潘家园：东方寻宝乐园
Tips for Your Serendipitous Panjiayuan Tour
潘家园，解放前只是北京城外的一个小村落，在1992年之后，随着文玩市场的热度越来越高，这里逐渐形成了一个全国最大、人气最旺的古玩交易市场，威名远播，甚至外国政要来北京参观都要来逛一逛潘家园。
Panjiayuan was just a tiny suburban village of Beijing until 1992 when it was transformed into China’s largest flea market following the marketable trend for antiques. It became so famous that even foreign dignitaries would stop by this place whenever they came to visit Beijing.
不过潘家园鱼龙混杂，早些年“捡漏”的传闻不断，但吃药打眼的传闻更多。有人说，北京有两个地方永远是人头攒动，一个是抬头看升旗的天安门，一个是低头寻宝的潘家园。那么，现在逛潘家园到底是怎样一种体验呢？
However, Panjiayuan is a hotchpotch, with tales of ‘serendipities’ mixed with much more stories about cheatings for the beginner and misjudges of the professional. Someone said that there are two places in Beijing ever crowded with people: one is Tiananmen where heads are up to see flag-raising, and the other, Panjiayuan, down for treasures. So what will be in store for you while you are inside?
1、多数都是假货 Most of the antiques are fake
潘家园的货品琳琅满目，啥都有，但对于明眼人来说，90%以上都是假货。
对于文玩小白来说，要想不上当，就把握好一个原则，不管什么全当成是假货，就算真的也当成假的买，开心就好。
A dazzling array of beautiful things you can ever imagine! But for cognoscente, 90% are counterfeits.
If you are a green hand and don’t want to be cheated, you have to stick to one rule – just take everything as unreal and place your order only for fake stuffs even if they are real, so long as it can make you happy.
潘家园对于刚入坑的文玩小白来说，是最好的教科书。在潘家园，你可以见识到各种仿品、工艺品，对于提升鉴赏能力非常有帮助，比坐在电脑前看各种文章实用得多。
Panjiayuan is a pit for beginners where they can take their best lectures. Here, you can gain some hands-on experience on all kinds of counterfeits and crafts, quite helpful in giving a boost to your level of appreciation, rather than the digital form of arts.
2. 潘家园的“怪物”，去逛千万别买！Never buy any ‘weird stuff’ here!
要说潘家园最不缺的东西是什么？在我看来，最不缺的应该是“大神”！
What will be the stuff Panjiayuan has never been short of? From my point of view, it should be ‘great masters’!
潘家园是个出人才的地方，不仅有火遍文玩圈的五大天王，更有神一般的商家存在。并不是说他们卖的东西有多好，而是他们的东西（怪物）很与众不同。
Panjiayuan is a place to have bred many talents, tenanted not just ‘Five Heavenly Kings’ so insanely popular in the field of playthings, but quasi-god-existing merchants as well. And not about how good are their articles, but their weird stuffs quite different from others.
来看看，潘家园的某一角，这里藏着多少“别致”的古玩文物！
Let us take a look at a corner of Panjiayuan and see how many ‘unusual’ articles for amusement!
兄弟！有人拍照啦，来，一起笑！
Hey, bros! Photo shooting, come, say cheese!
这谁家的狮子？能不能把耳朵竖起来？
Whose lions are these? Could they ear up?
这就是传说中的鸭嘴壶？
The legendary duckbill pot?
更有商家拿“哆啦A梦”，当古董卖！时光穿梭来的？这商家怕是以为我们没看过动漫片吧？
Japanese cartoon ‘Doraemon’ as an antique, is it in a time lapse, or are we considered not knowing this comic film?
3. 潘家园有真货！前提是你把它当成“旧货市场”。
There are real goods, provided that you take it as a ‘junk market’.
