The clear sunshine shines, An Chushi's black hair that grows past his waist has a warm luster, and the faint fragrance of lotus flowers floats away. It is the fragrance that Yunluo likes very much and is used to the fragrance of his girlfriend...

The mighty and beautiful Lord Husky, with a handsome dog face, was unobstructed in Wuzhen, and there was no place that could not be entered. The merchants in Wuzhen all had sharp eyes and recognized that Lord Husky's dog chain was silver, and that dog tag was gold, not a rich man, so he couldn't afford to raise this good person at all.

An Chuyu seemed to have already planned his travels to Wuzhen, so he took Yan Chenyu, Xiang Chuchunzi, Yun Luo and Jue to the Jiangnan Baibiao Pavilion, which is the first museum in China that specializes in collecting and exhibiting Jiangnan Ancient Beds.

I have collected dozens of representative ancient beds from the Ming and Qing dynasties, modern and modern times, and have all kinds of wooden beds from wealthy businessmen to ordinary people. From one bed, one room to one bed and multiple rooms, there are powder room, bathroom, servant room, etc. in the bed.

There are both the luxury of nobles and the frugality of ordinary people. This exhibition is the master of Chinese bed culture. The Jiangnan Baibiao Pavilion is mainly divided into three exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall displays a bed with wooden structure, the second exhibition hall displays a complex craftsmanship and well-made wooden carved bed, and the third exhibition hall displays a casual and practical bed.

An Chuyu brought Yunluo here to see the various ancient beds, but they didn't come at will. An Chuyu softly discussed with Yunluo that an ancient bed would have to be placed in the new house when they got married. An Chuyu had not yet thought about the specific style.

Yun Luo could feel that when An Chuyu talked about marriage, the cold and beautiful Yan Chenyu's heartbeat was not right. It was fake to say that Yan Chenyu was not angry, but Yan Chenyu would not show up with his good friend and cross the table.

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The museum displays dozens of ancient beds from the Ming, Qing, Qing and modern times, including the Qing Dynasty, the Miss Bed, the Double Dragon Foot Carved Shelf Bed, the Ming Horseshoe Large-Brush Pipe Shelf Bed, and the Double Xi, Ruyi, Mirrored Mahogany Carved Flower Bed, and the Inlaid Skeleton Bed. These beds are exquisitely carved, unique in style, gorgeous decoration, and luxurious style, and are all boutiques from the ancient beds in Jiangnan.

The ancient bed displayed in the first exhibition hall adopts a wooden structure. The shape is simple, simple, and the proportions are balanced. It emphasizes the line image of the furniture shape, reflecting a bright artistic style. At the same time, it makes full use of the color and texture characteristics of hardwood without carving. It is mostly made of log lacquer, which is natural.

Yun Luo walked into the exhibition hall with An Chuyu and Yan Chenyu speechlessly. Xiang Chujunko followed behind him with Lord Husky. The first bed that caught her eyes was the oldest in the exhibition hall's collection: the Ming horseshoe foot large-brush tube-shaped shelf bed, which has a history of at least four hundred years. Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant, with exquisite materials, and the entire bed is made of yellow beech wood.

The ancient bed in the second exhibition hall has excellent materials, complex craftsmanship and excellent production. It is a fine product among wood carving beds. This Qing Dynasty Pitt Bed is known as the treasure of the museum. The so-called Pitt Bed refers to the pedal outside the bed. The so-called Thousand Works means that it takes a craftsman three years to complete this bed, one thousand working hours.

There are 106 characters carved on this wedding bed, lifelike and ingenious. There are patterns such as Sanniang’s teaching of children and blessings from heaven. In ancient China, 108 was used as auspicious numbers, and 106 people were carved plus the newlyweds inside, which meant auspicious.

This bed covers an area of ​​more than six square meters. It has four depths. The first floor is used to put foot binding cloth. In the past, girls had to wear small feet. The foot binding cloth was very smelly, so it was hung on the outermost. The second floor is the locker room, and the third floor is the toilet. It was called the descendant bucket in ancient times, which is now the bathroom. The innermost floor is the bedroom. The entire bed is fully equipped, equivalent to a small suite with three bedrooms and one living room.

There is a small flat plate at the back of this bed. This is used to worship the bed's husband and wife. The most distinctive part on this bed is the wooden sign hanging in the air. This was given to the owner of the bed by the carpenter who made the bed in the past, which is equivalent to a greeting card now. It is said that carpenters did not make beds at the earliest times, and making beds would cost life.

The jargon is: It is better to put on a beam than to make a bed. In order to make money from a bed without losing your life, the carpenter carries a sign after finishing the bed, and writes some good luck on it. The owner does not give his wages and gives him a red envelope. It is said that this will not make his life short.

Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu looked at each other and smiled a little. They remembered the Qiangong Step Bed in Miss Zhen Mi's boudoir. The workmanship was even more exquisite than the Qiangong Step Bed in front of them.

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After seeing Qiangong's bed, An Chuyu walked in. Yun Luo, Yan Chenyu, Xiang Chuchunzi followed. What you can see in this entry are three beds with the same spirit, which are a combination of Chinese and Western style. There are two Roman columns on both sides of the bed, which are Western styles. There are peony flowers on the bed. Peony flowers in China are modern, representing wealth, and grapes and double happiness. Grapes have many children and many grandchildren, and many children and many blessings.

Double Happiness is the representative joy of Chinese people when they get married, which means that this bed is also the joy of weddings used when they get married. This bed was left in the early Republic of China and was made of mahogany. The pattern of bats and lions is carved on this bed. Bats represent blessings, and the majestic lion also serves as a means of warding off evil spirits.

