Chapter 029 Master of Jade Sculpture

Strictly speaking, there are only two antique cities in Zhongdu, namely the Central Plains Antique City and the Beihuan Antique City, such as Treasure City, Treasure World, Collection Street and other places are more like antique shopping malls and unofficial antique markets.

Huaxiayu was invited to visit the antique city. Naturally, it is only to visit the Central Plains Antique City and the North Ring Antique City. Whether it is the size of the market, the historical significance, or its domestic status, it is obviously not at the same level as the Central Plains Antique City.

Huaxiayu first visited the Central Plains Antique City. When she came to the Beihuan Antique City, it was almost 11 o'clock. After the officials of the Beihuan Antique City held a warm welcome ceremony for Huaxia Yu, they visited Huaxia Yu one by one in the antique city.

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When he received a call from the ceramic workshop, Chen Ran was checking on the Internet about the Provincial Jade Sculpture Craft Professional Skills Competition. He had been reading in the morning, but not long after reading, he read all the books he bought. Thinking of the Jade Sculpture Competition, he searched on the Internet.

This competition is more formal and difficult than he thought. The competition is hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and the Department of Social Security of Central Plains Province, undertaken by the Provincial Jewelry and Jade Industry Association and the Provincial Jade Association, and co-organized by the Central Plains Provincial Geological Bureau, the Cultural Relics Bureau and other units. The competition is large in scale and high in specifications. It is still the first case in the industry. It is the first jade carving industry skills competition in Central Plains Province, and it is said that it is also a national competition.

And the judges of the competition are also heavyweights in the collection world and the jade association. At that time, there will be several jade carving masters, which can be said to be unprecedented.

The competition is based on the requirements of technicians of the national jade carving professional standard "Crafts Engravers" and is divided into literary examination and martial arts examination.

The literary examination is to examine the theoretical knowledge level of the participating jade sculptors and the identification level of various jade. This competition is divided into three stages: the preliminary competition, the selection competition and the final. The preliminary competition and the selection competition are held in prefecture-level cities, and the final final will be held in the province.

Players with excellent results in this competition can evaluate their jade carving skills according to their results.

In the jade carving industry, jade sculptors are also graded, which are divided into six levels, namely, first-class jade sculptor, second-class jade sculptor, third-class jade sculptor, fourth-class jade sculptor, fifth-level jade sculptor and jade sculptor.

In fact, there is also a jade sculptor in front of the first-class jade sculptor, also known as a trainee jade sculptor, who has just started. He is a jade sculptor. In fact, he can only be regarded as a jade sculptor, not a jade sculptor.

Chen Ran's knife work may have reached the level of a first-class jade carving master, but he has not undergone systematic jade carving learning, and he is relatively weak in both experience and theoretical knowledge.

The first-class jade carving master is the kind of apprenticeship, or just graduated from college and entered the jade carving industry.

Whether they are apprentices or college graduates, their starting point is also higher than Chen Ran. Chen Ran is born on a wild road, and apprentices can get a lot of experience and some tricks with masters. Obviously, they study jade carving or related majors in college. Obviously, they have rich theoretical knowledge. As soon as a person enters the door, he can be like a fish in water.

When receiving apprentices in some jade carving workshops, college students who graduate from jade carving majors or related majors are often their preferred targets.

In the industry of jade sculptors, most jade sculptors belong to the first-class jade sculptors. First-class jade sculptors and second-class jade sculptors are a watershed. Crossing this watershed is equivalent to becoming a teacher. Once you become a teacher, countless workshops and companies will be attracted, but most people can't step on this watershed and can only be a first-class jade sculptor.

Of course, with the long time of carving, the experience of the first-class jade sculptor has become richer, and gradually become almost the same. At least it won't starve yourself. Such a thing is equivalent to struggling with seniority, just like some people who have no education and no ability to survive in officialdom. They can't starve to death, but they have nothing to look forward to.

The second-class jade sculptor means that he has become a master. He has a certain position in the jade carving industry and in the society, and will be respected by others. If you become a third-level jade sculptor, you can stand alone and even open a mountain to accept apprentices. Many jade carving workshops have one or two third-level jade sculptors.

