There are two ways to understand history, one is the text, and the other is the cultural relics - the words are often mixed with true and false, but the cultural relics can give us a true face of history.
For example, on April 13, 2014, at the mouth of the Pengshan River in Sichuan, more than 30,000 water relics were excavated, which proved that the legend of Zhang Xianzhong Shenbao, which has been circulating for hundreds of years, is true.
Words are the skin of history, but cultural relics are the backbone of history. As a Doctor of Chinese History, I have always been committed to exploring Chinese history with cultural relics, so I paid special attention to the movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau".
The film tells the story of three generations of the Xu family who, in order to protect the head of the MingTang Buddha during the Wu Zetian period, fought with the Japanese Kou and the treasure thieves.
This story is not pure fiction, there are many similar things happening in reality, such as the Buddha head in the eighth cave of the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Shanxi, which was stolen and excavated around 1924 and illegally smuggled to Japan. After many efforts, the Japanese holders decided to donate the Buddha's head to the Chinese government, and on July 24, 2021, the Buddha's head return ceremony was held in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
It is precisely because many of our country's stolen cultural relics have such a turbulent and displaced experience of "returning to China", so when watching movies, these stories can make us feel really moved from the heart.
At the premiere, the producer revealed that the props in the movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau", as long as what is said in the film is true, are all antique originals, and Lei Jiayin also revealed in the interview that "many props are millions of real antiques when shooting."
Antique movies are different from other movies, if you use fake antiques to "play" real antiques, this is a blasphemy of cultural history, the movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" takes the risk of using real antiques as props, which is enough to reflect the sincerity of the filmmakers - not only to popularize antique knowledge to the audience, but also to create a real sense of historical atmosphere.
Using real antiques to export dry goods, relying on powerful special effects to stimulate the visuals, this is what attracted me the most about this movie. It is worth mentioning that the Buddha head props in the movie are 3D printed, which can withstand the test of the big screen, and the details are also very elaborate.
In addition, all the special effects during the treasure hunt are very well done, allowing the audience to cross the boundaries of history and be in the antiques - I didn't expect the treasure to be filmed like this!
When I saw this drama in the cinema, I felt that this ticket was worth it, and everyone must go to the cinema to enjoy this visual experience of ancient and modern travel.
In addition to popularizing the knowledge of antiques, the film also involves a lot of traditional cultural knowledge.
For example, through the Buddha head of Wu Ze Wu Ming Tang, the history of the Wu Zhou Period was explained.
Through the chess saint Wu Qingyuan's way of playing chess, it is necessary to integrate the magic method of cracking the organ.
In the scrolls of the handmaidens of the Tang Dynasty, there is a mystery to crack the riddle.
Finally, through the legend of Jigong Enlightenment, the final puzzle is solved.
These traditional cultural knowledge and the plot of the movie are inextricably linked, conveying the positive energy of culture and telling us a wonderful and exciting adventure story.
After I walked out of the cinema, I kept sighing in my heart: This is cultural self-confidence, our ancestors are too powerful! What an addiction!
Here, to popularize a historical common sense - why can the Buddha's head become a national treasure among national treasures?
That's because the Buddha's head is the most representative part of the Buddha statue, and the key to the craftsmanship value of the Buddha statue lies in the Buddha's head.
Buddha head statues in different historical periods have their own significant characteristics of the times, such as the Tang Dynasty Fengrun, the Song Dynasty Qingxiu, the Ming Dynasty solemnity, just a Buddha head, can represent the unique charm of each historical period.
In the movie, the protagonist Wish has observed the head thread of the Buddha's head, through which you can identify the age of the Buddha's head and judge the true and false, and the wisdom of the ancients is convincing!
In addition, the Buddha head is easy to carry and transport, so many ancient grottoes of the Buddha head are seriously stolen, extremely precious + easy to lose, so that the value of the Buddha head is more important, the Mingtang jade Buddha head in the movie in the context of the 90s is worth 100 million, if it is put now it is a rare treasure!
This is also the reason why the movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" chose to use the Buddha head of Wu ZemingTang to represent many of China's lost overseas cultural relics.
National treasures are the weight of the country, representing the brilliant cultural essence of a country and the profound historical heritage. In that year, when Japan invaded China, many people did not hesitate to move the national treasure of the Forbidden City south in order to ensure that the national treasure of the Forbidden City would not be plundered by the Japanese Kou.
There are also some Chinese who spontaneously protect national treasures, such as the Pan family in Suzhou, burying Da Lu Ding and Da Ke Ding in the ground to escape the plunder of the Japanese Kou.
The actions of the three generations of the Xu family in "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" are to protect the spirit and faith of the Chinese nation.
Here to thank those real treasure protectors, and hope that more lost overseas national treasures can go home, but also thank the film through this story, express China's attitude to the national treasure home - take my things back to me!
The movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" is the most enjoyable entertainment blockbuster I have seen in 2021, with a bridge section of ultra-immersive escape room and an atmosphere full of traditional culture, with both laughter and cool points! The plot is tense, constantly reversed, this surprise, I recommend you must go to the cinema to experience. #The real things in the plot of "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" are antique originals #