Chapter 555 Place of Origin
"Don't worry about anything else." Director Yuan also took advantage of the opportunity: "You have promised to work in our Institute of Rare and Ancient Book Restoration after you enroll, so you can come when the time comes!"< br>
"I...did I promise?" Zhou Zhi was dumbfounded.
“This is the reward you deserve for donating precious ancient book restoration paper to the institute.” Director Yuan’s tone sounded as if it was an honor to work at the ancient book restoration institute: “If I If you don’t agree, I’m afraid Mr. Gu will have objections!”
"Ah don't! I have no objection!" Gu Zhenduo refused to answer: "Let's make an agreement first, whether it is working in a museum or working in a research institute, the premise is that after completing one's studies, Only then does he have a chance..."
"That's it!" Director Yuan and Director Jiang seemed to have no worries about Zhou Zhi being able to successfully complete his professional studies.
Gu Zhenduo: "..."
Director Jiang smiled and explained to Zhou Zhi some of the information given by experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau when finalizing the scroll.
The seals on this painting, in addition to Qing Qunzhen, whom Zhou Zhi knew, and those that even experts can't figure out, are many of the famous names in the late Qing calligraphy and painting collection and painting circles.
For example, Liuzhou, who was nominated for sealing in the painting, was a monk. He had a leisure time to receive Buddhist scriptures and Zen. He was immersed in epigraphy, calligraphy, and ink. He wandered in the art world, collected cultural relics, and passed down inscriptions on inscriptions. He was very diligent in collecting inscriptions and inscriptions. Ruan Yuan called it the "Gold and Stone Monk".
Liuzhou's life spanned three dynasties: Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang. He was at the peak of Qianlong and Jiaqing's philosophy, and it was also a period of unprecedented prosperity for epigraphy. He is good at poetry, painting, calligraphy, seal making, bamboo carving, mounting, identifying antiquities, repairing ancient utensils and reading inscriptions. Not only is he rich in knowledge, but his craftsmanship is also outstanding.
Using the knowledge he had mastered, he created a new category of Chuantuo ancient bronzes - full-shaped Tuotuo, which is truly unique.
Full-shape rubbing is the most effective technique for preserving the complete drawing of the utensils and epigraphic research, in addition to copying epigraphic characters and patterns. It uses ink and rice paper, supplemented by sketching, painting, and mounting. , paper-cutting and other techniques can obtain the three-dimensional effect graphics of the utensils, so it is also called three-dimensional extension, utensil extension, and graphic extension.
After introducing those celebrities, Director Jiang smiled and said: "Your level is already pretty good, but compared with those knowledgeable old experts, there is still a gap. You have to keep working hard."
"Yes, I will definitely do it." Zhou Zhi took a calligraphy and painting appreciation class today. This kind of course is probably not taught to master's students at Shu University, so naturally he was very happy.
However, as Director Jiang said, appreciating a scroll in this way will be slow.
Bite off more than he can chew, Zhou Zhi would rather look at each painting slowly than swallow it whole. At the end of the day, he could only see six Ming paintings, and the rest were like the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou I have to leave the calligraphy and painting for later.
There are still many treasures in the Shu Museum. When everyone regrouped, Zhou Zhi asked: "Shu Yi, what good things did you see?"
"Good things. There are so many." Jiang Shuyi said: "There are all kinds of jades, as well as Shu embroidery pictures of the Three Stars of Fortune, Luxu and Longevity, Magu offering longevity, and a tapestry picture of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea!"
After speaking, he quietly shook his head: "But I can't draw it for grandma. Go back.”
Jiang Shuyi first became interested in embroidery because she was tracing embroidery patterns for her grandmother. Then she gradually became interested in the traditional handicraft category of embroidery, starting from the traditional patterns of Chinese civilization.
“Even if I can trace it back, it’s useless. Grandma neither has the eyes nor the skills.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “If Grandma Yu is still downstairs, she might be able to embroider it.” The statue of Guanyin with a broken arm is also beautiful. "Jiang Shuyi said: "County Magistrate Tang said that is our Eastern Venus."
"Oh, this. The evaluation is amazing!" Zhou Zhi said: "Then I missed it today."
"This is not my evaluation," the godmother said with a smile: "It was when Mr. Guo came to inspect the museum. When he arrived at the statue, he said that the statue was extremely beautiful. Unfortunately, the broken arm was not found, but it still had the same incomplete beauty and could be called the 'Venus of China.'"
Director Jiang recounted the treasures: "In July 1947, there was a huge flood in the Xiaoxi River in Qionglai. At that time, many Buddhist stone carvings were washed out. Our former acting director Cheng Enyuan spent more than a year alone on the riverside. Archaeological excavation determined that it was the site of Longxing Temple in the Tang Dynasty."
"After that, he brought back more than 300 cultural relics to the museum, the most exquisite of which was the Tang Dynasty Broken Arm Temple, which was 1.98 meters tall. "Cheng Lao is the first student majoring in prehistoric archeology in the History Department of Yenching University. His mentor is Pei Wenzhong, the scholar who discovered the Zhoukoudian Peking Man skull. He is the only formal student who still One of the auditors was Jia Lanpo. "
"It's good that the tutor's career was later inherited by the auditors." Zhou Zhi still knew about Jia Lanpo's relationship with the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site.
“Yes, after the Pacific War broke out, the Japanese army occupied and closed Yan University. Cheng Enyuan left the school and later resumed school in Shudu. He and Pei Wenzhong were separated. His desire to be a graduate student of Mr. Pei finally came to an end. It can’t be achieved either.”
"However, his achievements are not small, and like you, he has been smart since he was a child. The paper "The Literary Prison Examination of the Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong Dynasties in the Qing Dynasty" published in the Journal of Mingxian in his second year of high school fully demonstrated his literary and historical skills."
Zhou Zhi was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly: "Mr. Jiang, you are just joking, you don't dare to compare with your predecessors."
Director Jiang said with a smile: " At that time, the statue of Guanyin had been broken into three parts, and its arms had long since been lost. Despite this, the restored statue still has a dignified face, gorgeous clothes, and a plump body. The crown, bun, necklace, and clothing patterns also look very delicate. When Mr. Guo visited the museum, he praised it as the 'Chinese Venus', and it gradually became known as the 'Oriental Venus'. ”
"After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cheng Enyuan stayed at the West China Museum, the predecessor of our museum, and continued to engage in archeology and teaching. In the year of 1952, the national departments were adjusted, and he was transferred to Shu University along with the BGI Museum. May 4th During his tenure as acting director, the Sichuan University Museum was in danger of being closed down, and all its collections were about to be transferred away by many institutions and academic research institutions. ”
"It was Cheng Lao who argued hard at the meeting to preserve our Sichuan University Museum and all its collections, and also enabled the West China Union University Museum, founded in 1914, to continue. To this day our Sichuan University Museum The Metropolitan University Museum can be ranked first among university museums in the country and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Cheng Lao is the biggest contributor. ”
"The Tibetan display I went to see was also very interesting." The sworn brother said thoughtfully.
“What’s interesting?”
“After seeing the exhibition, I even suspected that Tibet is the origin of beeswax coral turquoise.”
“Huh? Hahahaha… ..." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel happy. What the sworn brother said was indeed true. The Tibetan compatriots' favorite accessories were these three. It can be imagined from the performance of the sworn brother that the Ethnology Exhibition Hall should be full of these things.
(End of this chapter)