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ID: 0289 Upper Intermediate
No visit to the PRC would be complete without a “Waving Mao” watch, but is it *really* an antique? In this podcast, one seasoned friend helps another with determining whether that artifact really is 3,000 years old or not. Learn some characteristics of different dynasty’s antique items, and how to talk about them in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
逛 guàng to stroll
古董店 gǔdǒngdiàn antique store
明代 Míngdài Ming Dynasty
开价 kāijià to name a price
我昨天逛古董店看到一把明代的椅子老板开价3万说是少见的精品你说现在还有可能买到真正的明代家具吗
wǒ 我zuótiān 昨天guàng 逛gǔdǒngdiàn 古董店kàndào 看到yī 一bǎ 把Míngdài 明代de 的yǐzi 椅子lǎobǎn 老板kāijià 开价sānwàn 3万shuō 说shì 是shǎo jiàn 少见de 的jīngpǐn 精品nǐ 你shuō 说xiànzài 现在hái 还yǒu kěnéng 有可能mǎidào 买到zhēnzhèng 真正de 的Míngdài 明代jiājù 家具ma 吗
Yesterday I was looking around in an antique shop and I saw a chair from the Ming dynasty. The shop owner asked 300,000 yuan for it and claimed it was a rare and unique work of art. Do you think it's still possible to buy authentic Ming dynasty furniture?
中国家具有数千年的发展历史现在市场上主要是明清两代的家具古董家具的价值主要取决于年代材质稀有性完整性等所以总的来说与清代家具相比明代家具的价值更高
Zhōngguó 中国jiājù 家具yǒu 有shùqiān 数千nián 年de 的fāzhǎn 发展lìshǐ 历史xiànzài 现在shìchǎng shang 市场上zhǔyào 主要shì 是Míng 明Qīng 清liǎng 两dài 代de 的jiājù 家具gǔdǒng 古董jiājù 家具de 的jiàzhí 价值zhǔyào 主要qǔjué yú 取决于niándài 年代cáizhì 材质xīyǒu xìng 稀有性wánzhěngxìng 完整性děng 等suǒyǐ 所以zǒngdeláishuō 总的来说yǔ 与Qīngdài 清代jiājù 家具xiāngbǐ 相比Míngdài 明代jiājù 家具de 的jiàzhí 价值gènggāo 更高
Chinese furniture has been developing for several thousand years, and the majority of furniture on the antique market today originates from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The value of a piece of antique furniture is mainly determined by age, quality of materials, rarity, intactness of the piece, etc. So, generally speaking, if you compare Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, Ming dynasty furniture is more valuable.
噢原来是这样不过现在好多古董家具都是仿制品你有什么分辨的窍门吗
ō 噢yuánlái 原来shì 是zhèyàngde 这样bùguò 不过xiànzài 现在hǎo 好duō 多gǔdǒng 古董jiājù 家具dōu 都shì 是fǎngzhìpǐn 仿制品nǐ 你yǒu 有shénme 什么fēnbiàn 分辨de 的qiàomén 窍门ma 吗
Oh, I see. But nowadays a lot of antique furniture is just replicas. Do you have any tricks for distinguishing the two?
简单地说可以从材质造型和工艺三方面来分辨在造型方面明代家具高雅简约达到了艺术顶峰这是因为当时的家具大多由文人设计因此融入了独特的思想和性格
jiǎndān 简单de 地shuō 说kěyǐ 可以cóng 从cáizhì 材质zàoxíng 造型hé 和gōngyì 工艺sān 三fāngmiàn 方面lái 来fēnbiàn 分辨zài 在zàoxíng 造型fāngmiàn 方面Míngdài 明代jiājù 家具gāoyǎ 高雅jiǎnyuē 简约dádào le 达到了yìshù 艺术dǐngfēng 顶峰zhè 这shì 是yīnwèi 因为dàngshí 当时de 的jiājù 家具dàduō 大多yóu 由wénrén 文人shèjì 设计yīncǐ 因此róngrù le 融入了dútè 独特de 的sīxiǎng 思想hé 和xìnggé 性格
To put it simply, you can distinguish them by looking at three things: the quality of the materials, the design, and the craftsmanship. With regards to the design, Ming dynasty furniture is elegant and precise, having reached a peak as an art form. During that time, furniture was mainly designed by scholars; therefore the design became a reflection of their own unique philosophies and character.
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