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Chapter 298 Wooden Lacquerware Inlaid Textiles! !
Inside the courtyard with mottled red paint.

The sound of the hammer hitting came out through the space.

In the birdcage under the eaves, the light-colored parrots have eyes the size of rice grains.

Looking at the world outside the cage.

The afternoon sun looked very pleasant.

Only the voice of "bang bang bang" kept coming and going.

The young master in the room carefully looked at the wood carving in front of him.

Knocking from time to time makes the room reverberate with space.

The seasoning plate placed randomly is the most seen thing in the house.

The small room is full of all kinds of things.

But there was a vacant space in the middle.

There is a wooden Buddha statue with a sense of age.

As a student of history, when he saw the Buddha statue, Charles' eyes lit up immediately.

Wooden Buddha statues are in the eyes of history majors.

That is something more valuable than gold.

Charles let go of his grip on the mouse.

Staring intently at the computer screen.

Chinese people have a special affection for wood.

For thousands of years, Chinese people have built their homes with a lot of wood, which is far more fragile than stone.

Live by the trees, live in a wooden house, eat on a wooden table, sleep on a wooden bed.

Qisheng starts from wood, using wood to make paper and wood to engrave printing plates.

Plant, cultivate, and carve each one of the materials that can be made.

Wooden Buddha statues seem to have an added kindness that contains life.

Most of the wooden Buddha statues have been lost overseas because they can be transported.

Now in the wooden repair room, I am very lucky to see a Buddha statue from the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

"The little finger of this Buddha statue was originally broken, and now I have repaired it."

Xie Yangfan looked at the Buddha statue and said.

Charles was taken aback.

Are the fingers added?

Why can't he see it?
The wood-carved Bodhisattva in the lens has been washed and baptized for thousands of years, and the gold paint has peeled off, leaving the texture of the wooden body exposed.

However, the preservation is basically intact, the clothing patterns are naturally and smoothly depicted, and the decorations are complicated and simple, which is extremely rare.

It is a fine product among wooden Buddha statues.

The early wooden Buddha statues have always been the favorites of museums.

As long as the wood carvings before the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty have become important collections of the museum.

Such as the Cleveland Museum of Art in the United States and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Wooden Buddha statues are placed in very important positions.

Send Dai Wooden Buddha Statue the pinnacle of our wood carving statues.

Although the statues of Liao and Jin Buddhas in the same period are not as handsome as those in Song Dynasty.

But the face is more square and round, and the figure is more plump.

"Now the first pass of color is over, and we will make the second pass of color when it dries."

Xie Yangfan used a tissue to make the color on the little finger of the Buddha statue more harmonious.

The Woodenware Room is a department with a long history of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Science and Technology of the Capital Museum.

The famous dragon chair in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was once restored by the master craftsmen of the carpentry room and other departments.

But their current section chief is Qu Feng of the younger generation.

After graduating from the Supreme Academy of Fine Arts, Qu Feng studied with a teacher in accordance with the rules of cultural relic restoration.

So as to study the restoration of wooden cultural relics.

"This is a collection that will be displayed in the Palace of Compassion and Ning soon. When it was delivered, two of its fingers were broken, a part of its lip was missing, and the ribbon around its waist was also broken."

Qu Feng looked at the camera and said.

How modern people repair its damaged body while maintaining its appearance thousands of years ago is a test of human aesthetics.

It is extremely rare to meet a suitable restorer after a thousand years.

"Because this gesture is broken, but the lower part still exists, so we can judge its form based on the shape of this finger."

Qu Feng pointed at a gap in the Buddha statue with a brush and said.

The wooden Buddha statue maintains the shape of fingers holding flowers.

Gentleness reveals kindness.

Looking into the lens, you can't feel it has a gap at all.

Charles stared at the fingers carefully.

Pause key was pressed.

After looking at it for tens of seconds, I didn't see any trace of repair.

Charles clicked his tongue.

This technique is really uncanny!
In recent years, the Capital Museum has recruited many highly educated people like Qu Feng.

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage Protection and Science and Technology is a department specializing in the protection, restoration and research of cultural relics.

Today young people account for more than half.

On the promenade with red walls and glazed tiles, the fusion of modern decoration and ancient architecture does not make people feel abrupt at all.

