Originally, he didn't dare to talk to Yushan and others in class.
He started a conversation and was arranged to share a room with Yushan Kazuto. He was a little nervous at first, but he didn't expect Yushan Kazuto to be so kind.
Watching Yushan Heren walk out of the room, the other party finally reacted to what Yushan Heren said.
"The restaurant closes at 9:30?" Thinking of what Yushan and others said, the other party couldn't help but blink slightly.
Judging from Yushan Heren's tone, it seems that he will not return to the room before half past nine?
Otherwise, Yushan Heren wouldn't have to remind himself so early. He could just wait until he came back after eating and drinking, and then tell himself the closing time.
In fact, Yushan Kazuto really planned to go out for a walk after dinner. He was not sure how long he would go, but he just had to be back before ten o'clock.
After finally getting some free time, Yushan Heren felt that he must not waste it.
The location of the restaurant is easy to find. After taking the elevator downstairs, turn left and you will arrive directly at the restaurant.
At this time, there were not many people in the restaurant. Yushan and Ren took their plates and casually picked out what they liked to eat.
I have to say that the hotel's buffet arrangement is quite rich. Although I didn't see any particularly expensive ingredients, the necessary ingredients were still good, and the cooking level was also very good.
After finding a corner, Yushan and Ren sat down and began to enjoy their dinner.
Chapter 2501 Kuilong Divine Mark
"Is this platform where you live?"
After walking up the last small slope, Yushan and others finally reached the highest point of the entire Yuming clan's building.
Standing on the platform, Yushan Heren could even see two similar building complexes in the distance, corresponding to the Zisang and Jianggu clans.
One of them should belong to the Dongli family, but as for the other one, Yushan Heren is not sure.
Hearing this, Yu Mingxue nodded and responded.
On the platform is the residence of the head of the Yuming family. After the death of Yu Mingxue's grandfather, the other members of the Yuming family maintained a tacit understanding and did not extend their hands to this side, leaving Yu Mingxue a place that he could fully control.
It is for this reason that Yu Mingxue did not want to fall out with his family. At least the other people in the Yu Ming family still gave Yu Mingxue some respect and did not behave in an unpleasant way.
This is different from Kaguya Shinomiya.
At that time, Kaguya Shinomiya was forced into a corner, forcing her to seek help from Kazuto Yuyama, and to fight to the death.
Although this matter has some unclear relationship with Yushan Kazuto, it is an established fact that Shinomiya Kaguya has fallen out with the Shinomiya family.
Yu Mingxue's treatment was much better. At least her status as the heir was still retained, and the residence of the family head still belonged to Yu Mingxue.
Although the probability of the Yu Ming family being handed over to Yu Mingxue after she reaches the age to inherit the position of family head is not high, there is still a theoretical probability.
Moreover, having grown up in the family since childhood, Yu Mingxue has actually been taken care of by many members of the Yu Ming clan. Her feelings towards the family are completely different from those of Shinomiya Kaguya.
"Lord Yushan, this way."
Walking to the largest building on the top of the mountain, Yu Mingxue couldn't help but speak.
He raised his head and took a look at the hall located in the center of Yuming clan.
At first glance, this hall seems to be slightly smaller than the Great Buddha Hall that I saw in Todaiji Temple during the day, and is almost half the size. However, a closer look reveals that the cost of building this hall is much higher than that of the Great Buddha Temple.
The value of just one pillar may be higher than the entire cost of building the Great Buddha Hall.
Because all the wood that makes up the hall has a resounding name - red sandalwood.
Although the price of red sandalwood is lower than that of huanghuali wood in modern times, in ancient times, the price of red sandalwood was far higher than that of huanghuali wood.
The central hall of Yu Ming clan is made entirely of rosewood, which is of the best quality.
Such a huge hall would require at least tens of thousands of cubic meters of rosewood.
According to the current price of red sandalwood, one cubic meter of ordinary small-leaf red sandalwood costs six to seven million yen. In other words, based on the price of the most common materials alone, the cost of consumables for this hall has reached hundreds of billions of yen.
In fact, when the hall was built, large blocks of materials were used. The price of large blocks of materials, compared to ordinary materials, can be said to be exponentially increased.
In addition, the quality of the rosewood material used in the main hall is also very high, and its price is a level higher than that of ordinary rosewood materials.
The wood used for the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple is basically ordinary. To say that its cost is not as much as a pillar of the Yumingshi Hall is actually a bit of an exaggeration.
