Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1530 There is a successor

Compared to the destitute ten years ago, the National Museum of China directly scooped up 10,000 copper stoves from the collection and handed them over to the cultural relics store, selling them over the counter to compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao. This was a helpless move by overseas tourists to earn foreign exchange. The policy of cultural relics shifted from selling to generate income to holding exhibitions to earn leasing. There is no doubt that this is a huge improvement.

But now Zhou Zhi says that protection measures will continue to be strengthened, and some cultural relics will even be banned from overseas exhibitions. This is undoubtedly a bit ahead of its time and refreshes everyone's common understanding.

But those present were all insiders. It is no exaggeration to say that they valued precious cultural relics even more than their own lives. They were just within the system and habitually obeyed the country's policies.

After pointing out the shortcomings to Zhou Zhi, everyone actually secretly agreed inwardly. Yes, there are more than 210,000 first-class cultural relics. Even if two-thirds are protected, the remaining one-third is not easily damaged. There are 70,000 to 80,000 pieces in one city, but that’s not enough for foreigners to see? !

Aren't they rich? Can't we let them come to China to see the rest? !

"It seems that you have already thought about this issue, elbow?" Mr. Wang asked, "How about you tell me which cultural relics can be designated as national treasures."

"In fact, our country has already had a similar approach." Zhou Zhi said: "The highest level of national cultural relics is Grade I, but Grade I cultural relics are now divided into two levels: A and B. I think there is only Grade A. Only those cultural relics that can be selected as important witnesses to the development of Chinese civilization, as well as those with the oldest age, the highest craftsmanship, or orphans in each category can be recognized as such. 'national treasure'."

"If this is the case, then museums across the country will probably start fighting." Qi Lao couldn't help but laugh.

"How come there's a fight?" Zhou Zhi also laughed, but the smile was a bit evil: "If there is a dispute, then let's tie it up. Wouldn't that solve the problem? We are not an island country. There are only ten out of 200,000 first-class cultural relics. One, is it better than it is now?"

"But this is not important. It can be discussed and disputed," Zhou Zhi said. "What I am thinking more about is that the country should immediately start the review of the list of cultural relics prohibited from exporting."

"I think the following principles can be followed, that is, orphans and fragile items among first-class cultural relics are prohibited from export exhibitions. Cultural relics that have not been officially exhibited in the country are not allowed to be exhibited abroad. The list of prohibited cultural relics is required by the cultural relics administrative department. published regularly."

“Specifically speaking of the exhibits, I think ancient corpses unearthed from past dynasties, statues of main figures in religious sites, cultural relics made of ivory and rhinoceros horn, calligraphy, painting and silk works before the Yuan Dynasty, representative orphan porcelains from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and other regional Famous iconic first-class cultural relics that are representative, representative of categories, and representative of the era are also among them.”

Every time he said something, the old men kept nodding. Mr. Wang was very happy. He was happy that Zhou Zhi was not just talking casually. Everyone knew that stuff, but if he wanted to come up with specific ideas as blatantly as he did now, it wouldn't be possible. Easy.

Moreover, Zhou Zhi's thoughtful thinking is quite mature, and every suggestion is almost always on the key points, which makes the old men feel that "there will be a successor" in their hearts.

"Then you stay in the capital for two days and write a report on this proposal. I will take it to the ministries and commissions for discussion." Mr. Wang said, "If this thing can really come true, it will be considered a great merit!"

"Ah..." Zhou Zhi was a little panicked: "I came here temporarily today, and I haven't asked Mr. Gu for leave yet..."

"I'll go help you." Qi Lao stopped Zhou Zhi with one sentence: "Go back tomorrow afternoon, and it won't delay your class."

There was nothing we could do now, but such an article was not a big problem for Zhou Zhi, and he had already considered it clearly during the inspection, and it didn't even take long.

Moreover, the handover of cultural relics from the foundation to the National Museum is simple, even if it is neither simple nor simple. Zhou Zhi doesn't want to make a fuss, so he can just wait a day to call Lin Wanqiu from Yuzhou to participate in the handover ceremony. Since he couldn't go back, Zhou Zhi didn't waste his time. Now that things were done, he ran to Rongbaozhai to find Xu Bangda.

"Decoration Chronicles" says: "Heavy decoration of ancient monuments is like illness delaying medical treatment. If the treatment is good, it will be cured easily, but if the treatment is not good, it will die with the medicine. High-grade famous monuments are looked down upon. Painters and calligraphers must pay attention to decoration."

The ancients described the restoration of calligraphy and painting as "a disease that lasts until the doctor is healed" and was very cautious. The work Zhou Zhi needed to restore urgently was the six-hand scroll. The paper version was fine, but he felt that his experience with the silk version was not enough, so he came here specifically to seek advice.

The repair work on silk and paper is actually similar in terms of process. Basically, there are five major steps: washing, peeling, repairing and repairing. Broken down, it includes preliminary preparation, measurement, decolorization experiment, removal of original mounting, stain cleaning, material preparation, and rolling. Steps include: uncovering the heart of the painting, supporting the heart of the painting, hiding the discount strip, sealing, full color, preparing materials, re-mounting, mounting on the wall, calendering the back, and installing the pole.

Unfortunately, Zhou Zhi got stuck on the first step.

The problem lies in the painting silk.

When repairing paper, you should pay attention to the direction of the paper curtain. The paper curtain is the bamboo curtain used when scooping out paper. The drainage method after making paper is to follow the direction of the bamboo curtain and bamboo silk, so that the paper fibers are When the bamboo curtain is deposited, it will also form a certain trend. The strength of the paper is different in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Therefore, when repairing, especially when repairing cracks or holes in the center of the painting, the direction of the paper curtain must be consistent with the direction of the center of the painting to achieve seamless results.

As for silk, although it is woven vertically and horizontally, which is different from the papermaking process, there are actually similar problems, that is, the direction of the warp and weft.

This is related to the weaving process of silk. First, the warp threads are stretched, and then the weft threads are woven. Generally, the distance between the warp threads and the weft threads is different, and sometimes the counts of the warp threads and the weft threads are also different. Finally, the warp threads and the weft threads are The degree of tension is also different, so the horizontal and vertical tension of the woven silk is also different.

When repairing silk, you should also pay attention to the issues of patching materials and drawing center direction.

However, this is not the most painful thing. The real problem is that the silk cannot be found.

Of course, modern art is also created with silk, whether it is calligraphy or painting, but Zhou Zhi has actually discovered a problem before, that is, modern silk and ancient silk, not to mention the "old flavor" after aging , even the thickness of the longitude and latitude lines are different.

Master Yang Dequan, the descendant of Shu embroidery, is considered a top expert in weaving, and he and Zhou Zhi are also good friends. Of course, Zhou Zhi must find out about such a thing.

The main problem that causes the difference in silk is that the silkworms raised in the Western Han Dynasty are different from the silkworms raised in modern times.

After thousands of years of selection, modern silkworms grow bigger and bigger, and the silk they spin becomes thicker and thicker. The weight of a single cocoon is one-third to one-half heavier than in ancient times. Calligraphy and painting materials woven with such silkworms Silk, even if it has been distressed, cannot be used to repair ancient silk.

(End of this chapter)