This scroll of painting is unusually thick, especially the scrolls used for mounting at both ends, which are somewhat different from most mounted scrolls.
The main reason was that these two scrolls were too thick, with a diameter of 15 centimeters. Yang Jing had never seen such thick scrolls before.
The body of the scroll is obviously made of red sandalwood, but the middle should be hollowed out, otherwise it wouldn't be so light. But even if it is a hollow red sandalwood scroll, it shouldn't be so thick. This is really very unreasonable.
Yang Jing put on gloves and carefully opened the painting again. The living room and dining room of the daily rental house that Yang Jing rented were connected, which made the house transparent from north to south. There was a distance of more than ten meters from the back balcony to the front balcony.
The floor was covered with wooden floors, which were very clean. Therefore, after Yang Jing opened the painting on the wooden floor, he was able to open the entire scroll, which was more than six meters long, at once.
After opening it, Yang Jing walked slowly from the north end to the south end. When he reached the scroll on the south side, the reaction of the holy ring was the strongest.
Now Yang Jing immediately understood what was going on.
Obviously, there is something wrong with the scroll on this side.
"If I'm not mistaken, the original painting 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' by Zhang Zeduan should be hidden in this scroll!" Yang Jing muttered to himself.
Yang Jing then activated his "Sky Eye" skill, and sure enough, in this scroll, there was a scroll of silk wrapped in some silk. Although he couldn't see clearly what was painted on the silk, in this case, Yang Jing could be sure that the silk hidden in the scroll should be the authentic "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan.
However, just as Yang Jing was about to destroy the scroll to find the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", he hesitated again and then stopped his action.
"We can't just find this painting so easily. The 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' in the Palace Museum is recognized as an authentic work by Zhang Zeduan. If we want to prove that the painting in the Palace Museum is a replica, we must find this painting in front of some famous calligraphy and painting masters! If we find this painting rashly, it will be difficult to convince others!"
Yang Jing thought about it, and used the "Sky Eye"'s ability to see through things to look at another scroll. Sure enough, there was something hidden in that scroll, but there wasn't much, it seemed to be some paper or something.
However, these papers were also wrapped in some silk, so Yang Jing could not see the words clearly.
He carefully rolled up the six-meter-long scroll again. Although he knew very well that it was a very wrong practice to open such an old painting that had been preserved for more than 800 years so frequently, which would cause great damage to the painting, Yang Jing could not care about that at this time.
Compared with the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" which is very likely to be the authentic one, Zhao Lingrang's "Jiangning River" is nothing.
Yang Jing also knew Zhao Lingrang, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was the fifth-generation grandson of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji was the fifth-generation grandson of Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi, so Zhao Lingrang and Zhao Ji were cousins of the same generation.
Zhao Lingrang not only had royal blood, but was also a famous calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Some sources record that "Zhao Lingrang loved calligraphy and painting since he was a child, and was well-educated in literature. His family collected famous calligraphy and paintings from the Jin and Tang dynasties. He often interacted with painters and literati. When Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song, was Prince Duan, he also interacted with him and learned painting skills from him."
Even the famous Su Shi admired his calligraphy and paintings. After Zhao Ji became emperor, he often exchanged painting skills with Zhao Lingrang, which is enough to prove Zhao Lingrang's high status in the calligraphy and painting circles of the Northern Song Dynasty.
"How could Zhao Lingrang paint such a poor quality 'Jiangning River Map'? The level of his work is far from Zhao Lingrang's fame! Also, Zhao Zheng clearly said that this painting was painted by his ancestor. Could it be that Zhao Zheng is actually a descendant of Zhao Lingrang?"
Yang Jing's mind was a little confused, but if he thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was not impossible that Zhao Lingrang was Zhao Zheng's ancestor.
First of all, they both have the surname Zhao; secondly, Zhao Lingrang was not like his short-lived brother who only lived to the age of 32. Zhao Lingrang seemed to have lived for a long time. It seems that he followed Zhao Gou to the south of the Yangtze River and died in the early Southern Song Dynasty. What if Zhao Lingrang stayed in Jiankang Prefecture (now Jinling) for a while when he went south and left descendants?
Who can say for sure about this kind of thing?
I just don't know how Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" ended up in the scroll painting "Jiangning River" by Zhao Lingrang.
Thinking that the pieces of paper hidden in the other scroll might contain the secret, Yang Jing felt as if there were seven or eight kittens in his chest, scratching hard...
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