Yan Liqiang was surprised to see Gao Yan taking the initiative to talk to Yu Lifei. He has known Gao Yan for many years, but even so, he will not communicate with Gao Yan every time he is with Gao Yan. The reason why he called Yu Lifei just now was that he felt that it was boring to accompany Gao Yan. But he didn't watch Gao Yan do things, and his heart felt like a cat was caught in his heart.

"The Arhat bed has many shapes, but the basic shapes are surrounded by three sides and one side is rushing forward. Some people think that the Arhat bed is converted from the Maitreya couch. I wonder if Mr. Gao thinks it has a basis?" Yu Lifei asked respectfully.

"The name of the Arhat bed is vulgar and there is no convincing explanation yet. It is speculated that it is related to the Maitreya Couch that the Ming people call. The Maitreya Couch is a large seat, short and cannot lie down; and the Arhat bed also has a function of sitting more than lie down. The life custom of ancient people before the Sui and Tang Dynasties was to sit on the ground. Although it evolved into sitting with your feet hanging down after the Song Dynasty, the habit of sitting cross-legged meditation has always been preserved. The Maitreya Couch and Arhat bed are both furniture varieties reserved to adapt to the old customs of the Chinese people. There is another saying that the Arhat bed was the original Han bed evolution." Gao Yan said.

"Brother Qiang, have you seen that Mr. Gao is worthy of being an expert. Mr. Gao, please share the knowledge about bed with us?" Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"In ancient China, there were two types of sleeping in big sleep and nap. Big sleeping was formal sleep at night. Napping refers to nap and arhat beds for nap. They can be used to treat guests, while rack beds and step beds were used to treat guests, and they could not be used to treat guests. Before the Qing Dynasty, even in the early years of the Republic of China, the highest level of hospitality for Chinese people was always on the bed or on the kang.

The main function of couches and arhat beds is not to sleep, but to entertain guests. Since the Tang and Five Dynasties, the paintings of Han Xizai in history have been viewed through the paintings of all dynasties, and you can frequently see scenes of ancient people treating guests with couches or arhat beds as the center. Since the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Qing Dynasty, this etiquette has become a fixed pattern. Therefore, the arhat beds have developed from simplicity to gorgeousness, and gradually emphasize their own decoration. The three-screen arhat bed is an example.

Now if you go to the rural areas in the north, the old ladies in the countryside will not pull you into the trap. They will feel that they are not intimate and have not high enough. Chatting, drinking tea, and eating must be done on the kang. This is our culture, a culture that has not been completely changed in several years." Gao Yan said.

"Is "Han Xizai Night Banquet" the painting collected by the Forbidden City?" Yan Liqiang asked. This is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down from my country. Although he is not an expert in the appreciation of antiques, he has heard of such a masterpiece. If he doesn't even know this painting, he will be embarrassed to tell others that he is collecting it.

"Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture" is a famous work in the history of Chinese painting and one of the top ten famous paintings in China. It depicts the scene of Han Xizai, a great official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, a series of long scrolls, and a series of fun. It is divided into five sections: listen to the pipa, beat the drum and watch the dance, enjoy the six dances of Wangwu Mountain, change clothes for a while, and play the music at the end of the song. In order to avoid the suspicion of Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, use the sound and color as a place to hide, and the banquet is always grand every night and play with guests. This picture describes the entire process of a Han Mansion night banquet. The lines of this long scroll are accurate and smooth, delicate and lively, full of expressiveness. The colors are craftsmanship and elegant, rich in layering, and unique charm.

"Yes, do you know "Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture", do you know the author's situation?" Gao Yan nodded. But when he asked the question, his eyes looked at Yu Lifei.

"If I remember correctly, the author of "Han Xizai Night Banquet" should be Gu Hongzhong, a native of Jiangnan, known for his good painting of characters, and has long served as the painter of the Hanlin Academy of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

According to the Chinese painting book "Xuanhe Book Book", Han Xizai, a scholar of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties, was a very talented official. He was born in a prominent family in the north. He became a Jinshi in the late Tang Dynasty. He understood music, was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was good at calligraphy and painting, and was rich in political talents.

However, this person kept a singing genius and indulged in love with guests. His family often gathered guests and sang at all times. He often sang and sang to the dantian. He put all his hardships in the singing and dancing night banquet. The weak-powered Later Lord Li Yu relied on Han Xizai and wanted to use him as a prime minister, but he was worried. It turned out that the country was divided at that time. The north and the south were divided, the southern power of the Southern Tang Dynasty was weak, and the powerful Later Zhou posed a serious threat to the Southern Tang Dynasty. Later Lord Li Yu was suspicious of those northerners who were officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty, for fear that they had two intentions. Someone reported to the Later Lord Li Yu that some officials in the court were going to have a party to the house of Han Xizai, a minister from the north. Later Lord Li Yu was confused. In order to understand the real situation, he sent Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju to sneak into the Han house late at night to learn about his activities behind him.

Gu Hongzhong discovered that among the guests were the new top scholar Lang Can, the doctor of Taichang, Chen Yong, Ziwei Lang Zhu Xian and other officials, and Li Jiaming, the deputy envoy of the Education Office. In addition, there were some popular singers and dancers who became popular at that time. The atmosphere of the night banquet was extremely warm, and the guests and hosts were drinking and drinking, and they were drunk. During the night banquet, there were also singers singing, music and dancers dancing to cheer up. The guests were all intoxicated by joy.

