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Chapter 172 Lightning Lightning Overnight

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    Last night, the rumbling thunder brought a night of happy rain.

    The capital city after the rain is so beautiful.  Wang Mian was walking on the road, humming a little song, breathing the fresh and moist air, admiring the rain-soaked flowers and trees on the roadside, and the birds flying freely in the sky

    [1] "Spring Day" Qin Guan. Poem

    ? In one night, light thunder and thousands of threads fall,

    Jiguang floating tiles and green are uneven.

    ? Affectionate peony contains spring tears,

    Powerless Qiangwei lying on dawn branches.

    Wang Mian walked along Suqingmen Street towards the Bell and Drum Tower.

    Looking up from a distance, the Bell and Drum Towers are majestic and majestic.  The green glazed tiles [1], washed clean by the spring rain, are crystal clear, like emeralds; the water droplets on the tiles, under the reflection of the morning sun, are shining and bright.

    Passing through the bustling hunchback-like Luoguo Lane [South Luogu Lane], Wang Mian stopped under the gatehouse of a courtyard house.

    The gate tower is painted with exquisite sea-filled ceilings, and the two big characters "Da Zhai" written on the door plaque are very conspicuous.

    This house is the mansion of Dapuhua, Wang Mian's fellow villager.

    Da Puhua's surname is not "Da", but "Bo Ya Wu Tai".  According to the customs of the Han people, who only address the first character of a person's name, he marked his mansion as "Da Zhai".

    The door servant ordered the servant to take away Wang Mian's horse, and invited Wang Mian in.

    The living room of the courtyard is generally located in the south room, which is the place where ordinary guests visit; the guest of honored guests is in the north room, that is, the upper room, usually the room in the middle of the row of houses just north of the courtyard.

    The old servant walked in front, and Wang Mian followed closely behind.

    Passing through the screen wall, a square courtyard appears in front of you.  The floor tiles in the courtyard are carefully selected and designed, implying "blessings come from heaven".

    There are many green plants around the yard.

    There are two persimmon trees on the east side, which represent "everything goes well"; the roses climbing on the wall, after a night of breeze and drizzle, are also lying on the twigs in the morning sun, lingering and charming  Qianjiao; under the window sill of the west wing room, there are several pots of peonies in bloom. I don¡¯t know whether it was rained last night or just sprinkled with water this morning. I can only see raindrops on the petals, like a girl crying in spring.  people love.

    Going north from the courtyard is the central hall.

    The nave is a seven-beam door and window structure, decorated with high-quality rosewood, and you can smell the unique fragrance of flowers and trees when you approach it.

    Dapuhua greeted the steps down the steps with a smile, "Looking at Brother Yuanzhang's success, it seems like a big deal has been done!"

    Wang Mian also said happily: "That's right, it's all thanks to Brother Jianshan's help!"

    The two walked into the living room hand in hand.

    Dapuhua asked again: "Do you know whose family she is from?"

    "I know, the daughter of Yu Yannian's family."

    "Yu Yannian?" Da Puhua asked in surprise, "The Yu Yannian from Tai Hospital?"

    "yes!"

    "Oh, everyone is saying that all the women in Yu Yannian's family look like gods." Dapuhua said jokingly, "No wonder Brother Yuanzhang is so fascinated that he no longer thinks about tea or food!"

    "You said that you high-ranking officials and nobles have nothing to do all day long. Don't you just talk about whose girls are good-looking?!" After finishing speaking, the two laughed.

    Sitting down, Dapuhua ordered the maid: "Serve the prince with medlar tea, and I'll just have a cup of jasmine!" Seeing the little maid taking the order and leaving, he continued to tease, "Brother Yuanzhang, you have to make some tea!"  Bu, this 'wolfberry tea' is very good, take a few packs with you when you leave, it can nourish the kidneys, nourish the liver, nourish the lungs, improve eyesight, strengthen the muscles and bones, and relieve fatigue"

    "Hey, got it!" Wang Mian said, "We just met, and we haven't gotten engaged yet! It looks like you're getting married."

    "How about, let's go to the 'Huixian Building' at noon to eat sheep kidneys, sheep whips and so on?"

    "Brother, I only held her hand, and there is no need to make love. If you want to make love, don't pull it on me!"

    "Only holding hands? How is it possible, this holding hands can be so happy? If you go to bed"

    The little maid served two cups of tea.

    Dapuhua seemed to remember something, and asked: "Three years ago, there was an adultery case, do you remember, brother Yuanzhang?"

    "You're talking about the 'Yixian Timur' case?"

    "yes."

    "But what happened at his house?"

    "Yes!" Wang Mian nodded.

    ?Da Puhua was thoughtful: "An old lady can make Prime Minister 'Yexian Timur' 'would rather die with flowers than be a ghost.bsp; "On the issue of daughter's marriage, Imperial Physician Yu has a hard rule: no one from a family with a fifth rank or above will not marry. Think about it, this young man from the Western Regions is just a merchant, how could Imperial Physician Yu agree to him?"

    Da Puhua laughed and said, "It seems that I meet this requirement!"

    Wang Mian said happily: "So, we should be brothers in this life."

    Dapuhua asked again: "Can you ask her out so I can meet her?"

    Wang Mian said in embarrassment: "I ask her out? Isn't that bad?"

    Da Puhua laughed and said, "You didn't come to make a date, did you ask Xing'er to ask her out!"

