What a pity?

"This is pretty good-looking, what's wrong?" Bei Qing was a little surprised.

Lu Zian slowly turned his golden steps and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that the inlay is not good enough. My inlay can only be said to have taken the trick of my jade carving."

The real inlay is not just drilling the jade directly.

It should first draw gold into filaments, woven into molds, and then embed gems, which is the "fiber inlay".

As one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing", although filigree inlay has not gained popularity like cloisonné, jade carving, ivory carving, and lacquer, and is widely known, it has a long history.

Lu Zian slowly put this step on the shelf, took a step back half a step, his eyes gentle and quiet: "Have you heard of the short skirt effect?"

"Ah?" Although Bei Qing thought the topic was a bit big, he still answered seriously: "In economics, the shorter the skirt of a woman, the better the economy?"

Nodding with a smile, Lu Zi'an pointed a little gold thread: "In fact, there was a "high bun economic effect" in the Tang Dynasty: the higher the bun, the better the economy. Because the bun is tall, the jewelry-like gold and silver hair accessories have a place to use it."

Those swaggering hairstyles and those jewelry that have reached the pinnacle have embellished a dreamy and prosperous era.

Bei Qing's eyes moved away from the small stairs and looked at Lu Zi'an with some complexity and difficulty in distinguishing: "I have heard of the craft of gold wire inlay, which was talked about when my father-in-law was chatting with people. I heard that this craft relies heavily on manual skills and experience and gradually falls into a state of loss."

At that time, they were having tea and chatting, and Bei Qing just sat aside and barely accompanied the guests, but because there were guests and it was not fun to play with their mobile phones, he probably listened to it some.

"Yes, now, this craft, which is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, is also on the verge of extinction. There are only more than 100 people who have the technology of inlaying filament in the country, most of whom are old and retired." Lu Zi'an licked the corners of his lips slightly, and his fingers skillfully picked up the remaining plain silk and weaved it into more complex arch lines, bamboo threads, wheat ear threads, phoenix eye threads, etc.

The speed is fast and agile. The rare silk is extremely uniform in thickness, and the silk filaments are so woven very fine.

The more he did it, the more he was, the smile on the corner of his lips became clearer: "The filaments that were not inlaid are still incomplete. If you add the techniques of chiseling, filling, burning blue, plating, plating, drawing, and beading, it will be perfect."

Just listening to these nouns, Bei Qing became a little overwhelmed, let alone really understand what crafts they are.

But his eyes fell on those magical filaments, and he sincerely said: "I really hope to see it with my own eyes, it must be beautiful."

"But many craftsmanship are limited by many factors and can no longer be made." Lu Zian sighed with regret: "For example, dice is actually the feather of a kingfisher. Only gold, silver and jade jewelry is too tacky and hard, so ancient craftsmen embedded feathers to increase the spirituality and tenderness of jewelry."

There was a lot of yearning in his eyes, but there was a hint of pity: "The green feathers must be cut from the living birds, so that they can ensure that the color is bright and gorgeous and never fade.

Moreover, depending on the location and craftsmanship, the green feathers can present different colors such as banana moon, lake color, dark blue, etc., among which the green blue and snow blue are the best. In addition, the natural texture of the bird feathers and the refraction of light make the green jewelry full of change and lively. Against this background, many beautiful kingfishers were captured wildly, and the only three types of kingfishers in our country are all endangered."

These are things that Bei Qing had never come into contact with or heard of. He heard them very excitedly and murmured: "Listen to your words is better than reading for ten years..."

[To be honest, I don’t accept anyone, just accept Master Lu. What exactly is he who won’t know!?]

[So a carpenter who can't make filigree inlays is not a good jade carver.]

[Master Lu is really amazing, but why haven’t I seen the little koi princess accompany him recently?]

【Yes, yes, if I have such a great boyfriend, I will stick to it every day and not let other little fairies have any chance!】

Lu Zian just finished rubbing the last filament. When his eyes passed by the screen, he paused and a smile appeared in his eyes: "Manman has been very busy recently, so he doesn't have much time to broadcast live with me. I hope everyone can understand."

He paused and added: "If everyone misses her, there is a costume show in the afternoon. I'll take you to see it?"

The live broadcast room was full of praise and everyone was trying to coax it, so the matter was decided.

However, after turning off the live broadcast room, Lu Zian received a call from Master Zhuo, who had been missing for a long time.

"Master Lu, did you start the live broadcast just now?" Mr. Zhuo's voice was still so bright and powerful.

After receiving a call from an old friend, Lu Zian was also very happy: "Yes, I just did a step-shaking shot, but I didn't do a good job when I first came into contact with the silk thread."

"Isn't it very good?" Mr. Zhuo laughed and his voice became farther away: "Did you hear it? People say it's not very good!"

Then his voice became clear again, and he smiled cheerfully: "Master Lu, you are too modest. I have a master of tired silk saying that you are skilled and want to invite you to participate in the restoration of a cultural relic..."

As he said that, Mr. Zhuo lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Let me tell you first, that cultural relic is in the Forbidden City!"

It is natural to say that the Forbidden City's attraction to cultural relics restorers is attractive, so Mr. Zhuo never thought that Lu Zi'an would refuse.

But Lu Zian thought about his future itinerary carefully. Although he was also curious about which cultural relics the Forbidden City would invite him to repair, he still had to refuse: "Sorry, I really don't have time recently, and my itinerary has been arranged too tightly."

"Then I...hey? What?" Old Master Zhuo's smile froze. He couldn't believe his ears and murmured: "Did I hear it wrong?"

After confirming it a few more times, Lu Zian's answer was still the same.

Mr. Zhuo sighed helplessly, patted his thighs and said, "Hey, I won't keep it from my old man. Master Lu, I'll tell you this. You must be interested in restoring the dragon throne! How about it! Are you interested?"

Dragon throne?

Lu Zi'an was indifferent: "To be honest, I have made more than ten chairs here at the Hangzhou Summit."

"Oh, it's different from that..."

Before Mr. Zhuo finished speaking, his phone was taken away. The man said earnestly: "Master Lu, I sincerely invite you to Beiwu. We really have no choice. The dragon chaise combines several craftsmanship, but because the craftsmen responsible for each craftsman are masters of all walks of life, everyone's style is fixed and cannot achieve coordination and unity. Looking at China today, you are the only one who masters wood carving, lacquer art, and gold wire inlay at the same time. "

Lu Zian smiled helplessly with this high hat: "You have been too much, I am just doing some fun inlaying gold wire, and I am not skilled."

The other party was obviously not very good at diplomacy. After saying that call, he was embarrassed to continue and hung up the phone.

Lu Zian raised his eyebrows and thought to return to the phone later. Suddenly, he heard Bei Qing exclaim in a low voice: "Master Lu, Master Lu has issued a statement...it has something to do with you."

Somehow, Lu Zi'an took the phone and looked at it calmly.
Chapter completed!