Like the fourth-level jade sculptor, that is, the older generation of people, who belong to the Taishan people in the jade carving industry. Generally, only those big forces or jewelry companies that can rank among the top ten in China can have it. Needless to say about their status in the jade carving industry and society.

As for the fifth-level jade sculptor, it is even more rare, and there are only a few people in a country.

There are only three remaining jade carving masters, and these three are still historical figures.

One of the first of them is Bian He, that is, Bian He, who presented He's jade. There are many disputes about Bian He's becoming one of the masters of jade carving. Because of the difference, some people say that He's Bian's jade was not carved, but by another unknown person, but just presented by Bian He, and some people said that It is Bian and carved. In short, there are different opinions, so one of the masters of jade carving is either Bian He or anonymous.

The remaining two, one is Lu Zigang, a Suzhou jade carving master in the Ming Dynasty. Lu Zigang developed the "knife carving method and the "serial meeting" production process, creating jade carving products that integrate various yin and yang reliefs. Now most of the carving techniques of the jade sculptors are also diverted from these two carving techniques.

The last one is Pan Bingheng, a modern jade carving master. His jade carving works have a wide variety and exquisite workmanship, and are mostly known as oriental treasures.

At present, no jade carving master has been born in China. Although many jade sculptors are known as jade carving masters, in fact, nowadays, as long as they are four-level jade carving masters, outsiders will call them masters, which is just a name.

For this competition, Chen Ran is not very worried about his knife work. What he is worried about is his relatively weak theoretical knowledge. Although he has also read a lot of books about this aspect, it is obvious that just like taking the college entrance examination, he can't do without the guidance of a teacher just by reading by himself.

Regarding this, Chen Ran's solution can only be to make up for it before the competition. He looked at the time of the preliminary competition. It was March 3rd, and today is 26th, and there are only 28 days in February. In this way, there are only five days left.

Five days should be enough!

Chen Ran thought so.

At this time, the stall owner of the ceramic workshop called Chen Ran. The ceramic workshop is the ceramic booth outside Zhou Jianyun Baoyu Pavilion. Yesterday, Chen Ran called the stall owner when her goods arrived.

Hanging up the phone, Chen Ran immediately went out and headed for the antique city.

Entering the antique city, Chen Ran was shocked by the surging crowd in the antique city. Although there would be a lot of people on weekends, today there were more and more stalls on the road were several times more than usual, just like a temple party.

Chen Ran also had to sigh at the great charm of the reason for this phenomenon. Fortunately, although there are many fans of Huaxia jade, those who engage in collection are generally older and relatively rational, not as fierce as star fans.

Although most of the people in the antique city came for Huaxia jade, they were actually just curious about Huaxia jade. After meeting their curiosity, they did whatever they should do next. Almost all of them were idle in the antique city to feel the cultural atmosphere inside.

"Little brother, wait a minute."

Chen Ran entered the antique city and went straight to the Baoyu Pavilion, but when he was walking, his arm was suddenly pulled, and a low voice came from his ear.

Looking back, Chen Ran found that it was a young man about the same age as him. He saw that the other party was mysterious and serious, and said in a low tone, "Little brother, do you want antiques? I have new goods here. They have just been unearthed!"

After listening to what he said, Chen Ran didn't understand that he had met the follower in the antique market. Most of the people who had been to the antique market probably had such an experience. As they walked, they suddenly found that there were two mysterious uninvited guests behind him, just like a follower who couldn't get rid of it. Next When, this person will suddenly come forward to talk to you.

This kind of person is called an inverted antique follower in the antique line. Before that, Chen Ran had not met him in the antique city. He just read it in the book, but he didn't expect to meet him today.

"I want antiques, but do you think I'm a person who can afford antiques? Why don't you give me one or two to play?" Chen Ran didn't wait for him to speak, so he stretched out his hand and gently pushed the hand holding his arm away.

If the other party talks about it, it must be endless. If it is moved, it is not far from being deceived.

"Ha ha, antiques, there are good and bad, as long as you have the heart, everyone can afford to play!" The young man smiled happily.

Chen Ran turned around directly without saying anything, and on the next road, he met two such followers in a row. It was really true that with the arrival of Huaxia jade, all kinds of immortals and bulls and horses in the antique line also appeared one after another.

Soon Chen Ran came to the booth of the ceramics workshop.