"Please come in, Lord Yushan." Yu Mingxue said in a low voice while standing in front of the hall.
Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He was a little hesitant to walk into such an extravagant and luxurious palace. Why not just use the gold to build a palace?
In fact, Yu Ming had this idea, but after considering the density and hardness of gold, he finally gave up this plan.
A pure golden palace would probably be crushed in a short time, or even impossible to build.
Moreover, although Japan is rich in gold, it is still difficult to build a palace with gold.
Some nobles in ancient Japan would set up "golden houses" in their homes, but they only covered the house with gold foil. Places like the Kinkakuji Temple, which looks glittering, are actually just using gold foil as decorative material.
However, Yuming clan had considered using pure gold to build a palace, which was enough to show how wealthy Yuming clan was.
As you walk into the hall, you'll see a huge bronze Kuilong divine pattern.
The overall shape of the Kuilong divine pattern is circular. Yushan Heren made a rough estimate and found that its diameter is about three meters.
The entire Kuilong divine pattern has a simple and ancient shape, exuding a strong Shang Dynasty style.
During the Shang Dynasty, this kind of Kuilong pattern was the most popular and was often used for decoration. It was also popular in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it was still different from the Kuilong pattern of the Shang Dynasty.
As if seeing Yushan Heren's curiosity, Yu Mingxue smiled and explained, "This Kuilong totem was brought from the mainland by our first ancestor when he moved to Japan."
"If you want to talk about it, it is related to your ancestors, Master Yushan. According to records, this Kuilong totem was actually given to the Yuming family by your ancestors."
“Is that so?” Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He didn't expect that this Kuilong divine pattern had such a history.
In the library of Yushan's house, there is actually a genealogy of the Yu family, as well as some anecdotes about ancestors.
However, among these records, there are not many records about the Yuming clan, so Yushan Heren actually only has some basic understanding of the Yuming clan.
"Not only that, all the ritual vessels used by our Yuming clan in annual sacrifices were actually given by your ancestors." Yumingxue continued.
The first group of Yuming clan sailed to Japan in the middle of the Shang Dynasty. Since then, the Yuming clan in Japan has maintained the sacrificial rituals of the Shang Dynasty.
The Shang Dynasty worshipped the color white, so Yu Mingxue wore a white crown and robes, and even the horses that went to pick up Yushan and his men were pure white.
In the beginning, when Yu Ming clan performed sacrifices, they even sacrificed living people.
Of course, during the Shang Dynasty, people of other races might not be qualified to be called human beings, and the Yuming clan itself was a clan in charge of matters such as sacrifices and divination, so this idea was even more deeply rooted.
However, later on, with the changes in sacrificial rituals on the Chinese mainland, the Yuming clan gradually abandoned the practice of sacrificing living people.
However, because the Yuming clan has inherited the sacrificial form of the Shang Dynasty for a long time, until now, when the Yuming clan performs sacrifices, there is still a strong Shang Dynasty style.
Chapter 2505: Baopi Residence
After taking another sip of the unfermented Wangjin tea, Yushan Heren nodded and said, "I also want to see how many treasures your Yuming clan has collected over the past few thousand years."
Yu Mingxue was keenly aware of Yu Shanhe's actions. The other party obviously had a certain preference for the unfermented Wangjin tea, and she couldn't help but keep it in mind.
"Lord Yushan, this way." Yu Mingxue stood up and wanted to lead the way for Yushan and others.
Yushan Kazuto also stood up and looked at the Yaohen Tenmoku tea set on the table, but he couldn't help but hesitate.
The two of them just left like that, leaving behind such a whole set of treasures in the hall?
"As for the tea sets, someone will be responsible for cleaning them up." Looking at the direction where Yushan Heren's gaze was pointing, Yu Mingxue guessed what Yushan Heren was thinking and couldn't help but speak.
Although the Yuming family is not the head of the family, and there is a restriction on "not looking at the appearance" of the people of the Yushan family, many people are still working silently outside the sight of Yushan and others.
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Following Yu Mingxue, we came to Baopiju. The meaning of the name of this place actually means that the Pixiu can only go in and not go out.
However, the people of Yu Ming clan did not know that hundreds of years after they built Bao Pi Ju, in modern times, in the ancient Shu area of China, there is a dialect curse called "Bao Pi Long", which differs from the name of Bao Pi Ju only in the pronunciation of the last character.
On the first floor, there are all kinds of gold and bronze objects.
Because gold and bronze objects are too heavy to be placed upstairs, they are displayed directly on the first floor.
