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Chapter 293 Bronze Palace Clocks and Ceramics! !

"It's too windy."

"Yang Fan, bring that dart here."

"Look, it's rat shit."

In a palace that hasn't seen the sun for a long time in the Capital Museum.

Noisy voices came.

It is accompanied by machine and human voices.

Dozens of people came and went.

Although the voice never stopped, the actions of this group of people were extremely slight.

It seems to be afraid of getting something.

In the room, a large ancient screen was moved out.

Every screen is in disrepair for a long time, and the surface is covered with dust.

It doesn't have the brilliance of a national treasure at all, it feels like second-hand furniture that was eliminated by others in a certain corner.

There are still people pointing and pointing around these screens.

There are a large number of screens, some of which can still be seen in complete form.

Some have been eaten by moths and rats, leaving only a pair of frames.

Facing the broken screen, the people in the room did not dare to take it lightly.

They call themselves ordinary staff of the Capital Museum.

But on the outside, they are all top cultural relic restoration experts.

He is a doctor who treats the top cultural relics in this country.

They dress just like us and live in the age of the machine industry.

But their craft has been passed down for thousands of years.

Their masters and masters are workers in scholars, farmers, commerce and industry.

Xu Zhang and Tong Xing saw this.

Brow wrinkled slightly.

For documentaries about cultural relics, how can we only introduce cultural relic restorers?

What about cultural relics?
What about the screen?
As soon as the camera turns, the restorers hold tools in their hands and are repairing the screen that appeared at the beginning.

"What about the microfiber?"

"Look, this groove can't be pressed down."

"These are gaps."

These screens are full of dust and signs of damage.

It has been sealed in the basement of the Capital Museum for nearly 300 years.

A rare three and a half meters long.

Precious rosewood border.

Mother-of-pearl inlays that signify wealth.

The inlaid copper longevity character reveals its nobility.

Five months later, it will appear in another palace at the Capital Museum with a completely new look.

There are 32 such screens in total.

It was a birthday gift from the 32 sons and [-] grandsons of Emperor Kangxi who lived on his [-]th birthday.

The front of the screen is made of bright yellow silk, and various forms of longevity characters are embroidered in color.

The total number exceeds [-], commonly known as Wanshou Screen.

On the back of the screen, rare verses are written with mineral azurite pigment.

Each fan has a five-character verse written by two persons.

It is a birthday poem written for him by the grandson of Hongzi, the son of Kangxi Emperor Yin.

These included Yongzheng and Qianlong who later became emperors.

Although these screens have extraordinary origins.

And it's well made, but now it's just worn out by time and can't see the glory.

Without these top cultural relic restorers, superb craftsmanship.

Maybe these screens are still in a dilapidated corner of the Capital Museum, and they will continue to stay.

Looking at the camera, some screens are so rotten that the complete shape cannot be seen.

Both Xu Zhang and Tong Xing felt sorry.

The Longevity Screen of Emperor Kangxi is also very famous.

There are a total of 72 screens, and each screen has a different shape of the character Shou.

But I didn't expect that now, some of them have rotted like this.

This is for Xu Zhang and Tong Xing who often deal with cultural relics.

Quite heartache.

At the same time, they also had some doubts in their hearts.

Xu Zhang murmured.

"It has become like this, can it be restored?"

"I don't know. Look at the third screen. The wooden frame is gone. It can be repaired. I will kneel down for him on the spot."

Tong Xing shook his head, expressing his doubts.

These restorations have been collected by the Department of Cultural Protection and Science and Technology of the Capital Museum.

Bronze, wood, lacquer, inlay, calligraphy and painting, weaving and embroidery and other craft groups.

There are only five months left until the Capital Museum celebrates its 90th anniversary.

They worked together to ensure that one screen was repaired in an average week to catch up with the progress of the exhibition.

And this is only a small part of the many cultural relics restored.

is the tip of the iceberg.

A crisp and pleasant voice sounded in a certain room of the museum.

Wang Jin of the watch group is checking a certain watch.

In the face of this nineteenth-century clock, the structure is huge.

