The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Palace Museum.

Even before entering the Forbidden City, just looking at the Forbidden City from a distance has shocked Einstein and Le Corbusier inexplicably.

Along the way, the two foreigners looked around.

Einstein's attention was on the carved beams and painted buildings, while Le Corbusier carefully observed the architectural layout and structure. The world's top architect has fallen into a state of frenzy and excitement, with countless design inspirations bursting out of his mind, wanting to integrate traditional oriental architectural art into his modern works.

Zhang Ji and Ma Heng, as the heads of the Forbidden City, led the crowd to welcome them.

Zhang Ji belongs to the vice-president of the Forbidden City and the curator of the Museum of Antiquities. In fact, he doesn't have much research on cultural relics, and he is just a politician-type bureaucrat sent by the central government. Ma Heng is only the director of the Forbidden City and the deputy curator of the Museum of Antiquities, but he is entrusted by the president Yi Peiji to be fully responsible for the professional work of the Forbidden City.

Zhang Ji wanted to press down on Ma Heng everywhere. He stood in the center and deliberately blocked Ma Heng when he came forward to shake hands. He said warmly: "Welcome two international friends to visit the Palace Museum. My Majesty Zhang Ji, Vice President of the Palace Museum." .”

Ma Heng didn't care about this, with a faint smile on his face, he stood beside him without saying a word, he didn't want to argue with Zhang Ji.

When Zhou Hexuan saw Zhang Ji, he only thought of two rumors recorded in later generations. One is that in order to fight for the rights of the Forbidden City, Zhang Ji designed to frame Yi Peiji and accused him of stealing and selling cultural relics from the Forbidden City;

It was the winter of 1935. Wang Yaqiao, the "King of Assassinations," planned to assassinate Chang Kaishen, and the reporter Sun Fengming was in charge of the specific tasks. It's a pity that Chang Kaishen didn't arrive at the scene at that time, so Sun Fengming temporarily changed the assassination target to Wang Zhaoming, rushed forward and fired three shots in a row.

The senior officials at the scene were scared to death, Zhang Jingjiang rolled on the ground, and Kong Xiangxi got under the car. On the contrary, Zhang Ji, who was already 54 years old, rushed over and hugged the assassin's waist tightly. Zhang Xueliang stayed far away, and ran to kick the gun in the assassin's hand. The two worked together to save Wang Zhaoming's life.

But even so, Wang Zhaoming suffered a great crime. Because the assassin used lead bullets, and the wounded area was too sensitive, surgery was difficult to remove the bullets. The spread of lead poison tormented Wang Zhaoming for nearly ten years, and finally he suffered from multiple myeloma (bone marrow cancer) and died of torture.

Don't gossip.

The trip to the Forbidden City was led by Zhang Ji. In the morning, he took everyone to visit the Qianqing Palace, Chuxiu Palace, Imperial Garden and other scenic spots. After a short break at noon, we took everyone to the Museum of Antiquities, which displayed countless national treasures.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable," Einstein's eyes were dazzled, and he sincerely admired, "These are human treasures!"

Le Corbusier pointed to a porcelain bowl and asked: "What is this? It is more beautiful than all the porcelain I have ever seen."

How did Zhang Ji understand this? He could only ask Ma Heng to answer.

Ma Heng explained: "This is called a large bowl with blue ground and hundreds of flowers piercing with dragon patterns. It was made in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty in China. The fetal bone is slightly thicker, the white glaze is bluish, and the ring foot is exposed. The white body is delicate, and the line of the fetal glaze is shallow. Orange. The inside and outside of the bowl are decorated with patterns of blue ground and white flowers. Before the soil is dry on the outer wall, double dragons are first taped and passed through the branches of peony flowers..."

As a guest interpreter, Zhou Hexuan was completely confused at the moment. He didn't know how to explain the technical terms, so he could only falter and say: "Well, this is a dragon-patterned master made with special technology, and it was made between 1426 and 1435... ..."

Le Corbusier nodded with satisfaction and said, "It turns out that it is a medieval work of art. Chinese craftsmen really deserve their reputation. There has never been such an exquisite porcelain in Europe."

Dude!

How can the neigong fine products of Xuande kiln be compared with the Clark porcelain exported to Europe?

Let's just talk about this big star, its shape is not peculiar, it is no different from the big porcelain bowls used to hold soup in ordinary people's homes. But its glaze patterns are so exquisite. Under the illumination of the light, it seems to be shrouded in mist from a distance. When you get closer and observe carefully, you can see that every pattern is so wonderful.

Einstein shuttled among countless national treasures, and now he is no longer a great scientist, but just an ordinary visitor, admiring these peerless masterpieces with a feeling of worship.

Later, in the 1940s, Einstein said in an interview with an American reporter: "Never compare art with the Chinese. The real works of art are all in China."

To be honest, Europeans in the 20th century were fascinated by Chinese culture.

For example, Bohr, Einstein's friend and academic rival, admired Chinese Taoism very much. When he designed his own family crest, the core pattern was Tai Chi Pisces, because he believed that the principle of Chinese Tai Chi was similar to his wave-particle duality.

As for Le Corbusier, well, the architect couldn't move his legs in front of a brush.

It was a fine Ge kiln from the late Ming Dynasty. The glaze body was broken into irregular mesh-shaped lobes, which looked like defective products from the kiln, but it also brought people an indescribable beauty.

Le Corbusier took out his small notebook, stood next to the brush wash and began to sketch. He was obviously inspired by Geyao's brushwork, and soon drew a conceptual design of a modern building. The building is in the shape of a Chinese drum. The main body should be a steel frame structure, and the pieces of glass inlaid are like pieces of glazed magnets on the surface of Geyao brush wash.

After finishing drawing this design concept, Le Corbusier excitedly said to Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, I will come to China again after the design of the Huagong Cemetery is completed. Chinese traditional architecture and artworks are so wonderful, they bring me infinite This is a designer's paradise."

Thinking of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I can introduce two Chinese architects to you. They have a lot of research on traditional Chinese architecture."

"Thank you so much!" Le Corbusier said happily.

For Einstein, visiting around Beiping was just for fun, but Le Corbusier was full of rewards.

The next day, when he visited the Institute of History and Linguistics of the Peking Research Institute, the eggshell pottery of the Longshan Culture unearthed last year also shocked Le Corbusier to the point of speechlessness. He was inspired again by eggshell pottery and wanted to design a building that looked like an egg.

Zhou Hexuan looked at Le Corbusier's preliminary design concept and found that this thing looks a bit like the future Tokyo Dome.

I have to say that the chances in life are so wonderful.

Corbusier himself was the founder of the field of modern architectural design, but he was invited to China by Zhou Hexuan by accident, which led to countless traditional Chinese elements in his design works for the rest of his life. In the next ten years, this gentleman will basically stay in China for a few months every other year. It was not until Japan fully invaded China that he terminated his trip to the East.

After the founding of New China, Le Corbusier also actively promoted the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, and became the first batch of Western scholars to visit China after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France.

In his later years, Le Corbusier published the book "Modern Architecture and Chinese Art", expounding the inspiration he drew from traditional Chinese art, and saying that Chinese traditional culture is a great treasure house for modern design.

This book has become a classic in the field of modern architectural design. After China's reform and opening up, a large number of Western architects came to China to learn from it, and major Chinese museums became the first choice for architects to travel.