Looking at the various bronze and gold artifacts in front of him, Yushan Heren couldn't help but feel dazzled.
Basically, similar devices of all types of existing bronze ware can be found in Baopi Ju, and compared with the bronze ware in museum collections, the objects in Baopi Ju are obviously better preserved.
But this is normal. After all, the Yuming clan itself is responsible for sacrifices and divination, and the ritual vessels used in sacrifices are actually made of bronze.
Yu Ming had been keeping the sacrificial vessels for such a long time, so naturally he had his own experience in the maintenance and collection of bronze.
Most of the existing bronze artifacts were dug out from the ground.
Moreover, many artifacts had already suffered considerable damage when they were excavated due to the excavation technology and the tomb robbers, and they subsequently suffered many misfortunes.
However, the bronze ware from the Yuming family has received the best protection, so it is normal that there are differences in quality.
Yushan and his men took a quick look and found that there were almost tens of thousands of gold and bronze artifacts, each of which was priceless. There were even many legendary treasures that were as good as the Simuwu Ding and the Siyang Fangzun.
The only thing lacking is style.
The bronzes collected by Yu Ming are all of very typical Shang Dynasty style, simple and elegant, but without the mysterious feeling of Sanxingdui.
As for Baopiju, its area is actually not that large, but it took Yushan and others more than half an hour just to walk around the first floor.
If Yushan and others had not been dazzled by the end, they would have probably watched it for even longer.
Go up to the second floor, where you will see all kinds of gems and jades.
There are more collections on the second floor, because gems and jades are generally not large, and often a small piece can be priceless.
However, Yushan Heren was not very interested in gems. He just took a quick look at the jade and quickly went up to the third floor.
The third floor is the calligraphy and painting area, which is also Yu Mingxue’s grandfather’s favorite area.
Due to the particularity of the raw materials of calligraphy and paintings, it is extremely difficult to preserve them. Therefore, it is difficult to see calligraphy and paintings before the Song Dynasty in modern times.
In most cases, calligraphy and paintings gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
However, as a family that has experienced thousands of years of history, the collection in the hands of the Yuming family is probably beyond the imagination of countless people.
The center of the third floor is the silk painting area.
The paintings collected here are all from the Pre-Qin period.
Although paper suitable for painting had not yet been invented in the Pre-Qin period, painters at that time had already set their sights on the material of "silk".
Silk in the pre-Qin period was very expensive. In fact, real silk is not cheap even now.
Therefore, those who could use silk painting at that time were either princes and nobles, wealthy people, or people who served these people.
From a modern perspective, the silk paintings at that time actually already had the shadow of meticulous painting.
The use of lines in some paintings is in no way inferior to that of modern top masters of fine brushwork.
However, the development of painting was not yet perfect at that time, and if we evaluate it from the overall level, it is quite far behind.
In the silk painting area, there is a painting that obviously has a different status.
This painting was placed in the center of the silk painting area. The gemstones and jade used for mounting it alone were more valuable than most of the gemstones and jade collected on the second floor of Baopiju.
"What is this silk painting?"
There was no signature on the silk painting, but Yushan Heren could see that this painting was obviously of a higher level than other silk paintings.
The silk painting depicts a god who seems to be accepting sacrifices from his people while bestowing blessings on them.
The gods are surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, and behind them are clouds, mountains, heavenly palaces and other backgrounds. This is what Yushan and others have seen along the way in the silk painting.
They are all unique.
In fact, because the time was too long ago and painting was not yet mature, there was no concept of drawing background in paintings before the Qin Dynasty.
But this silk painting was painted, and the background was painted very completely, which is very imaginative.
"This is 'The White Emperor', a painting from the Taiding period," said Yu Mingxue.
"The Taiding period?" Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly.
The Taiding period was the early Shang Dynasty, almost 3,600 years ago, which is about the same time as the Code of Hammurabi was first established.
At that time, Yi Yin, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, was still alive! How could there be such exquisite silk paintings in the early Shang Dynasty?
"Speaking of which, you should have heard of the author of this silk painting, Lord Yushan." Yu Mingxue glanced at Yushan Heren and spoke slowly.
Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He was not a researcher of Shang Dynasty history, so how come he had heard of the name of a painter from the early Shang Dynasty?
"This silk painting is the work of Lord Yu Yi. Lord Yu Yi's name, Lord Yushan, you should have an impression of him, right?" Yu Mingxue smiled and explained.
