Original title: Wenbo Calendar丨The young man in blue rode a horse and came to Chang'an to chase his dream!
The sound of clattering horses' hooves
Through the millennia
Slowly coming from the Silk Road
A young man in blue who is free and easy
Break into our field of vision
Today, I will take you to know the three-color flying horse
This high-spirited young man
Where is the destination?
Hu Ren Youth
Dressed in a blue robe
Cuffs rolled up
Expose the strong muscles of the forearm
His fists were clenched around his waist
Firmly in control of the reins
His gaze looked into the distance
Firm and passionate
The horse on which the boy rode was in great shape
The ears are like sharpened bamboo, and the eyes are like hanging bells
The horsehair is trimmed and neat and refreshing
Ponytails tied together
The saddle is equipped with white, green and yellow pouches
The horse's hooves spread out and leaped into the air
is running to the destination of this trip - Chang'an
Although the teenager never went there
But Chang'an's fame has long been with the Silk Road
It spread to his hometown
He yearns for this bustling metropolis
So gallop all the way
Come to Datang Chang'an to chase your dreams
This three-colored flying horse
It perfectly freezes the moment when a teenager chases his dream
This moment, in the poem
The image of "Fresh Clothes and Angry Horse Boy" gradually became clear
Look, the "imported costumes" of the Hu boy
The rarest "blue" in Tang Sancai
Sancai ware prevailed in the Tang Dynasty
It is a kind of yellow, white and green
Low-temperature lead-glazed pottery with a basic glaze
This three-colored flying horse
The whole body of the horse is dominated by brown and yellow glaze
The flow of three colors is like a rich freehand painting
And the blue dress that this teenager was wearing
But the real "imported clothing"
The tricolor ware was not blue at first
Blue is special and precious
It is extracted from cobalt ore
Cobalt ore in the Tang Dynasty was scarce and difficult to buy
Later Persian traders passed through the Silk Road
The glaze containing cobalt oxide was brought to the Central Plains
After continuous research and trial firing by craftsmen
That's why it's such a special blue color
Hence the has
"Three colors with blue, the price is extraordinary" saying
△ Blue glazed pack mule collection of Xi'an Museum
But the boy on horseback was dressed so luxuriously
Why is there no color on your face?
This stems from Tang Sancai's special "open face" process
Because the color glaze has strong fluidity, it is likely to cause a flower face
Therefore, the faces of the three-colored figures are usually not glazed
Rather, it is after the entire work is fired
Then paint eyebrows, lips and hair, etc
But due to the action of oxidation
When Tang Sancai was unearthed, the painted parts were faded
So on the face of this bearded boy
We can only see gray pottery without glazing
But even so
The expression of the young man Hu is still vivid
It shows the superb skills of the makers
The Tang Dynasty's love for horses
That's a one-of-a-kind way
To say that the Tang Dynasty is the most horse-loving dynasty in history
Surely no one objected
It doesn't matter if it's an emperor or a commoner
The love for horses has reached unprecedented heights
Tang Taizong Li Shimin before ascending the throne
Six war horses accompanied him in the southern and northern battles, and made great achievements
Li Shimin not only gave them nice names
Also after the death of the war horse
In the form of reliefs, these six war horses are placed in front of the mausoleum
△ Zhaoling Six Horses Stone Carvings Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum Collection
In the Tang Dynasty, the role of horses was not limited to fighting
There are also viewing, performances, entertainment, ......
Horses are the most important means of transportation
It is also an important transportation force on the Silk Road
Because of the dependence on horses and the companionship of day and night
The Tang people observed and shaped horses
The posture of the Tang horse is much richer than that of the Qin and Han dynasties
△ Painted pottery horses and horse taming warriors Luoyang Museum collection
There are various shapes of three-color horses
Some are standing, and some are hoof-lifting
There are those who are galloping, and there are those who are manned
Like the three-color flying horse
A galloping horse figurine showing the four hooves of a horse soaring into the air during a run
Enough
Want to know how much people in the Tang Dynasty loved horses?
Just go to the museum and find out~
The three-color vacant horse is currently in the Xi'an Museum
"Chang'an has a hometown - Silk Road Youth Tang Tour" exhibition
The whole exhibition is from the perspective of a young man in blue traveling to Chang'an
It outlines the life of the Tang Dynasty
The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.
That's a place where everybody can be free
The era of riding a horse and galloping in Chang'an City
Why is the boy in blue so charming?
Because of his back
It is Chang'an, and it is also Datang
Producer丨Tang YiProducer丨Wu HuifengCopywriter丨Sun Yuqi Vision丨Lin Qi Technology丨Cai Zixu Proofreader丨Zhu Dongmei Coordinator丨Liu Ying, Dai GuangyuSpecial Thanks丨Xi'an Museum, Shaanxi Station, China Cultural Relics News
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