Walking into the Baiyun Forest Park in Lishui City, the fresh air came face to face, with a little fragrance of flowers and plants. At the entrance of the park, several antique buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties stand among the green trees in the mountains. This is Lishui Sanbao Exhibition Hall, where Longquan celadon, sword and Qingtian stone carving will be exhibited.
Longquan sword, Longquan celadon and Qingtian stone carving all have a very long history. The firing history of Longquan celadon can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty, while the production history of Longquan sword is over 2000 years, and the production history of Qingtian stone carving is over 1700 years. However, these cultural treasures were once neglected and endangered.
After liberation, Longquan sword, Longquan celadon and Qingtian stone carving were developed one after another, which became synonymous with "Lishui three treasures" and Lishui culture. Lishui Sambo is often regarded as a national gift and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. For example, in 1972, when President Nixon visited China, he presented 500 stone carvings of Qingtian in China as a national gift. Qingtian stone carving is not the first time to enjoy such glory. From Indonesian President Su Jianuo, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka to North Korean president Kim Il Sung, Qingtian stone carving has always been regarded as the representative of China art and the messenger of people's friendship.
In recent years, Lishui Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have vigorously supported Lishui's three treasures industry and actively recommended "Lishui's three treasures". At Yiwu Cultural Products Expo, Lishui Sambo is in line with the world cultural industry; At the Lishui Cultural Boutique Exhibition held in Hangzhou, Lishui Sambo amazed the whole of Hang Cheng; With the help of Shanghai World Expo, Lishui Sambo made the traditional "Lishui Sambo" appear in the "window of the world" and spread to the whole world. As a national intangible cultural heritage and a traditional craft with China cultural spirit, Lishui Sambo will be preserved and passed down forever.
On February 27th, 2007, the ancient sunken ship No.65438 "Nanhai No.1" was salvaged. On this ancient ship that has been sleeping for more than 800 years, there are a lot of celadon from Longquan ancient kiln.
The history of firing celadon in Longquan can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty. By the Northern Song Dynasty, Longquan celadon production had begun to take shape. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it entered its heyday, forming the famous Longquan kiln system in China, which was the largest porcelain industry center in the country in the Song Dynasty.
Longquan celadon can be divided into Ge Kiln and Ge Kiln. Ge kiln is characterized by thick glaze with black tires, and the glaze of porcelain is full of cracks, showing the characteristics of porcelain mouth with gold wire and iron columns. The kiln is characterized by white tires, thick glaze and smooth porcelain appearance.
Longquan celadon not only touched China, but also shocked the world. In foreign countries, its beautiful name is "Shiraz Tube". Since the Song Dynasty, Longquan celadon has been exported to Asia, Africa and Europe through the maritime ceramic road. This is a museum in Paris, which is famous for its collection of China porcelain. In this museum, we can see that it has a collection of more than 12000 pieces of China porcelain, covering almost the whole system of China porcelain history. Many of these collections are Longquan celadon. In today's major museums in the world, Longquan celadon can be found almost everywhere where porcelain is collected.
When Xu Chaoxing 13 years old, he wanted to be an apprentice in a small local porcelain factory, but his master turned him down because he was too young. At that time, Xu Chaoxing insisted on staying and helping. The factory saw that he was studious and agreed to let him stay and have a try. Two years later, Xu Chaoxing became the youngest apprentice in the group to restore antique Longquan celadon. He 15 years old that year. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Longquan Kiln fired Yingfen celadon and Plum celadon, which marked the peak of Longquan celadon development. However, after its process lasted for decades, the glaze formula mysteriously disappeared. As a Ge kiln handed down from ancient times, this official kiln site has not been discovered so far, and it has become an eternal mystery.
Xu Chaoxing's legendary life began in that year. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, Li Huaide, a disciple of Longquan celadon with superb skills. Because of his hard work, he was promoted as the director of Longquan Celadon Research Institute in 1980. His works not only entered Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, but also sold at high prices in the market.
Innovation makes Longquan celadon art more energetic today. In the exhibition hall of the works of Weisyun Lo, a young generation of Longquan celadon artist, we can not only see the author's inheritance of tradition, but also appreciate the innovative celadon works with more contemporary flavor.
After five years' efforts, Xiaochun Ye of Longquan and his brother finally reappeared the ice crack of Geyao celadon, which had been lost for nearly a thousand years, in 200 1 year, and obtained the national invention patent.
What is being assembled here is a new type of relief porcelain painting, which combines Longquan celadon with poetry, calligraphy, painting and carving art, and is a newly developed decoration. Longquan celadon is entering a new period of development, and the local government has formulated a plan called "Revitalizing Longquan celadon". 1956, archaeologists discovered two Wang Yuejian swords of Ou Yezi, an ancient sword casting master, in Longquan. Although they have been buried underground for more than 2000 years, they are still dazzling, extremely sharp and have no corrosion.
The traditional casting method of Longquan sword is all done by hand. From raw materials to finished products, it has to go through 28 main processes, such as forging, shoveling, filing, engraving, quenching and grinding. Among them, forging is a basic skill that a swordsman must be familiar with, and there is a saying that "it takes three years to knock the iron". At this stage, the blacksmith and the swordsman belong to the same family. For example, this process is sword grinding, and it often takes a long time from rough grinding to fine grinding.
