Enter the Shanghai Museum

I happened to go to Shanghai for business a few days ago, so I took the time to visit Shanghai Expo. What impressed me the most is that there are so many foreign tourists in Shangbo. I have been to many museums in China, but I have only seen so many foreign tourists in Shangbo.

Occasionally, some interesting thoughts will pop up while watching, and they will be recorded.

Facing the Bronze Museum is this cheng. It is inlaid with turquoise patterns in the middle and the workmanship is very exquisite. It is estimated that there will be a bronze weapon at that time, which is equivalent to a modern Lamborghini sports car. Decorate it well and take it out at critical moments. I guess it will not attract envious eyes, but will act as a deterrent.

The aesthetic of inlaid turquoise is still popular in Tibet and Central Asia in my country. When I went to Nepal and Morocco, I saw a lot of their jewelry inlaid with turquoise. Both gravel setting and whole stone setting are available, so everyone has a matching one. Humankind's consensus on beauty has not changed much since ancient times.

I met a young man giving an explanation at the Bronze Museum and thought he was a volunteer. Later I found out that he was visiting with his girlfriend. When explaining to his girlfriend, he attracted the surrounding visitors and became a temporary volunteer.

Look at the picture above, what a beautiful and delicate pattern. We waste a lot of time writing all kinds of useless documents, which destroys our enthusiasm for work and life. The ancients spent a lot of time and energy on carving an ideal beautiful vessel. Once they are born, they will amaze the world.

I remember one year when I listened to a teacher lecture on bronze ware at the National Expo, and for the first time I knew what ancient bronze ware and the inscriptions on it were used for. That time the teacher also talked about the sword of King Goujian of Yue, which left a deep impression on me. The teacher was older, elegant, and a volunteer. At that time, volunteers were not generally known to everyone. Because of that chance encounter, I also had the idea of ??becoming a volunteer after retirement.

The shape of the gui and gourd in the picture above is very modern and punk style. Where did the metal elements of punk style clothing come from, and no relevant information was found. I just lament that the imagination of the ancients was so powerful that they did everything that should be designed. When future generations design again, they can check the historical data and use it flexibly.

The two utensils in the picture above have similar functions, except that the picture on the right is a utensil used by modern people. The development of productivity has made this utensil extremely common. Once it is converted into civilian use, its beauty will be lost.

It’s so huge, can you sleep peacefully? It's so hard, can you sleep peacefully?

Can this be used as a pillow? So high and so hard, could it be that the necks of ancient people were as soft as noodles or as hard as copper bars and were not affected by it? I really can't enjoy it with my long-bone neck. You can only watch it.

"The Thinker" (French name: Le Poète) is a sculpture created by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. This model has multiple sculptures under the guidance of Rodin, and the main sculpture is bronze. , the base is made of marble and is now in the Paris Museum. The plaster model made in 1880 is now in the Musée Rodin in Paris. "The Thinker" depicts a powerful working man immersed in extreme pain.

I seriously suspect that it is plagiarizing my work of Datang. If the pictures on the left and the picture on the right are very similar, let them look at each other from afar.

If I had seen it before, I would have walked straight past it without squinting, and I would have given it up. Our whole village uses this kind of broken bowl. After years of hard work, we finally use fine porcelain bowls. , no one wants this kind of thing. But now I will rush over immediately and take it for myself without any shame.

The first feeling when I saw it was that I would be a little scared to sleep with it. Is it beautiful? no! Is it sleek and sleek? no! Does the enamel look good? no! What's so good about it?

It makes sense to exhibit it at the Expo, but I know very little about Chinese porcelain and don’t know what’s good about it. I really don’t understand why the ancients went to such great lengths to make pillows. Or did the ancients not take them seriously? Is it because today’s people have so many existing pillows that they always use them to make excuses?

The above picture is the front of the porcelain pillow, and the middle picture is the back.

I feel really surprised. The back of the pillow is so delicately made. Will anyone see the back? Will the owner read it himself? If you don't look at it, why put so much effort into the back?

The girl is twenty-eight this year, a delicate flower.

She doesn’t lose weight and doesn’t replenish water. Everyone praises her for eating more fat.

The female painted figurine is 15cm high, and can only be held in one hand. ?The waistline of her clothes is so low, she still has a swollen belly, her plump face is almost droopy, she uses as much rouge as a village woman, and she doesn’t possess any of the modern aesthetic factors of long legs, slim waist, or tapered face. But she stood there with great confidence, her eyes were proud and playful, her figure was cute and cute, her unique charm captivated the world. I don’t know how many girls would come up with the idea of ??traveling to the Tang Dynasty in front of the display cabinet. That was the era when women were doing whatever they wanted. . Dear friends, when I find the key to return to the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely tell you and we will travel together.