There are many parts and the process is complicated.

Those who are familiar with this kind of antique-level clocks now.

It is already rare.

The name of the clock that Wang Jin is repairing is: gold-plated copper country music water method clock.

Its original owner was Emperor Qianlong.

The emperors of the Qing Dynasty loved clock collections more than Shunzhi, Kangxi and Qianlong.

The degree to which the three emperors love clocks and watches is better than that of one generation.

After the Industrial Revolution in the West, missionaries came to China.

They will study what the emperor likes.

The latest and best clocks and watches were sent to the palace at that time, forming a unique collection.

"When I went to the British Museum, I didn't see large (clocks), they were all small."

Wang Jin said to the camera.

At the age of [-], Wang Jin, who wears glasses, looks gentle and elegant.

As a gift, the palace clock has an extremely delicate and complicated mechanical transmission system and a gorgeous appearance.

It represented the world's most advanced machinery manufacturing and technology level at that time.

But fixing them isn't as enjoyable as watching them.

Since clocks and watches are utilities, they need constant maintenance.

Because when a certain emperor was kicked out of the palace, these watchmakers could still stay in the palace.

The restoration technique of clocks and watches is the only intangible cultural heritage that has been handed down without fault in the capital museum.

"This time, there are fewer strokes. It should be four strokes and one o'clock. With this clock, three strokes are one o'clock."

Qi Haonan said facing the clock in his hand.

After the old master retired, Wang Jin and his apprentice Qi Haonan were the only two palace watch restorers in the Capital Museum.

There are thousands of clocks in the Capital Museum.

A person's life cannot be completed.

It needs to be passed on from generation to generation.

"Only two, the Capital Museum exhibits so many clocks and watches every year, do they all depend on these two people?"

Xu Zhang was taken aback for a moment.

When he visited the Capital Museum, all the clocks and watches were collected in a special exhibition hall.

I thought it was a big project, but I didn't expect it to be completed by two people.

This is a bit beyond his imagination.

Tong Xing on the side was equally astonished.

Look at the complex clocks in the picture.

If only one piece is damaged, it may take several months to repair it.

And the clocks and watches in the house have to be repaired by these two people.

Tong Xing suddenly felt it.

Compared with them, my work has become so easy.

The office of the watch group is still busy.

The office of the bronzeware group is not idle either.

"Look, this is Guangzhou Gold, very beautiful."

"This is a set of cups, which are full of literary allusions, such as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove."

People kept sending some gold and silver utensils to the office of the bronze ware group one after another.

In terms of individual money, the bronze group seems to be the richest.

The silver wares that are constantly being sent in are actually silver wares sent from the Treasure Hall, and they are also exhibits that are about to be replaced.

The Treasure Hall has always been rich in treasures.

Silverware is easy to oxidize and turn black, and the task of the copperware group is to remove rust and make them new.

Derusting without damaging the carcass must be done by an experienced metal restorer.

Hun Xiaogang and Wang Youliang looked at the set of cups that had just been delivered.

His eyes carefully examined the cultural relics in his hand.

They are top bronze restorers.

The "Horse Stepping on the Flying Swallow", which caused a sensation in the world in the last century, was restored by their masters.

In the 80s, he entered the Forbidden City to work and followed the master to restore a large number of bronzes.

The bronze wares collected in the Capital Museum have been repaired almost in the early years.

Now their routine includes a lot of gold and silver and all metal-stained artifacts.

Museums around the world will also send broken bronzes.

Therefore, the restoration skills of bronzes continue.

"If you make a replica, you can repair it. Basically, if you can make a replica, you can enter this business."

In the workshop, Wang Youliang compared the bronze artifacts in his hand.

Coloring a replica I made.

To make a replica, it must be exactly the same as the original, so except for the color of the cultural relic itself.

Wang Youliang also wanted to paint the embroidery on the bronze ware.

Huaguo was not the first country to enter bronze ware, but Huaguo's attainments in bronze ware are unrivaled.

In the face of exquisite bronzes, we can no longer tell the difference.