Longquan sword is famous for its four characteristics: sharp blade, cold light, combination of rigidity and softness, and exquisite decoration. People often say that drawn swords will hurt people, which is obviously an exaggeration. However, the cold light drawn by Huo Ran from Longquan scabbard is chilling. Only on a whetstone called "Bright Stone" can the sword be ground into cold light. It is this magical cold light that can attract people's attention.
The material selection of Longquan sword is very particular, and there is a saying that "three catties of pig iron and half a catty of steel", the forging temperature should be properly controlled, the composition should be uniform, and the pattern should be fresh; The way of quenching is also unique, and polishing is more particular. In order to make the sword achieve the effect of both rigidity and softness, the sword maker often has to fold and compound the iron block constantly. Only in this way can the sword produce a unique "different light pattern" Therefore, it has become a gift of the national nobility.
The 23-year-old foreign boy is from Norway. He likes China Wushu since he was a child. Because he is proficient in Hongquan, he gave himself a Chinese name called Hong Fei. After seven years of martial arts experience, Hong Fei became fascinated with China martial arts and Longquan sword. "Going to China to learn how to forge Longquan sword" has become Hong Fei's biggest life dream. Through Internet search, he learned about Zhou Zhengwu, the master of sword casting. In June, 2004, Hong Fei came to Longquan for the first time and met Zhou Zhengwu, whom he had long admired. He wants to learn from Zhou Zhengwu.
Since ancient times, people not only love swords, hide the sword, dancing swords, but also like to talk about swords.
This sword can be used by both literati and samurai. Or a unisex weapon.
It's hard to imagine an emperor standing on his throne with a stick, a scholar with a Bluetooth stick and a blue dragon mandarin duck knife, and a woman carrying a spear.
Sword is such a magical weapon. In fact, it is not a weapon at all, but a symbol of China culture.
Today, Longquan has many sword shops, hundreds of sword casting enterprises and thousands of employees. Longquan has become a veritable sword capital. In highlighting the integration of traditional culture and modern industry, Longquan sword is deeply favored by people and attracts the attention of film and television circles. Following the legendary swordsman, Legend of the Condor Heroes, Eight Dragons and Legend of the Condor Heroes, Zhang Jizhong, a famous producer, released Jin Yong's masterpiece, The Dragon Slayer with Eternal Reliance. For the first time in the play, the "real guy" was used on props, that is, four tailored Longquan swords.
This is a beautiful and magical Xiushan Lishui. This is a beautiful and dreamy green valley. It is engraved with anecdotes of famous scholars for more than 4000 years. It recorded the ups and downs of 230,000 overseas travelers. It embodies the wisdom of Lishui people and embodies the spirit of Oujiang landscape. As a national intangible cultural heritage and a traditional craft with China cultural spirit, Lishui Sambo will be preserved and passed down forever.
In A.D. 1972, American President Nixon visited China. There is another little-known detail in this visit that changed the world pattern and left a deep impression on China people. 500 Qingtian stone figurines from China were presented to the guests as national gifts. Guests on the other side of the ocean are no strangers to Qingtian stone carving. Three hundred years ago, a group of people from ancient eastern countries used these wonderful stones to knock on the door of Europe and America. Qingtian stone carving is not the first time to enjoy such glory. From Indonesian President Su Jianuo, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka to North Korean president Kim Il Sung, Qingtian stone carving has always been regarded as the representative of China art and the messenger of people's friendship.
In the mining history of Qingtian stone for more than 1500 years, Qingtian people regarded this Fengmen Mountain as a sacred mountain in their hearts. The most precious stones in Qingtian are produced here, such as Fengmenqing, Dengguangdong, Bluestar and Golden Kiln. The perfect combination of the beauty of materials and the beauty of appearance has ignited the desire of literati to create collections and dumped countless stone fans and stone idiots at home and abroad. It was the ancient literati who first discovered the uniqueness of Qingtian stone and made it stand out. The first person who printed Qingtian stone was Wen Peng, the originator of seal cutting mountain in Ming Dynasty, which declared the end of the bronze seal era for more than 20 centuries.
In the Qing dynasty, Qingtian stone stood out from many famous stones and was widely loved inside and outside the court and in the political affairs. 1790, which coincides with the 80th birthday of Qianlong. At that time, the Governor of Zhejiang took a fancy to it, and made 60 seals of various forms of treasure books with excellent Qingtian lamp light frozen stone as birthday gifts for Qianlong. After reading it, the dragon was very happy. The seal of this set of books is still treasured in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
With its excellent quality, Qingtian Stone in modern times gradually established an international printing agency with Hangzhou as the center-Xiling Printing Agency. Qingtian Stone ascended the elegant hall with great momentum and blended into the profound oriental culture.
For many celebrities, Qingtian Stone can not only find pen and ink interest, but also express his wishes in kind. With the changes of the times and the ebb and flow of the years, they became two of a kind's confidants and confidants, the spirit of nature.
In Master Ni Dongfang's study, there is such a world-famous stone. It looks like an elegant woman taking a nap with gauze, giving people a wonderful impression and association. In fact, it is a rough stone, and Master Ni just polished it to remove traces.
Master Ni, a late bloomer, was born in a stone carving family. He began to create stone carvings at the age of 30, and only at the age of 50 did he really enter the art hall. Over the past 50 years, he has left thousands of stone carvings. Today, the 80-year-old master is famous all over the world, but he still works tirelessly every day.
It is the unremitting exploration and brave practice of artists of all ages that Qingtian stone carving has gradually formed a subtle, simple and realistic style and characteristics.
Niu Kesi's works combine the four great carving techniques of China and become works of art that people are scrambling to collect.