Japanese treasure appraisal program found a national treasure worth 25 million. How did the Chinese aunt respond?

In ancient times, there was a popular saying: Hide antiques in prosperous times and buy gold in troubled times.

China has a long history of five thousand years, and there are many precious and priceless treasures in it. In today's prosperous age, cultural relics have attracted special attention, and many treasure appraisal TV programs have also emerged. After being broadcast, they are widely loved by viewers.

There are many ironic stories behind seemingly rigorous cultural relics.

For example, in 2018, a large-scale on-site treasure appraisal event was held at the Wuhou Temple Temple Fair in Chengdu. An uncle came from afar with a copy of the "Mona Lisa" The portrait was ready for an expert appraisal. Seeing the old man's eyes looking forward to getting rich overnight, the expert couldn't help but estimate the price: ninety-nine yuan.

The old man asked again: 900 million or 90,000? The expert smiled and replied: Nine dollars and nine dollars with free shipping.

In Japan's "Good Luck Appraisal Group" column, there was also a joke that a bowl was appraised by Japanese experts and was worth 25 million yen. Later, this show was seen by a Chinese aunt, who laughed and said: Isn't this the bowl I made when I was an apprentice? I made more than 10,000 of this bowl in one day and sold it for 80 yuan each.

What are the causes and consequences of this incident? Listen to me.

"Lucky Appraisal Team" is a treasure appraisal variety show on TV Tokyo in Japan. It was launched in 1994 and has a history of 26 years. It can be said to be Japan's flagship program and is widely loved by the public.

In a 2016 program, a man named Hashimoto Koji came to the program holding a tea bowl and asked experts on site to help him identify it.

In the program, he told the host that this tea bowl is an ancestral treasure in the family. During the Meiji period, his ancestors bought it from the descendants of the Japanese Warring States general Miyoshi Nagakei and kept it in his family. Passed down from generation to generation.

He thought this tea bowl was very similar to the "Yao Bian Tianmu Tea Bowl", so he brought it to the show to let the experts see how much it was worth.

What kind of cultural relic is the "Yaobian Tianmu Tea Bowl"? It is a black glaze jianzhan produced during the Song Dynasty. The black glaze jianzhan means a black bowl with a large mouth and a small bottom.

In the Song Dynasty, the "Yobian Tianmu Tea Bowl" was a tea set used by wealthy people for tea fights. What is tea fighting? Both Zhang San and Li Si say that their tea is good, how can they prove it? They each took out the best tea at home, brewed it in the "Yobian Tianmu Tea Bowl", and then tasted the tea to compare it with each other. If two people agree that their tea is good, then they can invite more people to evaluate it, which is commonly known as a multi-person tea fight. It is usually a best-of-three game system.

Cha fighting was very popular in the Song Dynasty. Everyone from the emperor to scholar-bureaucrats and literati liked tea fighting.

Li Qingzhao, a female poet in the Song Dynasty, often chatted about life with her husband at night, and drank tea to enhance the relationship between the couple. The "Yobian Tianmu Tea Bowl" is used for tea fighting.

The "Yaobian Tianmu Tea Bowl" was only produced during the Southern Song Dynasty, so it has become an orphan handed down from generation to generation. It is not available in other dynasties and generations.

Later, the "Yobian Tenmoku Tea Bowl" spread to Japan, and Japan and even the rest of the world recognized Chinese cultural relics. The "Yobian Tenmoku Tea Bowl" is regarded as a treasure in Japan. How awesome is this bowl?

This bowl was praised by later generations as the "universe in a bowl" because the patterns in the bowl are fantastic and unpredictable. Placing the bowl in the dark night and staring at the bottom of the bowl will make you feel like you are in a bright universe. In the starry sky, you can experience the myriad mysteries of the universe immersively. Therefore, it is regarded as a unique treasure by the Japanese cultural relics community.

According to rumors, the "Yobian Tenmu Tea Bowl" from the Southern Song Dynasty was spread to Japan. There were two of them. One was unfortunately destroyed due to war, and the other was destroyed by the Mitsubishi Group during the Meiji period of Japan. The founder, Koya Taro Iwasaki, spent a lot of money to buy the bowl. He liked the bowl very much and would never use it to make tea, but kept it as a cultural relic.

Today, the only remaining "Yaobian Tenmoku Tea Bowl" in Japan is collected in the Jingjiado Library in Tokyo.

Back in the "Good Luck Appraisal Group" program, the appraisal expert was very surprised when he saw this bowl. This treasure is similar to "Yobian" in terms of appearance and workmanship. "Tenmoku Tea Bowl" is very similar. Currently there are only three in the world and one in Japan. It can be said to be extremely precious.

After careful identification, Shima Seinosuke, an expert from the program team, concluded on the spot that this was an authentic product. He believed that this was the fourth "Yobian Tenmu Tea Bowl" discovered in the world so far, and gave this treasure a valuation. 25 million yen.

Japanese domestic media rushed to report this matter, and everyone thought that another precious treasure had been found.

What is ironic is that a year later, a Chinese female craftsman Li Xinhong received a video from a friend. The content in the video was exactly what was shown in the "Lucky Appraisal Group" program. , the issue of identifying the "Yao Bian Tianmu Tea Bowl".

After watching the show, 61-year-old Li Xinhong laughed and said: Isn’t this the bowl made by my apprentice when I was young? The pattern on the bottom of the bowl was painted by myself, so why was it recognized as a national treasure? It’s so amazing that it was valued at 25 million yen by Japanese experts. I made more than 10,000 of them back then, and each one only sold for 80 yuan. The price may increase now, but it won’t go sky-high. The market price is only a few hundred yuan.

After the Japanese experts learned about this incident, they firmly believed that they would not make mistakes, and then conducted another appraisal. When they saw the small mark left by Li Xinhong on the bottom of the bowl, the Japanese experts' expressions were a little strange. Appearing embarrassed.

Subsequently, in order to save face, the Japanese experts changed their tune and repeatedly praised the Chinese female potter for her exquisite craftsmanship, which was very admirable.

In fact, it took more than a day to be able to copy such a superb imitation. Craftsman Li Xinhong has been working hard to restore the "Yaobian Tianmu" for decades. When she was young, she worked in a Fujian ceramics factory and followed She learned the art from a master, and when she learned that ceramics had a glorious history in her hometown, she made up her mind to study hard.

She worked as a teacher in the factory during the day and went home to read relevant books at night. Finally, a few years later, she made a replica of the "Yobian Tianmu Tea Bowl". She also went from an ordinary worker to a well-known person. Master Jianzhan.

As the saying goes, there are 360 ??professions, and you will be number one in each profession. If you don’t have diamonds, don’t take the porcelain job.

There are many more stories about national treasures like this. Behind every national treasure there is a story. Today I would like to recommend you a book called "National Treasures", which covers most of China's national treasures. Each national treasure has a detailed introduction and which museum the national treasure is in.

Children must be very interested in these national treasures. They look at one every day, and knowledge is slowly and invisibly accumulated in this way. When you go to a museum in the future, your children will be your best guides.