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Chapter 318 Bletilla striata glue

In front of the camera, Li Yi took out a glass bottle, which contained a beige viscous liquid.

After opening the bottle, he used a small wooden stick to stir up liquid from it, smeared it on the broken gold wire, and stuck the liquid on the outer wall of the golden bowl tire.

Put the gold wire pattern on the outer wall and squeeze it lightly for a few seconds, then Li Yi let go.

Just a few seconds of pressing, the gold wire pattern is firmly attached to the bowl tire.

Seeing this scene, Geng Wanhua couldn't bear it anymore.

Taking a few steps forward, he walked into the shooting range of the camera and asked, "What kind of glue is this?"

Hearing his voice, Li Yi turned his head to look at him, and the camera also cut to give him a picture.

After seeing him, Li Yi's old viewers in the live broadcast room immediately recognized him.

"Eh? Isn't this the cultural relic expert? Why is he here?"

"Could he be here to persuade Brother Yi to donate the bowl again?"

Seeing Geng Wanhua stepping up to ask, Cai Yi also stepped up to follow.

They could also see the audience's barrage, and after seeing the questioning barrage from the audience, Geng Wanhua explained with some embarrassment: "We are here to watch Mr. Li Yi reproduce the Wanshou Wujiang Bowl, and we have no intention of persuading Mr. Li Yi to donate.

This set of bowls is Mr. Li Yi's private property. If Mr. Li Yi is not willing to donate, we respect Mr. Li Yi's wish. "

Hearing this, Li Yi smiled, and didn't dwell on the topic, but answered the question he just asked: "This is bletilla striata paste, a kind of vegetable glue."

"Bletilla striata?"

Geng Wanhua was a little puzzled: "Isn't bletilla striata a traditional Chinese medicine?"

Cai Yi on the side seemed to have thought of something, and reminded: "Old Li seems to have said that bletilla striata can be used to make glue. When he restores calligraphy and paintings, he uses bletilla striata paste."

Hearing what he said, Geng Wanhua also remembered: "Oh, yes, he said it when he mounted the calligraphy and painting."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Yi in surprise and asked, "Bletilla striata paste can stick to metal? This is the first time I've seen it. How does it work? Can it work?"

"Of course, otherwise how would I use it?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "The ancient gold and silver utensils are all made of bletilla striata glue, not only the cloisonné enamel is glued with bletilla striata, but the filigree emerald is also used with bletilla striata."

"Is that so?"

Geng Wanhua suddenly realized, and asked a little excitedly: "Do you also understand the craftsmanship of filigree and emerald green?"

Diancui is the most exquisite skill in traditional jewelry making. It combines metal crafts and feather crafts. The most beautiful blue feathers on the kingfisher's back are inlaid on metal ornaments, and the finished product is exquisite.

But like cloisonne, the craftsmanship of Diancui has also been lost.

"Know a thing or two."

Li Yi said casually and explained: "Bletilla striata glue is a vegetable glue with good viscosity and high strength. The glue is relatively thin, but it dries faster, so it is more suitable for fine work.

This kind of glue can be used for filigree dotting, cloisonné enamel, stele rubbing and painting, and unearthed silk fabrics. "

"Wait a minute! Unearthed silk fabric?"

Geng Wanhua's expression became serious, and he asked solemnly, "Are you sure that the unearthed silk fabric can be exposed with this glue?"

"Of course."

Li Yi nodded and said: "Bletilla striata glue dries quickly, so after drying, it will form a film, which is a dry colloid, which is equivalent to wrapping the things that need to be glued in it.

Because it is a colloid, it can isolate oxygen and dry quickly, so it can preserve its shape and the mechanical strength of the silk body before the unearthed silk fabric rots. "

Speaking of this, Li Yi paused for a moment before asking in confusion: "This is very commonly used! Isn't bletilla striata glue always used for the silk wrapping of paintings and calligraphy? Don't you know that it can expose the silk fabrics? ?”

Geng Wanhua and Cai Yi looked at each other, their faces pale and heartbroken.

