My father came out of the cellar with a makeshift stone bowl, and when he saw that I was in a state of discouragement, he exclaimed, "I'm thinking nonsense again," and I quickly got up and let him go, so that he could put things away.At this time, I had already set up the house according to his request, and lit a special incense lamp."
Look at it," he confessed, showing me the stone bowl inside and out before he began.I knew he was trying to teach me something, but of course I didn't dare to slack off.Strictly speaking, I have never been in contact with it before, so I honestly listened to my father's explanation: this is the stone he stumbled upon when he went out, hard, soft and easy to cut, and the cutting surface is rough no matter how carefully processed, which belongs to a kind of sand and stone.Originally, the texture and hardness of sand and gravel are between real stone and earth, and generally speaking, it is of little use.But this sand and gravel is a bit special, and before it was discovered, it is not known how many years it was buried under the shallow soil layer; Dad also excavated it in the process of positioning when he erected a monument for a family, and its special features attracted Dad's attention.The stone bowl in front of him was a dark red like old blood under the reflection of the oil lamp, and my father said that this was the original color of this sand and stone; In addition, this kind of sand and gravel is neutral, soft, and does not conduct heat, which invisibly has the effect of isolating cold and heat, which is most conducive to nourishing the soul.There is not much to say about the outside of the stone bowl, my father just simply cut it into shape, it is rough and ugly; Dad's point of view has always been that as long as it is practical, it is good, but the key place is to have the same patience as embroidery.The inner wall of the stone bowl, uh, I was sweaty just by glancing at it Yes, seeing a picture like this, it is inevitable to have associations that are inappropriate for children, and the son is in front of his father, this kind of thing is always inevitably embarrassing.In fact, if you are an outsider, you can't see anything from the composition alone.Explain.The inner wall of the stone bowl is carved with two lines, one yin and one yang, which appear smooth and vivid, and the brushwork is concise, which is two snakes in the style of simple strokes.They are composed of the sinking knife carving method, the groove representing the yin attribute, and the relief knife engraving method and the convex lines representing the yang attribute, which are composed of these two lines, and some seemingly irregular short lines are added as a backing.To the outsider, these two lines are really simple and clumsy, like a child's graffiti on the wall or on the surface of furniture.In fact, in the process of making the stone bowl, it was these lines that took him nearly eighty percent of his time.This is the key to this stone bowl.Well, these are the two cross-tailed snakes, and the circle that goes with them.The image of the "cross-tailed snake" will make me think of something, alas, but in fact, I think too much, because the role of the whole stone bowl is to conceive and save, not to spread yellow.Dad pointed and explained them one by one, and then emphasized in particular: "Seeing without actually this yin and yang snake is incomplete, you look at their eyes." ”I took a closer look, and sure enough.That's why my father said, let's start with a mantra inherited by stonemasons: "Stone horses don't see hooves, but they see feet walking everywhere." ”I shook my head to show I didn't understand.My father's profession is a stonemason, I know that; But the connotation of this sentence, let's ask him to explain.My father asked me again, do you remember the two allusions of "finishing touch" and "painting snakes to add feet", of course, these two idioms are probably few people who don't know for elementary school students.One is to say that things cannot be done completely in place, and the other is to say that you should not do useless work in vain.I suddenly reacted: Dad's words should be telling me that I should be drawing dragons, but I can't put the finishing touch, right, my dad smiled and said yes, but it was not comprehensive, not only should I deliberately leave it blank, but I really need to add a snake.But I still don't quite understand that my dad went on to explain that this is because everything has the possibility of natural formation.Needless to say, all kinds of plants and animals are innate and acquired life forms, which are born of abiding by the rules, so they are generally beneficial and harmless, or have no major harm.But the most important thing to guard against is the appearance of something that tries to go against the rules, which is the meaning of the phrase "if something is abnormal, it must be a demon".Since it is contrary to the rules, it is inevitable to constantly exploit loopholes to find opportunities, and once it breaks through, it will make waves, which is a demon.Therefore, if you