As one of the four ancient civilizations, China has handed down many cultural relics and treasures with collection and archaeological value. Most of them have been nationalized and housed in major museums, while the other part is in the hands of antique collectors at home and abroad.
The Mainland's Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics clearly stipulates the scope of legal collection of cultural relics, and the cultural relics excavated by citizens in ancient cultural sites, tomb groups, ancient buildings, cave temples and other places must be handed over to the state.
This not only protects the rights and interests of citizens in the collection of cultural relics, but also provides an effective guarantee for national cultural relics. In fact, many of the cultural relics currently treasured in the museum, in addition to the excavations of the archaeological team, are also partly from civil organizations or individuals.
They inadvertently excavated the existence of artifacts and handed them over to state management. The "treasure of the town hall" of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drop, was inadvertently picked up by a 17-year-old girl and returned to the country, so that the world can see it.
Get to know the boat-shaped drops
Zhejiang Provincial Museum is located on the banks of the West Lake in Hangzhou, and has a history of more than 90 years since its establishment in 1929. The museum treasures a large number of cultural relics, about 100,000 pieces, and the historical period spans more than 4,000 years from tribal culture to Qing Dynasty.
Longquan kiln celadon has always been a strong ink in the museum, and the early firing process is not very skilled, so the carcass is thicker but the glaze color is not pure. Until the Southern Song Dynasty, after the improvement of the process, the fired porcelain was much better than before.
Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln celadon wins with glaze color, and the glaze layer is thick, such as jade gelatin, which is expensive for those without grain. The Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops are the best products in the Longquan kiln celadon porcelain.
Yan di is a traditional artifact of the ancient study room, and its main function is to store yan water for grinding ink. This drop has been modified to control the amount of water. Most of them are classically elegant in shape, and most of them are used by high-ranking officials and nobles.
The Shape of the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan Kiln Boat Shaped Stone Drop is flat-ground boat shaped, with barn sheds and stern sheds, and there are two statues of men and women in the barn, two sitting on the ground, like in conversation. There is a hat at the top of the barn, and a next to it is in a hat-taking posture.
The entire hull is glazed inside and out, the glaze is bright, pure as jade, and there is a small hole in the front of the bow for water injection. Carefully studying the appearance of this yandi, a scene of friends on the ancient Jiangnan boat appeared in front of the eyes.
In addition, this cultural relic was unearthed in the Zhejiang region, which is the birthplace of Jiangnan Water Town, so it makes people have a more intuitive imagination.
The boat seemed to float in the river at will, and the with the hat reminded people of the gentle drizzle that was about to fall, but it did not affect the two young people in the cabin who were talking. Smoke and rain, willow leaves flying, boating on the lake, chattering, a wonderful picture.
The story behind it
Behind each cultural relic, there is a story, the "past life story" of the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops has been precipitated in history, but its "story of this life" is still being written. The person who brought it from a "past life" to "this life" was a 17-year-old girl.
A girl whose family lived in Shangyan'er Village, Longquan County, named He Zhaodi, was 17 years old at the time. Because her family was poor, she helped her parents with farm work at a very young age, so all kinds of farm work could be easily obtained.
She went to work in the field as usual, and saw that the side of the field road was covered with yellow flowers and grasses, and the spring breeze blew, which was very beautiful. Zhao Di was very happy, thinking that this yellow flower and grass could be used greatly, so he wanted to dig something back.
After digging for a while, the scythe in her hand suddenly "slammed" a crisp sound, as if it had touched something hard, and she looked closely, it was a little green like a bowl. She didn't dare to push any harder, and gently pulled open the dirt next to her and took the object out.
At first glance, it looked like a porcelain, but after Zhao Di took it to the river to clean it, he found that she was a small boat-shaped porcelain, delicate and small, and verdant in color. This broke Zhao Di's happiness, and she hid the boat like a treasure and hurriedly took it home.
Longquan County is a small county with a long history and culture, there are a large number of Longquan celadon kiln ruins, so local residents can often dig out some "treasures" when working, And Zhao Di has heard about celadon since childhood, so it is concluded that this small boat must be worth a lot.
Back at home, after the "identification" of their parents, it was certain that it was an old object, although it could not be seen of any age, but better than any porcelain they had ever seen. So they hid the porcelain, and zhao's mother said that she would give her daughter a dowry.
Later, the matter of Zhao Di picking up the treasure could not be hidden, and the news went away in the village. Many villagers have come to visit and want to see the beauty of the "baby". Zhao Di's mother was so happy that everyone envied it, so she took out the boat and gave it to the villagers to appreciate.
Over time, the news reached the cultural relics management department of Longquan Township, and with the sensitivity of their profession, they intuitively felt that this matter was not simple. So I took the cultural relics expert to Zhao Di's house to see what was going on.
After careful study by experts, it was concluded that this was a Longquan kiln celadon produced during the Southern Song Dynasty, which belonged to the national first-class protected cultural relics. According to the provisions of the Mainland Cultural Relics Law, it is illegal for any resident to personally store national cultural relics.
So after consulting with his parents, Zhao Di decided to return the cultural relics to the state.
In order to express their gratitude to the Zhao Di family, the Cultural Relics Bureau gave them a reward of 68 yuan.
This money was not a small amount in that year.
The treasure of the town hall
Many cultural relics have been baptized over thousands of years, and when people excavate them, some of them have been in ruins, affecting the overall value of cultural relics.
Such intact cultural relics as the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops are very valuable.
After the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops were taken from the hands of the little girl, they were arranged to be exhibited everywhere, and their value was affirmed by many cultural relics experts at home and abroad, and later treasured by the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, named "Southern Song Dynasty Longquan Kiln Boat Shaped Stone Drops", which had the final destination.
The Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops enjoy a reputation inside and outside the country, and are rare celadon treasures.
As soon as it was unveiled, it won the strong respect of domestic ceramic experts and was known as the "treasure of the town hall" of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
Many years later, the 17-year-old woman had become an old woman, and after inadvertently learning that the boat she had picked up had become the "treasure of the town hall", she sincerely sighed and especially wanted to take another look at the boat in her heart in her lifetime.
So she went to the Zhejiang Provincial Museum alone and finally saw the porcelain. Through the glass window, Zhao Di told his heart about his longing for the boat. She let it see the light again, it made her half a life glorious, and after more than fifty years, the joy of "first sight" is still there.
According to cultural relics experts, the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops are now worth more than tens of millions. There have also been many people who have asked Zhao Di, do they regret donating it? Zhao Di shook his head and said he didn't regret it. It belongs to the state in its own right, and it can only be of greater value in the hands of the state.
Compared with some collections from the court, the experience of the Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln boat-shaped stone drops is more intriguing, so that this lifeless porcelain has more "human fireworks smell".