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Most of Gong County is mountainous or hilly, but now it is a famous place in Tang Dynasty.

The first is the porcelain industry.

The famous places for firing porcelain in Tang Dynasty were Xing Kiln, Gong Kiln, Ding Kiln, Hunyuan Kiln, Tongchuan Kiln, Changsha Kiln, Yue Kiln, Shouzhou Kiln, Hongzhou Kiln and Qiong Kiln.Speaking of ceramics in ancient times, strictly speaking, porcelain and pottery are two concepts.The word porcelain was coined in the Han Dynasty to refer to glazed pottery.But only after the Tang Dynasty, high-temperature porcelain was fired, and porcelain began to succeed.

However, due to the rough craftsmanship of Tang porcelain, its status in history was not high. After the Song Dynasty, porcelain began to flourish, and it reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.As for the most expensive Yuan blue and white in the collection world, it is not that it is the best in craftsmanship, but because the stock of Yuan blue and white is small, the price is hyped up.In fact, the quality and craftsmanship of Yuan blue and white are not as good as Ming blue and white, let alone Qing blue and white.

Gong Kiln is also the Ci Kiln in Gong County, Wang Hua’s hometown, and some white porcelain products such as bowls, pots, bottles, pillows, and jars have now appeared.But now the craftsmanship of this kind of white porcelain is rough. From the outside, most of them are glazed inside and half glazed outside. The gloss is burnt out, but if you look closely, you can find some small black brown spots on the glaze. It makes people feel a fly in the ointment.If you open it, most of the tires are beige and rough in texture, and many large air bubbles can be seen on the inner abdominal wall with the naked eye.

This kind of porcelain is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Wang Hua, a porcelain firing expert who can be called a master.However, compared with the past, modern porcelain is glazed evenly and has a very high degree of porcelain.Because of this, porcelain quietly began to spread among the people.

Another production in Gong County is the most famous Tang Sancai!

The production areas of the three Tang Sancai in the Tang Dynasty are Chang'an, Luoyang, and Yangzhou, and Luoyang refers to Gong County.To be precise, Gong kilns are mainly concentrated in the hometown of Wang Hua, Tianling Mountain and Huangzhi River.People often have two misunderstandings about Tang Sancai.

The first misunderstanding, most people regard it as a noble work of art.This is an extremely wrong understanding, it is a kind of ghost device, which is equivalent to paper money, wreaths and the like.At that time, there was no such thing as burning paper money wreaths, so Tang Sancai was used for burial, which was equivalent to burning paper money.Therefore, it would be ridiculed if the official family put Tang Sancai in the cabinet or on the desk.

The emergence of Tang Sancai was also due to the rapid development of the ceramic industry in the Tang Dynasty, and after the Zhenguan rule, the national power was strong, all industries prospered, and the style of luxury rose, so the custom of burials followed.In the hands of Wu Zetian, Tang Sancai technology has officially reached its peak.Although the imperial court prohibits exaggeration, it stipulates the rank of officials and how many things are buried with them.But it doesn't work, every time it seriously exceeds the prescribed amount.This kind of atmosphere also contributed to the prosperity of Tang Sancai.

The second misunderstanding, many people think that its technology is very developed.In fact, this kind of development is only equivalent to the Tang Dynasty. It is just a kind of pottery, not even porcelain.Its value lies in its bright colors and shape, so it has unique artistic value and has no craft value.It is easy for later generations to forge fake tricolor, but the sense of historical vicissitudes cannot be forged.

But Wang Hua still likes to watch the kiln workers burn three colors. He does not watch the kiln workers beating and glazing, but watching the kiln workers carve out various exquisite shapes with knives and "open faces" with brushes.Every time he sees it, if he is not afraid that others will say that he is weird, he wants to go up and try it himself.It's just that the kiln owner wouldn't let him do this.

A piece of Tang Sancai first chooses soil, aborts, shapes, burns the tire at high temperature, cools it, and then fires it with glaze at low temperature. As for the figure, the head is not glazed, and after the glaze is fired, the eyebrows, lips, and hair are painted.This process is called "open face".

It was not until this time that a complete Tang Sancai was completed, and then it was transported to various places to be buried underground again.

The wheels squeaked loudly. These ox carts were all transporting ceramics from Gong County into Luoyang.

Wang Hua took one of them and followed them into Luoyang City.

Gong County is not far from Luoyang, but because the ox carts were carrying heavy loads, it was the next day when they arrived in Luoyang, and it was getting late.

When Wang Hua found an inn to stay, the city of Luoyang was already brightly lit.But only some inns, restaurants and brothels are in business, as for the purebred commercial transactions, they have been closed.The business model of the Tang Dynasty was mainly workshops, open during the day and rest at night. "Fan City beats three hundred drums at noon every day, and the crowd gathers. Seven quarters before the sun sets, three hundred drums are beaten, and the crowd disperses."