want to protect yourself as much as possible, you have to follow the rules and take some habitual precautions.For example, the art of root carving is now popular, and you can find inspiration from the natural pictogram of a tree root, and further process it to highlight the characteristics to achieve an eye-catching effect; Because it looks like a fish, the image of the fish is processed and related similar elements are added to echo with the main body of the image, so as to form a certain desired artistic conception, which is actually the same principle as arranging the magic circle.There is a problem: it is possible that there is an environment that helps a dark being to take shape and unintentionally creates the conditions conducive to its further growth.That is to say, a pimple in the roots of a tree, in fact, has been underground for many years, and it looks like something vaguely, but in fact it reflects a certain kind of spiritual intelligence, and it wants to be that kind of thing; After processing and forming, it also helps it achieve its wishes.If the conditions and environment are a little more sufficient, it can go further, from the formation to the deforming, and evolve to a higher level.This is the general origin of the appearance and growth of demons.In order to protect ourselves, of course, we must take corresponding precautions, on the one hand, we must deliberately leave blank spaces to prevent abnormal formation, and on the other hand, we must add specific methods to destroy the conditions for its growth.Therefore, the reason why you can't draw the finishing touch of the dragon is because you don't want the dragon to transform into a flying up, and the reason for painting a snake is to make it not become a real snake.For those of us who have to deal with demons or ghosts from time to time, it is more important than anything else to follow the rules, otherwise we will reap the consequences.As for how to leave defects and deficiencies, it is necessary to deal with them flexibly according to the characteristics of the object: blank painting is an effective technique, and it is also a technique for me to show only half of my body when carving stone horses.For example, the yin and yang snake in this stone bowl was also processed according to the same principle, and some lines were temporarily added to prevent it from forming.What Dad means is to use the yin and yang snakes on this stone bowl to save lives, but also to prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and in general, to ensure that what they do is always within the controllable range.But not everything goes as I wanted, such as the accident when I dug up the urn, the accident when my father and Uncle Chen suppressed the Yin Snake, and so on.My dad agreed with me, saying that even so, everything should be done; As for whether it can be consistent with the original intention, it is not up to the person who does the work to decide.can only say: "Do your best, according to the destiny of heaven, there will always be a positive side; How to do nothing, sit in place and wait passively for death, then what's the point of living a lifetime" Dad finally concluded: "So, Jiang Heng, neither of us father and son can be a bad seed" I hurriedly said that I knew, and said that my father still inevitably beats and preaches at any time, why don't you want to think about your own embarrassing things and embarrassment, hehe, but what Dad said is limited in manpower, positive and cautious, I quite agree.Then began to really save his mother Uncle Chen.My dad said that this first step had to be borrowed from the little snake on my wrist.After saying that, my father told me to cut my ring finger with a wooden knife and take a drop of blood and put it in a bowl.I did as he said, and the tip of the knife flew quickly, and the blood beads immediately seeped out from the tip of my finger, and I squeezed it with my other hand, and the blood dripped into the stone bowl, but it quickly submerged at the bottom of the stone bowl and there was no trace to be seen.I was about to squeeze another drop or two, but my father stopped me and said, "That's enough," and the father and son looked down together, and the black line on the wrist was still there.Dad was happy: "Yo, I'm quite reluctant to see if I want it or not depends on its mood, so now I have to give it some sweetness first." ”So he went to open the sprinkler altar.As soon as the aroma of wine came out, I felt a slight heat in my left wrist, and immediately it jumped like a pulse, it turned out that this little drunkard began to react strongly, and then, there was a burst of electricity from this part of the part where I was used to live, and it seemed that it really couldn't wait, so my father poured wine into the stone bowl, and then told me to tap the severed finger into the wine, and I should continue to do what he said.As soon as my fingers and wine came into contact, I saw the black line swishing from my wrist and sliding into the bowl like a sliding chairaa2705221,,; 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