虽然几乎都是假货，不过有些近现代名人的作品可以看看，可能有些是真品 … …
With all the shams, you may still want to try your luck on something real, for example, the works of modern celebrities …
既然是“旧货市场”，就应该将注意力放在真正陈旧的物品上，而非“仿旧”。比如，上图这种竹篓，几十年前是用来打水的，将这种竹篓挂在井边摇把的钩子上，然后摇动摇把，竹篓就会顺势而下，到井里把水打上来，这是那个时代家家必备的物品，到现在，也算是老物件了吧，并且， 这可是的的确确的真货。
Since it is a ‘junk market’, we should eye on something really old, not ‘antiquated’. For example, the bamboo basket shown in the picture above was used to fetch water from the well – hang it at the hooked rope tied to the well’s crank handle, turn the handle to let the rope downward until the basket touches the well water and get the water up – it was a household item then, and now, it should be regarded as an old stuff. Besides, it’s real!
米斗，古老的粮食计量工具，好比现在的秤。在过去，计量粮食的单位都是升来计量的，像上图这样的米斗，一斗就是10升，大概合现在的6.5公斤的米，米斗在古时候就已经使用，一直沿续了千年，所以说，这是古董也无可厚非，而潘家园，这样的米斗很多，也算是为数不多的真品之一了。
Mi Dou (rice bucket) is an ancient way of measuring rice, like the modern weighing scale. In olden times, the measuring unit for rice is ‘sheng’, and one bucket (see the photo above) is 10 ‘sheng’, equivalent to 6.5 kilograms. Mi Dou had been in use for a thousand years until the modern era. Therefore, this one is unquestionably a kind of antique and there are many you can find in Panjiayuan, one of the few genuine curios.
而上图，是耧，是农民用来播种的工具。
从这工具看来，那个时代的农民也用上了工具，而不是人工播种，由此可见，先人的智慧不比现代人差，在那个年代，没有电，没有发达的科技的情况下，可以制作出这种用来播种的工具，着实是智慧的体现，而潘家园的耧也是真品。
In the above picture, you can figure out it is a drill barrow from its possible use. Farmers at that time had already learnt to use tools, instead of hands, for seeding, and this drill barrow was so exquisitely made, given the conditions of no electricity and modern technologies, that it typifies the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors. The drill barrows in Panjiayuan are real.
再看看这个当时农户家里的门栓，是金属制品，用来从里面栓住房门，做到了现在的锁的作用，这种东西在潘家园也很常见，大多都是真品。
Let’s take a look at this metal deadbolt, used to lock the door from behind like the door lock nowadays. This kind of things are commonly seen in Panjiayuan, most of them are real.
这种用来计量粮食的斗，与上面所说的米斗虽然不太一样，但是作用是相同的。平时装食物的篮子，在农民下地干活的时候用这种篮子带饭。
Dou, used for measuring rice too, is quite different in shape from Mi Dou mentioned above but has the same function. And a basket, a kind of ‘lunch box’ brought by peasants to the fields, was commonly seen in the rural area before.
4、多动腿，少动手 Use more legs less hands
地摊上的东西可能是假的，但如果你给碰坏了，那就肯定是真货了，照价赔偿吧！所以逛潘家园的时候，能不动手就别动手，以看为主。真要想上手了，一定要轻拿轻放，双手拿稳，看完了双手放回原处，起身后拍拍手，表示手中空无一物。
Goods selling on the ground might be fakes, but if you accidentally break one of them, that one will be purportedly real, and you have to pay for it! So if you tour around inside, make sure not to use your hands, as much as possible just look… In case you really need to touch a thing, make sure to touch, hold and place it back gently. After standing up, clap your hands to show to the stall owner that you don’t hide anything.
逛潘家园，心态很重要，如果你是抱着捡漏赚钱的目的去的，那肯定是要失望而归；如果是抱着淘点便宜货的想法，那八成是能如愿以偿的；如果是冲着找乐子去的，那肯定是大喜过望，好玩好看的东西太多了！
A good frame of mind is important. If you are there to find something profitable, you will be disappointed, to get some bargains, you can get your wish granted, and to look for fun, yes, you will get more than you’ve expected: far too many interesting things!
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[中文内容及图片来源：文玩老炮儿，文玩说大叔，墨轩文玩，百度]
