Introduction: Chinese folk have always been popular in the custom of heirlooms, some of which are high-end and atmospheric, and some of which are unremarkable. For example, if it were not for the discovery of archaeologists, the owner of a wooden house in a village in Hubei Province, which was handed down from the Ming Dynasty, almost demolished this 800 million-dollar golden silk nanmu wooden house. So today we will talk about another humble treasure, a Ming Dynasty "cutting board".
Humble "cutting board"
As the pace of modernization has gotten faster, many older buildings are facing demolition. In a small town in Henan, a road leading to the county seat is planned, and Liu Laohan's ancestral house is just located on the planned line, so Liu Laohan's ancestral house is facing demolition.
The town was built to make life better, and Liu Laohan was also a person who responded to the policy, so he began to sort out the old things in the ancestral house.
Liu Laohan loves to be frugal, when cleaning up in the ancestral house, this one is not willing to throw away, that does not want to lose, cleaned up for two days, but made more chaos. At this time, the old man's son was in a hurry, so he came with him to clean up.
To say that it is still young people, things are thrown out one by one, and the old man sweats in his head, and he rushes to stop it, saying that the things in the ancestral house should not be thrown away, and many things can still be used. So the old man pushed his son aside and got himself up.
At this time, the old man found a dirty "cutting board" in the corner of the large wooden cabinet of the ancestral house, which looked quite thick. So I wanted to take this "cutting board" out and take it home to wash it and continue to use it.
But the "cutting board" is a bit heavy, the old man did not hold steady, the "cutting board" fell heavily to the ground, and one corner of the "cutting board" was instantly knocked off.
At first, the old man did not take it seriously, and transported the "cutting board" that had broken a corner to his home. After the ancestral house was packed, the old man began to sort out the things that were transported back from the ancestral house. When he saw this "cutting board", he began to clean it. However, after the cleaning, the "cutting board" revealed the true face of Lushan.
After the observation of the old man, the wooden plank is fan-shaped, and the left side is carved with a high and low house, which looks like a work of art. But this is cleaned out of the ancestral house, if it is a work of art, it must also be handed down from the ancestors.
The old man did not dare to be sloppy, and immediately called the local cultural relics experts.
Valuable treasure
The cultural relics expert took out a magnifying glass and studied it carefully. According to the observation of experts, the texture of this piece of wood is clear and fine, the color is bright and shiny, and the hand is not cool to the touch, so this piece of wood can not be a "cutting board", but a genuine gold silk nan wood, which is an ancient hall ornament, which is now considered a cultural relic.
However, although it is determined to be a golden silk nan wood, the specific age still needs to be studied.
The old man was very happy after hearing it, and he also knew a little about the value of the golden silk nan wood, and he did not expect that he had such a large piece in his home.
But he felt that this thing should be from the Ming Dynasty. Because his ancestors were very prosperous during the Ming Dynasty, but with the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the family quickly fell, so the period from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the family should not be able to afford to buy such expensive things.
So if it is from the Ming Dynasty, how much is this treasure worth?
Although the expert did not give a specific price, he told the old man that the auction price of some golden silk and nan wood furniture was basically around one million yuan, and the worst one was more than 100,000 yuan. The only regret is that this ornament is missing a small corner, which has a considerable impact on the price.
The old man heard this and regretted it.
After the old man's son heard it, he also regretted that if he had not thrown it around randomly, but helped his father clean up together, this situation would not have happened.
However, even if there is damage, many ancient furniture collectors are also eager to find the old man many times and want to buy the ornaments in the hands of the old man.
But the old man refused, he believes that after all, this is what the old ancestor left behind, and their family is not short of money, so they want to continue to pass this thing on, first, to be worthy of the ancestors, and second, to witness the glory of the family.
Reference: Folk Treasures