Jianbao life

Chapter 960 Moon Shadow Lantern?
I saw that under the illumination of the candlelight, the four sides of the lampshade showed the figures of four women dressed in palace costumes. They seemed to be standing or lying down in different postures.However, this scene did not make everyone feel strange, because if there were paper-cuts of palace ladies pasted inside, such a picture could also appear.

But when we moved the lanterns just now, everyone didn’t see any paper-cuts inside, so what’s going on?
Just when Wu Ke and the others felt strange, a shocking scene appeared in front of everyone. As the revolving lantern started to rotate due to the heat, the maids in the palace also began to dance lightly.

The maid in the east, I saw her buried her head under the long water sleeves. When the revolving lantern began to rotate inside, she seemed to hear music, and the water sleeves were thrown away suddenly, as if to show her alluring face in front of everyone. In front of her eyes, she stepped back a few steps in small steps, and spun in a circle quickly. The water sleeves danced with her, and slowly flew up while spinning, freezing in the air, like a fairy or an illusion, fascinating everyone.

The palace maids in the south, when they danced, they were as nimble as a flying sky holding a pipa, as graceful as the illusory mist, as elegant as a fairy growing lotus step by step, singing and dancing gracefully, it is really dancing to clarify the shadows, it seems like it is in the world!
The beautiful dancing posture of the western court ladies is as graceful as the gossamer in the sky, as gentle as the willows in the spring breeze, which makes people mesmerized.

As for the maid in the north, she danced like a beautiful butterfly, twisting like a graceful wicker, the beauty is intoxicating.

At this moment, Chu Chen and the others were in the illusion in front of them, as if there were really four court ladies showing their graceful dancing postures in front of everyone. I didn't know what language to use to describe this feeling.It can only be said that all of this is really amazing.

"What kind of lamp is this? How could it be so miraculous." Wu Ke murmured with surprise and fascination on his face.

"It's really amazing!" Chu Chen also nodded without hesitation, expressing his agreement: "As for the name of this lamp, I have already guessed it, it should be the legendary Moon Shadow Lantern."

Wu Kewen was surprised: "Is it the moon shadow lamp invented by Emperor Sui Yang?"

Legend has it that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Tuyuhun himself. Since he was thousands of miles away from the capital at that time, he was inevitably lonely and melancholy, so he looked up at the sky alone, looking up at the moon and thinking about the capital. At this time, there was a maid beside him, dancing there.

Seeing this, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was moved, so he ordered his courtiers to make two moon shadow lamps, and asked that when the candle lamps were lit, there must be shadows of court ladies dancing on the walls of the tent.Finally, the craftsmen invented the moon shadow lamp after research.

Of course, these are just legends. Now this technology has long been lost, and there are no treasures handed down. No one knows what the moon shadow lamp looks like.

In fact, without Chu Chen saying it, Wu Ke also guessed that this should be the legendary Moon Shadow Lantern based on the scene in front of him.

She said with amazement: "I didn't expect there to be a moon shadow lamp, and I think it is even more magical than the legendary moon shadow lamp. Eh, that's not right..."

At this time, Wu Ke thought of a question, and said a little strangely: "Didn't you say that the moon shadow lamp has a special patch on the lampshade. Under certain circumstances, when the lamp is turned on, the wonder of the moon shadow will appear. But this lamp Moon Shadow Lantern is obviously not like this!"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's not surprising. After all, we have never seen the actual Moon Shadow before. No one can give a definite answer whether it is because of the magical effect of the patch. Moreover, our The Moon Shadow Lantern may have been made by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty based on their own experience!"

Wu Ke nodded, indicating that there was indeed such a possibility, and then she looked at the maid on the lampshade who was repeating the previous dance moves over and over again, and said in amazement: "I don't know how the heads of the ancients grew. Under such conditions, it is really amazing to be able to make such a miraculous thing! By the way, Ah Chen, do you know how it is done?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "I really don't know the specific reason. I guess it's probably because the layers of paper that look a bit transparent are combined to form a special refraction environment, so that when the candlelight shines on it, after The refraction of the lines on the paper formed the phenomenon we see."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke was even more surprised: "No way, what paper do you think all this is because of?"

"You can see for yourself." Chu Chen smiled slightly, and then brought a stool for Wu Ke to stand on, and look at the situation inside the lamp by himself.

"It's true!" After reading it, Wu Ke said in amazement: "This is too strange, except that those few sheets of paper seem a little transparent, there is nothing special about them, how can such a magical phenomenon be formed? ?”

