Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 146 Anime Characters Transformed into Pottery Figurines, Toys Transformed into New Ideas

"Hahaha." Fusu smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject: "I see that these terracotta warriors and horses are all engraved with names, are they the names of the soldiers who are the prototypes of these characters?"

"No, Your Majesty, they are the names of craftsmen from all over the country who are in charge of making them." Fu Su pretended to fail, and was immediately slapped in the face by Sun Gan.

"..."

"This is the Wule work name system of our Great Qin Dynasty," Sun Qian said seriously: "Generally, there are about 2 to 10 characters, including the serial number and the name of the potter.

These potters' names can be roughly divided into four categories: one is those with the word "official" in front of the name, referred to as the Gongzi category;
The second is the word "right" or "big" in front of the person's name, which is called right character and big character in provinces;
The third is a place name before the person's name;

The fourth is that there are only names of people. Most of the names have only two characters - and a few have three characters.

Among the above four types of potters, the first and second types are potters from the central government pottery workshops, and the third type are potters from local pottery handicraft workshops.

These craftsmen are mainly from Xianyang, Liyang, Linjin, Anyi and other places.Especially Xianyang has the most.The pottery inscriptions with place names are all inscriptions, mostly hidden in the upper body of the pottery figurines, and the handwriting is relatively sloppy.

Among these potters, the 19 potters from Xianyang, including Yi, Wei, Ye, Ci, Wu, Yi, Gao, Jiao, Qing, Chu, Xing, Lu, Jing, Wenji, and Mu, were the most exquisite in craftsmanship, and they came from the palace. There are differences in the production of pottery figurines between local potters and pottery figurines in terms of body shape, head shape, face shape, and facial features, which are similar to the appearance of their local people. "

"By the way, Gongyou, can I meet these craftsmen?" Fusu asked with great interest.

"Of course you can, Your Majesty, I will send someone to call." Sun Qian turned around and waved his hand, and assigned two yamen servants to lead the people.

After a while, two old men in coarse linen and about fifty years of age came walking vigorously, without any of the shambling and pale hair that an old man of this age should have.

"Grassmen see Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live your Majesty." The two bowed down excitedly. They never thought that His Majesty, the emperor who is so high and precious as the Son of Heaven, would summon them one day, and they trembled when they spoke.

"You two master craftsmen don't need to be polite, please." Fusu still respected these craftsmen: "What's your name?"

"Caominye."

"Grass people's literary taboo."

"The terracotta figurines of Lord Protector and Commander Meng were made by you two?" Fusu pointed to the figurines of General Meng Tian and Meng Yi beside him, and he found their names on them.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's really lifelike. I wonder if you can introduce the craftsmanship of this pottery figurine?" Fusu plans to make all the cartoon characters of later generations into pottery figurines, and then set up a toy company to sell to Mengxi's royal business group. Make a fortune, these are all business opportunities.

"Most of the terracotta warriors and horses are made by pottery and firing methods. First, the first body is made with a pottery mold, and then covered with a layer of fine mud for processing, depiction and coloring. Some are fired first and then connected, and some are connected first and then fired. Uniform, pure color, high hardness. Each process has a different division of labor and a strict working system.

Specifically, there are three steps:

The first step is to use clay to form large-scale figurines (rough tires or first tires);
The second step is on the basis of the large terracotta figurines, for the second time to re-clay, modify and describe in detail; the third step is to assemble the separately made head, hands and torso together to complete the large terracotta figurines.

The large pottery figurines made must be dried in the shade and put into the kiln for high-temperature roasting.After the terracotta figurines are fired out of the kiln, they are painted one by one to complete the production of the terracotta figurines.The manufacturing method is the combination of plastic and mold, mainly plastic.The figurines were fired on the spot near the pit of the terracotta warriors and horses, and the soil used was the local loess mixed with quartz sand.

The heads and hands of the terracotta figurines were made into rough bodies with molds and then carved in detail.The production of figurine heads is mostly made by the mold-joining method, that is, the figurine head is divided into roughly equal front and rear halves, each of which is made of a single-piece mold, and then the two single-piece molds are combined and bonded together to form a large head.

Most of the parting lines are located behind the ears, which are generally neat and there are no traces of interlaced structures.The necks connected to the heads of figurines are all hollow.After the terracotta head is made into the first fetus, mud is piled up to attach the ears, hair buns, braids, and crowns, and the facial features are carved in detail.

The head carvings focus on facial features, beards and hair.The facial features are completed by careful carving and modification on the basis of molding, so as to express the different personalities and psychological characteristics of the characters.

The beard and hairstyle of the terracotta figurines are also important aspects of expressing the characteristics of the characters, and their depiction techniques are also varied. Although the heads of the figurines are molded and combined, after detailed carvings, the meaning of molding has faded, and it is difficult to find two identical ones. face.

The torso of the terracotta figurines is purely hand-made.After making a rough tire with mud, the details such as clothing patterns, armor, belts, and belt hooks are carved.The rough body of the torso of the terracotta figurines is molded section by section from bottom to top. The process can be roughly divided into six steps:

The first step is to make the footrest on which the figurine stands; the second step is to shape the feet of the figurine; the third step is to mold the legs and shorts; the fourth step is to shape the torso of the figurine; the fifth step is to dry the large back of the torso of the figurine , bonding the arms of the figurines; the sixth step is to insert the hands of the figurines.

After the above-mentioned six steps complete the large-scale figurines, further detailed carving will be carried out.The patterns of the clothes of the terracotta figurines are carved after covering the rough tires of the figurines with a layer of fine mud; armor, belts, belt hooks, etc. are directly carved on the rough tires of the figurines.After the torso and limbs of the terracotta figurines are carefully and meticulously carved, the heads of the terracotta figurines made separately are installed to complete the entire shape of the terracotta figurines. "

"I didn't expect that the production of a pottery figurine would be so complicated," Fusu couldn't help sighing after hearing this. They are all talents: "You have worked hard."

"Your Majesty, the grassroots dare not speak bitterly at present. It is an honor for the grassroots to serve the royal family." Ye said, and Wen Ji next to him was quite bored, and he basically didn't speak except for necessary etiquette.

"I have a character for you now, I wonder if you are interested."

"Huh?" The two were a little curious. Don't they and others need to be buried in the pit of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses?Before Sun Qian could tell them that His Majesty ordered them to be released.

"The queen designed some dolls, I hope you can mold them in batches and sell them to the people all over the world."

"This--"

"What concerns do you two have?"

"Your Majesty, I will soon be buried by the underground army of His Majesty the First Emperor, and I am afraid I will fail His Majesty's high expectations." Ye said sadly.

"It turns out that I was worried about this. If I have any difficulties, Gongyou, please explain to them."

"You two, His Majesty has decreed to pardon your burial duties this morning, and you can all go home in a while." Sun Qian stepped forward and said.

"Ah?" The two were stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt on the ground and wept bitterly. My Majesty, the Son of Heaven is benevolent...

"The two of us swear to the death to serve His Majesty, to serve His Majesty like a bull and a horse!"

"Okay!" Fu Su waved his hand, motioning for Sun Gan to take the two down.In addition to Yehe Wenji, 13 craftsmen with the most superb pottery skills from Yi, Wei, Ci, Wu, Jian, Gao, Jiao, Qing, Chu, Xing, Lu, Jing, and Mu were also sent to the Royal Commercial Group by Fusu The soon-to-be-established subordinate pottery company will make various toy dolls under the guidance of Queen Mengxi.

"Father."

"Son, what's wrong?"

"Gan'er wants to learn pottery."

(End of this chapter)