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"These things are stored in several warehouses, the most being the Maoqin Hall. In the "Yangjizhai Conglu" written by Wu Zhenxuan in the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded: "The four things for the Yufan study room are submitted from various places for backup and awarded, and all are stored in Maoqin. Qindian treasury.'"

"The other ones are Ningshou Palace, Chunhua Pavilion, and Rehe Palace."

"As far as paper is concerned, there are many kinds of paper. In terms of function, except for silk fabrics such as white plain silk paper, paper can be roughly divided into paper for calligraphy and painting, paper for scriptures, paper for books, and paper for watch decoration. , engineering paper, drawing paper, packaging paper, daily paper, etc.”

"A large number of papers are used, including Dabang paper, Goryeo paper, Oiled Goryeo paper, Mianbang paper, Liansi paper, Benji paper, Chengwen paper, Oiled paper, Western paper, Tailian paper, etc."

"Exquisite and meticulous, including various colors of pastel paper, sprinkled gold paper, Luo Wen paper, rice paper, etc."

"The next level, including Jinyunlong Zhuhong Fu character silk paper, Yunlong vermilion paper of different sizes, Twelve Dragons yellow paper, Dulong Daxiang paper and other imperial edict papers."

Zhou Zhi rested his forehead on his hand: "Isn't this too complicated?"

"Complicated is complicated, but here is also a great shortcut." Uncle Sibiao said, "As long as you understand this, others will try to fool you with modern imitations, even Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi will not be able to do it."

"It makes sense..." Zhou Zhi nodded. After all, masters also pay attention to cost when doing things. An antique painting, even if the painting skills have been perfected, it is impossible to paint all kinds of precious paper from the heart to the paper to the watch. All put together.

However, I feel that there is something wrong with Si Biaojiu's words: "If you can really receive Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi's antique works, it will not be a loss..."

This is deliberately confusing cultural and academic value with economic value, and the fourth cousin couldn't help but stare: "Keep listening, it's not over yet."

"Isn't this over?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help being surprised: "Jin Yunlong's vermilion blessing character silk paper, this is what the emperor used to write blessing characters on New Year's Day when he bestowed upon his neighbors, right? What else are there Twelve Dragons Yellow Paper, Dulong Daxiang Paper, It’s something amazing when you hear it, isn’t this top-notch?”

"Of course it's not top-notch, you should know?" Fourth Aunt laughed and said, "Small reminder, how many poems did Qianlong write in his life?"

"Hi!" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I see, Qianlong has always regarded himself as a cultural person, and was very obsessed with art, calligraphy and painting, so the most precious paper in the inner palace must be the antique calligraphy and painting paper like Chengxintang paper ! Fourth aunt, am I right?!"

"Exactly!" The fourth aunt laughed: "So the most precious paper in the inner palace is all kinds of antique paper, and because the Qianlong Dynasty was the most powerful, the highest level of papermaking in the Qing Dynasty was Qianlong's antique paper."

"The most precious ones here are the imitation Jin sideli paper, the imitation Song Jinsushan scripture paper, the speckled scripture paper, the non-spot scripture scripture paper, the Chengxintang paper imitation, the Mingren Temple imitation paper, and the plum blossom imitation paper. Jade paper, imitation Goryeo paper, etc., all have handed down paper products."

"For example, the famous Sanxitang Fatie "Quick Snow and Sunny Tie", when Qianlong reinstalled it, the first four characters of "Shenhu Jiyi" in regular script were written on the Jinsushan scripture paper imitating the Song Dynasty. .”

"The cover of the Dragon Canon of Fawang Temple is made of ordinary paper, but the paper used for the cover is very precious. I think this is the result of the specialization of the two junior brothers in Guoshan in Beijing."

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"It might be a gimmick that the Empress Dowager took out this bit of cover paper to replace half of the Luanjia." Zhou Zhi didn't have a good impression of the Empress Dowager, thinking that she could do anything without a bottom line.