The woodware group is located in a courtyard at the entrance of the West Sansho.

Green is the most here.

Compared with other departments, it has the most artificial colors, and there are several green apricot trees in the Carpentry Group.

It ingeniously forms a contrast with the restoration of woodware.

In the capital with more and more high-rise buildings, when more and more people can only put potted plants and green plants next to their desks.

They can also work in an environment with fragrant melons and fruits.

Taking advantage of their free time, several people took useless cloth to prop it up.

Several other people held ripe apricots struck by bamboo poles.

The crackling sound of apricots falling to the ground filled the entire Xisan School with apricot fragrance.

Some trees were planted by themselves, and some were planted by their masters.

There are also some ancient people who lived in the Ming Dynasty or Qing Dynasty.

Rong Junfeng of the lacquerware room welcomed some foreign guests.

"They're from the Museum of Victoria, they've got good paint, they're not for paint, they're for light protection."

The translator introduced Rong Junfeng to a group of blond and blue-eyed people who walked in.

Huaguo is a country rich in poetry, and in terms of quantity, there is such a person who cannot avoid it.

That is Emperor Qianlong, who wrote 4 poems in his life.

Although we can't see these 4 poems today, we can see the place where these [-] poems are stored.

In order to store poems, four royal manuscript boxes were specially made.

The one that is being repaired is one of them.

The vermilion wooden box is square.

The surface has been carved with many auspicious clouds and Zhulongs, which symbolize auspiciousness and imperial power, through the skills of craftsmen.

Rong Junfeng explained to the foreign guests the origin and source of the color of the royal manuscript box.

Most of the royal manuscript boxes are still intact.

There is only a slight gap in the side line.

Not much to fix.

What made Rong Junfeng even more troublesome was a black rectangle next to it.

There are pictures carved in gold wire on the surface.

But the damage is so serious that it is impossible to see what kind of equipment it is.

It is actually a musical instrument in Huaguo, and its name is "Se".

It is the har in the harmony of the harp.

Se belongs to the court musical instrument, and its volume is much larger than that of Guqin and Guzheng.

In the everyday life of ordinary people, Ser is also the least known.

For the repair of this thur.

Except to complete what it does.

The important thing is to paint.

Lacquer is required for the restoration of wooden cultural relics.

Rong Junfeng came outside with a bowl of black things.

Under the sunlight, the black surface glows with a black gold luster.

Seeing this, Charles was taken aback.

What is this?
Rong Junfeng spread the black lacquer in the bowl on a white panel.

Waited for half an hour.

After waiting for half an hour, I fiddled with the shovel in my hand.

The original black paint was flicked away immediately.

A texture that is close to translucent inside is revealed.

Charles' eyes widened.

so amazing!
The translucent lacquer has been repeatedly adjusted by Rong Junfeng.

When it was painted again, it was exactly the same color as the surface of Se.

"When repairing cultural relics, we all need to use this kind of natural lacquer. It is picked from the gum tree. Ancient utensils are all colored with this kind of lacquer, so we have to follow the ancient method."

Rong Junfeng explained while painting.

Charles nodded, slightly.

I have a little admiration for the profession of cultural relic restorer in my heart!
In order to restore the original color of cultural relics, every step is done according to the original production method.

This requires cultural relic restorers to have different repair knowledge when facing different utensils.

Unknowingly, Charles seems to have become addicted to this seemingly boring repair work.

As soon as the screen changed, we came to the mosaic department.

At this time, the people in the mosaic group gathered in front of a cabinet-like utensil.

"According to the groove of the cultural relic, then go for an inlay, and now after it is carved, it will be stained."

Kong Ju said to the camera.

A simple and simple Huaguo wooden cabinet.

It is covered with images of foreigners.

This is the only ornamentation that existed in ancient times but does not exist today.

It's called.

Chrysanthemum pear with a hundred treasures embedded in the treasure map top box cabinet.

Fanren is a general term for foreigners or foreign nationalities in ancient China.

During the heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they had to accept tribute from many foreign countries.

Tribute has strict benefit procedures, including kneeling movements, standing postures, advance and retreat routes, etc.

After accepting the tribute, the imperial court usually gave back silk, porcelain, gold and silver, etc.

Gifts in return are worth far more than tribute.

