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how did Wang Shixiang catch the black "general" to defeat the famous crickets?

cricket fighting is a folk opera that originated from the Tang Dynasty, especially in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, which became a popular entertainment project in Beijing. For example, Mr. Wang Shixiang, a famous scholar, is one of the best experts in cricket fighting in Beijing. However, besides fighting cricket, he also has a unique skill, so that he can always catch King Cricket in the wild. What is Wang Shixiang's unique skill, and how to catch the powerful "black general" Cricket?

As for Mr. Wang Shixiang, perhaps many readers have heard of him. This old gentleman, who is known as "the first collector in modern China", is not only an expert in the cultural circle in Beijing, but also a leading collector in China. In particular, Mr. Wang Shixiang's research on Chinese classical furniture is quite authoritative internationally. Although Mr Wang Shixiang has long since left us, his influence is everywhere. For example, in recent years, Ma Weidou, a famous collector, often mentioned in many programs that Wang Shixiang answered all his doubts. In addition, Wang Shixiang is an expert in the Palace Museum. Whenever people encounter any problems, the first thing they think of is Wang Shixiang.

Mr. Wang Shixiang was born in 1914. His grandfather was a senior minister of the Ministry of Industry in the late Qing Dynasty and his father was a high-ranking official, so he received the best education since childhood. In fact, Wang Shixiang was not a "bookworm" in his childhood, but a "dude" in people's eyes. Fighting cricket, for example, was one of his great hobbies. It is recorded in The Scenery of the Imperial Capital that "the custom of cricket fighting in Beijing is not only for children in hutongs, but also for officials, rich people and scholars in the upper class." Thus, fighting cricket can be described as "golf" at that time.

So in Beijing at that time, a large number of cricket experts who were active were by no means idle. For Wang Shixiang as a child, his pleasure is to play, and he can not only play, but also grasp. It seems simple to catch cricket, but it is by no means easy. First of all, there must be equipment, fans, bamboo sticks and wooden skewers are essential three-piece sets; Then, if we want to know where there is cricket, we have to understand its living habits, which are usually found in weeds, sorghum fields or soybean fields.

We all know that "startle the snake", so we must first "mow the grass" to catch the cricket, that is, first stir up the crops in the grass or fields with a fan. If a cricket doesn't have a nest, it will be scared to jump around, and then we have to be quick-eyed, close our hands and pounce quickly. Generally, only one cricket is put in a bamboo stick. After all, "one mountain can't accommodate two tigers". In fact, the same is true for fighting cricket. One autumn, Wang Shixiang challenged Mr. Li Lao, a famous cricket fighter in Beijing, and he lost completely without a few strokes. Wang Shixiang, who was stronger, was unconvinced and thought that his cricket was not fierce enough, so he took out his unique skill-"Catch cricket at night", prepared to catch a "general cricket", and then went to fight with Mr. Li Lao to save his "face".

It's not easy to catch crickets at night, because all kinds of insects start to sing at night, and it's hard to hear the chirping of crickets. Then, because the vision is not good in the dark and there is no flashlight, it can only be illuminated by a little moonlight, so it's difficult for ordinary people to catch crickets at night. But for Wang Shixiang, it is different. Instead of catching cricket in the daytime, he uses a wooden skewer to dig cricket's lair. That night, Wang Shixiang took his guy and went to a soybean field near the canal alone. Then he found a place to sit down in the faint moonlight, closed his eyes and began to listen carefully to the chirping of insects around him. I don't know why, Wang Shixiang has a unique skill. He is very sensitive to the attractive cry of cricket. Only he can hear the cry of cricket that others can't hear, and then he can judge the distance and type of cricket according to the tone and timbre, and locate the position of cricket.

Suddenly there was a shrill cry in the soybean field, which made Wang Shixiang's excited heart beat faster, because he knew that the sound was the "General Cricket" to catch. Then, Wang Shixiang moved slowly in the direction of the sound, almost holding her breath and crawling on the ground. Sure enough, he found a cricket nest near the canal, and the general cricket in the nest was swinging the cricket wool needle on his head.

At this time, although Wang Shixiang can jump on it quickly, past experience tells him that if he doesn't jump on it for the first time, cricket will jump out of its nest and disappear into the boundless night. So, Wang Shixiang didn't rush, but chose to wait. He sat on a field not far away and looked at the attractive general cricket all night. I don't know when it was already twilight. Wang Shixiang crawled over and buckled the bamboo cricket on the general cricket's nest with lightning speed, and then took out a wooden skewer. Wang Shixiang looked at it carefully, and it was a big black cricket with sharp wings, five or six centimeters long and about the size of the index finger.

