Yesterday, the reporter learned that "Xiguan Guchi" is preparing to build a private folk museum. It plans to take 300 ancient abacus as the ceiling, 3,000 pieces of blue-and-white "Shou" porcelain tiles of Ming Dynasty as the wall, and bring its own large-scale collections, such as bronze locks, tent hooks, tea buckets, pipes, crutches and baby chairs, into the museum to show folk customs.
Even abacus means "Liu Liushun"
In the "Porcelain Appreciation Building" in the Ceramic Art Street where Zou Yongsheng collects, the reporter saw hundreds of abacus with different textures and shapes. The early abacus had a bottom plate, commonly known as the "secret bottom", which meant that businessmen's money did not flow out and left no room for others to make money; In the later stage, the abacus no longer has a chassis. In ancient times, abacus was well made. Abacus files (rows) and abacus beads are divided into ivory, elephant bone, rosewood, rosewood, buffalo horn, copper, iron and bamboo, and the shapes of beads are also round, oval and diamond. The iron abacus is extremely heavy, and its weight is twice that of ordinary abacus. It is said that it is mainly placed on the counters of big businesses and rarely moves, indicating a symbol of doing big business.
Zou Yongsheng's smallest abacus is only 3 cm long and 4 cm wide. It is arranged on the violin-like Sima scale and made of precious wood and ebony. The abacus on the scale cover is made of ivory, and the beads are as thin as rice grains. Open the scale cover and put a small scale in it. According to reports, this Sima scale is not an ornament, but a practical thing. Mainly used to weigh a small amount of valuables, such as gold and ginseng. After weighing, price with ivory abacus. In addition, there is a separate "mini" abacus, which is easy to carry and can be called the "pocket treasure" in China's early days.
According to ancient folklore, the number of abacus files is almost the base, such as 5 files, 7 files and 9 files, as high as 2 1 file. An even abacus aroused the reporter's curiosity. The abacus is placed in a beautiful box of camphor wood, with 6 grades, which means "6666", and the square length and width 10 cm. There are also brushes and inkstones in the box.
The old abacus of "looking for missing children" in urban demolition
Zou Yongsheng told reporters that his initial hobby was collecting antique abacus in Qing Dynasty. This kind of abacus is small and exquisite, and most of them are not mass-produced in workshops, but specially customized by rich people. In particular, the abacus produced in early Guangdong is made of rosewood, rosewood and rosewood, which has high economic value. At that time, his collection followed the principle of "fewer but better".
When Kang Wang Road was demolished in 2003, many people in Xiguan abandoned a lot of old furniture during the relocation. A rag collector bought thousands of old abacus from relocated households, many of which were worn out. Zou Yongsheng chose mahogany abacus 100, which was mostly made in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. This made his special collection of abacus increase sharply, and at the same time began the action of "saving abacus".
Zou Yongsheng, who studied carpentry and mechanics, specially bought a set of imported iron drills and other tools, and made sour branch powder himself, and began to "make old" abacus. If the four copper corners of the abacus are broken, it is necessary to find a suitable copper piece, first "restore" it to its early appearance, then drill more than 80 holes in the copper piece, and then drill the same number of holes in the wood, all by fine hand. The most important thing is to "create" historical traces, that is, "repair the old as the old", which is very difficult. In case of other damages, such as shifting gears and changing beads, such as skeletons and acid branches, Zou Yongsheng has to do it again because he can't buy accessories.
It is planned to build a private folk museum.
Zou Yongsheng said that at present, he is preparing to build a private folk museum, with 300 ancient abacus as the zenith, which means "heaven and man are one". In addition, 3,000 pieces of blue and white porcelain with the word "Shou" are used to decorate the walls of the Customs Museum. These tiles are taken from the bottom of porcelain bowls produced in the Ming Dynasty, and each word "longevity" is different. In the museum, some of his large folk collections, such as various bronze locks and hooks, are displayed. A tea barrel made of copper, wood, bamboo, rattan and acid branches; All kinds of crutches, baby chairs, etc.