To show the demeanor of a great country, the decoration of the Fanren Jinbao map appeared at this time.

reflect the social climate of the time.

After the name of the country, with the decline of national power and the change of the international situation, there will no longer be foreign tribute.

This ornamentation is no longer used.

Look at the top incense cabinet in the picture.

Charles' eyes lit up.

In terms of shape, it is indistinguishable from traditional wooden cabinets.

But the delicacy lies in the fact that there are many patterns on the surface of the cabinet.

These patterns are not simple meticulous depictions.

Instead, it is carved out of glass shells one by one and inlaid on the surface of the cabinet.

There are generals on horseback and children playing.

There are solemn court ladies and domineering dignitaries.

The texture of colored glaze coupled with lifelike pictures makes the surface of the entire cabinet radiant.

The only fly in the ointment is that, after years, many characters have left.

All that remains is a bare groove.

But even so, Charles still couldn't put it down.

Paused for several minutes.

He stared at the top box in the picture with wide eyes.

For history students, this is something more attractive than money.

The inlay process is to combine jewelry and jade materials with wood, lacquer and metal objects.

Decorative process attached to the surface of utensils.

What kind of materials, patterns and colors are used for the missing parts to achieve the effect of repairing the old.

This is the biggest difficulty encountered by the group of young people in the mosaic group.

As Qu Feng's junior sister at the Capital Academy of Fine Arts, Kong Ju came to the Capital Museum earlier than Qu Feng.

Everyone prefers to call her Miss Kong or Kong Kong.

"If the engraving is this wide, it must be too much."

Kong Ju fingered a thumb-sized gap on the surface of the cabinet, as if thinking about something.

Like the lacquerware group, the master craftsmen of the mosaic group have retired.

It is thanks to this group of young people that they continue and develop the Baibao mosaic restoration technology of the Capital Museum.

Restoration of cultural relics is a delicate job.

Persistence and care are required.

Each group has its own challenges.

To say that the only distinctive group room in the entire Capital Museum is the Textile Restoration Department.

Charles was taken aback.

Textiles. Restoration?

Textiles are made of silk thread, which is basically useless if it is broken or damaged.

How to fix this kind of thing?
Charles was puzzled.

With great curiosity, Charles continued to read.

The Textile Restoration Department was established relatively late.

The staff are all women.

"No makeup, no perfume, no nails, no foundation."

"You can't turn on the air conditioner in this weather."

Several women laughed and said to the camera.

They were talking about the problems women face in restoration work.

While inheriting the traditional restoration techniques, the Capital Museum.

Also began to use the application of modern science and technology.

The process of textile restoration requires the analysis of modern instruments.

It was Chen Yang who was making complaints about not being able to turn on the air conditioner.

After graduating from the Capital Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera with a major in opera costumes, he entered the Capital Museum to work.

"Look, the water is going to go down at an angle."

Chen Yang directed the new staff while working.

What she is operating at the moment is.

Clean the spikes of palace lanterns.

Careful techniques, and a water-soaked brush repeatedly and gently brush the surface of the light spikes.

Let the accumulated dust and dirt flow down with the water flow.

"This is the palace lantern on the Changchun Palace, and it will be exhibited at the 90th anniversary celebration."

Chen Yang said to the camera.

Perhaps visitors to the Capital Museum have never thought of it.

The light spikes hanging above their heads are also repaired and cleaned repeatedly in this way.

Charles took a deep breath.

The restoration of cultural relics is often touched on the subtleties.

While cooperating with this group of cultural relic restoration workers.

At the same time, he was also muttering in his heart.

Why have I never seen such a good documentary.

I have only seen documentaries introducing cultural relics.

Think about the type of cultural relic restoration.

It's the rarest of the rare.

Shaking his head, Charles continued to read.

The screen turned and came to the room of "Bang Bang Bang".

Xie Yangfan has already repaired the fingers of the wooden Buddha statue.

Now I am repairing the belt part with my master.

"This thing is called fish maw glue, and we use this kind of glue on the bonding of wood."

Xie Yangfan faced the camera.

Pointing to a small white pot that was boiling in front of him, he said.

It has a white and viscous texture that needs to be processed by flames.

This is a glue that has been used for thousands of years.

