MTL - A Mouthful of Sky-high Fried Rice, Lao Tang Apprenticed on the Spot-Chapter 8 Wanshou Wujiang Bowl

  Chapter 8 Longevity and Boundless Bowl

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  With Li Yi's consent, the old man carefully held up the golden bowl with both hands, looked at the money on the bottom of the bowl, his brows instantly relaxed, and he sighed in surprise: "It's really a bowl of longevity!"

  He rubbed the belly of the bowl carefully, looked more and more carefully at the pattern and gold thread on it, and nodded in admiration: "That's right, the craftsmanship of cloisonne, the inscription of Yongbao descendants, this is the first bowl in the world used by Emperor Qianlong!"

  Hearing his words, everyone around was shocked!

  What is this old man talking about?

  Used by Emperor Qianlong?

  The best bowl in the world?

   What a joke!

  If it is really the bowl used by Emperor Qianlong, can it appear in such a small stall?

  The old man obviously also had such doubts. He asked Li Yi puzzledly: "As far as I know, this set of bowls should be in the Palace Museum? Why do you have it?"

  Li Yi looked at him, did not answer, but asked instead: "Dare to ask who you are?"

   "Oh, my name is Cai Yi."

  The old man hurriedly introduced himself: "I am a research librarian of the Palace Museum, mainly engaged in the preservation and research of ancient ceramics."

  Hearing his self-introduction, the onlookers couldn't help being surprised.

  Research librarian at the Palace Museum?

   This is the antique expert of the national team!

  But the little blacks in the live broadcast room are still questioning.

   "Man, the experts are out."

   "The best bowl in the world? Why don't you brag a little bit more and say it's the best bowl in the world?"

   "Now just pull out a random person and become an expert?"

   "I've seen this kind of master a lot. Could it be that this anchor wants to bring goods, so he plays such a scene?"

   "What? A bowl with an original price of 29,800, sold for 28 today? 10,000 orders?"

   "The Palace Museum? How dare you brag, now the information is transparent, and you can find it if you check it. I don't believe that this old man is an expert in the Palace Museum. I'll go check it now!"

   But before Xiao Heizi checked, some viewers had already found Cai Yi's information.

   "No need to check, I just went to check, it is true, this is really Teacher Cai from the Palace Museum!"

   "Damn it! It's really Teacher Cai! An expert in ancient porcelain from Gubo! All the overseas exhibitions of porcelain in the Palace Museum are prepared by Teacher Cai!"

   "I am a JDZ kiln burner. Teacher Cai is very famous here. I can testify that this is Teacher Cai!"

  With the testimony of the audience, the little black boys were silent for a moment, but quickly found a new attack angle.

   "The world is going downhill! Even experts from the Palace Museum have come out to make money."

   "Teacher Cai is confused!"

Cai Yi didn't know that he was being discussed in the live broadcast room. He held the bottom of the bowl carefully, and explained to Li Yi excitedly: "I'm sorry! I'm a little happy to see Lie Xinxi. The Wanshou Wujiang Bowl."

  At this time, the little girl led by Mr. Huang in Yangcheng asked curiously: "Grandpa, what is the Wanshou Wujiang Bowl?"

  Hearing the little girl's question, Cai Yi explained with a smile: "This is a batch of cloisonné tableware ordered by the Palace Manufacturing Office on Emperor Qianlong's 80th birthday. It represents the highest level of imperial work and is very precious."

   "Cloisonne? What is cloisonne? Is it delicious?"

  The little girl was confused.

   "Haha! Cloisonne is not edible, it is the name of an ancient metal processing technology."

Cai Yi was amused by her: "The real name of cloisonne is copper tire filigree enamel, also called inlay enamel. It is made of soft flat copper wires on the copper tire shape, pinched into various patterns and welded on, and then the enamel is put on the surface. The color glaze is filled in the pattern, and then put into the kiln to fire the utensils.

  It is the embryo of metal, but it has the feel of porcelain. The craftsmanship is very complicated and the materials are very expensive, so only the palace manufacturing office can produce it.