This general cricket is dark all over, with a shiny black head, and then there are a pair of big white Kouga, which have been sizzling all the time. If a finger is bitten, it is estimated that it will hurt. This cricket also has thick abdominal joints, just like the eight muscles of a person, and it looks terrible as a whole. In this way, Wang Shixiang used the "black general" Cricket caught staying up late to defeat Mr. Li, a famous cricket player, and from then on, he became the vicious corner of fighting Cricket in Beijing.

Wang Shixiang's Ming furniture, why should it be donated to the museum?

In p>1993, Wang Shixiang spent his whole life collecting Ming and Qing furniture, which brought him endless troubles when he was nearly 8 years old. In 1985, 79 pieces of Ming and Qing furniture were published in Hong Kong by Cultural Relics Publishing House and Sanlian Bookstore. Since then, this batch of furniture has attracted much attention, and Wang Shixiang has also borrowed the great achievements of this collection and research to become famous all over the world. Unfortunately, his life is not much better. Compared with the depressing atmosphere in Beijing at that time, the Shanghai Museum was rebuilding the People's Square in 1993, which attracted the attention of the whole world. During the reconstruction process, Ma Chengyuan, then the curator, was not only busy with engineering supervision, but also often flew to Hong Kong to look for ancient bronze heavy objects to expand the exhibition.

At that time, Shanghai Museum was also faced with the problem of fund shortage. Ma Chengyuan's outstanding feature is that he tried his best to maintain and borrow personal friends. He first bought some important cultural relics through friends, and then agreed to donate them to the Shanghai Museum for exhibition. To talk about this history, Mr. Tian Jiaqing, who has the closest relationship with Mr. Wang Shixiang, wrote down the ins and outs of this matter here. We might as well read it. "

In Mr. Wang Shixiang's extensive and rich collection, Ming-style furniture is the most important and abundant. After nearly half a century's collection, it is a miracle that he can collect these wonderful things on his own. Ming-style furniture and Qing Dynasty palace furniture are the two most important and brilliant categories in the history of China furniture, especially Ming-style furniture is the crystallization of China's 5,-year-old culture in the material field, and its significance and value have exceeded the category of general furniture. Mr. Wang Shixiang's collection is a masterpiece of Ming-style furniture. The scale of nearly 1 pieces can be said to be the representative of Ming furniture, and it can be said to be a super national treasure cultural relic. I firmly believe that with the passage of time, the people will gradually realize the irreplaceable position and importance of these hundred pieces of Ming-style furniture.

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Wang Shixiang: A life of playing, suffering and learning

"There may be another Qian Zhongshu in the 21st century, but Wang Shixiang can't."

who is Wang Shixiang? Why is there such praise?

He is a famous cultural relic expert and connoisseur in China, and he comes from a scholarly family. His father was a diplomat, his mother was a painter of fish and algae, and his poems and books were handed down from family to family. Wang Shixiang grew up in such a comfortable and peaceful home.

But he didn't love the Four Books and Five Classics all his life, only loved eagles, dogs and homing pigeons, and played his own tricks when he was young. Among the ancients, I think only Zhang Dai can match him as a confidant.

One day, Wang Shixiang, who loves collecting furniture, accidentally learned that a rosewood case was neglected, and he knew the origin of the inscription on the rosewood case at a glance, which made him talk about it as a great bargain. It turned out that this rosewood case belonged to Pu Dong, the great-great grandson of Qianlong. When I went to Siyuan, I found that its original owner was Song Hun, who was known as the "first governor in the world" in the Qing Dynasty. With the blessing of these two people, the value of this rosewood case has naturally climbed.

Not everyone has such good luck. Behind good luck, a person often ploughs silently.

Wang Shixiang is no exception.

when he was young, he didn't like reading. Parents love him, so they invited teachers to teach him ancient Chinese, classics and history poems, and sent him to Ganmian Hutong to study American culture. However, he loves poetry alone, and his career is barren. He fights crickets in autumn, sings insects in winter, and slaps dogs to catch badgers.

Wang Lao loved pigeons especially when he was a child. When he was studying in Beijing Meiqiao Primary School, he had to say pigeons in his English exercises. Then he fell in love with wrestling, learned wrestling with Buku in the Qing Dynasty, and played with the eagle and badger dog. When I was in college, I also brought an eagle and a slug into the classroom, which provoked teachers to regard him as an "unknown" who was ignorant.

(2) to study things, to play with things and get married

A person's interest has made him happy all his life.

As the first player in Beijing, Wang Shixiang is gone forever.

Not only does he catch crickets and tease the crickets, but he also learns the art of bamboo carving from his uncle and painting from his mother. In his spare time, he spends all his energy on places that others don't care about, such as fire painting, lacquerware, Ming furniture, cooking and so on. Playing with things without losing heart, Wang Shixiang kept a careful record of everything he touched. In his Collection of Self-Treasures, he recorded every word about a table and a stool, where he found it and what his story was. Therefore, Mr. Qi Gong called him "determined to study things".