Most of the ones An Chuyu looked at were double beds, so he walked in to see the two ladies' beds. Yun Luo hooked Yan Chenyu's plain hands and comforted the little fish baby. Xiang Chu Junzi Jingmei looked at him and said nothing. The Lord tilted his head curiously.

A modern carved herringbone plaque bed was slept by a thirteen or four-year-old girl. Although it was a lady's bed, most of the carved beds on the bed were patterns of military generals. It can be seen that this girl does not love red makeup and martial arts makeup, which belongs to the Mulan type. Moreover, her ambition is also very high. You can see two lines of words when you look up. You have to catch the moon in the sky with both hands, and one stone will break the sky in your heart.

The other one is the lady's bed from the Qing Dynasty. The color of this lady's bed is brighter and red. This is a relatively precious silver paint. The characters on the bed are all gilded.

This vine couch can also be called the Arhat bed. It is like the sofa in people's homes nowadays, where you can drink tea, play chess, chat, smoke, etc. It also has a bed table, which can be taken down or placed on it as needed.

We can also see these two sister beds opposite the Arhat Bed. The reason why they are called sister beds is not because they sleep with sisters, but because these two beds are made by the same local carpenter. The style and style are similar. They are placed together and exhibited, so they are named Sister Bed.

The ancients believed that one-third of human life was spent on bed, so the Chinese people always had very particular requirements for beds. It is said that the Chinese people did not have the concept of beds at first. They worked during the day and lay a straw mat on the ground at night. This is called sitting on the ground.

There was a bed later. From the wooden lacquer bed unearthed in the Warring States Period, we can see that it was relatively short at that time, about twenty centimeters and very wide. At this time, the function of the bed was not only to sleep, but also to be entertained by people and to talk about national affairs.

The beds really developed greatly in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The beds in the Ming dynasty were simple and smooth and focused on the wooden structure and texture characteristics. The beds in the Qing dynasty absorbed the characteristics of foreign cultures and focused on lacquer skills and inlay, making them look elegant and luxurious.

These exquisite carvings and long-standing ancient beds are dazzling in the Jiangnan Baibiao Pavilion. Some of them have exquisite carvings and unique styles, while others have gorgeous decorations and luxurious styles. They are all boutiques among the Jiangnan wooden beds. They can’t help but sigh insincerely about the profoundness of Chinese culture.

When looking at the Hundred Beds Museum, it is not about exploring the amount of it can accommodate, but about savoring the rich historical and life connotations loaded on the beds. Some seek peace or many successors. When the bed can be carved in this way, people must be peaceful and happy. This is the mood of the ancient Chinese.

An Chuyu walked around and carefully looked at each ancient bed. He was thinking about which ancient bed to use for the wedding. He also discussed with Yun Luo. Yan Chenyu also said a few words, but Xiang Chu Junzi pretended not to understand Chinese, and she was very innocent and charming.

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Wuzhen has many century-old brands, with both business and literature, and a profound foundation.

An Chuyu brought Yun Luo, Yan Chenyu, Xiang Chuchunzi, and the old pharmacy called Xiangshantang, which has a history of more than 120 years.

The furnishings in the Xiangshan Hall store are all left over from the past. There are three medicine cabinets in the east and north walls of the store. On the top floor, there are many porcelain jars and tin cans, which are used to store some more precious medicinal materials, such as Angelica sinensis, Astragalus, etc. The climate in Jiangnan is humid, and the medicinal materials are easily damp, so they are placed in these tin cans and clay pots to prevent moisture.

Many small drawers below are called Baiyan Cabinets, which store various commonly used Chinese medicines and can store about 400 kinds of Chinese medicines. The large drawer at the bottom is used to store some coarse medicinal materials, such as loofah meridians, dry mulberry leaves, etc. A square-shaped counter is set up on the street of the store, which is the workbench for pharmacies to pick up medicines.

On the left side of the pharmacy lobby, there is a table where the old Chinese doctor sat on the outpatient clinic. The old Chinese doctor wrote a prescription for the patient after seeing the disease through the four methods of looking, listening, asking and exposing. The patient took the prescription and went to the counter next door to grab the medicine, which was very convenient.

Wuzhen is a typical ancient town in Jiangnan water town. Rivers and lakes are intertwined, water networks are crisscrossed, small bridges are lined with rivers and clear waters and ancient rainbows everywhere. The town is connected by water and bridges and canals, making the whole town different in shapes and styles closer to each other, and also makes it more convenient for local indigenous people to shuttle and travel between today's tourists.

There is an ancient bridge with a unique flavor here - Fengyuan Shuangqiao. Because there is a corridor on it, it is also called a corridor bridge. There is a water fence under the bridge, which is the ancient waterway entry and exit checkpoint, which is equivalent to the function of a water city gate. It is said that there is a custom of walking on a double bridge, a man and a woman. When walking on a bridge, you must walk in half, so you can walk on the left and right halves by walking on this bridge. Therefore, you can walk on the left and right halves by walking on this bridge.

An Chuyu stood pretty on Fengyuan Shuangqiao, which is an excellent viewpoint to look at the beautiful scenery of Wuzhen, one of the beautiful scenery of the God of Wealth Bay. At a glance, the willows on the south bank of the East City River are rosy and the water pavilion on the north bank is refreshing. Yun Luo leaned against the willow trees a little lazy, playing a game of stupidity with Lord Husky, patting my palms against the dog paws.
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