Jin Yutong

Chapter 29 Jade Carving Master

Strictly speaking, there are only two antique cities in Zhongdu, namely Zhongyuan Antique City and Beihuan Antique City. Places like Treasure City, Treasure World, Collection Street, etc. are more like antique shopping malls, antique markets in the unofficial sense. .

Huaxia Yu was invited to visit the Antique City, so naturally he only visited the Central Plains Antique City and the Beihuan Antique City, and the Beihuan Antique City is obviously not the same as the Central Plains Antique City in terms of the size of the market, historical significance, or status in the country. up a notch.

The first thing Huaxiayu visited was the Central Plains Antique City. When she came to the Beihuan Antique City, it was almost eleven o'clock. After the Beihuan Antique City officials held a warm welcome ceremony for Huaxiayu, they followed Huaxiayu in The antique city visited family by family.

When he received the call from Ceramic Workshop, Chen Ran was looking up information about the Provincial Jade Carving Vocational Skills Newcomer Competition on the Internet. He had been reading in the morning, but after reading it for a long time, he finished reading all the books he bought and remembered the Jade Carving Competition I did a search online.

This competition is more formal than he imagined, and it is also more difficult. This competition is sponsored by the Human Resources Department and Social Security Department of Central Plains Province, organized by the Provincial Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association and the Provincial Jade Association, and by the Central Plains Provincial Bureau of Geology, Bureau of Cultural Relics, etc. Co-organized by the unit, the scale of the competition is large and the specifications are high. It is the first case in the provincial jade carving industry.

The judges of the competition are all heavyweight figures in the collection industry and the Jade Association, and there will be several masters of jade carving at the time, which can be described as unprecedented.

The competition is based on the technician requirements of the National Jade Carving Professional Standard "Handicraft Carver", and is divided into a literary test and a military test.

The literary test is to examine the theoretical knowledge level of the participating jade carvers and the identification level of various jade stones. This competition is divided into three stages: preliminary competition, selection competition and final competition. The preliminary competition and selection competition are held in prefecture-level cities. will be held in the province.

Contestants with excellent performance in this competition can be judged according to their performance level of their jade carving skills.

In the jade carving industry, jade carvers are also graded, which are divided into six levels in total, namely first-level jade carvers, second-level jade carvers, third-level jade carvers, fourth-level jade carvers, fifth-level jade carvers, and jade carving masters.

In fact, there is a jade carver in front of the first-level jade carver, also known as a trainee jade carver, who is just getting started, and can be regarded as a jade carver if he is so-so. People like Chen Ran can only be regarded as jade carvers. , not a jade carver.

Chen Ran's knife skills may have reached the level of a first-class jade carver, but he has not studied systematically in jade carving, and he is relatively weak in terms of experience and theoretical knowledge.

The first-level jade carving master is the kind of apprentice level, or just graduated from university and entered the jade carving industry.

Whether they are apprentices or university graduates, their starting point is higher than that of Chen Ran. Chen Ran is from a wild family background, and apprentices can gain a lot of experience and some tricks with their masters, while those who studied in universities Those who majored in jade carving or related majors, obviously, have rich theoretical knowledge, and these people can feel like a fish in water as soon as they get started.

When accepting apprentices in some jade carving workshops, college students who graduated from jade carving majors or related majors are often their preferred objects.

In the industry of jade carvers, most of the jade carvers belong to the first-level jade carvers.There is a watershed between the first-level jade carving master and the second-level jade carving master. If you step through this watershed, you will become a master. A first-class jade carver.

Of course, the first-level jade carver has been carving for a long time, and his experience has become richer, and he can gradually get mixed up, at least not starving himself. People with no background and no ability have the same qualifications in the officialdom. They can't starve to death, but they have nothing to look forward to.

A second-level jade carver means that he has already graduated, and he has a certain status in the jade carving industry and in society, and he will be respected by people.And if you become a third-level jade carver, you can stand alone, and even open a mountain to recruit apprentices. Many jade carving workshops have one or two third-level jade carvers.

Like the fourth-level jade carving masters, they are the characters of the older generation, who belong to Taishan in the jade carving industry, and generally only those big powers or jewelry companies that can rank in the top ten in China can have them. Their influence in the jade carving industry and society Needless to say about the status.

