There are naturally a lot of good things in the Chinese exhibition hall of the British Museum, among which the most exciting thing for Tang Dashao is Shi Zhentu, the daughter of Gu Kai in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.It is one of the earliest works of professional painters in China, which is a milestone in the history of Chinese art and has always been a treasure collected by the court of all dynasties.Of course, the genuine female history of the picture has long been submerged in the rolling historical trend, the palace collection of the female history of the picture is also a copy of the Tang Dynasty, but the copying technique is superb, the artistic value is higher, in the case of the loss of the original manuscript is still sought after by many people, the emperor of the last feudal dynasty in China is even more regarded as a treasure, but unfortunately, during the period when the British and French forces invaded the Qing Dynasty in China, such a treasure was stolen, and later appeared in the British Museum, known as the treasure of the British Museum, but the heartache is, Because scholars in Western countries do not know how to preserve such treasures, the original stone two sections, also known as the twelve paragraphs of the female history of the proverbs of the original text, only nine of the extant paragraphs, three of which are even damaged, in order to reduce the number of open volumes, the British Museum cut the female history of the proverbs into two pieces and hung them on the board.Since the female history picture is more suitable for flat rather than hanging, there has been a situation of slag falling.In addition, due to the lack of relevant knowledge, like a large number of other paintings and calligraphy, the female history of the proverb was replaced by a Japanese-style frame when it was remounted, so that the inscriptions left by the literati in the Ming and Qing dynasties were cruelly and ruthlessly cut, forming a historical fault.In the face of this situation, non-violent heavenly objects are not enough to describe Of course, in addition to the female history of the proverbs, there are many other collections, such as the Song Arhat three-color statue, the Dunhuang scriptures and the Song and Ming Dynasty paintings.The bronze statue of the Shang Dynasty is two conjoined sheep, carrying a round tube in the middle, the shape is very beautiful and exquisite.There is also a porcelain wine pot of the Song Dynasty, the base and the responsibility are surrounded by a lotus flower, and a lion sits on the lid of the pot, which is a rare treasure.The two big stone lions at the back door of the museum that made Tang Dashao the most angry were also transported from China, what kind of greed these guys have become, even the stone lions don't let go of so many things that make Tang Dashao look anxious, obviously the treasure of his own country, but he can only see it in other people's countries, and some of them are cut in half by others, that bitter tears, not to mention that there are not only things from China in the Oriental Art and Culture Museum, but also from the small R country, India, Some cultural relics of Southeast Asian countries, Tang Dashao carefully appreciated and found that the small R country was greatly influenced by Chinese culture, and the collections of the two were very similar.Most of the Indian collections are gemstones, with fiery red, sea blue, garnet red, and emeralds.
Diamond-shaped, spherical, oval, and special-shaped are of different sizes, Zheng Yating's eyes ripple no way, the woman is said to be the same as a dragon, born with no resistance to shiny things After visiting the Oriental Art Museum, Tang Dashao found a place to eat something in the museum, and went to other exhibition halls non-stop in the British Museum has set up several special national pavilions, and there is a Huaxia Pavilion in the Oriental Art and Culture Museum, which will display all the cultural relics from China in a unified manner, especially Huaxia porcelain, from the Han and Tang Dynasties, down to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, blue and white, Jun porcelain, Tang Sancai, cloisonne are arranged according to age and origin, and there are everything, probably the largest Chinese ceramics museum outside of China.However, the Huaxia Pavilion is not the most important one in the British Museum, the most important is the Egyptian Pavilion, Egypt needless to say, and China, ancient Babylon, and ancient India are called the four ancient civilizations.The history of world civilization says that "ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India, China, and ancient Greece are the five birthplaces of civilization in the world".Therefore, Egyptian culture also has a long history like Chinese culture, and it is known as the world's earliest kingdom, and there are three world-class cultural relics in the Egyptian Pavilion of the British Museum, which is known as the three treasures of the British Museum, namely the bust of Ramses II, the Rosetta Stone, and the Book of Death of Arni.The various statues, steles, mummies in the Egyptian Museum, Tang Dashao and others are eye-opening, especially Yanni's Book of Death is an eye-opener for Tang Dashao, in which Tang Dashao also discovered grandmaster-level works, such as a golden mask, Tang Dashao discovered the existence of aura, of course, this mask is not much attention here, because the classification of cultural relics in the British Museum is generally based on how much research information is provided, such as Yanni's Book of Death, which is detailed and records the various trials that the deceased must go through in order to obtain eternal life.
