Chapter 849: Visit Liulichang
After coming out of the Qianmen Yueshengzhai Main Store, Ye Tian and the others walked into Donglaishun Restaurant not far away, went there for lunch, and enjoyed the most authentic old Beijing-style mutton.
While feasting, everyone is also discussing where to go next, and there is still half a day to stroll around.
The result of the discussion is to go to Liulichang Ancient Culture Street, not far from here.
Liulichang usually has too many tourists, and there are many vendors from all over the place. There is a mixture of dragons and snakes. Mom and the others are reluctant to join the fun, and they can't go to it several times a year.
Even if they go to Liulichang, they only go to the more famous bookstores, and rarely go to other places.
Now that many people have gone home for the New Year, the streets of Liulichang must be relatively clean, so you can just go there for a stroll.
If you come across some interesting items for the New Year, you can also buy some to take home and decorate your home environment to make this Spring Festival more enjoyable.
After enjoying the old Beijing mutton, Ye Tian and the others left the front door and drove straight to the Liulichang.
In less than ten minutes, the two vehicles arrived at the intersection of Liulichang Ancient Culture Street, located on both sides of Nanxinhua Street, Xicheng District.
Several plainclothes policemen from the city bureau arrived here with them.
These plainclothes followed closely behind them, daring not to let Ye Tian out of sight, otherwise no one knew what would happen.
Even if you track it personally, this product can be pierced in and out of the mess the night before, who would dare to let this product get out of sight? Unless you don't want to wear this official clothes!
Ye Tian and Betty had long been accustomed to this kind of personal tracking and didn't care at all.
Mother and Linlin were naturally surprised and a little nervous at first, but after Ye Tian's explanation, over time, they gradually got used to the existence of these plainclothes policemen.
Everything was as Ye Tian expected, as the New Year approached, Liulichang became much deserted.
Tourists on the street are no longer like usual. Wuyang Wuyang's vision is full of black people's heads, and less than half of the shops are still open for business. Many have closed their doors and went home for the New Year!
The kind of baggage fasting with the urban management and police to fight guerrillas is even rarer, and they are not found at the two entrances.
Although the flow of people is much less than usual, the flavor of the year here is very strong.
The streets are full of red lanterns, brand-new couplets are pasted at the door of every store, and beautiful window grilles are pasted on the windows. Everyone is beaming and smiling, no matter the store or the tourists.
All of these have merged together to create a prosperous Chinese New Year, making the whole street full of the flavor of the year.
Because many shops have closed, the parking spaces here are not as tight as usual. There are just a few empty parking spaces at the entrance.
Ye Tian and the others parked their car at the entrance, then got off the car and started walking around Liulichang East Street.
In the front, Ye Tian and Betty, as well as Mom and Linlin.
Raymond and Walker followed. While enjoying the beautiful scenery on the street, they also paid attention to the surrounding situation to protect Ye Tian and the others.
Later on, there were plainclothes policemen from the Municipal Bureau, who were watching Ye Tian while also acting as his free bodyguards.
Regrettably, the expressions on these plainclothes are not pretty.
In the process of visiting this famous and unique ancient cultural street, Ye Tian unwillingly became everyone's tour guide and explainer, and gave everyone the most professional explanation.
Because of taking care of Betty, and Raymond and Walker who followed, Ye Tian's language used to explain is naturally English.
Fortunately, my mother and Linlin's English level is very good, there is no language barrier, and they can fully understand his explanation.
"Liulichang Street is a famous ancient cultural street in Beijing. It originated in the Qing Dynasty. The people who originally lived in this area were people from all over the country who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
Because of the arrival of these exemplars, a large number of shops selling books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone soon gathered around here, forming a strong cultural atmosphere and passing it down.
The reason why it is called Liulichang is that the Yuan Dynasty set up an official kiln here to burn glazed tiles. When the Ming Dynasty expanded the inner city, the official kiln was expanded.
In the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, after the construction of the outer city, it became an urban area, and the official kiln was immediately moved to Liuliqu Village in Mentougou District, but the name of Liulichang was retained.
Liulichang is 800 meters long from east to west. It is a cultural street with a rich culture of humanities. The streets are full of shops selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, antiques, calligraphy and painting, and many of them are well-known for centuries.
While listening to Ye Tian’s explanation, everyone walked forward, admiring the distinctive Chinese traditional buildings on both sides of the street, and feeling the breath of traditional culture coming over them.
Especially Betty, whose eyes are almost running out, she kept turning her head to admire the beauty of the street, her face full of excitement, and her exclamation never stopped.
"Wow! This building is so beautiful, antique, and very old. It looks like a palace, just like the beautiful palaces in the Forbidden City.
It's a pity that this shop has closed, so we can't enter it! It must be more beautiful inside! Steven, what is the business here? do you know? "
Betty pointed to a quaint two-story building in front of him and said in awe.
Ye Tian looked at this small building, then chuckled and explained:
"Yes! This is a traditional building with a history of more than 100 years. It is indeed very beautiful, and the ‘Jigugu Pavilion’ located in this building is even more famous and well-known at home and abroad.
‘Jigugu Pavilion’ is an old store with a long history that specializes in copying and restoring cultural relics and antiques. It has a very high level of restoration of antiques, bronzes, calligraphy and painting, and the effect is very realistic! "
Leaving the ‘Kigu Pavilion’, everyone continued to stroll forward, passing in and out of antique buildings, famous old shops, and walking on the streets full of red lanterns, feeling the rich traditional cultural atmosphere.
In this process, everyone has also gained.
My mother bought a zisha teapot with a beam in the original art museum, preparing to give it to grandpa as a gift during the New Year.
Although this purple clay pot is not an antique, the materials and quality are quite exquisite, and the craftsmanship is very exquisite. It is the most traditional Yixing purple clay craft, made by modern masters.
Under the perspective, the inner quality of this Zisha teapot with the beam was very clear in Ye Tian's eyes. It was with his nod approval that his mother decided to take down the teapot.
Of course, the price of such a high-quality zisha teapot is certainly not cheap.
After some bargaining, the owner of the Original Art Museum took away 80,000 RMB from Ye Tiankali, smiling like a spring breeze, but he was not polite to start!
For Ye Tian, this price is not even a small amount, as long as the hometown likes it, it is worth the cost!
Betty also gained something. She took a fancy to a folding fan in Gu Yizhai and won it without hesitation.
This is a folding fan with a perfect combination of ancient and modern. The fan bones are made from modern Xiangfei bamboo, and the fan noodles are made by a famous literati in the late Qing Dynasty.
On one side of the fan is a traditional theme of "Butterfly Love Flower" meticulous painting. The painting technique is quite sophisticated, meticulous, and very beautiful. It instantly caught Betty's attention and made her reluctant to leave.
On the other side is a corresponding Song poem, "Butterfly Love Flower. Spring Scenery" by the famous poet Su Shi, handwritten by the late Qing literati. The calligraphy is delicate and timeless, which fits well with this noun!
"The flowers fade, the red and the green apricots are small. When the swallows fly, the green water is around. There are few willows on the branches, and there is no fragrant grass in the end of the world!
Swing in the wall and outside the wall. People outside the wall, beautiful people in the wall laugh. Laughing gradually fell silent, but passionate but was ruthlessly annoyed"
Betty certainly doesn't understand Chinese, let alone the meaning and beauty of this Song poem.
But after Ye Tian's whispered explanation, she was immediately immersed in the beautiful artistic conception portrayed in this Song poem, extremely intoxicated and unable to extricate herself for a long time.
After understanding this Song Ci, she loved this folding fan even more! I won't let go of holding it, and I am not willing to put it back at the counter of Gu Yizhai!
Seeing this situation, Ye Tian would hesitate.
He directly took out the bank card and handed it to the Gu Yizhai clerk, and only said one word to the smiling beauty clerk.
"buy!"
Thirty-eight thousand yuan was swiped away in an instant, and the folding fan also changed its owner and became Betty's favorite.
Same as before, Ye Tian knew the price of this folding fan well.
Although the transaction price is a bit high, it is not too outrageous. Within a reasonable range, as long as Betty likes it, it is not expensive!
Of course, when she walked out of the door of the ancient art studio, Betty's act of opening the folding fan and gently shaking it in the cold wind was a bit out of place, attracting countless surprised eyes and a burst of kind laughter.
Moving on, they soon entered a shop selling ceramic crafts, which displayed both antique ceramics, many high imitation porcelains, and ceramic crafts.
In this shop, Linlin harvested a set of colored porcelain twelve zodiac dolls, which are modern creative ceramics, made by a contemporary young ceramic artist!
The price of this set of colored porcelain dolls is not expensive, only 3200 yuan, but Lin Lin likes it very much, and she loves it, and Ye Tian naturally swiped her card to win it.
Ye Tian also gained something. He received a set of top lake pens from Dai Yuexuan. It was made by Dai Bin, the founder of Dai Yuexuan and the famous pen maker. It is very rare!
Such a set of top lake pens is naturally quite expensive.
Soon, the Yetian bank card lost another 150,000 yuan, but he had an extra set of top lake pens.
He is going to give this set of top-quality lake pens to his grandfather, and only this top-quality lake pen ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is equipped with the national treasure Duan inkstone and Jiajing tribute ink.
If you come back for a few thousand years of ancient propaganda, then you will be alive!
At that time, even today's top calligrapher, seeing the Four Treasures of Grandpa's study, will have to shiver, and his eyes are flushed with envy!
Leaving Dai Yuexuan, Ye Tian and the others continued to stroll forward, savoring the ubiquitous traditional cultural charm of this street, and feeling the strong flavor of the New Year in the air.
As everyone knows, the news of their group's successive sweep of goods on Liulichang East Street has spread quickly, attracting a lot of attention.
Among them, there are also some guys who are deliberately unpredictable!
Now that the New Year is approaching, tourists are scarce, and many people are returning funds. At this time, there are not many people buying antique art.
In addition, Ye Tian's action is simple and neat, and he doesn't care about the price issue, which attracts people's attention even more!
Even in the eyes of some people, he has been regarded as a mallet and he is sharpening his sword!