As for the fifth-level jade carvers, they are even rarer, and there are only a few in a country.

As for the remaining masters of jade carving, there are only three in total, and these three are all historical figures.

The first one of them was Bian He, that is, Bian He who presented He's Bi. There are many controversies about Bian He becoming one of the masters of jade carving, because of different opinions. Some people say that He's Bi is not Bian He. It was carved by another unknown person, but it was presented by Bian He, and some people say that it was carved by Bian He.In short, there are different opinions, so one of the jade carving masters is either Bian He or Anonymous.

The remaining two, one is Lu Zigang, a Suzhou jade carving master in the Ming Dynasty. Lu Zigang developed the "knife carving method" and "serial circle" production technology, and created various jade carving products with Yin and Yang reliefs. The engraving techniques are also diverged from these two engraving techniques.

The last one is Pan Bingheng, a modern jade carving master. His jade carvings are various in variety and exquisite in workmanship, and are often hailed as oriental treasures.

At present, there is no jade carving master born in China. Although there are many jade carving masters who are called jade carving masters, in fact, generally speaking, as long as they are fourth-level jade carving masters, outsiders will call them masters. This is just a title.

For this competition, Chen Ran is not too worried about his knife skills. What he is worried about is his relatively weak theoretical knowledge. Just like the college entrance examination, it is undoubtedly impossible to only rely on reading books without the guidance of teachers.

Regarding this point, the solution that Chen Ran thought of was to make up for it before the competition. He looked at the time of the preliminary round, which was on March 26rd, but today is already the 28th, and February is only [-]th. God, in this way, there are only five days.

Five days should be enough!

Chen Ran thought about it.

And at this time, the stall owner of the ceramic workshop called Chen Ran. The ceramic workshop is the ceramic stall outside Zhou Jianyun's Baoyu Pavilion. He makes a phone call.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ran immediately went out, heading towards the antique city.

Entering the antique city, Chen Ran was shocked by the surging crowd in the antique city. Although there are usually a lot of people on weekends, today there are more people than expected, and there are more stalls on the road than usual Several times, it's like holding a temple fair.

Thinking of the reason for this phenomenon, Chen Ran also had to feel the charm of Huaxia Jade. Fortunately, although there are many fans of Huaxia Jade, those who engage in collections are generally older, and relatively Be sensible, not as intense as a star's fan.

Although most of the people in the Antique City came for Huaxia Jade, they were actually just curious about Huaxia Jade. After meeting their curiosity once, they would do whatever they should do next. Almost all of them were in the antique city. Walk around the city and feel the cultural atmosphere inside.

"Little brother, wait a minute."

When Chen Ran entered the antique city, he went straight to Baoyu Pavilion, but when he was walking, his arm was suddenly grabbed by someone, and a deep voice came from his ear.

Looking back, Chen Ran realized that it was a young man who was about his age. He saw that the other party was mysterious, serious, and said in a low tone: "Little brother, do you want antiques? I have fresh ones here. Just unearthed!"

Hearing what he said, Chen Ran didn't understand that he had met a follower in the antique market. Anyone who has been to the antique market probably had such an experience. Walking, suddenly found one or two people behind him. A mysterious uninvited guest follows you, like a follower who can't be shaken off, and then at some point, this person will suddenly come forward to talk to you.

This kind of person is called a follower of Daoteng Antique in the antique industry. Before that, Chen Ran had never met him in the Antique City. He had only read about it in books, but he did not expect to meet him today.

"I want antiques, but I look like someone who can afford antiques. Why don't you give me one or two for fun?" Chen Ran stretched out his hand and gently held out the antiques before he opened his mouth. The hand holding his arm was pushed away.

If you let the other party talk about it, it will definitely be endless. If you are persuaded, you will not be far from being fooled.

"Hehe, antiques, there are good and bad, as long as they are willing, anyone can afford it!" The young man smiled cheerfully.

Chen Ran was noncommittal, turned around and left, and on the next road, he encountered two such followers in a row. It is true that with the arrival of Huaxia Jade, all the gods and bull-headed horse-faced people in the antique business also appeared one after another. up.

Soon Chen Ran came to the booth of the ceramic workshop.

