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Before they entered the Forbidden City, they only looked at the Forbidden City from afar, which had already shocked Einstein and Corbusier.

Along the way, the two foreigners looked around.

Einstein's attention was on the carved beams, while Le Corbusier was looking closely at the layout and structure of the building. The world's top architect has fallen into a state of frenzy and excitement, and countless design inspirations have burst out in 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 everyone to greet them.

Zhang Ji, who is the vice president of the Forbidden City and the director of the Museum of Antiquities, does not really have much research on cultural relics, and is only a politician-type bureaucrat sent by the central government. Ma Heng is only the director of the Palace Museum and the deputy director of the Museum of Antiquities, but he is entrusted by the director Yi Peiji to take full charge of the professional work of the Palace Museum.

Zhang Ji wanted to press Ma Heng everywhere, he stood in the center, deliberately blocked Ma Heng when he stepped forward to shake hands, and said enthusiastically: "Welcome two international friends to visit the Palace Museum, such as Zhang Ji, vice president of the Palace Museum." ”

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

When Zhou Hexuan saw Zhang Ji, he only thought of two rumors recorded in later generations. First, in order to compete for the rights of the Forbidden City, Zhang Ji designed to frame Yi Peiji and framed the other party for stealing and selling cultural relics in the Forbidden City; The second is that this guy saved Wang Zhaoming's life, otherwise there would be no later Wang puppet government.

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

The senior officials at the scene were so frightened that they were urinating, Zhang Jingjiang rolled on the ground, and Kong Xiangxi drilled 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 farther away and ran to kick the gun in the assassin's hand. The two worked together, which saved Wang Zhaoming's life.

But even so, Wang Zhaoming also suffered a big crime. Because the assassin used lead bullets, and the wounds were too sensitive to be surgically removed, the lead poison spread and tormented Wang Zhaoming for nearly ten years, and finally suffered from multiple bone marrow tumors (bone marrow cancer) and died of pain.

Gossip is not mentioned.

The whole trip to the Forbidden City was led by Zhang Ji, who took everyone to visit the Qianqing Palace, Chuxiu Palace, Imperial Garden and other scenic spots in the morning. After a short break at noon, I took everyone to the antiquities museum, which displays countless national treasure-level cultural relics.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable," Einstein said with his eyes dazzled, "these are human treasures!" ”

Le Corbusier pointed to a porcelain bowl and asked, "What is this?" More fine than all the porcelain I've ever seen. ”

Where does Zhang Ji understand this, he can only let Ma Heng answer.

Ma Heng explained: "This is called the blue ground hundred flowers wearing flowers dragon pattern bowl, which was made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty in China. The fetal bone is slightly thicker, the white glaze is blue, the ring foot is exposed, the white tire is delicate, and the first line of the tire glaze is light orange. The inside and outside of the bowl are decorated with blue ground and white flower techniques, and the outer wall is not dried before the fetal soil is dry, and the double dragon is first cone and stroked through the branch of the golden flower......"

Zhou Hexuan, as a guest translator, was completely confused at the moment, and he didn't know how to explain the technical terms, so he could only say: "Well, this is a dragon pattern wrist made with a special technique, made between 1426 and 1435......"

Le Corbusier nodded with satisfaction: "It turned out to be a medieval work of art, and the Chinese craftsmen really lived up to their reputation, and there has never been such fine porcelain in Europe." ”

Dirt buns!

Xuande kiln's inner tribute boutique, which is exported to Europe Clark porcelain can be compared?

Let's just say that this big name is not peculiar in shape, and it is no different from the big porcelain bowl that holds soup in the people's homes. But its glaze pattern is so exquisite, under the illumination of the light, it seems to be shrouded in mist from a distance, and if you look closer, you can see that each pattern is so wonderful.

Einstein wandered among countless national treasures, and at this moment he was no longer a great scientist, but just an ordinary visitor, looking at these peerless masterpieces with a kind of worship.

Later, in the 40s, Einstein said in an interview with American journalists: "Never compare art with the Chinese, the real works of art are in China." ”

Truth be told, Europeans in the 20th century were fascinated by Chinese culture.

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

As for Le Corbusier, well, the architect couldn't move his legs as he stood in front of a pen wash.

It is a fine piece of Ge kiln in the late Ming Dynasty, the glaze body is broken into irregular reticulated lobes, which looks like a defective product when the kiln was fired, but it also brings people an indescribable beauty.

Le Corbusier took out a small notebook, stood next to the pen wash and began to sketch. He was apparently inspired by the Kiln Brush Wash and soon drew a concept for a modern building. The building is in the shape of a Chinese drum, the main body should be a steel frame structure, and the inlaid pieces of glass are like glazed magnetic fragments on the surface of the kiln.

After finishing the design concept, Le Corbusier excitedly said to Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, when the design of the Huagong Cemetery is completed, I will come to China again." The traditional Chinese architecture and artwork are so wonderful, they give me infinite ideas, and this is a designer's paradise. ”

Zhou Hexuan thought of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, and said with a smile: "I can introduce you to two Chinese architects, who are very interested in traditional Chinese architecture. ”

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

Visiting around Peking was just a pure game for Einstein, but Le Corbusier was full of gains.

When I visited the Institute of History and Philology of the Peking Research Institute the next day, the eggshell pottery of Longshan culture unearthed last year also shocked Corbusier speechless. He was inspired again by eggshell pottery to design a building with the appearance of an egg.

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

I have to say that life is so wonderful.

Le Corbusier himself was the founder of modern design, but he was invited to China by chance by Zhou Hexuan, resulting in countless traditional Chinese elements in his design work in the second half of his life. For the next ten years, he would spend a few months in China every year, until the Japanese invasion of China ended his trip to the East.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Le Corbusier also actively promoted the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, becoming 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 Modern Architecture and Chinese Art, in which he drew inspiration from traditional Chinese art and said that traditional Chinese culture is a great treasure trove of modern design.

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