"Faxi Temple and Jinsu Temple are both located in Haiyan County, and are only five miles away from Jinsu Temple. During the Xining period of the Song Dynasty, both temples used the same kind of paper to copy the Tripitaka."

"In addition to writing scriptures, there are still a lot of blank paper hidden in the temple. The center of each paper will be stamped with a small seal of 'Jinsushan scripture paper'."

"This kind of paper belongs to the continuation of the hard paper of the Tang Dynasty. It is yellow or light yellow. The surface is waxed and polished, so the curtain pattern is not obvious and the surface is smooth."

"Each sheet is finely made and relatively thick, so it can be layered and opened into three or four sheets."

"In the Ming Dynasty, after these papers flowed out of the temple, they were valued by the world, and they competed to buy them. They were often used as calligraphy and painting starters."

"After Zhang Yanchang in the Ming Dynasty published "Jinsushan Paper", the reputation of Jinsushan paper was greatly improved, and it was tributed to the inner government."

"And the biggest private collector in the Ming Dynasty was the famous calligrapher and painter Dong Qichang."

"He is very proud of his collection. Many calligraphy and painting works have deliberately kept the seal of that small seal, showing off his heart on the paper."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help laughing: "It's hard for great calligraphers and painters to avoid vulgarity. I'm afraid that laymen won't know what they are..."

"The funniest one was in the Qing Dynasty." The fourth aunt said with a smile: "When Emperor Qianlong went to Jiangnan, he deliberately searched and collected a lot of gold millet paper from folk collections. In order to save money, he uncovered them and used them. Now in the Forbidden City They all contain the "Heart Sutra" written by Emperor Qianlong on the dismantled golden millet paper."

"Hahaha..." Zhou Zhi couldn't stop laughing: "The emperor can't use it freely, it's really expensive..."

"The funniest thing is not here." The fourth aunt said with a smile: "Qianlong liked this kind of paper very much, so he ordered it to be imitated."

"Because the Jinsushan paper used cork juice as an anti-moth method at that time, and cork is very water-soluble. When the paper was stored in Jinsu Temple, the cork was dissolved due to rain leakage, and it formed on the paper. Natural water spots."

"Such water spots are very beautiful, so when Qianlong celebrities imitated them, they deliberately confessed that they should also imitate them." The fourth aunt said with a smile: "The imitation effect is very good, and Qianlong is also very proud, so I also imitated Jinsu Temple to engrave a seal, covering it in the middle of the imitation Jinsu Temple paper, but there are three characters more, and the printed text is - Qianlong imitated Jinsu Mountain scripture paper."

Zhou Zhi couldn't be happier: "Emperor Qianlong is indeed a stamp-stamping madman, but this seal is too beautiful hahahaha..."

"Maybe it's because of the joy of the successful imitation of this kind of paper. Qianlong's seal is not like the emperor's mentality, but it is the same as Dong Qichang's deeds. It is almost a literati showing off." The fourth aunt laughed.
"It's not all successful." The fourth cousin clicked on the cover of the Dragon Canon: "The ones that are not stamped are regarded as imitation of the Faxi Temple scripture paper, and the Jinsu Temple is the first class. This is it."

"So the Empress Dowager West can't be said to be stingy, can she?" said the fourth aunt, "At any rate, she also rewarded the precious Qianlong Dynasty paper as the cover of the "Dragon Canon" of Fawang Temple."

"Half a piece of red gauze and one zhang of silk," said Uncle Si Biao and Zhou Zhi, who had a deep understanding of the shamelessness of the rulers, thought of this poem at the same time and recited it: "Tie it to the head of the bull and fill it with charcoal."

"This is more likely." Zhou Zhi also added: "In troubled times, even collections are not worth much, let alone these stock papers? Therefore, the possibility of using them as rewards to prevaricate monks is far better than giving them solemnly knowing their value. More likely."

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