Some time ago, there was a news topic: a village in Henan imitated Sanxingdui bronzes sold for hundreds of millions of yuan a year, and many young people knew the "bronze town" - Yanjian Village.
Yanjian Village, also known as Yanyunjian, has been in the business of imitating bronze ware since ancient times. The villagers have good craftsmanship and often confuse the real with falsehood, which has been misunderstood as a "fake" village.
Today, different from the past, the yanyunjian bronze making technology listed in the intangible cultural heritage has made the villagers rich and increased their income, and the small village earns hundreds of millions of yuan a year, which is a good industry.
In fact, such a model of villages, there is also a "Tang Sancai" village in Henan.
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National first-class cultural relics,
Yanjian Village "Made"
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Yanjian Village entered people's field of vision this time, stemming from the imitation Sanxingdui bronze ware.
The imitation sanxingdui da liren bronze statue is vivid, the fire is all over the network, in the yanjian village "trees into a forest", "groups of people", from 1:1 height to mini version, densely packed "standing" a place.
Yanjian Village is a village in Yichuan County, Luoyang, also known as Yanyunjian.
Many people do not know that it once caused a headache for the cultural relics collection community.
In the 1990s, Chengdu Airport and Shanghai Customs found that someone was carrying a large number of exquisitely made bronzes to get out of customs, including a "beast face pattern Fangding" exactly the same as the Luoyang Museum.
The animal face pattern Fang Ding, also known as "Luoyang Ding", is an early work of the Western Zhou Dynasty and a national first-class cultural relic.
Animal face pattern square ding
How can such artifacts appear at airports and customs?
As the investigation deepened, all the spearheads were pointed at a small, unknown mountain village in Henan at that time, Yanyunjian.
Although the fame is not great, it is a well-known number one in the antique literary and play world. Not only has the production process of bronze won many awards, but the bronze imitations produced have also made many experts and scholars eye-catching.
The bronzes produced by Yanyunjian, as small as bronze mirrors, as large as Luoyang Ding, more than 1,000 varieties, bronze lovers at home and abroad have come to visit, and bronzes have also been collected or exhibited by more than 20 museums.
In addition to the common bronze type, the villagers can also make bronze chimes, and what is even more amazing is that the person who makes the chimes is a master who only has a first Chinese and does not understand the rhythm.
At that time, no one could have imagined that the "counterfeiting" craft would make the village look new.
Today's Yanyunjian Village, 1/3 of the villagers are engaged in antique bronze processing, a variety of bronze processing shops lined up on both sides of the street, the annual sales income exceeded the 100 million yuan mark a few years ago.
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Tang Sancai Village replica cultural relics,
Experts are "eye-catching"
Speaking of antique skills, in addition to the bronze village, Luoyang also has a Tang Sancai village.
No matter who it is, the first time you see Tang Sancai, you will be impressed by the exquisite appearance and strong cultural temperament.
Few people know that the skills of Luoyang Tang Sancai were lost at the beginning, and the final recovery of manufacturing skills was due to the Nanshishan Village in Mengjin County.
Tang Sancai produced by Shishan Village
People who have been there must have seen it, where the roof of the farm yard and the gate tower are full of antique sancai and Qin figurines.
Just look at the randomly arranged high-haired and wide-sleeved figurines, the angry samurai figurines, and the three-colored horses with their necks outstretched and bowed, you will be enchanted.
According to locals, although there are only more than 2,000 people in the village, there are more than 20 larger cultural relics production factories and more small workshops.
Nanshishan Village, like Yanjian Village, also relies on antique techniques to eat, and high imitation cultural relics are also fake and real. In 1994, a batch of Northern Wei dynasty pottery figurines appeared in the Beijing Panjiayuan antique trading market, and a frenzy of acquisition of Northern Wei pottery figurines was set off in China.
Several national cultural relics units have also made "rescue" acquisitions of Northern Wei pottery figurines. Curiously, the Northern Wei pottery figurines on the antique trading market are still endless.
After investigation, it was found that all the "Northern Wei pottery figurines" were from Nanshishan Village. Since then, Nanshishan Village has become famous in Luoyang and even the national antique Tang Sancai production circle.
South Rock Hill Village
At present, there are more than 70 Tang Sancai production enterprises in Nanshishan Village, accounting for more than 90% of the total number of Tang Sancai productions in the country, which can be called "China's first Tang Sancai Village".
This skill, which has been painstakingly studied for decades and painstakingly honed by generations, has also been sought after and loved by the whole country and even the world with the development of Nanshishan Village.
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Once a "fake village",
Nowadays, it sells for 100 million yuan by antique years
Yanjian Village and Nanshishan Village are highlighted by their manufacturing skills, becoming the famous "Bronze Village" and "Tang Sancai Village", and they obviously have something in common, that is, they are unique geographical advantages.
One is the place where the treasure land of the gods has been sacrificed for thousands of years and where sacrificial vessels have been forged.
Near the village, the oldest "Zi Shen Father" bronze ding, copper jue and other bronze artifacts have been excavated in China, and the Jiugao Santu Mountain next to Yanjian Village is the treasure place of the royal family during the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
Luoyang Museum "Zi Shen Father Himself" Bronze Ding
The other is the important discovery and birthplace of Tang Sancai.
In 1905, in the process of building the Longhai Railway, a large number of Tang Dynasty tombs were found, and a number of Tang Sancai pottery figurines were unearthed, which shocked the world with high artistic value.
From the "counterfeiting" village that was criticized in the past to the current annual sales of 100 million yuan by the antique industry, in addition to the acceptance of the market and the change of the world's concept, the most important thing is the love and persistence of the villagers.
In the land of the Central Plains, on the site of oblivion, the villagers have recovered the skills of their ancestors little by little.
Yanjian Village recreates the scene of the past "the fire reflects the heavens and the earth, the red star and purple smoke", and the imitation bronze ceremonial vessel was once given to foreign guests by the national leaders.
The world expo hot word "Tang Sancai": Tang sancai wares, but also let Tang Sancai re-enter people's vision, famous at home and abroad.
They are always exploring, integrating cultural skills with tourism.
Yanjian Village has built a thematic museum that collects, displays and studies the ancient Chinese bronze casting process.
The exquisite bronzes on display in the museum are handmade by the craftsmen and attract visitors from all over the world every day.
Under the decoration of bronze imitations, folk customs and cultural and historical landscapes such as ancient bridges, ancient temples, river ports, opera stages, and festivals have been integrated, forming a unique tourist town with yanyunjian bronze characteristics in China.
Nanshishan Village is full of antique Sancai and Qin figurines, just like a Tang Sancai open-air exhibition hall.
In 2016, the village built an area of 8,000 square meters of Tang Sancai Experience Hall, and tourists came to Sancai Town to enjoy the exquisite antique Sancai artworks.
The colorful Tang Sancai dots the streets of Sancai Town, and the thick culture becomes vivid and vivid.
Whether it is bronze or Tang Sancai, it is a strong stroke in China's intangible cultural heritage, and we are certainly willing to see them become better.
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