Chapter 1,425 The three most frustrating national treasures
After plugging in the power, Chen Wenzhe could see a staff member picking up the ultrasonic scaler and engraving pen and starting to demonstrate how to remove rust.
Wherever the tip of the engraving pen touches, the thick green rust falls off, and the bronze decoration is clearly reproduced.
It looks very simple and easy to use.
But only Chen Wenzhe who sees the essence can understand that there is countless hard work and sweat in this mastery.
There are many ways to remove rust. In fact, it is not easy to use any of them well.
In the past, the older generation used chemicals to remove rust. This traditional rust removal method is still used by Wang Chen today.
However, if you do not master it well, it is easy to damage the surface and decoration of the utensils.
Although machines can now be used to remove rust, no matter what method is used, meticulousness is essential.
This cannot be done carelessly, as the rust must be removed without damaging the cultural relics.
Any process of cultural relic restoration is cumbersome, especially the replenishment process, which requires continuous improvement.
The restoration of cultural relics must be done as before. Some cultural relics are missing this or that, and you have to make up for them.
When filling in missing parts, it must be perfect and there must be no compromising mentality.
For example, some bronze vessels are missing an ear or a foot, so bronze accessories must be cast according to ancient casting methods.
How much copper, how much tin and how much lead are needed to cast the parts in proportion, don't be careless at all.
Repairing the old remains the same as before, and the last newly repaired areas have to be renovated.
But this is Chen Wenzhe's specialty. No need to read more, study more!
Wang Chen was a young man back then. He took over this skill from his father and worked in the restoration of cultural relics at Nanhe Museum, which has been going on for 36 years now.
His restoration skills have reached the level of perfection.
In his mind, his father is not a conservative person because he has more than 20 formal apprentices.
These apprentices are scattered across the country, and most of them are engaged in the restoration of cultural relics.
Now, Wang Chen is thinking more about the lack of successors to this skill.
In April 2013, the organization arranged for master’s students Qin Zhifang and Qi Junchao to become Wang Chen’s disciples.
Qin Zhifang specializes in the restoration techniques of bronze, gold and silver, jade, ceramics, three-color, glazed pottery, bone, and wooden lacquer cultural relics;
Qi Junchao studied the restoration and plan preparation of various types of white pottery, red pottery, gray pottery, painted pottery and other cultural relics.
It can be said that Chen Wenzhe really made a lot of money this time.
Through Hui Shuo Wang Chen's work, he learned too much about restoration techniques. This kind of technique is difficult to see in the outside world, let alone learning.
There is an imitation product that has no match, and he really didn't expect it to be passed down so much.
People like him can't find a way to learn.
And some people don't cherish the opportunity to learn when they get it. This is the difficulty faced by many traditional skills in modern times.
For example, the restoration of cultural relics is a very demanding job.
First of all, you must love cultural relics, have feelings for cultural relics, and respect the traditional skills left by your ancestors;
Secondly, you must endure loneliness and study with concentration;
Only by doing this, through hard study and practice, can you finally learn the superb skills of restoring cultural relics!
But these are really difficult for young people.
If you have that time, it would be better to watch the young ladies dancing in the short videos. How interesting would that be?
"Baby!" Chen Wenzhe couldn't help but touch the copper restraint.
Even if this is an imitation, it is still an absolute treasure for Chen Wenzhe.
"Haha, I knew you would like it." Li Jinli said with a smile.
"Where did you get this kind of treasure?" Chen Wenzhe asked curiously.
"You can't buy them for sure. The tourist souvenirs you can buy from those museums must be fake. High imitations like this must have a certain relationship."
After Li Jinli explained it briefly, Chen Wenzhe understood.
Although his museum has not officially opened for exhibition yet, it is already well-known.
After all, there are so many national treasure-level cultural relics that he has entered into, and it is definitely not a secret to those in the industry.
Therefore, many museums with ideas, especially some large museums, want to see if there are any opportunities for cooperation.
If you can't buy something, it would be good to borrow some for exhibition.
Among them, not only the Nanhe Museum, but also the Dahai City Museum, the Palace Museum, and the National Museum are interested in cooperation.
Since we want to cooperate and buy some items that are not for sale, it is not a problem.
"I've seen this thing before. Who can believe that when it was first dug out, it was all broken into pieces?" Zhang Yijie said with emotion.
Zheng Yu argued: "It's not that exaggerated. It's just broken, and nothing is missing. When you put it back together, isn't it just building blocks?"
"Will you spell it out for me?"
Zhang Yijie pointed at the intricately crafted cloud-patterned copper ban and said with a smile.
"Of course I can't, but Wen Zhe can certainly do it," Zheng Yu said shamelessly.
"Wen Zhe can do it, but where can he get such a treasure for him to fight for?"
Cao Qingchun looked yearning for it, but unfortunately it was a daydream.
"There are a lot of rags like this in the country, right?" Li Jinli looked at Chen Wenzhe.
Chen Wenzhe really knows a lot, but it's a pity that all the tatters are waiting to be repaired.
For example, over in Nanhe, there are many national treasure-level bronzes waiting to be restored.
Even if this kind of thing is broken into pieces, it is impossible to sell it. It can only be left in the warehouse to eat dust, waiting for the opportunity to be restored to its original state.
"These national treasures are really frustrating." Zheng Yu curled his lips and said.
"Is there anything more frustrating than Xi Jia Pan? He was chopped off and used as a pancake stall." Cao Qingchun said with a smile.
"Actually, there are several national treasures that are equally miserable!" Chen Wenzhe also started talking nonsense to his classmates.
"Really? Please give some examples. We are really curious." Zheng Yu said.
Chen Wenzhe was stunned. Do you still want to say it seriously?
He really isn't afraid. With his knowledge, isn't it easy to give just a few examples?
Now that we are talking about Xi Jiapan, we must mention the three most important national treasures in the history of our country’s cultural relics.
They were used to pickle vegetables, bake pancakes, and ring the school bell.
Now that I know the details, it must be very sad and sad.
However, if these things are useless, I don’t know what will happen!
Fortunately, they were all discovered in the end and collected again for protection!
For example, Dushan Dayuhai is used to pickle vegetables.
In front of the Chengguang Hall in Tuancheng, Beihai, the divine capital, there is a stone pavilion with blue glazed tiles called the Jade Weng Pavilion.
On the white marble stone seat in the pavilion, there is a large wine vat from the Yuan Dynasty.
This large wine vat can be called the largest jade artifact passed down from generation to generation in my country. It is the Dushan Jade Sea.
"Dushan Big Jade Sea" is also known as "Big Jade Urn" and "Sea of Wine".
It is 0.7 meters high, has a diameter of 1.35 to 1.82 meters, a maximum circumference of 4.93 meters, and weighs about 3,500 kilograms.
The word "Dushan" in Dushan Dayuhai refers to "Dushan".