Chapter 28 hobby

Feng Youlan likes to visit antique shops, "What I collect is not Xia Ding Shangyi, but old weapons left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties."There is an alley near Dongsi Pailou, called the Bow and Arrow Courtyard, where bows and arrows were made in the past.Feng Youlan collected hundreds of arrows there, and there are various types of arrows, especially the sounding arrows, which are exquisitely made. "I have hundreds of these things in my collection, and I once held an exhibition in Tsinghua University. After the founding of New China, I donated them to the History Museum. The History Museum transferred them to other museums." Mr. Feng Youlan donated various There are six hundred and nineteen types of weapons.

Feng Youlan said in her self-report: "One generation of the elders in my family practiced martial arts. In my grandmother's room, there were many weapons left behind. When I was young, my cousins ​​used to play with them. There is a nursing home at home. The boxer who taught us how to use these weapons, so make it a hobby." There is a Wenming Street in Kunming, and there is a night market with second-hand goods stalls on the street.Feng Youlan often went there to shop and sometimes bought old weapons.Feng Zhongliao recalled his father's life in Kunming, and told a story in the article "The Weapons Collected by Father Mr. Feng Youlan": Once he bought a bladeless knife that looked like a dagger but had no edge.The blade is narrow and flat.The flat bit has no point, maybe it can be used as a screwdriver.The handle is well made.The hilt is hollow, and the workmanship is carved like ivory, but it is made of iron.It is very appropriate to describe the handle of the knife as exquisite.I also thought that knife was interesting, so I put it in my schoolbag and took it to school.I lived in school at that time.After class, I took out the knife in the dormitory and came out to watch it.A classmate asked me what I was doing.I said this thing is very interesting, but I don't know what it is for.The classmate took a look at the knife and couldn't help laughing.It is said that this is a cigarette knife, which is used to pick cigarettes.I know that many students have smoking sets at home, so of course I believe it.Take the cigarette knife home on weekends and put it back where it was.Did my father know later that it was a cigarette knife?I didn't say, and I didn't ask.

Feng Youlan’s eldest son, Feng Zhongliao, also mentioned Feng Youlan’s collection of old weapons in his article: According to my memory, when the Anti-Japanese War was about to begin, all the weapons collected in Tsinghua University were donated to Yenching University.About before the donation, an exhibition was held at Tsinghua University. There is also a saying that the exhibition was held after demobilization.It may be transferred to the relevant department in the future.There is a certificate of merit issued by the Ministry of Culture at home, stating that 619 pieces of various weapons were donated by Mr. Feng Youlan. The date on the paper is 1959.These weapons were recently found in the History Museum.My younger sister Zong Pu once went to see it, and saw that it was well preserved, and it was still the same as before.It should be said that this is the most suitable place for them.