  During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Palace Building Office had eight very brilliant traditional crafts, called Yanjing Bajue, and this cloisonné craft was the first of Yanjing Bajue. "

  Hearing Cai Yi's explanation, Old Tang felt a little uneasy. He couldn't help asking: "Mr. Cai, even though this bowl is made of cloisonné, how do you know it was used by Emperor Qianlong?"

  If it was really the bowl used by Emperor Qianlong, didn’t he just eat with cultural relics?

   Cai Yi heard the words, and explained calmly: "Because this set of Wanshou Wujiang Bowl was originally designed by Qianlong himself."

When it came to the professional field, he was a little selfless, held up the bowl, pointed to the pattern on the belly of the bowl and said: "Look at these dragon patterns, these lotus branches, and the words Wanshou Wujiang, all designed by Qianlong himself. style.

   This tableware is the first time in history that an emperor made cloisonné tableware for himself. Qianlong was the longest-lived and longest-reigning emperor in history.

In his later years, he called himself the perfect old man. He personally designed this set of tableware for his 80th birthday, so he checked the style, pattern, and color in all aspects. It took a year to complete.

   This set of tableware was used by Qianlong himself, and no one else is qualified to use it. You can only use porcelain bowls to accompany the table.

   And even he himself would only use it during festivals, state banquets and family banquets, so this bowl is called the best bowl in the world.

  Qianlong liked this set of bowls very much. As you know, Qianlong was a stamping maniac. He wanted to stamp everything that was good, and this set of bowls was no exception.

  He engraved four inscriptions on the belly of this set of bowls, which are the four characters of Zisun Yongbao, which means that future generations will pass on this set of bowls as family heirlooms.

  So, take a look, is there the word Zisun Yongbao here? "

   As he spoke, Cai Yi held the bowl and let Old Tang see it by himself.

The assistant came over with the fill light, illuminating the belly of the bowl, and when Old Tang looked, he saw four tiny inscriptions engraved on a Kuilong pattern, which he could vaguely recognize. Character!

   "Fuck!"

  Old Tang couldn't help but blurted out, his eyes widened.

   This is really the Wanshou Wujiang Bowl!

   "Teacher Cai, are you saying that this is the real Qianlong imperial bowl?"

   He couldn't believe it, and asked again.

   "Judging from my experience, this should be true."

  Old Tang took a deep breath, and hurriedly asked: "Then how much is this bowl worth?"

   "The value of the Wanshou Wujiang Bowl cannot be measured by money."

  Cai Yi said solemnly: "Let me tell you this! In 2006, this set of bowls was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

  The United States invited the Palace Museum to hold the Qianlong Emperor Exhibition. This set of bowls is also one of the exhibits, and it is the exhibit in the core area! "

  He rubbed the belly of the bowl and admired in his eyes: "If you have to use money to measure it, let's take this bowl as an example. Its value is definitely more expensive than that car!"

   As he spoke, he pointed to the red Lafa on the side of the road.

  The surrounding audience heard the words and looked, and then they all looked at Wang Shicong who was on the side.

   That's his car.

  Seeing the burning eyes of everyone and hearing the whispers around him, Wang Sicong remained expressionless.

  He did not refute Cai Yi's statement.

  If this bowl is really used by Emperor Qianlong, let alone his spicy car, even a subway car may not be as expensive as this bowl.

   But why do you think this bowl is real?

   Just because the upper lip of this old man surnamed Cai touches the lower lip?

  Wang Sicong was thoughtful, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

   Could this be a game against him?

  After thinking of this, he glanced at Li Yi who was washing the pot, snorted coldly, and said to the internet celebrity beauty beside him, "Let's go."

   After finishing speaking, he walked towards Lafa.

  The internet celebrity beauty didn't dare to say more, so she hurriedly followed her.

  The two got into the car, the engine roared, and Lafa quickly drove out of the alley.

  When the onlookers saw this, they couldn't help talking excitedly.

   "This boss is really awesome! He really doesn't give you any face!"

   "Nonsense, a bowl for eating is more expensive than a sports car with chopped green onions, who is richer?"

  (end of this chapter)