Because he always started small, when he was a child, he often went to the kitchen to observe the kitchen. He was knowledgeable everywhere, and he became a well-known "cooking master". Whenever friends and relatives were guests, Mr. Wang liked to cook and cook two good dishes himself. Because of his superb craftsmanship and excellent tasting skills, the Great Hall of the People also invited Wang Lao to be an expert on American food tasting.

1939 was the beginning of a transformation for Wang Shixiang. Because his parents respected and loved him from childhood, they never severely criticized him. It was not until his mother died that he thought about the career of his life, sent away his beloved pigeons, eagles, badgers and dogs, stopped playing with things and devoted himself to studying papers for five years.

In p>1943, when the war was raging, he rushed to Lizhuang, a holy place for studying in the southwest rear area, where a group of important scholars from China gathered, including Fu Sinian and Liang Sicheng.

Fu Sinian learned that he graduated from yenching university, so he stopped asking questions. In desperation, Liang Sicheng, my brother's classmate and friend, became his mentor, and he resolutely followed Liang Sicheng to study the ancient buildings in China in the Construction Society.

It was a wonderful day to study hard and inspire.

At that time, he was in yenching university, and the national government moved its capital to Nanjing. My father faded out of the officialdom, my mother passed away, and my family went from bad to worse. At this time, he has just become a graduate student in yenching university, and she is also in yenching university.

She studies pedagogy, and she has to compile Chinese painting textbooks for primary and secondary schools, but there is no good teacher to teach. He was introduced as his "thesis tutor" and studied painting.

She is Wang Shixiang's wife Yuan Quanyou.

Under the careful guidance of Wang Shixiang, Yuan Quanyou successfully graduated from the thesis. And in this day and night, I gradually became emotional.

Yanjing dropped out of school. He went to Chongqing and gave her a pot of peaceful flowers as a souvenir before he left. Miss sent it to her by letter, but she didn't think to send it, only to protect the flowers every day, so in her reply to him, she wrote:

"The peaceful flowers you left behind, I watered them every day and lived well. I hope life can be like this peaceful flower. "

then the two hearts knew each other and made a commitment with red beans. She became his wife all his life, and he became her best "piano slave".

In p>1945, he worked in Nanjing Special Committee for Clearing up the Loss of Cultural Relics during the War, and negotiated with Japan about the recovery of cultural relics. Two years later, he became the head of the Antiquities Museum of the Palace Museum, which can be said to be a lifelong ambition. Since then, I have visited the United States, which can be described as a moment of infinite scenery.

But it didn't last long. In 1957, he was classified as a "Rightist" because of his words in the "movement against the three evils". Later, after the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to labor camp, growing vegetables, raising pigs, transplanting rice seedlings, doing all kinds of work and eating all kinds of hardships. Apart from those old glasses, I still remember that he was a literary and art worker, and he himself became an out-and-out farmer.

It was not until the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee that it was completely rehabilitated. Regarding his experience, he said frankly: some people will die from the people when they are treated unfairly again, while others will take risks. However, he is upright and behave himself, that is, he will not commit suicide or take risks. He needs to pursue the meaning of life and do valuable things. He will persist in pursuing it, rain or shine.

actions speak louder than words, and actions are followed by words.

Japan's recovery of thousands of national treasures after its surrender was the most meaningful thing he thought he had done.

It took 3 years before and after writing this book, which was not only difficult in writing itself, but also met with political ups and downs. However, the original intention remained unchanged, and it was finally officially published in 1983, and was revised and reprinted in 1998, which became a necessary reference book for scholars at home and abroad to study ancient lacquerware.

He used all available time to concentrate on his own research, including the collection of objects, techniques and documents of Ming-style furniture, and the visit, arrangement and compilation of examples made by craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, all of which were accumulated in the past ten years.

everything comes to him who sets his mind on it. He has finally been recognized by the whole world and become a famous cultural relic expert in China, which is also well-known at home and abroad.

We may only see the rosewood case that he got by chance, so we think that he got a big bargain. How can there be so many bargains to pick up? A person's life is either lighter than a feather, or more important than Mount Tai, so we can't talk about it at one time.

He is such a person. He has played, studied and suffered. He has loved his interest all his life and has worked tirelessly for it.

___________ _ Wang Shixiang's Ming-style furniture was donated to the museum. Why do you think this is?

among Wang Shixiang's rich and colorful collections, Ming-style furniture is the most crucial product with a large number. In his personal collection career in recent decades, it is really a peerless surprise that he can collect this exquisite product on his own.

This batch of Ming-style furniture has now entered the Shanghai Museum. In view of why it is not donated for free and why it is not left in Beijing, I have heard some people complain about this matter in recent years, and even heard accusations from famous people in the industry, which is completely ignorant of the situation. As an insider, I have a fairly good memory of the whole process and the cause and effect.