Gu Hong understood in the center that Han Xizai's practice of indulging in sensuality and sex to waste time is actually trying to protect himself, and he wants to use this to show that he is not interested in power in order to avoid being suspicious and persecuted by the emperor.

After returning, Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju draw a picture of "Han Xizai Night Banquet" based on their own eyes and minds to give it to the later lord Li Yu. After Li Yu read the painting, his vigilance towards Han Xizai was reduced a lot. Later, Han Xizai became the Minister of the Secretariat in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the scholar of Guangzheng Palace was admitted to the imperial edict and ended up with a good end." Yu Lifei read books in this area as early as Erfeng County. After arriving in Tanzhou, he studied it specifically, and he could basically memorize the "Xuanhe Book Book" as if he was in the middle of the year.

"Xuanhe Calligraphy Book" is a recorded work of calligraphy works collected by the court during the Xuanhe period of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty in China. The book has a total of twenty volumes, and records the ink and ink of calligraphy collected by the imperial palace during the Xuanhe period, including 1,344 works by 197 people. It is classified according to the emperor and style of calligraphy. Each style of calligraphy has a narrative, which describes the origin and development of various styles of calligraphy. It is a biography and commentary of the calligrapher in order, and finally lists the catalog of works collected by the imperial palace. The format is exquisite, the commentary is meticulous, and the information is rich.

Yu Lifei wrote his own calligraphy very well. He read more information about this before he came to Tanzhou. After he arrived in Tanzhou, he found this book and read it several times. His memory is getting stronger and stronger now, and as long as he read it a few more times, he can almost memorize it all.

"Where is the painting made by Zhou Wenju?" Yan Liqiang asked.

"It has been lost." Yu Lifei said regretfully that for so many years, many ancient people have been looking for Zhou Wenju's "Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture", and this painting probably has long since disappeared in the world.

"Mr. Yan, your friend is a versatile." Gao Yan was surprised that Li Fei could say so much. It is already very good for people who are good at one or two items. If you know everything, it is a miscellaneous. It is not that easy to be a successful miscellaneous.

"I am a messy but not meticulous. Unlike Mr. Gao, I can be a real expert." Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"Old Gao, how about my bed frame?" Yan Liqiang was very happy to see Gao Yan convinced Lifei. But the topic ran far away. Today he just wanted to know these two beds well. He already knew something about the bed. However, he had slept with the rack bed when he was a child, but he didn't know much about it.

"Let Mr. Yu talk about it." Gao Yan said.

"Mr. Gao, just call me Xiaoyu, sir, I really don't dare to take it." Yu Lifei said modestly. Looking at the rack bed that was almost assembled, Yu Lifei said: "The so-called rack bed is a stacked rack with a roof, six pillars, four pillars, and occasionally eight pillars. Before the Song Dynasty, the beds that the ancients slept in bed had no racks. In short, they hid and looked up to the sky. After the rack beds, my country's living culture has undergone major changes."

"There is only an empty rack left in my bed, why is there no pillar?" Yan Liqiang looked regretful.

"It's good to have this empty shelf. If the accessories are complete, it's amazing. Xiaoyu. You and Mr. Yan will popularize the knowledge of the shelf bed." Gao Yan said.

"With the shelf bed, we can hold the account on the bed, keep it warm in winter and avoid insects in summer. We now have fans and air conditioners, and even if we don't have them, at least there are mosquito coils. But in the past, there were no such conditions, and the summer was very stuffy. In addition, there were borers, so we couldn't sleep well at night. After having a shelf bed, we could at least have a good night's sleep. Don't underestimate this change, the emergence of shelf beds has a profound impact on our society.

Since the emergence of the shelf bed in the Ming Dynasty, Chinese people have different types of sleeping and nap. Big sleeping is done in the shelf socializing and stepping bed, and nap is done on the couch or on the arhat bed. There is a long custom in our country: to make trouble in the bridal chamber. In the past, when the bride and groom entered the bridal chamber, they were allowed to break the window paper and look in. With the conservativeness of the ancients, why could this be achieved? It is because of the shelf bed, people outside actually couldn't see the movements of the newcomers on the bed. Otherwise, no one would be allowed to make trouble in the bridal chamber.

In addition, after the bed has a circumference, the effective area of ​​use will increase. As long as the bed is in the same size, you can sleep one more person because it will not fall. You can imagine that when we sleep, if your arms and legs are stretched out of the bed and you will not wake up, you will involuntarily turn in. If there is a circumference, even if you lean against the edge, you will not be afraid and will still be able to sleep soundly.

In addition, there is another advantage of the shelf bed, which can make the Chinese couple's life changeable. The emergence of the shelf bed is also helpful to the life of the couple. We have always underestimated the pursuit and fun of the ancients in sexual life, thinking that the ancients were poisoned by feudal ethics and had no pursuit. But if you look at the shelf bed carefully and understand its functions, you will know that the life of today's people is shallow.

For example, if there are very strong railings and pillars on the bed, you can make full use of them to complete difficult movements. But modern people no longer know these potential benefits. The style of our beds is passed down from abroad, but instead, we have given up the many changes that the shelf bed brings to our lives, and even the enjoyment of happiness." Yu Lifei said.
Chapter completed!