Those unearthed cultural relics, those things can be restored by hand.

It's a little-known skill.

It is different from the solemn atmosphere we imagined, and the trembling when facing cultural relics.

The scene of the restoration of the national treasure, most of which is such an understatement.

Strict teachers produce outstanding apprentices, and Wang Youliang has become a top bronze restoration master.

He himself can't count the cultural relics he has passed.

"The most important thing is the color. If the color is wrong, it's wrong anyway."

"Sometimes it's hard to adjust the color if you can't adjust it for a week."

While Wang Youliang was talking to the camera, the paintbrush in his hand was still adjusting the colors.

Wears a normal jacket and wears glasses.

The wrinkles on his face squeezed together when he smiled.

In a small workshop.

The size is no more than the size of someone else's balcony.

Xu Zhang and Tong Xing never imagined that this was the workshop of a top bronze restorer.

The restoration of national treasures is done in such an unpretentious environment.

This is exactly like Xu Zhang's imagination of a group of experts trembling with fear.

totally different.

The Capital Museum has a strict cultural relics protection system.

There are seven doors to open every morning.

Facing the red doors opened one after another, it is like opening a space to face history directly.

The threshold full of history and slightly mottled traces.

All of them are witnessing what kind of glorious years this place has experienced.

It is no longer possible to enter such a dangerous court struggle today.

But there are still many kittens left.

Wang Wusheng of the ceramics group is the first thing to do every day at work.

Just take out some cat food to feed these kittens.

Or, these stray cats are descendants of royal cats.

Today, Wang Wusheng also has his own job.

What he faced was a Tang Sancai horse.

Tang Sancai is a treasure of ancient firing techniques.

A type of glazed pottery popular in the Tang Dynasty.

Sancai means colorful, not just three colors.

On the same vessel, basic glaze colors such as yellow, green, white, blue and black are used alternately.

Form a colorful artistic effect.

"This is a second-class cultural relic. It may have been collected by a certain collector in the past. It was unearthed at the earliest and donated to the Capital Museum."

Wang Wusheng talked about the origin of this cultural relic.

The Tang Sancai horse on the table has a handsome appearance and an extraordinary heroic posture.

Even if the color of the body has been in the past so many years, you can still get a glimpse of the splendor at that time.

But it is regrettable that one-third of the horse god of this Tang Sancai horse is missing.

The tail part is also missing.In an instant, the horse lost its soul.

Tang tricolor horses are generally used as funeral objects and were very popular in the Tang Dynasty.

Generally, it can reflect the brilliance of Tang culture, as can be seen from the existing three-color horses.

The three-color craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty were not only very familiar with the appearance and characteristics of horses.

He also has a deep understanding of the horse's demeanor and temperament.

So it's easy to shape.

It is very realistic in appearance and fully exerts the artistic imagination.

In the next period of time, Wang Wusheng will restore the complete shape and demeanor of this tricolor horse.

There are many missing places, so use your imagination.

This is no less than shaping a work of art.

When Wang Wusheng restored the Tang Sancai Horse.

There were also two young men, a man and a woman, standing by to help.

Their names are Ji Dongcun and Dou Yi.

The master-apprentice succession system is very common in the Capital Museum.

The Capital Museum has a collection of 35 sets of ceramics, and the workload of the three of them is very large.

Go home from get off work and walk on the promenade with red walls and yellow tiles.

There is quite a sense of harmony combining ancient and modern.

The place where they work is called Xisan Institute.

Also known as the cold palace.

The place where Wang Wusheng walked today may be the place where the cold palace concubines walked that day.

In places where cultural relics are being restored, electricity usage is very strict and no one is allowed to boil water by himself.

Every morning they have to go to the boiling water room to bring the day's boiled water.

Seeing the front, Xu Zhang and Tong Xing still have some opinions and opinions.

With different cultural relics and different groups of rooms displayed one by one in front of the camera.

They have also changed from self-proclaimed people who know a little bit to spectators.

Deep outside the lens, staring intently at the screen.

Maybe even they themselves didn't realize when they were fascinated by it.