Fish maw is used as a material, which can only be obtained through special cooking.

In the lacquer room.

Arthur's repair has also reached a critical moment.

Rong Junfeng came outside with a bowl of dark things.

People who work in lacquer rooms have to endure some allergy hazards.

Also suffer from bad taste.

The bowl Rong Junfeng was holding was pig blood.

Pig's blood is a traditional material in ancient architecture and lacquerware.

Its strength is lower than that of gray tires made of lacquer.

But cheap and available in large quantities.

When making gray tires, if the paint is completely scraped, the cost will be too high.

Fish bladder glue and pig blood materials are repair materials that Charles, a Westerner, has never seen before.

Can fish maw be used as glue?
Can pig blood be used as ingredients?
There was a big question mark in Charles' mind.

Of course, when he saw that the glue made of fish maw was used to glue the wooden utensils together without a single gap.

And when the pig's blood was smeared on the musical instrument "Se", it was exactly the same as the original color.

Charles' eyes widened completely.

This ancient oriental wisdom rocked it thoroughly.

Textile restoration colleagues moved to work on a larger palace.

Their task today is to restore the "Hundred Shou Picture".

"Working here is to endure loneliness. Like us who study art in school, we learn creative thinking, but here we can't have it at all."

Chen Yang said without raising his head.

At this time, she was carefully wiping a birthday character in her hand.

At the end, he smiled at the camera.

Young people with different majors and different personalities have different reasons for entering the Capital Museum.

But all will go through a long or short adaptation process.

The Capital Museum is indeed a unique workplace.

Celebrations approaching the 90th anniversary of the Capital Museum.

The cultural relics restored between each group room have been transported to their respective exhibition halls one after another.

In recent years, the Capital Museum absorbs forty or fifty fresh graduates every year.

This number will increase in the coming years.

Five years later, as the old employees slowly retire.

One-third of the Capital Museum's staff will be replaced with fresh blood.

Including Qu Feng, Kong Ju, Rong Junfeng, and Chen Yang.

This growing team of young people will truly determine the future of the Capital Museum.

The restored cultural relics were shipped out.

Qu Feng of the wooden group had rare leisure time.

Sitting in front of the window sill, holding a small log and a small carving knife in his hand.

A small Buddha head is being carved.

Within the palace walls of Nuoda, how to relieve loneliness is also a science.

Judging from the various small wooden carvings placed on the windowsill.

Qu Feng has found his own way.

Facing the camera, Qu Feng showed a side face.

"Everyone's understanding of Buddha is different, and it also has something to do with people's temperament. You can see that some people engrave Buddha with either a wicked smile or a frown."

"It's very difficult to engrave. The Buddha statue knows it instantly. It's difficult to grasp the taste. How to engrave that pure and mysterious smile is the most difficult."

"Cultural relics are actually the same as people. We first said that jade has six virtues in the past, and jade is better than a gentleman. Jade is just a broken stone. What virtue does it have?"

"However, Chinese people can see their virtues from above, so making a chair is the same as making a person. He uses a person's character to ask for it."

"The ancient Chinese people paid attention to the investigation of things, that is, to observe things with themselves, and to see themselves with things, so these things in the ancient capital museum are all alive."

"In the process of making things, people always find ways to integrate themselves into it. People have come and gone in this world, although they all want to leave something in this world."

"Many people think that cultural relics are valuable after they are restored by cultural relic restorers. In fact, it is not a simple aspect. During the restoration process, it communicates with cultural relics."

"He has integrated himself into it. The cultural relics are dead, but the things left by the cultural relic restorers are alive and passed on."

At the end of the speech, Qu Feng showed a shallow smile to the camera.

At the same time, along with this smile, the ending song also began to appear.

This episode ends!

　Thanks: "A pig who loves to read" for the 100-point reward.

　　I’m in a particularly bad mood today. I updated it every day last month. The least one day is 5000 words. Usually, it’s 9000 words. When I was trying to exchange the leave slip to make up for the day, it turned out that the leave slip could only be used for the current month.

　　The full attendance of 1500 is gone, and 20% of the subscription fee will be deducted. In this way, I lost more than 2000 yuan. I am so sad. The hard-earned money is gone. Only the first day of the new year did not write, woo woo woo woo

　　
　
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