But in the south, this law was much more relaxed. Later, even capitals like Chang'an and Luoyang had merchants open in the middle of the night.At the same time, the status of merchants was very low at the beginning, which is also related to Li Shimin's correction of the extravagant atmosphere of the Sui Dynasty.But later, the status of businessmen gradually improved, and even officials and scholar-bureaucrats from some aristocratic families took the initiative to participate in commercial activities.In particular, Chen Shaoyou's three chief vassals have accumulated hundreds of millions of wealth through trade.

At this time, after decades of rest and recuperation in the Tang Dynasty, people's ideology was in a transition period, and the status of merchants was gradually improving.The Yu family of the Du family in Xianggong County and his own Wang family are considered small noble families, but they still mainly seek wealth through business.

But as the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang basically closed its doors at night.

Wang Hua went to bed after washing his feet, but he didn't fall asleep. He lay on the bed, thinking about what he had learned before.

This time he came to Luoyang, and the means of obtaining wealth was not through porcelain, nor through Tang Sancai.Although it is his heart's desire.But firing porcelain requires a lot of capital, and now only a dozen or so taels of silver from Di Renjie is in his arms, which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

As for Tang Sancai, it doesn't matter whether it is a truly elegant handicraft, or a ghost vessel that cannot be put on the table.Wang Hua didn't dare to burn it. If he did, he would never be able to stand out in this world for the rest of his life.

The goal of his visit this time was another work of art.A work of art that is also neglected by many posterity - lacquerware.

This artwork has a history of more than 3000 years in China.Before the Tang Dynasty, its function was very vague, and it could be used as handicrafts, daily necessities, and even as a ghost vessel.But after the Tang Dynasty, with the development of the ceramics industry, daily necessities were gradually replaced by rougher porcelain, and Ming ware was also replaced by Tang Sancai.In order to survive, technicians engaged in lacquerware had to keep improving their production techniques and transfer the entire lacquerware to handicrafts.

Varieties of painted decorations such as end-gold engraving and carved lacquer, as well as techniques such as gold and silver flat-off, snail inlay, and folder statues, were all created at this time.But like porcelain, with the advancement of human technology, the technology is more developed as it goes back.In terms of craftsmanship alone, Tang lacquer is not as good as Song lacquer, Song lacquer is not as good as Yuan Ming lacquer, and Yuan Ming lacquer is not as good as varnish.

Lacquerware is not Wang Hua's specialty, but it is also his hobby.Regarding his various interests and hobbies, his good friend, Cheng Shifa, a master of traditional Chinese painting, once offered advice, saying that if he put all his energy on a certain aspect, he could become a famous artist who shocked the world.But after Wang Hua heard this, she just smiled and said nothing, and still went her own way.

Although he could not be said to be the top master in the lacquer ware world in his previous life, but this was in the Tang Dynasty. With his advanced knowledge of art concepts that were more than 1000 years ahead of the world, as long as he makes a move on lacquer ware, he will definitely shock the world in this world.

This is the real means for him to come to Luoyang to make money.

Wang Hua lay on the bed and thought for a long time before falling asleep.

He woke up the next day and came to the vicinity of the West Market in Luoyang.There are three markets in Luoyang City, West Market, South Market, and North Market.Beishi is located on the north shore of Luoshui, outside the upper east gate, and occupies a square. There are also many silk shops, colored silk shops, incense shops, etc., but because it is located in the outer city, most of them live in poor apartments, and there are also some private houses of merchants. It is called Bran City.The lacquerware that Wang Hua is about to produce belongs to the top lacquerware of this era, so naturally he cannot choose this market.

South City and West City are within the city.Located on Jianchunmen Street, Nanshi is the largest market in Luoyang, occupying an area of ​​nearly two squares. There are 120 rows, more than [-] shops, and more than [-] stores in it.But because there are many Hu merchants in it, Wang Hua also skipped it.

The West Market also occupies a square, on the west side of Houzaimen Inner Street.Although the scale is a bit small, all the people who come here to buy goods are dignitaries.So Wang Hua made some inquiries and finally chose to develop in this market.

Of course, with the little money in his hand, he couldn't even buy a toilet here, let alone a storefront.

Wang Hua borrowed a private house, and after making lacquerware, he let the shops selling handicrafts in the workshop resell them.

After renting the house, Wang Hua went to the street to buy some raw materials, as well as various pigments and raw lacquer.

Then he looked at the blank tires in front of him.The blank body of lacquerware is generally wooden body, but also silver, copper, tin, bamboo, rattan, porcelain, cloth, silk, leather and so on.But Wang Hua wanted to make top-notch lacquerware. He not only used his art knowledge to paint, but also used his carving skills to carry out relief craftsmanship, so the bases he chose were all wooden bases.

Wang Hua looked at it for a long time, and finally started to work on the first work - a relief picture of a garden lady in gold and red lacquer!
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