Chu Chen shrugged his shoulders: "It is estimated that this will only allow researchers to know what the reason is after doing research."

Wu Ke heard this, and said like a baby: "Research or something, I think we should wait until we have seen enough. Otherwise, if someone breaks something during research, there will be no chance to read it."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "They are not horses, how could they break things so easily. But don't worry, as long as you think it's not the time, I will definitely not take things for research."

Hearing this, Wu Ke smiled and looked at Chu Chen with tenderness in his eyes.

At this time, Zuo Shan interjected: "When I moved the lantern just now, I also saw those papers. Can such thin paper be made with ancient technology?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "If you say that with ancient technology, it is really incredible to make such paper, but if you say it must not be possible, then it is not necessarily true. For example, the paper invented in the early days, such as wadding paper , Baqiao paper, Juyan paper, Robnur paper, Hantanpo paper, Caihou paper, etc., these papers, you have probably never heard of them, and these are still recorded, and those that are not recorded are even more I don't know how many."

The culture of paper in my country has a long history, and there are many famous papers in the past dynasties. Due to the long history and limited production at that time, coupled with the technical blockade, many papers have not been handed down from generation to generation, including some special papers.For example, the famous Chengxintang paper.

Since the development of the paper industry in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, great breakthroughs and developments have been made in papermaking raw materials and production technologies, and many fine products have emerged, which have become works of art that can be admired and treasured.

Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, the "Xuande Gongjian" produced at that time was relatively exquisite in production skills.There are many varieties of this kind of processed paper, such as five-color powder paper, golden flower five-color paper, five-color curtain paper, magnetic blue paper and so on.

The Ming Dynasty also imitated the "Xue Taojian" of the Tang Dynasty and the "Jinsushan Jingjian" of the Song Dynasty.This kind of imitation paper adds mica powder, and the paper surface reveals bright and dazzling particles, which is an innovation of the Ming Dynasty.In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a kind of sprinkled gold paper, which was also famous for a while.

Chu Chen continued: "In addition, since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there has been a new kind of processed paper called calendered paper. The paper material is high-grade and tougher leather paper, which can be thick or thin. The patterns are mostly landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects, etc. There are dragons and phoenixes, cloud patterns or water patterns, and there are also characters and stories or words. This paper can show a beautiful dark pattern picture when viewed through light."

Hearing this, Wu Ke let out a light snort: "Hey! This kind of calendered paper and the special paper inside seem to have a bit of an edge."

"Yes." Chu Chen nodded and said: "So, the wisdom of the ancients is beyond our imagination. In addition, our country has thousands of years of papermaking experience and technology accumulation, and can develop some magical effects. , Special paper that makes people feel incredible is also possible.”

"Yes." Everyone agreed with Chu Chen's statement.

"Achen, how much is this moon shadow lamp worth?" Wu Ke asked a question that she was most concerned about now.

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "It's really hard to say, it's priceless in my heart."

Wu Ke said: "There will still be times when you can't estimate the price."

"It's normal for such a unique thing to not be able to estimate the price."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "The value of antiques is to pay attention to the rarest and the most expensive. In addition, there is also a matter of personal preference. For example, the market price of a gold-standard half-dollar silver coin is about 70. From an investment point of view, I will buy it, but if it is based on my personal preference, I will not buy even a penny more than 70."

"Of course, this is an exaggeration, but that's the truth, because I don't have a hobby of collecting silver coins, so the psychological price is very low, and as long as it is a little higher, I will not buy it. But if it is something I like For example, for this Moon Shadow Lantern, the psychological price is set high, and there is still flexibility, if there is competition from others, the result may not be certain.”

Because of this, it is still difficult to estimate the value of an antique, because you have no idea how much the owner loves the object.If the estimate is a little higher than the purchase price, it’s okay to say, if it is lower, the owner will feel uncomfortable, and if the owner is narrow-minded, he may even show you face.

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Wu Ke didn't insist on the valuation anymore, and she said with a smile: "Anyway, it must be more than 60."

"That's for sure." Chu Chen also said with a smile: "At least ten times the increase, there should be many people flocking to it."

60 items can be doubled ten times in just one turn of the hand, which is not surprising, but the few people present have been numb because of Chu Chen’s magical performance in the past, and the moon shadow lamp also has such a magical effect, let alone 600 million As far as Chu Chen said tens of millions, they would not be surprised.

Wu Ke smiled and said: "It's mainly because of your luck. If Lu Shuanniu's family thought of trying it before, it might not be your turn."

(End of this chapter)