On the other side, Yan Ruyu, who was wearing a small suit, also came to visit the pottery workshop surrounded by the crowd like stars holding the moon.

"Young man, you came very fast!"

The stall owner of the pottery workshop was obviously much more enthusiastic than the last time when she saw Chen Ran this time. As soon as the goods arrived at her house, she called Chen Ran, and Chen Ran ran over, which showed that Chen Ran really wanted to To buy something, at this time, although she was busy bargaining with others, when she saw Chen Ran coming over, she still warmly greeted Chen Ran.

Nodding, Chen Ran didn't say much to her, and looked in one direction first.

With just one glance, he saw the plum vase in his dream, which was a plum vase with blue-green glaze and string pattern from an official kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Huaxia porcelain was in its heyday in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the famous five famous kilns appeared.

The official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty was founded when Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty was born. According to legend, because Huizong of the Song Dynasty was dissatisfied with the flaws and shortcomings of the tribute porcelain at that time, he introduced the production technology of Ru porcelain and Kaifeng East kiln. Liang, who is now Kaifeng in the Central Plains, personally designed and directed the firing and creation of porcelain. This is not only the first "state-owned" kiln invested and built by the imperial court in the history of ceramics in my country, but also the first type of porcelain monopolized by the emperor himself.

Under the superior conditions and creative environment of imperial power and national power, the official porcelain kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty, where masters and masters gathered, also have amazing achievements. , can be called the crown of the world.

It is a pity that due to the invasion of the Jin Dynasty and the subversion of the Northern Song Dynasty, the beautiful thing of the Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain also disappeared with the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.After this catastrophe, it can be said that there are only a handful of official porcelain works of the Northern Song Dynasty that can be handed down to future generations, and its artistic value and collection value can be imagined.

After seeing the plum vase, Chen Ran didn't rush to walk towards the plum vase immediately, but walked towards the plum vase step by step casually as if looking at the goods.

And just as Chen Ran bowed his head and was walking and observing, suddenly the sound of footsteps and chatter and laughter came into his ears!

Chen Ran looked up subconsciously, and saw a group of people walking towards the ceramics workshop as if the leader was inspecting, but walking in the middle was a woman, who had neatly combed hair and was dressed very formally. The small suit looks very elegant, and his gestures make people feel gentle and generous.

Just looking at it, Chen Ran was taken aback.

Although the woman was not wearing sunglasses, he still recognized that this woman was the girl who lived across from him, the girl who regarded him as a villain.

Especially when he saw the middle-aged woman following the woman, Chen Ran was even more sure!

It turned out that she was Hua Xiayu, no wonder!

Chen Ran suddenly thought, no wonder the other party wears a pair of sunglasses all the time... "Oh, Mr. Yan!" The stall owner, who had been staring at the group of people, saw Yan Ruyu walking towards him, He hurriedly greeted him happily: "Teacher Yan, you are here!"

"Yeah, Auntie, I'm interrupting your business. You are busy first, don't worry about me, I'll just take a look." Yan Ruyu has no celebrity airs at all, and greeted the stall owner with a very easy-going smile.

"Well, you are an expert, just take a look, my goods here are all new..." The stall owner didn't care about doing business anymore, and told Yan Ruyu to look casually, but he didn't leave at all. the meaning of.

Yan Ruyu smiled kindly, and looked towards the rows of porcelain placed on the ground of the ceramic workshop.

There were still quite a few people watching in front of the ceramic workshop booth, so she didn't notice Chen Ran's existence.

Behind Yan Ruyu, not only the middle-aged woman followed, but also many other people. These people included old people, middle-aged people, and young people. Among them, two old people stood side by side with Yan Ruyu. standing behind the three of them.

And behind one of the old men, to Chen Ran's surprise, it was Zhou Jianyun standing there.

Zhou Jianyun smiled and stood behind the old man, his eyes followed Yan Ruyu all the time, he didn't speak, and he didn't take a step forward, giving him the appearance of a very handsome and handsome young man... After taking a look, Chen Ran withdrew his gaze and walked towards Mei Ping again. However, at this moment, an unexpected thing happened!

However, Yan Ruyu also seemed to have noticed Mei Ping, and walked directly in front of Mei Ping.