The judgment, and the required incantations, provide a wealth of material for the study of ancient Egyptian culture.For example, the Rosetta Stone is actually an edict, which is narrated in three languages, namely Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian cursive and ancient Greek, with a problem comparison, it provides powerful information for scholars to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs Of course, Tang Dashao's interest in these things is actually far less than his interest in the porcelain, murals, and even those jewels in ancient India for some stone statues, carvings, gold products and other artistic relics here, Tang Dashao is interested, but for those research cultural relics, On the contrary, he disdained it at the end of the day, browsed the British Museum, Tang Dashao and the other four people were tired enough, this museum is too big, even if Tang Dashao only selected those more famous things to see, it was still a day of sore legs At this time, the sky had darkened, under the illumination of the street lamp, the shadow of a foreign country gradually lengthened with the light, and the four people went out of the museum and walked along the street, the four people who were tired and hungry now wanted to find a place to eat on the street, Tang Dashao felt that this place seemed to be similar to some places in China, because there were many people here who were setting up stalls, selling some small things, most of them seemed to be relatively old, and there were also a lot of handmade products, many people picked and chose here, and some people bargained Looking at this familiar scene, Tang Dashao couldn't help but ask: "Tingting, these people seem to be selling antiques" "Well, yes, in fact, this place is now equivalent to the old front gate of the sea market, the glaze factory in the capital, but the stalls here are all at night, During the day, you are not allowed to set up stalls, and at night, many people come here to buy small things after visiting the museum. ”Zheng Yating said."
Haha, it's almost a souvenir in our Huaxia tourist area, let's take a look, maybe we can take out something good."
Tang Dashao laughed."
Go and see, anyway, most of the things here are handicrafts, and the price is appropriate, and they generally don't ask for a random price."
Zheng Yating said with a smile.Tang Dashao didn't look down, and directly swept the fist-sized Maitreya Buddha with aura, looking at the shape of this Buddha statue, it must be the "Mahogany Maitreya Buddha statue in China, produced in Huaxia, the carving time is January 23, 2000" Nima, it is really domestic, and it is less than two years Tang Dashao shook his head with a wry smile, this kind of thing, this kind of carving, even if it is given to himself for free, it is too troublesome to hold it himself, however, foreigners seem to be quite interested in these things, and things like Buddha statues are still very marketable."
Bronze mirror, produced by Huaxia, Tang Dynasty "Suddenly a piece of information jumped in Tang Dashao's mind, a bronze mirror, and it is the same stall owner as this bronze mirror and the Maitreya Buddha statue in the Tang Dynasty, the bronze mirror is well preserved, the image displayed in Tang Dashao's mind, the front light is illuminating, and the back seems to use relief techniques, carving two Arhats, one with long arms and the other with long legs, which should be the long-handed Arhats and long-legged Arhats in the legendary five hundred Arhats."
Tingting, wait a minute, buy me something, that bronze mirror, be careful not to attract the attention of that person, it's a good thing."
Tang Dashao said softly.Zheng Yating couldn't help but glance at Tang Dashao lightly when she heard this, the bronze mirror was at least nearly two meters away from Tang Dashao, and when the sky was not very good, she could judge the authenticity of things from two meters away, of course, doubts were doubts, she didn't doubt Tang Dashao's meaning, after all, for a long time, Tang Dashao's magical performance had made all the people around him wonder Zheng Yating didn't have to bargain, she directly asked how much the mirror was, and then took out some money from her pocket and handed it over, Directly holding the mirror in his hand, Tang Dashao couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, are the stalls abroad like this, if those domestic vendors know, they have to rush up, they don't cut the price here, the money is too good to make Take the mirror in your hand, Tang Dashao looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction, this mirror is good, well-preserved, the things of the Tang Dynasty, brought back to China, on the auction house, at least it can be sold for hundreds of thousands, however, it is leaked again, Tang Dashao does not feel that he is hungry, began to spread his own abilities frantically, for a while, all kinds of information came over "fakes", "fakes", "Qing Dynasty porcelain", "Ming Dynasty silver hairpins", "fakes", "Qing Dynasty carvings", "fakes", "fakes" special, Tang Dashao is going crazy not because there are many fakes but crazy because of the genuine products here in the country, visiting the front door or the glass factory, there are not necessarily a few people who can pick up the leaks in a year, and here, it seems that there are good things everywhere: