In an ancient city like K City, it is indeed very suitable to hold traditional Chinese New Year activities.
The streets and alleys of the city have been decorated with lights, and all kinds of New Year's goods are attracting the citizens who buy New Year's goods. Almost everyone's face is filled with joy of abundance and reunion.
As the Chinese New Year approached, there were fewer and fewer guests in the hotel, and Weidong suspected that only ten of his own would be staying on New Year's Eve.
In order to recharge their energy for painting on the first day of the new year, everyone went to bed early on New Year's Eve, which is probably the most special New Year's Eve that everyone has experienced in their lives.
Because of their unsteady sleep, many members were awakened by the sound of fireworks and firecrackers again and again in the middle of the night. After waking up, it was difficult to fall asleep again. The jubilation and joy of the world outside the window made people feel even more desolate.
He was half asleep and half awake, mixed with a night of chaotic dreams.
The next day was the first day of the Chinese New Year. Everyone got up one after another before dawn. Shao Ling looked at the cold and lively dawn outside the window and murmured to himself: "If I go back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year, it's time to get up at this time to pay my respects. "
Wei Dong felt a little emotional on the side, but still patted Shao Ling on the shoulder: "Let's eat something, Ke'er cooked quick-frozen dumplings, the restaurant of the hotel is closed today, so we can only find our own way."
"New Year's Day in the north, it's time to eat dumplings on the morning of the first day of the new year." Qin Ci had already packed up and was going to eat dumplings at Ke Xun's side.
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At 10:00 in the morning, the activities of K City New Year Art Museum officially started.
The "Jiu Exhibition Hall" that everyone is about to enter is located on the 3rd floor of the art museum, opposite to the "Zhou Exhibition Hall" where couplets are exhibited. There will be various Chinese New Year paintings on display.
Although the New Year Art Museum did not disclose the contents of the exhibition in advance, Mu Yiran still tried to find a way to know the situation of the "Jiu Exhibition Hall" a few days in advance, so everyone in K City spent almost all of these days studying New Year pictures.
"I'm especially afraid that we will enter that classic New Year picture..." Wei Dong bypassed the crowd of visitors in the lobby on the first floor, unable to believe that so many visitors could gather on the first day of the new year.
"Is the big fat doll you are talking about end-to-end? Three heads and six arms are riding on a carp and holding a lotus... It's called "The Year of the Lotus with Fish." Children next to the booth trying cotton tie-dyeing.
The hall on the 1st floor of the art gallery is uniquely designed in the form of a temple fair, and each booth displays different New Year's works - paper-cut, tie-dye, cloth paste painting, kites, noodles... Every booth is full of people, In addition to appreciating and buying these years of custom art, people are also eager to try to DIY, which makes this "temple fair" even more lively.
The ten members walked up the escalator to the 3rd floor, and they were relieved. They finally avoided the hustle and bustle of the crowd, and the most important thing was to stay away from the children.
The "Jiu Exhibition Hall" is just around the corner. The exhibition hall does not even have a gate, but only uses a huge Shentu Yulei New Year painting as a large screen standing at the door.
Looking at the two majestic door gods on the New Year's picture, the visitors couldn't help but feel a sense of insignificance and security.
Ke Xun stood at the door and saw a lady in a wheelchair who was about to enter the exhibition hall, and hurriedly pushed the lady's wheelchair away from the door.
The lady in the wheelchair didn't show a panicked expression, but looked at Ke Xun very calmly, and politely asked him why he did this with his eyes - yes, just his eyes are very polite.
Ke Xun's explanation: "We just came out of this exhibition hall. The decoration inside is very smelly, and the smell of formaldehyde is very choking. It is not suitable for visiting."
"Thank you." The lady nodded slightly.
"Is it convenient for you? Do you need me to push you to another exhibition hall?" Ke Xun asked.
"My wheelchair is fully functional, thank you." After the lady greeted her, she turned the front of the car freely and walked in the other direction.
Ke Xun breathed a sigh of relief, if this lady with inconvenient legs and feet entered the painting, the consequences would only be worse.
His companions were accustomed to Ke Xun's behavior at this time, and they all stood at the door tacitly waiting for him at this moment.
Although everyone is full of curiosity about the paintings in the exhibition hall, they all know in their hearts that no matter how well prepared they are, it is impossible for the artist to guess the painting that is about to enter.
After 10 people stood in front of the exhibition hall, they walked in in twos and threes.
"Everyone must have seen it just now. There is a huge door god painting at the entrance of our exhibition hall. The reason why such a painting is set up in a conspicuous place has a certain meaning." A man's voice sounded in the exhibition hall.
Wei Dong looked at the group of people gathered together in the exhibition hall: "I didn't expect that there would be a group to visit... After entering so many art museums, I saw a tour guide for the first time..."
"East brother, that's the narrator." Gu Qingqing corrected in a low voice.
Wei Dong looked at the middle-aged tour guide in the crowd, no, the middle-aged commentator, a flash of light struck his mind: "If we ask this person, if there are any special New Year pictures in this exhibition hall, will it help us? Woolen cloth?"
"It's hard to say," Shao Lingxian expressed pessimism. "In terms of meaning, every painting has its own meaning. The paintings we have experienced in the past, sometimes just looking at the pictures, have nothing very special."
"That's true," Wei Dong's eyes wandered between the colorful New Year pictures, "We can't ask people directly which author has passed away..."
"I don't think you need to ask this. The labels here put the names of the deceased authors in boxes." Gu Qingqing said aside.
