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Chapter 582

"You are out of breath, you should say this sentence right away." Yu Yao smiled, "If that's the case, I'll go, so I won't cause trouble for you, right?"

"No, there won't be a formation at the entrance. It's just a mechanism. I think it should be a test of the mind. It's just that I was injured at the time, so I definitely couldn't break it easily, so I hurried back."

"What is it like?"

"Among the wild grass, there is a stone tablet. In front of the stone tablet is a square bluestone. The bluestone is full of cracks, and it doesn't look shallow, because weeds have also grown in the soil."

"Stone monument?"

"Yes, it's not high, with a round head and a square bottom." Xiao Ying got up, picked up the notes and pencils placed on the hotel table, "It's not too late, I'll draw for you first."

After Xiao Ying drew it, he wrote eight characters on the tombstone, a total of two lines, from right to left, four characters per line:
Don't cherish Xiangshang, Puming Guangde.

"Is this carved on the tombstone?" Yu Yao asked.This is a bit strange, because the general inscriptions are written vertically, but this one is written horizontally.

And these eight characters, understood literally, roughly mean: there is no thought of who is superior to anyone, but to spread and carry forward the light and virtue.

"Yes, that's the order." Xiao Ying said, and drew eight small circles on the base of the tombstone, which are also two lines. Round, it looks like it can be pressed down."

"I understand. These eight protrusions correspond to eight characters. Only when you press them correctly can you unlock the mechanism."

"You mean pressing them in order?"

"Not necessarily. It may be that you have to press all eight, or you may choose one of eight, or two of eight... There are all kinds of possibilities, and we have to read it." Yu Yao pondered, "These eight words, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as the literal meaning.”

"Okay, let's rest first and recharge our batteries."

Afterwards, Xiao Ying left Yu Yao's room, and the two rested separately.

The next day, Yu Yao didn't bother Xiao Ying, and walked around Jingliang County by himself, during which time he accidentally discovered a small antique market.

This Wenwan Market is located in a yard beside a small street. The yard looked like it should have been a small factory at first, but now it is full of stalls, and several factory buildings are locked. It is said that they were rented out as warehouses.

Yu Yao wandered in and walked around, most of them were ordinary gadgets.However, while Yu Yao was walking, he still found a blue and white jade pot and spring vase with fish and algae patterns painted on it.

The hair color of this blue and white hair is not bad, it feels a little blue, but the glaze color is bluish yellow, which makes the blue and white hair color a bit boring.At the same time, the tire quality is loose, which can also be seen from the bottom of the tire. It is not solid and has a sandy bottom.

Yu Yao squatted in front of the stall, held it in his hand, and casually asked about the price. The stall owner was an old man who lost a front tooth when he opened his mouth, "This is Yuan Qinghua!"

At this time, there were two onlookers, a man and a woman, who looked like a couple in their 40s. When the old man said "Yuan Qinghua", the two couldn't help but look at each other and laughed. , the woman couldn't help muttering, "So Yuan Qinghua is so easy to touch!"

Yu Yao would not pay attention to them, and said to the old man, "I asked you the price, but I didn't ask you anything."

The old man was taken aback, "Hey? Young man, if you really know what you're doing, I've said that you should probably have a count. Think about it first."

The old man speaks with a strong local accent, but he can basically understand it.

"I have a count, please quote." Yu Yao said again.

At this time, the couple were purely spectators, whispering to each other while watching, with a little curiosity on their faces, but more of a joke.

"40." The old man held out four fingers.

"It's too high." Yu Yao immediately put down the jade pot and spring bottle and got up, "This bottle is not worth this amount."

The stall owner frowned, probably because he heard that Yu Yao was an outsider, and said directly, "I don't think you can understand?"

"The high-quality blue and white flowers from Yuxi Kiln in the Yuan Dynasty are worth the amount you mentioned. This one is not a high-quality product."

At this moment, the expressions of the couple watching suddenly changed, and the man couldn't help blurting out, "So that's how it is!"

Yuan blue and white has a broad concept and a narrow concept.Most people only recognize the concept in a narrow sense, which is the most positive blue and white flowers burned out of Sumali blue and cobalt materials.

But in the broad sense of Yuan blue and white, the scope is very large.

Among them, there is a variety that has not been introduced before, which is "Yunqinghua", which is mainly produced in Yuxi folk kilns.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the blue and white porcelain made of Sumaliqing as cobalt was born, which became a symbolic pinnacle in the history of porcelain.But at the same time, in some places in Yunnan, a kind of blue and white mineral material has also been mined. The color is very good, and some are even close to Sumaliqing. device.

However, the level of local mining and material selection is limited, and the level of processing of mineral materials in folk kilns is also limited. In addition, the texture of the tire is rough, and the glaze technology is relatively backward. If the glaze color is not white enough, it will also affect the blue and white hair color.

This is the "cloud blue and white" at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.Because of various level issues, as Yu Yao said, the price has not been able to go up.

The "Yunqinghua" at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was considered a regional product, and its circulation was not strong at that time, and there were not many relevant historical materials; until a tomb was unearthed in Yunnan in the 70s, a typical blue and white vessel was found. It was only gradually recognized thereafter.

Later, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Sumali green material was out of stock, and the hair color of other domestic materials used by the imperial kiln factory could not match it, and new mineral materials were also being searched for.At this time, a new mine was discovered in Chuxiong, Yunnan, and the new ore mined was actually very close to the ore used in the Yuxi Kiln in the Yuan Dynasty.

After selecting some new mineral materials for trial firing, the kiln workers of the Royal Kiln Factory found that the green material had a good color; from then on, they began to accept this new mineral material and transport it to the Royal Kiln Factory.

This new ore blue and white material is commemoratively called "Zhu Ming material".

After the Manchu Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty, "Zhu Ming material" was changed to "Zhu Ming material".

Previously, due to the lack of professional and technical personnel in the local area, limited mining and beneficiation technology, and the use of this new mineral material by the Royal Kiln Factory was not very clever, no amazing products have been released.

Until the Kangxi period, after the third round of pacification, the Royal Kiln Factory sent special personnel to Yunnan to supervise the mine, and at the same time optimized the purification and treatment process, repeated research, and finally burned the only "Cuimao" that can compete with Su Maliqing. blue"!
Emerald hair blue, the pearl material, is the most advanced and typical representative of Kangxi blue and white porcelain hair color, and is widely respected in the industry.And its predecessor, or origin, is the "cloud blue and white" of Yuxi Kiln.

After Yu Yao finished speaking, the old stall owner looked up at him, "Since you said it was too high, let's return the price."

(End of this chapter)