One Sunday morning in early winter, I was really too lazy to open my eyes. I just didn't know it. Bugs? It's noisy and it's hard for people to sleep for a while. I decided to get up early? Ghost market? Go shopping. There was a chill in the morning breeze, but I didn't notice it as soon as I walked into the market intersection. The stalls are staggered and crowded, in groups of three or five, bargaining and being very lively! In fact, there were not many vendors selling old books and paper that day, which was far less prosperous than the old daily necessities. I turned around and found nothing, a little disappointed. Suddenly found that the stall owner used a high or low voice to convey? Is the chengguan there? Information and quickly pick up their goods, like a frightened bird. A man in front is selling literary essays. He was busy packing a colorful cardboard into his schoolbag, which inadvertently caught my attention. My instant intuition told me that there was an old textile trademark on the cardboard.

Can you clean up later and show me that broken cardboard?

The seller has long been absent-minded and said:? Look, there are old trademark paintings on both sides of the cardboard. How nice! If you have no heart, I will hurry. I didn't see the chengguan coming over there.

I don't like this answer, but I love old paper and old trademarks. This cardboard is about 8 inches in size, with "three chickens" on one side and "Antu" on the other. Although some parts overlap each other, the picture is dull, the color is heavy, and the mud gold luster remains the same. Open the door? , is an old newspaper around the 1930s.

How do you know I have no heart? I smiled faintly and asked: How much is it?

To tell the truth, the number offered by the stall owner is definitely the in-place price in the industry, commonly known as? Is there enough food? . Even so, I decided to buy it, just wondering if the well-framed painting could be taken down smoothly. I said half jokingly:? If you can help me take these two off, the price is easy to say, but if I can't get them back, I'll really be blind. Cheaper. I subconsciously bargain.

I saw that the vendors around me were busier, and the seller in front of me said: Come on, come on, how to get rid of it is your business. Give me a suitable price, and I will leave quickly even if I don't make money. ?

So I got it at an ideal low price? Baby? The reason why you dare not say it in secret? Leak? Because it is impossible to predict the fate of the next small painting after processing.

When I got home, I didn't care about breakfast at all. I quickly heated the water and handled it carefully. I am eager to see the results, but collecting is often not an impatient thing. After nearly a hundred years of wet soaking, the old paper has become extremely fragile and can't stand any mistakes in the process of handling. Decolorization, peeling and crispness may occur at any time. I had to wait for them to degum slowly and naturally, and then I settled down to enjoy the taste.

The rooster in traditional culture is auspicious, and hieroglyphics have already appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The golden rooster in ancient legend lived in the sun, and the rooster crowed at dawn, which was called the rising sun, while its ancestors were the mythical three-legged bird, firebird and phoenix. The ancients thought that chickens were sent from heaven to earth. What about roosters? Wen, Wu, Yong, Ren and Xin? The respect of five virtues. "Hanshu Spring and Autumn Movement Pivot" also said that the rooster is the incarnation of Yu Hengxing. Golden roosters often appear in folk pictures and artistic decorations, meaning to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings. Classic pictures such as "Golden Rooster Announces Dawn", "Good Luck" and "Fighting Spirit of Heroes" by a rooster standing on a stone. In this way, the cultural connotation of the trademark painting "Three Chicken Pictures" is self-evident.

Another "alchemy map" is a textile trademark exported to Japan in the early years. In my mind, the ancient alchemy is extremely mysterious, but the beating flame is full of beautiful expectations for life and happiness. From the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty, China's metallurgical technology has been applied to the refining of minerals and medicines. Our ancestors dreamed of refining the immortal elixir or extracting more gold and silver, thus giving birth to alchemists and alchemists. The alchemist's dream of longevity convinced many emperors, which also catalyzed the development of alchemy and greatly promoted the progress of ancient chemistry.

The Japanese textile merchants behind "An Dan Tu" are very clever, and they have adopted a picture that is widely known among the people. There are leafy trees, peaches and cranes in the picture, and the auspicious meaning of their brands is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The clear water has turned brown, giving off a faint smell that can't be distinguished by the sense of smell. I think only after years of precipitation can I feel this way. A few hours later, the two trademark paintings were gradually separated from the cardboard, and the appearance after unfolding was far beyond my expectation. The only regret is the wear and tear in the lower left corner of the picture of three chickens, which is the trace of the turning point of the initial paste. In fact, this kind of cardboard is the top cover of a box. With the peeling off of the trademark painting, it is faintly visible that a layer of cloth has been mounted on the box cover in advance, and the Cordyceps pattern is lifelike. The life interest of the predecessors really makes me sigh, even such an ordinary box is decorated so beautifully. Perhaps, with the passage of time, the later "Three Chickens" and "An Dantu" attracted the owner of the box and stuck them on the outside of the original cloth, so they are lucky enough to survive to this day.