Luo Meng looked at each other, one painting at a time, probably a little surprised: "Why... why are they all squares... Could it be that these authors have already..."
Shao Ling's expression was still calm: "Those with boxes are the names of the woodblock makers of the woodblock New Year pictures. Most of the New Year pictures displayed here have a certain history. Look at this 'Kirin Sending Children Picture', the time of making the plates is In 1907, the plate-making master of that year must have long since passed away, and there is this 'Lishi Xianguan', the plate-making time was 1931, and even if the plate-making master was alive, he would be a centenarian."
"Looking at it this way, today's New Year pictures are all antiques," Luo Yao stared at each of the New Year pictures. These auspicious and bright colors seemed a little weird under the premise of "entering the paintings". Zhong Kui looked at the mirror." After a shudder, he turned his attention to his companions, "This exhibition hall is very large, and there are at least thirty people in the group there. Maybe they will enter in a while."
The large number of people in the exhibition hall proves that it is temporarily safe here, at least the event of entering the painting will not happen immediately.
"You don't need to look at the New Year pictures that you have learned about before, and focus on the unfamiliar patterns." Mu Yiran, who had not spoken for a while, finally said a word.
Everyone understood it, so they looked for unfamiliar New Year pictures to study.
At this time, the exhibition hall was relatively quiet, and the voice of the lecturer clearly conveyed to the ears of every exhibitor: "This kind of large sheet with gold powder is called 'Golden Palace Point', and it is three pieces of paper. It is called 'Jin Sancai', and the 'Fu Lu Shou' we see now belongs to 'Jin Sancai' according to the type."
Soon, a studious visitor asked: "Mr. Hua, you just mentioned the difference between the green version and the autumn version. I saw that this 'Fu Lu Shou' marked the green version, and you just said the green version. It is a work before June, is it because the New Year's goods are very popular by the end of the year, and I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the work in the fall, so I printed it in advance in the spring?"
The lecturer smiled and said patiently, "Everyone may be a little vague about the concept of New Year pictures. They think that New Year pictures are only posted during the New Year, but this is not the case. According to the purpose of New Year pictures, New Year pictures can be divided into many categories. , such as hi painting, which is also a kind of New Year painting, a festive painting used to congratulate the newlyweds; another example is fan painting, which is a supplementary product for the off-season of the New Year painting business in summer; The lantern screen paintings used during the Lantern Festival are all New Year paintings. Take this picture of 'Fu Lu Shou' as an example, this is a New Year painting for celebrating birthdays, which is usually used by the elderly to create a festive atmosphere when they celebrate their birthdays."
The visitors listened very carefully and felt that they had gained a lot of knowledge.
Luo Meng said in a low voice, "Why do I feel like I've been searching for half a day's worth of New Year's picture materials these days... This teacher is talking about new knowledge..."
Mu Yiran's expression was slightly unnatural. After looking at Ke Xun, the two slowly merged into the crowd.
"My brother and my brother-in-law are..." Luo Meng was puzzled.
Gu Qingqing and Wu You didn't quite understand for a while, Qin Ci whispered to everyone, "Do you think that this lecturer is a bit like a 'chosen person'."
Several people were slightly shocked when they heard it. Although this guess is a bit cruel, Mr. Hua, who is in charge of explaining, is really suitable for entering paintings with the theme of New Year pictures...
"Thinking about it this way, this person's surname is quite weird, why is his surname Hua?" Luo Yao really wanted to ask the other person if it was a single surname.
Gu Qingqing couldn't help but correct: "It should be Hua from Huashan."
For the rest of the time, everyone no longer analyzed the matter, but raced against time to study the New Year pictures in the exhibition hall.
About half an hour later, the group of visitors left slowly. Mr. Hua, the docent, walked to the door with everyone, and then he didn't intend to move any further.
Ke Xun, who was following the crowd, stopped: "You... aren't you in charge of this visiting team?"
Mr. Hua smiled: "I am in charge of this New Year's picture exhibition hall. If you have any questions about the exhibits, you can ask me."
Ke Xun had no choice but to sigh in his heart: "It's just a fate destined by God..."
"It's a great blessing for today's visitors that Director Hua can be the docent in person." Mu Yiran said politely.
curator? Only then did Ke Xun carefully look at the nameplate on Mr. Hua's chest, which read: Hua Jiqiu, Deputy Director of K Folklore Museum.
This person looks to be at most 40 years old, and he has already taken the position of deputy curator. Judging from his explanation just now, he should have a wealth of folklore knowledge.
Hua Jiqiu smiled modestly: "Everyone can visit our museum on the special festival of the first day of the new year, and Hua is very moved."
Ke Xun looked at Hua Jiqiu with some sympathy, but considering the work content of the other party today, I am afraid there is no reason to persuade him out of this exhibition hall.
"Excuse me, Director Hua, among the New Year pictures displayed in this exhibition hall today, are there any New Year pictures with special significance?" Mu Yiran asked.
Hua Jiqiu thought for a while: "In terms of price, there are indeed a few more precious paintings, such as the huge door god picture at the door, which is a woodblock made of two whole pieces of wood, and has been collected by a collector. It was collected at a high price; in addition, the row of New Year pictures with gold powder on the inside of the exhibition hall, whether Gongjian or Sancai, the gold powder used is real gold, so it is also considered a high price.”
"What if it's from historical significance or other perspectives?" Mu Yiran directly asked what he wanted to ask.
Hua Jiqiu fell into deep thought, and his eyes lit up slightly: "There is indeed a unique New Year's picture, you come with me."