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On the other side, Yan Ruyu, wearing a small suit, also visited the ceramic workshop around like stars holding the moon.

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"Young man, you came very fast!"

The stall owner of the ceramic workshop was obviously much more enthusiastic than last time. As soon as her goods arrived, she called Chen Ran and Chen Ran came, which showed that Chen Ran really wanted to buy something. At this time, although she was busy bargaining with others. He bargained, but when he saw Chen Ran coming, he still greeted Chen Ran enthusiastically.

nodded. Chen Ran didn't say much to her, and his eyes first looked in one direction.

At a glance, he looked at the plum bottle in his dream, which was a green glazed string plum bottle in the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chinese porcelain was at the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, and five famous kilns appeared.

When the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty was founded in the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is rumored that Song Huizong was dissatisfied with the flaws and shortcomings of Gongyu porcelain at that time, so he introduced the production process of kilns such as Ru porcelain and Kaifeng Dongyao. In Bianliang, Tokyo, today's Kaifeng in the Central Plains, he personally designed and directed the firing and creation of porcelain. It is only the first "state-owned" kiln in the history of Chinese ceramics invested and built by the imperial court, and also the first type of porcelain monopolized by the emperor.

In the superior conditions and creative environment of the imperial power, the official porcelain kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, where masters and giants gather, also has amazing achievements. Its exquisite production, excellent quality, and the elegant royal charm of artifacts are unparalleled, which can be called the best in the world.

It is regrettable that due to the invasion of the Jin Dynasty and the subversion of the Northern Song Dynasty, the beautiful thing of Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain was also burned with the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty and no longer existed. After this catastrophe, there are almost only a handful of official porcelain works of the Northern Song Dynasty that can be passed down to future generations, and the degree of its artistic value and collection value can be imagined.

After looking at this plum bottle, Chen Ran was not in a hurry to walk directly towards the plum bottle immediately, but casually walked towards the plum bottle step by step as if looking at the goods.

While Chen Ran lowered his head and walked while observing, suddenly a sound of footsteps and laughter came to his ears!

Chen Ran subconsciously looked up and saw a group of people walking towards the ceramic workshop as if they were leaders, but walking in the middle was a woman. The woman was combing her hair and wearing a very formal small suit, which looked very elegant, and between her hands and feet made people feel Gentle and generous.

Just a glance, Chen Ran was stunned.

Although the woman did not wear sunglasses, he still recognized the woman as the girl who lived opposite him, that is, the girl who regarded him as a bad guy.

Especially when he looked at the middle-aged woman behind the woman, Chen Ran was even more sure!

It turns out that she is Huaxiayu, no wonder!

Chen Ran suddenly thought that no wonder the other party should wear a pair of sunglasses all the time...

"Oh, Mr. Yan!" The stall owner who had been staring at the where this group of people were going looked at Yan Ruyu walking towards this way and hurriedly greeted him happily: "Mr. Yan, you are here!"

"Yes, auntie, I'm sorry to bother you with your business. You're busy first. Don't worry about me. I'll just take a look." Yan Ruyu didn't have the air of a star at all. She smiled casually and greeted the stall owner.

"Well, you are an apcon, just have a look. The goods here are all new..." The stall owner also didn't care about doing business. He said that he let Yan Ruyu watch casually, but he didn't mean to leave at all.

Yan Ruyu smiled kindly and looked at the rows of porcelain on the ground of the ceramic workshop.

There were still many people watching in front of the ceramic workshop booth, so she did not find Chen Ran's existence.

Behind Yan Ruyu, not only followed the middle-aged woman, but also many others. These people included old people, middle-aged people and young people. Two of them stood side by side with Yan Ruyu, and the others stood behind the three of them.

And behind one of the old people, it was Zhou Jianyun who was standing behind Chen Ran.

Zhou Jianyun stood behind the old man with a smile, and his eyes always moved with Yan Ruyu. He did not speak or take a step forward, giving people a very elegant look of a young man...

After a glance, Chen Ran withdrew his eyes and walked towards the plum bottle. However, at this time, an unexpected thing happened!

However, Yan Ruyu seemed to have noticed the plum bottle, and unexpectedly walked directly to the plum bottle--

[Very...very...very powerful chapter!]