Under the light, it attracts a large number of viewers with its indescribable blue color. It is the blue and white porcelain that is well-known in China in recent years. The iron slag melts, blooms, and smudges under high temperature, and finally forms blue and white porcelain. Not all blue and white porcelain is so beautiful. Some are dull blue, have unrefined patterns, and have dross on the surface. As shown below.

Fish or turtle, that is the question. Seeing it has greatly enhanced my confidence in learning to draw. I often draw fish and others regard them as other species.

I love pastels very much in porcelain. Look at the exquisite and delicate patterns, the leaping expression of a deer in a few strokes, the soft color of the glaze, the layers of new and old green in the pine trees, and the texture of the deer's fur.

The gloss is gentle and soft, and the color is pure and tranquil. It is said that coral was added to the glaze. Indescribably exquisite and beautiful, it will stay in your mind for a long time. I can’t imagine the cruelty of the firing process back then. In order to produce exquisite products that would satisfy the dignitaries, the kiln workers had to work hard before finally succeeding!

The picture on the right is of a pen holder I bought in a small store many years ago. How about it? I had a similar model before I saw it. This is really an aesthetic pattern!

It looks like a coral top bead, a jasper bowl body, a gold rim, and a brass base, but it is a pure porcelain bowl, a truly top-quality porcelain. I can only be amazed and speechless. Its color matching has far-reaching influence. When modern people make necklaces and bracelets, higher-end material designs also use colors similar to it.

I met Yan Wei by chance (I checked his information online: he wrote the commentary for the Shanghai Museum's British 100 Objects Exhibition, and participated in the copywriting of the CCTV documentaries "Porcelain Road" and "800 Years of Chu".)

I walked over to listen to the lecture when I saw many people surrounding him, and found that his explanation was detailed, clear and full of passion. Just follow along. I left his WeChat message. I will definitely ask him to explain it when I go there in the future. I will gain a lot from it.

During archaeology, you need to use a sieve to sift the soil. All the soil cannot be disposed of lightly. You can understand why you do this when you see it. It is too small, only the size of Xiao Mu’s fingernail. It is completely possible. Ignored.

Imagine the scene:

Child: Mom, I picked up a piece of mud with words on it. How fun it is!

Mom: Don’t take those broken things, bricks, tiles, etc. at home, throw them away! Study hard so that you can be successful and make a lot of money in the future.

A few years later, my grown-up children, my wife and my children were watching TV, and a treasure appraisal program on TV introduced ancient seals.

The adult child was shocked: Ah! I have this too!

The wife asked: Is this it? Where? It's worth a lot of money.

Adult child: When I was a child, I picked it up at the ancient tomb behind our village and asked my mother to throw it away.

Wife: Ah! She always said that I was a prodigal, and she made me spend a lot of money to buy clothes. She was the real prodigal! She threw a villa.

"Scroll of Female Disciples in Suiyuan" depicts the scene of the gathering of thirteen female disciples of Yuan Mei. Women rarely appeared in the gatherings of ancient literati. This painting depicts in detail the scenes of ancient women participating in public literary and artistic activities, with different postures, including fishing, composing poetry, playing the piano, and writing about bananas...

The color system of the women's clothing in the painting is the same as that of Morandi, and even modern popular elements can find corresponding elements in ancient Chinese culture.

I originally thought that women in ancient times did not have any games. They usually worked as female workers and occasionally wrote a few words and painted a few strokes. In the plays, it was always described that the ladies did not even go downstairs to embroider. After watching "A Dream of Red Mansions", I found that the ladies had There are many game activities that make us envious, and there are even more varieties when looking at this painting. This painting is a long scroll, and the two pictures above are only partial parts.

This method of scroll painting reminds me of the very famous: Baiqueling mobile phone advertisement scroll.

The picture above is "Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty presented Ke Xue with a landscape painting". When I was viewing the painting, I stood on the right side of the display cabinet and accidentally looked at the painting on the left, and found that the mountains, rivers, clouds and mist in the painting There is a three-dimensional sense of clouds and mist surrounding the mountain peaks. The clouds and mist are unpredictable and extremely vivid. Then he stopped for a long time. I wanted to share it with the onlookers, but there was no one in front of the showcase.

Why are the shapes of many ancient jade carvings or bronzes similar to the aliens in modern science fiction? Is it because our imagination is too poor, or is it because ancient people really saw them.

A piece of broken stone that is a little green. Most people wouldn’t think it is jasper based on its appearance, but! I already know the shape of the original jasper stone after visiting the exhibition. If I see this kind of stone again when I travel, I must put it in my bag as if nothing has happened to prevent anyone from watching me and snatching my treasure.