I Can Extract Abilities From Antiques

Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said: "Take copper as a mirror, you can correct your clothes, take history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, take people as a mirror, you can know clearly."

This 'jian' connects the 'mirror'

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It means using bronze as a mirror, one can straighten one's clothes; using history as a mirror, one can know the rise and fall of past dynasties; using people as a mirror, one can understand one's own gains and losses.

You must know that in our history there is no glass, people have not seen themselves clearly, and what they see clearly are others.

At that time, the ancients used bronze mirrors to see themselves.

The earliest bronze mirrors were unearthed from the Qijia culture, which has a history of more than 4,000 years.

In the Warring States period, bronze mirrors had their first peak.

"Old lady, I'll take a look first." Hu Muzhi said, he took the bronze mirror in the old lady's hand and looked at it.

This bronze mirror has a diameter of more than 20 centimeters.

The pattern is composed of the ground pattern and the main pattern, the ground pattern is a feather pattern, and the main pattern is four mountain-shaped patterns.

The mirror germplasm is thin and light, and the decoration is elegant and gorgeous.

Overall black lacquer.

Bronze mirror is a daily necessities used by the ancients to decorate and groom.

It is exquisitely made, and it integrates ornamental, practical and collection. It can be called a treasure in the ancient cultural heritage of the Dragon Kingdom.

It's just that the collection of bronze mirrors has not been very popular, and it is even inferior to miscellaneous items such as stamps and ancient coins.

However, there are also some bronze mirrors that have been auctioned for sky-high prices.

For example, in the spring transaction of 2009, the four divine mirrors of the twelve zodiac signs of the Sui and Tang Dynasties were sold for 1.12 million yuan.

In the autumn transaction, the sea beast grape mirror in the Tang Dynasty was sold for 2.688 million yuan,

A year later, the Tang Dynasty Sea Beast Grape Mirror once again appeared at the auction, and finally sold for 7 million yuan, breaking the record for bronze mirror transactions.

From the perspective of the bronze mirror auction market, the price of the mirrors in the Warring States period, Sui and Tang Dynasties is the highest, followed by the mirrors in the Han Dynasty, the price of the bronze mirrors in the Song, Yuan and Jin periods is slightly lower, and the price of the bronze mirrors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is even lower.

Ancient bronze mirrors handed down to today are all unearthed cultural relics.

The so-called unearthed cultural relics do not refer to the exiled land in the turmoil of war, and most of them are the sacrificial objects in the tombs.

In ancient times, tombs must be mercury, so the bronze mirrors unearthed must be stained with mercury.

However, due to the quality of copper and the strength of mercury, its mercury is also different.

The texture of the bronze mirror is crystal clear, and it is stained with mercury first.

If it is first contaminated by blood and water, and then invaded by mercury, its copper is complex, its color is like lead, and its color is stagnant for a long time, which is called lead back.

If the lead back is buried in the soil for a long time, it turns pure black, which is called black lacquer back. The price is especially high, but this color is also more likely to be faked.

There is also the first filth of flesh and blood, and it takes a long time to turn into green, which is called green back.

The bronze mirrors have silver backs and black lacquer backs, followed by lead backs, and blue and green ones.

Through the identification of copper rust, the second to see the shape, the third to weigh the copper, and the four to smell the taste of bronze mirror identification skills and methods.

Hu Muzhi can basically be sure that the bronze mirror in his hand is the black lacquer-backed four-mountain mirror that prevailed in the Warring States Period.

"Old lady, how much are you going to exchange?"" Hu Muzhi asked the old lady.

"I weighed this bronze mirror when I came here. It is a pound and a half. According to 10 yuan per pound of copper, you can give me 15 yuan." The old lady said.

"It's done." Hu Muzhi nodded, took out a hundred yuan from his body, and handed it to the old lady.

"I don't have that much change, so I can't find it." The old lady waved her hand.

"Then take all of them." Hu Muzhi said, and picked out a glass mirror for the old lady before watching him leave.

Just when Hu Muzhi admired the four-mountain mirror in his hand, Yang Enhui also came back.

Looking at the bronze mirror in Hu Muzhi's hands, he asked uncertainly, "Is this a bronze mirror?"

"You don't know?" Hu Muzhi asked rhetorically.

"This kind of thing is relatively rare abroad." Yang Enhui replied: "Can you show it to me? 35

Hu Muzhi nodded and handed the bronze mirror in his hand to the other party.

After looking at it for a while, Yang Enhui said, "Hu Muzhi, you said that this bronze mirror was just a tool for makeup in the past. Why is the pattern behind it so beautiful? Isn't this superfluous?"

"Miss Yang, that's why you don't understand the culture of the Dragon Kingdom anymore. 35 Hu Muzhi shook his head.

"How?" Yang Enhui asked in confusion.

"In ancient times, mirrors were placed upside down, with the back of the mirror facing out, and only when it was used would it come over." Hu Muzhi explained.

".||It is used as a good decoration when it is not in use. This cultural heritage has an important influence. When the mirror is not in use, it is necessary to bring a mirror cover or cover it with a mirror curtain."

"This mirror curtain started in the Yuan Dynasty and is still in use today.

There is such a description in "A Dream of Red Mansions": Daiyu understands, and walks to the inner room, lifts the mirror curtain and takes a picture.

"Until the glass mirror of the Republic of China appeared, this habit was still maintained."

"This is completely different from what we are used to today. We emphasize the practicality of the mirror and focus on its function, but the ancients showed culture.

"It turns out that I am superficial." Yang Enhui looked humbly and taught.

noon.

Since there is no restaurant in the village, it is too far to go back to the county seat.

Hu Muzhi took Yang Enhui to find someone who was cooking, gave some money, and after a meal (from Li De's), they went to the next village.

Been busy until 6:30 in the evening, it is not over.

Since Yang Enhui was there, things naturally couldn't be collected in the Void Ring. In the end, Hu Muzhi was in charge of driving, and Yang Enhui was in charge of holding the pile of things that he had collected today.

The two returned to the county seat.

"Miss Yang, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner." After getting the four mirrors, Hu Muzhi was in a good mood.

"Next time, I have to go back." Yang Enhui rejected Hu Muzhi's warm invitation.

"Okay, then you should pay attention to safety on the road." Hu Muzhi did not stop the traitor.

After watching Yang Enhui get into a taxi, Hu Muzhi found a restaurant, had a meal, and then went back to the hotel.

Four full days.

It was not until all the pots and pans of more than 2,000 yuan were replaced that Hu Muzhi returned to his courtyard.

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