Mr. Liu, can you let me try it?

"Teacher, there's also a letter here!" Yu Bang's voice attracted everyone's attention.

"Open it and take a look!" Liu Xuechi ordered.

The letter described it this way:

In the early years of the southern song dynasty's Chunxi period (around 1175), a general from Little Japan, named "Taira no Shigemori".

He donated a large amount of gold to Yuwang Mountain in Hangzhou, and the abbot of the temple, Zen Master Fozhao, returned a thank-you gift, which included this longquan kiln celadon bowl.

This tea bowl was later passed down to the hands of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa during the Muromachi period (1336-1573).

He cherished this tea bowl immensely, often playing with it and using it for brewing tea.

One day, while using it, he accidentally chipped the bowl, creating several cracks, which greatly pained Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

So he specifically sent an envoy to return the bowl to Great Xia Country, hoping that the Yongle Emperor of the Great Ming could bestow another identical tea bowl.

However, over 200 years had passed, the peak period of Longquan kiln firing was long gone, and the craftsmanship level compared to the southern song dynasty was far inferior, making it impossible to fire the same porcelain bowl again.

Out of helplessness, he had no choice but to send this longquan kiln celadon bowl back.

Until the end, this tea bowl completely broke into several pieces, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa had no choice but to use a treasure box to collect them.

It wasn't until Li Lin spent a large sum of money to retrieve the broken tea bowl that this longquan kiln celadon bowl returned to Great Xia Country again.

...

After Yu Bang finished reading, everyone had a complete understanding of the bowl's origin:

[Calculated this way, this longquan kiln celadon bowl also has a history of nearly 900 years, that's quite precious!]

[Our Great Xia Country's porcelain is amazing, it can be loved by so many countries.]

[It's actually a southern song dynasty period longquan kiln celadon bowl, this is too rare!]

[What is the concept of a longquan kiln celadon bowl?]

Just as the Netizens happened to ask this question, Liu Xuechi directly called out to Nan Ye:

"Since you know so much about porcelain, I presume you're not unfamiliar with this tea bowl!"

Nan Ye nodded and replied, "I know a little!"

Not only did he know about this longquan kiln celadon bowl, but he also knew that this bowl was very famous in his previous life.

Although an identical longquan kiln celadon bowl wasn't found at the time, it was eventually repaired by skilled craftsmen.

When General Ashikaga saw the six mending porcelain nails on the celadon bowl, which resembled leeches, he found it quite interesting and cherished it even more.

Thus, it acquired another name, known as "Mahuang Ban Tea Bowl" (Leech-bound Tea Bowl).

It can be said to be one of the most famous existing ceramic remnants.

However, in this world, this bowl not only had cracks but was completely shattered.

It was no longer possible to repair it to the simple extent of "Mahuang Ban".

Nan Ye could only keep this matter to himself; speaking it out would only cause trouble...

Liu Xuechi then made a welcoming gesture, asking Nan Ye to speak.

"Everyone, please look, this longquan kiln celadon bowl is like a six-petaled lotus, so it's also called a celadon flower-mouth bowl.

Loving and appreciating flowers was a very important part of the life of literati in the Song Dynasty.

Ouyang Xiu wrote "Poem Showing Xie Daoren Planting Flowers": 'Deep red and light white should be interspersed, and they must be planted in order. I want to carry wine and appreciate them throughout the four seasons, don't let a single day pass without flowers blooming'.

From the poem, it can be seen that appreciating flowers was already a common leisure activity in urban life.

Meng Yuanlao's "Preface to the Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor" describes the people of the Northern Song Dynasty appreciating flowers: 'Seasons follow one another, each having its own appreciation'.

It can be seen that the custom of people in the Song Dynasty loving flowers was deeply ingrained.

This also led to most Song Dynasty porcelain being related to flowers.

Ceramic wares with various floral features, such as bowls, plates, vases, cups, tea bowls, and stands, became increasingly numerous.

Among them were chrysanthemum-petal shaped flower mouths with different numbers of curves, such as five-lobed plum blossom shape, five-lobed sunflower shape, six-lobed lotus leaf shape, eight-lobed double-petal sunflower shape, ten-lobed sunflower shape, ten-lobed five-petal lotus shape, twelve-lobed flower mouth shape, sixteen-lobed eight-edged rhombus flower shape, thirty-two-lobed, and forty-eight-lobed...

Among these, the six-lobed lotus leaf shape was the most popular.

As for the Longquan kiln, this is the longest-lasting ceramic kiln system in the history of Great Xia Country's porcelain making.

It originated during the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties, ended during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has a history of producing porcelain for over 1600 years.

And Longquan celadon from the southern song dynasty period reached its peak development.

Its style is unique, the glaze color is verdant, and it was exported overseas.

Therefore, the preciousness of this longquan kiln celadon bowl is self-evident..."

Nan Ye's words once again displayed his rich knowledge reserve, drawing exclamations from the Netizens:

[In other words, this tea bowl is a masterpiece of celadon, no wonder the color is so beautiful.]

[Too strong, right? Citing various classics and historical facts, treating that period of history like family treasures. Anyone who didn't know would think Nan Ye is also an archaeologist!]

[I think there shouldn't be much of a problem for Nan Ye to become an expert in porcelain!]

[I also think the problem isn't very big...]

[...]

When Yu Bang continued to read the contents on the back of the envelope, everyone learned:

In fact, when Li Lin retrieved this longquan kiln celadon bowl, he had also sought people to repair it.

But today's repair techniques are far inferior to before, making seamless repair impossible.

Since the tea bowl was already broken, the copper nails would need to penetrate both inside and out, which would likely damage its original charm.

Li Lin hesitated for a long time and ultimately did not choose to repair it.

Now, he handed this difficult problem over to Liu Xuechi and others.

Little did they know, the old scholars were also at a loss.

If this tea bowl could have been brought over a few years earlier, Liu Xuechi could have gone to find a mending porcelain Master, Liu Panxi.

His mending porcelain technique was superb, capable of minimizing the mending porcelain nails and preserving the bowl's surface intact.

Unfortunately, this old craftsman had passed away half a year ago.

However, this old craftsman had a disciple, Yan Baoquan.

It was just unknown if this Yan Baoquan had inherited Master MiyaI Ichiro's skill.

The group didn't hesitate and quickly found Yan Baoquan's shop.

After Yan Baoquan learned the origin of these people, he looked at the fragments again and again.

In the end, he just shook his head: "It's too severely broken. If my Master MiyaI Ichiro were still alive, perhaps he could minimize the mending porcelain nails.

Unfortunately, I haven't fully mastered it yet, it's difficult to reach that level, and it might damage the original charm."

On this point, Yan Baoquan really didn't dare to make a guarantee.

Furthermore, this was a very important cultural relic, Yan Baoquan didn't dare to try it casually.

If the final result wasn't good, wouldn't that ruin his reputation?

So he had to first explain the pros and cons, it wouldn't be too late to let the old scholars consider it first.

Liu Xuechi and the others also fell into a dilemma.

It wasn't that there were no mending porcelain Masters more skilled than Yan Baoquan.

But they weren't much more skilled than him either.

This was the sadness of traditional craftsmanship gradually being lost.

Seeing this, Nan Ye thought for a moment and exchanged for the porcelain repair skill from the system.

Putting aside earning emotional value and such, just this magnificent longquan kiln celadon bowl alone was enough reason.

"Old Liu, can you let me try?"