Not only they don't know, but the entire archaeological world doesn't know that bletilla striata glue can reveal earthen silk fabrics!
The archaeological community has always believed that silk fabrics cannot be preserved, and it is not easy to leave photos and video materials.

The main component of ancient silk is animal protein. Its preservation conditions are very harsh, and it will rot almost immediately after being unearthed.

Because under the soil burial, the air structure environment, dry humidity and pH around it have reached a balance.

After a long period of storage, its molecular structure is already very fragile, and once exposed to the air, it will quickly degrade and corrode.

Both Geng Wanhua and Cai Yi have participated in archaeological excavations, and have seen many extremely exquisite silk fabrics. The moment they were unearthed, they quickly decayed like special effects in a movie and turned into a pile of debris.

Therefore, after hearing Li Yi mention that bletilla striata glue could actually reveal the earthen silk fabric, they were heartbroken at the moment.

How many fine silk fabrics would have survived had this been known earlier?

Seeing their expressions, Li Yi already understood and shook his head involuntarily.

There are a lot of lost things in this world, no wonder Cai Yi and Geng Wanhua value cultural relics so much.

Geng Wanhua sighed, looked at Li Yi, and asked seriously: "Mr. Li Yi, how do you know that bletilla striata glue can reveal earthen silk fabrics?"

"read."

Li Yi explained: "There was a mounting theorist named Zhou Jiazhou in the Ming Dynasty. He wrote a book "Decoration Records", which said that he folded the edges with silk and paste them with bletilla striata. They never took off and were extremely elegant.

Silk is silk fabric. Since using bletilla striata paste can make the silk cloth never fall off, why not try to use bletilla striata paste to treat unearthed silk fabrics? "

Hearing Li Yi's words, Geng Wanhua was silent. After a while, he let out a long sigh and said to Cai Yi: "Post this news in the group! Tell the Department of Archeology too. If there are silk fabrics unearthed recently, you can try it."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yi and said solemnly: "Mr. Li Yi, if this matter proves to be effective, it must be a good thing with immeasurable merit, and the entire archaeological world will owe you a favor!"

"It's no use."

Li Yi waved his hand: "It's fine if we can preserve more silk cultural relics. It's just such a little thing, how many good things are lost?"

When Geng Wanhua and Cai Yi heard this, their hearts ached again.

So sad!
Listening to their conversation, Huang Xiaoming and the others behind were at a loss.

But even though they couldn't understand it, they could roughly hear that Li Yi had taught these two experts an incredible skill.

And the thing used in that technique is the can of bletilla striata glue in Li Yi's hand.

Seeing this, Huang Xiaoming couldn't help asking: "Is this glue very precious?"

"It's not expensive, it's just a very common vegetable glue."

Li Yi smiled and said: "It is very commonly used in industrial production, and the paper cigarette holders produced by those cigarette factories are glued together with this glue.

It can also be used as a natural thickener, as a skin care product, whitening and removing spots, shrinking pores, and making the skin better. "

"Ah? Really fake?"

Hearing that it can protect skin care, Zhao Jinmai immediately regained his energy and interjected to ask a question.

"of course it's true."

Li Yi said with a smile: "It is recorded in "On the Nature of Medicine" that Baiji can cure facial sores and make the skin smooth, and "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says that it can cleanse dark spots and remove freckles.

Mr. Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, often eats medicated porridge with soybeans, white beans, and walnuts, so his face is still ruddy, his skin is shiny, and he looks young in his later years. "

As he spoke, he picked up the glass bottle of bletilla jelly on the table, and said with a smile, "Use it to wipe your face, and your skin will get better."

"Let me try."

Zhao Jinmai curiously stretched out his hand to touch it, but Li Yi withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "How dare you? This is high-concentration glue, so you can't just wipe it on your face, or it will dry after a while, and you can just peel it off." A membrane."

"oops!"

Zhao Jinmai realized that he had been cheated, and turned around to sue Liu Yifei angrily: "Sister Yifei! Look at him!"

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