The Cold President's Best Master

Li Wenshan proudly looked at the seal he had sealed. At this moment, his appearance was no different from that of Emperor Qianlong who sealed his seal on countless national treasures, nor from that of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin who buried the Orchid Pavilion preface.

Maybe this is human nature. Most people share human nature. They want to take rare and good things as their own.

Li Wenshan then turned to Lu Chong and said, "Xiao Lu, you write the signature. By the way, do you have a seal? No, I happen to have some good chicken blood stone and Tian Huangshi in hand. If you want to make a seal, I'm free to choose. I don't want you for a penny!"

Lu Chong thought it was just a few stones. He promised it was not worth any money.

But at this time, he suddenly found that other people's faces had changed.

Especially Gong Qifeng, when he heard Li Wenshan say he would give chicken blood stone and Tian Huangshi, the anger on his face completely disappeared. It was as if Li Wenshan made seals for Lu Chong's stones, so he was not qualified to compete.

There were many people at the scene who were deeply envious of Lu Chong.

Lu Chong remembered that it seemed that these two kinds of stones were not gemstones, but they were better than gemstones.

China has always been famous for producing famous stones. It has many kinds, abundant storage, excellent quality and strange shape, which can be called the most in the world. Among these many famous stones, the most precious ones are the "double stones" - Changhua chicken blood stone and Shoushan Tianhuang stone.

Deep in Tianmu Mountain, there is a place famous for its rich seal stone, called Changhua. The seal stone produced by Changhua is called Changhua fossil. Changhua stone is delicate, compact in structure, strong in toughness, does not crack by knife and is easy to carve. It is a good stone for making seals and other handicrafts. The best variety is chicken blood stone.

Changhua chicken blood stone is mainly composed of kaolinite, dickite, pearl clay and a small amount of quartz, cinnabar and other minerals. The chemical composition of cinnabar is mercury sulfide, which is red. It is like a condensed chicken blood block attached to the stone, which is bright red and dripping. Chicken blood stone is named because it has small reserves and is difficult to mine. Sometimes it is difficult to select a decent chicken blood stone from tens of thousands of tons of ore, Therefore, the best chicken blood stone is regarded as the treasure of the treasure.

As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chicken blood stone was always sent to the palace as a tribute. In the 49th year of Qianlong, the abbot of a temple in Tianmu Mountain presented an 8 cm square high-quality chicken blood stone to the Emperor Qianlong. When Qianlong ordered the imperial craftsman to engrave the word "treasure of Qianlong" on the stone, and specially marked it as "Changhua chicken blood stone". This seal is now placed in the treasure house of the Forbidden City.

Tian Huangshi is produced in Shoushan Township in the northern suburb of Fuzhou, also known as Shoushan stone. Although it is not jade, it is as beautiful as jade.

Tianhuang stone is delicate, moist and clean. Granular and flocculent fine lines, commonly known as radish pattern, are faintly visible in the stone. The whole body of Tianhuang stone is like curd, showing waxy yellow luster and dazzling. It has orange peel yellow, loquat yellow, chicken oil yellow, ripe Millet Yellow, etc. some are yellow outside and white inside, which is called "gold wrapped in silver", some are white outside and yellow inside, which is called "silver wrapped in gold". The most precious is Tianhuang jelly, The whole body is transparent or almost transparent, like jelly, and its color is like fresh egg yolk, which is unforgettable.

Since ancient times, happiness, longevity and wealth have always been people's good wishes. Tian is the most important family property of the people. Tian Huangshi in Shoushan, Fuzhou just contains the meaning of "blessing", "longevity" and "Tian", which is why people are happy to have Tian Huangshi.

Because Tian Huangshi is very rare, the top grade is especially rare. As early as the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that "one or two Tian Huangshi and one or two gold" and "gold is easy to get Tian Huangshi and difficult to get". When Emperor Qianlong was supreme emperor, he specially carved a set of Tian Huangshi seals. This set of seals has three pieces, which are connected by three Tian Huangshi chains. The carving is exquisite and exquisite, which can be called priceless treasure, When the Manchu and Qing Dynasties fell, the last emperor Puyi fled, and the other precious jade seals did not move. It was only with Tian Huangshi's seal that we could see its importance. In the 1950s, Puyi handed over this set of seals to the state treasury and put them in the treasure Museum of the forbidden city.

Tianhuangshi is scarce. In addition, after mining for hundreds of years, there has long been no newly mined tianhuangshi in the market. Now the most common tianhuangshi is more than 300 yuan per gram, which is more expensive than gold. It is normal for the thumb sized tianhuangshi to sell for one million.

Qin Yumeng asked Li Wenshan, "Grandpa, are there any chicken blood stones and Tian Huangshi in your collection less than one million? I heard that the best Tian Huangshi jelly in your Tian Huangshi was offered 20 million. You didn't sell it. Are you really willing to give it to Lu Chong?"

Li Wenshan said with a smile: "No matter how good things are, they are always for people. If you don't carve them there, is it a broken stone? The reason why I don't sell the stone to that man is because he is smelly of copper and doesn't deserve our ancestral Tian Huang jelly. It would be different if Xiao Lu used it to carve seals. It's really the so-called sword to a hero. I can give Tian Huang jelly to Xiao Lu Genius, spread to future generations, is also a good story! "

Lu Chong knew that Li Wenshan's willingness to give himself such a valuable thing not only contributed to the word, but also to his painstaking efforts to find the green dragon jade carving in Japan.

However, he said politely, "thank you, Mr. Li. However, I don't know much about seals. If I have a chance in the future, I must consult you."

Li Wenshan smiled: "Well, I'll leave you those chicken blood stones and Tian Huangshi, especially the Tian Huangshi jelly. Come to me whenever you want to engrave. I tell you, that Tian Huangshi jelly is a treasure handed down by our ancestors for four generations. Now we can't find a better Tian Huangshi in the market. If it was put in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, if our family handed over Tian Huangshi jelly, hey hey , maybe Qianlong old man will give us an official, not just 500 yuan and a banner. Of course, if Qianlong old man knows and my family doesn't hand it in, he will copy our home and cut off our heads. "

Lu Chong said with a smile, "thank you, Mr. Li. By the way, Mr. Li, I heard you are the best mounting master. I have a copy of the Book Saint" funeral Sutra ", which has not been mounted. Please help me mount it."

Lu Chong knew how sensational the calligrapher's authentic work would be, so he didn't say it was genuine, he just said it was a copy.

A complete painting and calligraphy work cannot be separated from mounting in order to make it more beautiful and convenient for preservation, circulation and collection. After all, most Chinese paintings and calligraphy are created on rice paper and silk objects that are easy to crumple.

If you don't frame the "mourning post" and put it casually, it will soon be destroyed. Li Wenshan is the best mounting master in China. Lu Chong is going to ask him to help mount it.