Chapter 1497 Arriving Home
In the time of Wu Zetian, it is recorded that the big Buddha statue in the Mingtang was the Jiaju Dajia. “The big one is nine hundred feet high, with a nose like a thousand dendrobium boats, and a little finger holding dozens of people. Sit side by side and paint them with ramie.”
The two statues in the carriage are the city gods of the village. Because the small brick carvings are very beautiful, they were dismantled together and prepared to be sent to the capital of Shu for restoration. .
The statue itself has no value, it was thrown in because of a work error.
But after seeing the inner tank filled with ramie, Zhou Zhi thought that it was not that simple. After finding a tool to peel off part of the outer layer of clay sculpture, he found that what he expected inside was stuffed with dried ramie paint. .
Judging from the part of the base that was peeled off, this should be a Buddha statue from the Tang Dynasty.
Buddha was exterminated in the Tang Dynasty. It is estimated that some people in Zhou Zhi were afraid that the Buddha statue would be destroyed, so they wrapped a mud seal around the Buddha statue and reshaped it into a crude statue of the City God. Then the villagers added mud and repaired it again and again. Although the outermost city god was eventually repaired and turned into an ugly statue, it was fortunately preserved until now.
"How about we peel it out? There's nothing to do in the car anyway." Liang Hong held a knife and was eager to try.
"No need, there is a simpler way, but we can't play in the car now."
"What way?" Zhang Lu has always been interested in these.
"The statues made with ramie dry lacquer are still lacquerware in the final analysis." Zhou Zhi said: "Lacquerware is not afraid of water. You only need to soak the mud on the outside with water, and the lacquerware inside will be exposed by itself."
< br>"Blister?" Liang Hong couldn't believe it: "Do you dare to soak cultural relics in water?"
"Blistering is a common method to protect cultural relics." Zhou Zhi explained : "Especially for the eye-catchers that came out of ancient puddles, this is almost the only way to protect them."
"For example, the famous Yunmeng Slips."
"China's lacquer is known as ' A drop of water lasts a thousand years. When it hardens in the air, it relies on water molecules to form a complex state. Sister Hong, do you know how to speed up the solidification of lacquer water? ”
"How to do it? Bake?"
"No, paint on rainy days." Zhou Zhi said: "Or send the lacquerware to the paint room and put a water container in the paint room to ensure the humidity."
“Can it still be like this?” The characteristics of lacquer completely overturned Liang Hong’s understanding. Dryness and wetness have always been a contradiction. Now there is something that can “dry” in a humid environment. "The faster it goes, it's amazing.
"There's nothing to do." Zhang Lu took out the playing cards and said, "Come on, come on, the three of us will just fight the landlord."
This method of play does not exist yet, it is all done during the journey. Boredom was brought into this world by Zhou Zhi, and as expected, he was as popular among his friends as he was in later generations.
"Come on, come on!" Liang Hong immediately put away the knife: "Playing Landlords is fun!"
The truck compartment has no windows, only a door. The door is half open and an iron chain is hung as a railing. , both light and ventilated.
The three of them gathered around a late Ming Dynasty Eight Immortals table made of Qinggang wood. Liang Hong and Zhang Lu sat on the mid-Qing camphor wood Taishi chairs, and Zhou Zhi sat on the marble-inlaid Begonia Drum stool, and the excitement began. They started playing Landlords.
The penalty for the loser is to stick stickers on them. By the time the bus arrived at the West Railway Station, the faces of the three of them were almost covered with stickers. Yang Honghui, who came to pick up Liang Hong, was shocked when he saw this. When everyone showed their true faces again, he said: "I have been in Shu for so long, and I never knew that there is a West Railway Station in Shu."
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The West Railway Station has been silent for too long. Previously, there was only a maintenance center for the front carriages and a dispatching center. The functions of the station have been completely eliminated due to the decline and transformation of the Timber Heddle Factory.
Now the place has become lively again, and a moving company and a permanent working group of the Department of History of Shu University have been set up to register and store things rescued by the Three Gorges Cultural Protection Bureau.
These things were decided to keep after several screenings. They are only some of the exquisite products from various places that are lower than the third-level cultural relics. Zhou Zhi estimates that in ten years at most, many of them should be upgraded to the third-level or even the second-level. go.
But now, having demolition drawings and original photos, being able to register them, having a place to save them, and being able to restore them in the future is already the best treatment for them.
After getting off the car, Zhou Zhi went to the dispatch room to call Yuzhou. After a trip with the car, he discovered many problems.
For example, the screening of cultural relics revealed two problems with the Song Dynasty's ramie-lacquered statues. One was that the inspection was not careful and the inner tank under the statue was not found.
The second reason is that the car is not loaded carefully. Without these inner bladders, the statue itself is not good enough for car loading, and it ends up being loaded into the car again.
The third issue is packaging. Don’t save things that should be packed in foam wooden boxes, such as statues, Eight Immortals tables, Taishi chairs and drum stools. It is best to pack them.
For example, some old beds need to be dismantled into parts to facilitate transportation.
The dismantling and installation of old furniture is also a whole set of knowledge. The mortise and tenon structure of old Chinese furniture is extremely delicate. After it is assembled, wooden nails are often wedged into several inconspicuous holes and polished. Flat, the entire set of furniture forms a whole, extremely strong and seamless.
To disassemble it, you need to find the locations of these holes and cut out the wooden pegs, then you can break the entire set of furniture into parts like a cook untiing a cow.
This requires the guidance of an expert who is proficient in old-fashioned furniture and architecture. It is time for Mr. Wang to use his remaining energy.
We called a small truck, loaded the three statues, and everyone headed to Suihuaxuan.
Sui Huaxuan has not been idle during this period. After a holiday, the hall has been renovated.
After removing the wooden stairs, the space in the hall became much larger. However, the transparent north-south layout as a whole hall did not conform to the Feng Shui of the Hong Kong Island designer hired by Li Sange, so in the hall A circular Feng Shui pool was added in the center, with Feng Shui fish raised in it, and the hall was designed into two functional areas, one on the left and one on the right, in line with the meaning of Tai Chi.
The half with the glass garden on the right is turned into a leisure hall, and a corridor is designed to lead to the underground library and exhibition hall on the next floor. A built-in display window is also designed on one side of the corridor, and exquisite porcelain is also placed inside.
The part of the original large study room on the left has been transformed into an "internal and external study room" layout. The original large study room has become a private area for the owner Zhou Zhi, while the semi-open large study room outside has become an open space. interval.
Part of the large amount of precious wood obtained by dismantling the stairs has been turned into a bookcase. The bookcase contains the classics that were replaced from the "inner study" last week, plus a large Ming red sandalwood case. , displaying various study room displays, the light here is excellent, and it is excellent for internal discussions and exchanges, calligraphy and painting exchanges.
These projects have been completed for a long time, and now they can reopen to the public.
(End of this chapter)