    Wang Mian nodded, "It's also ho"

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    Notes

    ¡¾1¡¿Glazed tile

    Glazed tiles are made of high-quality ore raw materials, which are screened and crushed, formed by high pressure and fired at high temperature.  It has significant advantages such as high strength, good flatness, low water absorption, flexural resistance, frost resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, and never fading.

    The history of glass can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, but people called it Liuli at that time.  It was not until Western glass was introduced into China that it was called glass.  Western glass is composed of soda-calcium elements, while Chinese colored glaze contains lead and barium.

    According to literature records, the word Liuli originated from ancient Indian language and spread eastward along with Buddhist culture. Its original representative color actually refers to blue.  Among ancient Chinese gemstones, there is a kind of colored glaze that belongs to one of the seven treasures. Now besides blue, colored glaze also includes red, white, black, yellow, green, blue and other colors, which are glazed with various colors and fired at a higher temperature.  Glazed tiles, so called glazed tiles.

    From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, roof tiles did not develop significantly, except that the palace buildings evolved from green glazed tiles to "starting to use yellow glazed tiles", and the residential buildings still followed the Tang Dynasty "all maoci, no tiles".  It is precisely because the roofs are generally covered with "mao bamboo" that in the Song Dynasty, houses were often prone to fire.

    From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the defects of this backward dwelling house were greatly improved, and a unified feudal dynasty with an unprecedentedly vast territory stepped onto the stage of history. After experiencing great economic development, most ordinary people lived in tile-roofed houses.

    Li Xiaoguang, a poet writer of the Yuan Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Traveling in the Suburbs of the Qingming Festival": "The wheat wind is everywhere in the Qingming Festival, and the old poets have to stay at home. There are thousands of tiles and snow in the small villages far away, and I don't know the pear blossoms in the setting sun." It can be seen from this that after great social progress,  In the Yuan Dynasty, tile-roofed houses were already everywhere in the vast countryside.

    During this period, glazed tiles began to be used on a large scale in palace buildings.  The porcelain industry has also made new progress. Out of their own needs to earn money, the rulers vigorously developed the porcelain industry, and the porcelain production technology was perfected day by day.  In this context, China's porcelain industry has made greater progress compared with the Song Dynasty, and the famous Yuan blue and white is one of the masterpieces.

    The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the last peak period of traditional Chinese architecture, especially the palace buildings. During the construction of the capital and palaces in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, craftsmen inherited the artistic styles from the Tang and Song Dynasties and integrated them from all over the world.  Excellent culture and skills form a set of the most mature and representative practices.

    The Forbidden City, which was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, generated a large demand for high-end building materials, and the production and use of glazed building products also reached a historical peak.  As the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City has 150,000 square meters of palace buildings. The roofs of these buildings are covered with glazed tiles of different colors such as yellow, green, and black, showing a resplendent royal momentum.  In the Forbidden City, glazed buildings are the most concentrated in various colors and types of architectural glazed components, and the architectural glazes used reflect the highest level of architectural glazed firing in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

    In order to show the majesty and dignity of the royal family, the classification of glazed tiles was also formed during the Ming Dynasty and continued to the Qing Dynasty.  The strict requirements for the use of glazed tiles are mainly manifested in two aspects:

    First, in the Ming Dynasty, the use of glazed tiles was strictly prohibited in the homes of officials and ordinary people. This material can only be used in royal palaces, gardens, mausoleums and other buildings and princes' homes. Even if you are a wealthy family, you can only use ordinary tiles.

    Secondly, different classes use different colors. The roof colors are mainly yellow, green, and black. The most noble of the three colors is yellow, which is only allowed to be used in palaces, mausoleums, and altars and temples built by order.  Yellow glazed tiles, other buildings are not allowed to be used without authorization, otherwise it will be "offended" and sentenced to death; the second place is green, such as princes, county princes' mansions, royal gardens, mausoleums, secondary buildings of altars and temples, and even important temples.  Green glazed tiles can be used in the main halls of the main halls; blue is a special case, the most famous is the Temple of Heaven, whose buildings use blue glazed tile roofs to symbolize the sky; black (gray) color is the lowest and most common, and is used in aristocratic mansions, temples and ancestral halls.  Common people's houses mostly use black tile roofs.

    The Qing Dynasty followed the Ming system, but the difference between green and black gradually weakened.  In addition, in the mausoleum building, there is also a strict hierarchy. Yellow glazed tiles are used in the tombs of emperors and empresses, while green glazed tiles can only be used for concubines.

    The large-scale use of glazed tiles not only greatly improved the physical characteristics and practical functions of building roofs, but also had aesthetic characteristics. Driven by unified dynasties such as Yuan, Ming, and Qing, glazed tile products developed rapidly.  After the etiquette system and rich cultural connotations, it has surpassed the general sense of architectural decoration materials, and has become a cultural symbol reflecting the supreme imperial power and social cognition!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com), Yellow glazed tiles are used in the tombs of emperors and empresses, while green glazed tiles can only be used for concubines.

    The large-scale use of glazed tiles not only greatly improved the physical characteristics and practical functions of building roofs, but also had aesthetic characteristics. Driven by unified dynasties such as Yuan, Ming, and Qing, glazed tile products developed rapidly.  After the etiquette system and rich cultural connotations, it has surpassed the general sense of architectural decoration materials, and has become a cultural symbol reflecting the supreme imperial power and social cognition!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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