Wang Youliang started out as an apprentice in his teens, while his apprentice Gao Fei started working after finishing university.

The Capital Museum still maintains the traditional master-apprentice system.

How to deal with this new form of teacher-student relationship in modern society Wang Youliang Gaofei gave a good teacher.

The place where they walked was the famous Compassion Palace.

In the two generations of famous and young people, every time the emperor passed away, the concubines of the former emperor were promoted to empress dowager and concubine, and retired with honor.

In the Compassion Ning Palace, the northwestern area of ​​Shoukang Palace lived a life of almost seclusion.

It used to be jokingly called "No man has come in for nearly 300 years."

The resplendent palace is full of extraordinary.

But behind this prosperity is a lot of almost cruel helplessness.

All these stories and unwillingness have been reduced to nothingness with time.

The only thing left is the words and phrases on the cultural relics.

A tinkerer like Wang Youliang is the key to unlock all these dusty stories.

Glimpse the story of that time through cultural relics.

The task of Wang Youliang's master and apprentice is to restore the display of cultural relics in Shoukang Palace.

Dust removal protection for metal cultural relics.

Although the Qing Palace Opera, Lafayette always drives to the Palace of Compassion.

But in history, there are only a handful of empress dowagers who have actually lived in the Compassion Palace.

Shoukang Palace is built on the west side of Compassion Palace.

The scale is smaller than that of the Compassionate Palace, and it is also more livable.

According to historical records, three empress dowagers lived in Shoukang Palace.

Among them, Qianlong's biological mother lived here the longest, a total of 42 years.

In order to give the strongest tribute to the 90th anniversary of the Capital Museum.

Shoukang Palace will complete the strongest restoration in history.

After 240 years, more than 200 treasures are hidden in the Capital Museum.

Will return to Shoukang Palace!

The small Shoukang Palace is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Xu Zhang and Tong Xing unconsciously began to look forward to it.

They all know it every time they visit the Capital Museum.

There are actually very few palaces that people really visit.

Many palaces are sealed and no one is allowed to see them.

Among them is Shoukang Palace.

Now the 90th anniversary celebration can open the Shoukang Palace.

This is simply a must-see palace!

What's more, there are so many experts working together to repair it.

As soon as the screen changed, Wang Youliang's master and apprentice had already put on their gloves and were cleaning a set of dark cabinets.

There are many figures of different shapes carved on the surface of the cabinet.

This is the largest Hainan huanghuali cabinet in the world.

Those who know a little about wooden furniture will know how valuable it is.

It is worth mentioning that there is a hidden compartment inside the cabinet.

At that time, the Capital Museum cleared out more than 100 treasures from it.

It turns out that this is the place where the Empress Dowager treasured her most beloved.

A group of large cabinets that are much taller than a person have been repaired.

Wang Youliang also took a restoration photo.

The tense work is over, and Wang Youliang is going to carry out an important task.

In the picture, Wang Youliang is riding his own little electric motorcycle.

Along the way, we drove on the Nuoda territory of the Capital Museum.

All the way through various palaces, Wang Youliang didn't change his face.

Until we came to the gate of the Capital Museum.

Wang Youliang hurriedly stopped the car.

He lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth and breathed out happily.

Xu Zhang: .
Tong Xing: .
"That is, the restoration of cultural relics in the courtyard must avoid fire. The old masters were more disciplined."

"The basin is filled with water, it can't be like this now, it can be pumped out."

Wang Youliang said with a smile.

Don't look like a top cultural relic restoration expert.

But in the face of such intense tinkering.

I still need some tobacco comfort in my heart.

Xu Wen has a good grasp of the language of the camera.

Did not always focus on cultural relics.

Occasionally, such a small link can let others see that the top cultural relic restorer is actually an ordinary person like himself.

The top is all exercised.

Masters are honed.

Only the spirit of craftsmanship requires a peaceful heart that has existed since birth.

To be able to endure the bustling city separated by a wall when working in the Capital Museum.

This requires concentration and state of mind.

　It's the weekend, have you eaten yet?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)