be a trap." Zhou Zhi smiled slyly: "The conductor in the band is more core than the string player. Among the 24 people, the conductor is the most like a conductor. It's just these two people who take the decision."

"Ah, you..." Old Wang couldn't help laughing: "You are too elf..."

"Am I right?" Zhou Zhi was also completely blind, and now he was pleasantly surprised.

"No... you guessed... it's not right, it's just that there is such a saying, and it's still being researched..."

"Hahaha..." Gu Youwen said with a smile: "At first, I thought Dawen was talking nonsense, but after careful deduction, it is reasonable and reasonable. So not only should you be flexible in science, but you should also be flexible in liberal arts. Liberal arts is definitely not rote memorization.”

"In short, this is a relatively complete image of the court band in the Tang Dynasty that our country has unearthed." Gu Zhenduo nodded: "It is useful for understanding the establishment, music history, and musical instrument history of the court band in the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Great value!"

"That's not necessarily the case!" Zhou Zhi objected at this time.

"Huh? Why?" Gu Zhenduo was taken aback.

"Because there are too many special cases in this tomb." Zhou Zhi said, "It means that Wang Jian is simply a person who does not play cards according to common sense."

"For example, this above-ground tomb does not exist in other emperor's tombs."

"For example, there is a piece of color painting left on the coupon, which should be painted with red and green two-color baoxiang flowers, which shows that Wang Jian may advocate Buddhism; the style of Xu Mizuo on the coffin bed seems to be able to prove it."

"But in addition to these, there are also cloud patterns, animal patterns, dragon patterns, and phoenix patterns, including the twelve coffin bearers, many of which are Taoist images."

"These three-dimensional round sculptures facing the coffin bed, and half-length coffin-carrying wrestlers themselves are also unique among all kinds of burial systems."

"There is also the 24 Jiyue, which are carved together with the Taoist cloud beast dragon and phoenix, the Buddhist Xumizuo, and the tangled lotus. This is a mixture of religion and secularity. Generally speaking, it can be expressed in four words-nondescript .”

"I feel that although Wang Jian is not from Shu, he has perfectly inherited the style of Shu people. He just likes novelty, and he also likes to take the edge of the sword, deviate from the classics, and is different from the Central Plains. The so-called 'Bashu produces strange talents', that's it."

"For example, that, what is that?" Zhou Zhi shone the flashlight on something beside the coffin bed, but it turned out to be a big vat.

"Uh, that's an oil tank. When it was unearthed, there was a lamp in the tank, called the 'Eternal Light', also known as the 'Wannian Light'."

"Isn't that right? As a rule, this jar should be placed at the foot of the owner of the tomb, that is, the coffin bed, or the south end of the Dragon Seat. That's right."

"And how do you know?"

"I've seen the documentary about Dingling."

"do you have this?"

"There is a large cylinder with blue and white dragon patterns, and there are traces of burning. It is said to be the cylinder of the ever-burning lamp."

"Yes, the location of this oil tank is indeed a special case." Lao Wang could only nod: "But the biggest special case is there."

Under the light of the flashlight, behind the stone bed, there is a seated figure.

Sitting laughing like a person or a real person, with a square face and broad forehead, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, with a reserved and deep expression, wearing a burden on the head, wearing a long robe, with both hands in the sleeves, sitting upright.

The character's lines are concise and smooth, natural and generous, and skilled in swordsmanship, but the fly in the ointment is that this person lacks a kind of domineering and heroic power of an emperor, and he is actually a kind old man full of humanity.

Very life, very realistic, without artistic beautification and processing.

Zhou Zhi couldn't believe his eyes, but since such a statue appeared here, and it was located directly behind the coffin bed, it could only be the owner of the tomb——Wang Jian.

So this is a realistic statue of the emperor made completely according to the portrait of Wang Jian during his lifetime!
This old man is too narcissistic!
"Director Wang, is this Wang Jian?"

"Hmm." Old Wang said with a smile: "You are right, many shapes and structures of this tomb have broken the tradition, and have not been passed on since then, making it an 'isolated case', such as this sitting emperor's true body statue, which is the only discovery. "

Indeed, there are many portraits of emperors, which were enshrined in the ancestral temples of the past dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, the portraits of emperors, queens, concubines, sages and famous ministers were collected and supplemented, and they were specially kept in Nanxun Hall.

But playing with realistic statues is really not a Chinese tradition, it's a thing for Westerners!

So this is another isolated case!
"Shuzhong is relatively independent from the outside world, so after the inflow of many cultures, it has developed different characteristics from the outside world, which is actually understandable." Gu Zhenduo finally gave such an evaluation.

That’s right, Zhou Zhi was immediately happy. Where did Wang Jiancai go? There are Jinsha ruins and Sanxingdui in the middle of Shu, which are the shadow of the civilization of the Central Plains, and have developed their own unique religion, culture, art and aesthetics system. , that is the real exaggeration and weirdness, incredible!
It took a long time to say it, but the actual tour time was not long. When he came out of the tomb and approached the light, Jiang Shuyi quietly let go of Zhou Zhi's hand.

"Shu Yi is actually bored?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Fortunately, it's interesting to hear what you said." Jiang Shuyi smiled and said, "But if you watch it by yourself, it's really boring and scary."

"Why doesn't Wang Jian have a beard?" Chi Xueli didn't let go of Zhou Zhi's arm, and kept holding it like that: "Unlike the emperor, who has a kind face and no beard, he looks like an eunuch."

(End of this chapter)