Screen door of 6 intermediate whitening, place a Mei Xiang of a piece of sea a few, hanged a hall to draw... -- " wind month dream "
" wind month dream " it is the city life novel between out path light-year, this word is a paragraph of description that ordinary to Yangzhou place other people furnishs. Those who say is tell in article " Hai Mei " , it is red acerbity branch.
Treat of is precious degree and invaluable, branch of bright red acid not as good as pear of red sandalwood, chrysanthemum these two kinds " for use of an emperor " lumber, but want respecting society force, branch of bright red acid is in ancient time is thorough popular feeling however. Arrived especially quiet acting later period, branch of bright red acid is rich the furniture furnishings with a huge indispensable room. What we hear today " annatto " one word, it is the alias of that time acerbity branch.
Pear of acerbity branch wood and flocculus rosewood, chrysanthemum calls palace for use of an emperor " wood of 3 great tribute " . Hind both in China there is longer use history on furniture history, and the discovery of acerbity branch wood and use result from accident of maritime commerce. It is reported, bright Zheng He issues West first, to promote national power, develop maritime trade. However, in the swaying in the midst of a raging storm on the sea, even if so large ship, sway easily also in the jolt in storm.
Zheng He issues West
Then, in southeast Asia of by way of when, with respect to fell trees of place hand in foot yellow wingceltis to come to cargoboat ballast as the wood that fill up a boat. After returning China to to disembark, this kind of material is discarded in great quantities, make useless material, just be used to rise in each haven gradually later. The place that has many old annatto old furniture at present so is in Shanghai, Suzhou, Tianjin, Fujian, Guangdong to bring a city littoral centrally.
Use the later period in wanting clear government of acerbity branch wood in great quantities, the relevant research that occupies museum of the Imperial Palace expresses, from the point of the furniture of be handed down from ancient times and archives, qianlong reads the account that is less than furniture of acerbity branch wood almost before, acerbity branch wood is to be in red sandalwood, Hua Limu is basic after be exhausted, be imported by southern Asia as substitute and come.
According to textual research, furniture of acerbity branch wood appears in clear palace is in Qianlong after 20 years. In archives of internal affairs government office, call raw material of acerbity branch wood " Haimeimu " , the furniture of make it is appellative for annatto. Because source is adequate, arrived quiet acting later period, amount of furniture of acerbity branch wood jumps, having havinging significant proportion in furniture of clear acting palace.
Red acerbity branch is the most typical is it " bright red face " -- Mu Wen is beautiful with purplish red color, often be mingled with is worn the streak that has puce or black, grain changes rich, design is Protean, of primitive simplicity is deep and remote accumulate.
Especially formal name is " make foot yellow a surname " Laos is bright red acerbity branch, it is with its enjoyable and free and easy Mu Wen equipment suffers praise highly more, still see chrysanthemum pear sometimes in that way " funny face " decorative pattern, very popular in the furniture of period of the Republic of China of clear minor details.
Besides important role is acted in the palace of clear minor details, be in folk, the welcome degree of furniture of acerbity branch wood pervades great river north and south, become topic of a the whole people almost, it is rich door gigantic indoor indispensable household furnishings.
The famous condemnation novel that the Huang Shizhong of person of Guangdong arrange Yu that smooth order in sequence or arrangement of clear minor details publishs 33 years writes " 20 Zai Fanhua dreams " in appeared the depict of furniture of a large number of acerbity branch wood. In be like the 26th times, write, the account with the good-sized desk chair of acerbity branch wood and applique gold is ticked off, the household product of the precious luxury such as the quilt of classy crane fine and soft that the cotton mattress of Hangzhou flower crape, United States does, become rich a household furnishings is indispensable one part.
