The restoration of cultural relics starts from the live broadcast

Chapter 76 Wheatgrass Mud!
"The art of murals and colored sculptures is a unique form in the cultural relics of ancient cave temples in my country. In the cultural relics such as cave temples, the art of statues and murals is mainly protected."

"Their common lesions are mostly symptoms such as weathering, crisp alkali, nail peeling, large-scale shedding, hollowing, etc."

When the video reached this point, Director Luo pressed the pause button, and then he called up a photo for everyone to see.

"This photo is a new type of special lesion mural that we found in Cave 135 of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, which is similar to the type of hollow murals but is not actually a real hollow."

When Director Luo finished speaking, everyone started discussing.

Yang Shuo asked the others: "What was Director Luo talking about just now? What is a special lesion similar to a mural of an empty drum, but not a real empty drum."

At this time, Xu Yiming, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "I know everyone must be very curious about the type of murals for this special lesion, so let me explain to you."

"The hollow wall in Cave 135 is not actually a hollow wall. Although it is a convex wall, the inside of the wall is real, not a real hollow wall. It can only be seen from the surface of the diseased mural. Like a hollow mural lesion type."

Xu Yiming explained: "This kind of situation often leads people to misdiagnose its repair and take inappropriate repair measures."

At this time, a girl from another group raised her hand, "May I ask, what is the type of hollow mural lesion?"

Dong Lufan was a little puzzled, "If you don't know this, how did you choose it for the mural restoration assessment?"

Xuelanqi blushed and said, "Actually, I don't know too well."

"Me too".Li Xiaoqing also felt embarrassed.

Dong Lufan's words embarrassed the two girls. He was about to say something when Yang Shuo sighed, "Actually, I really don't know."

Xu Yiming smiled when he heard the girl's question, and then swept around the students in the audience: "Among you, can anyone explain to this girl?"

No one raised their hands, they all waited quietly.

At this time, Xu Yiming looked at Chuhe: "Is that the young man who shot the cultural relics documentary? Do you know the answer to this question?"

After Xu Yiming finished speaking, he squinted his eyes and looked at Chuhe, as if deliberately setting a trap for him.

Chuhe knew that he would call him, so he was prepared before that.

He nodded and replied: "Usually, the lesion type of hollow murals we refer to mainly means that there is a certain gap between the mud layer painted with murals and the ground layer, or there is no support behind the mural mud layer. The leakage layer is in a semi-suspended state, or the surface of the mural mud layer is concave and convex due to moisture and other reasons, all of which are called hollow mural mural types."

When he finished speaking, everyone gave applause.

Although, they are still a little foggy.

Xu Yiming nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, you answered very well."

Director Luo saw that everyone was very interested in this new special lesion type, so he asked everyone to continue watching the video.

And Chuhe saw the situation in the 135th cave of Mogao Grottoes in the video.

Cave 135 is located at the southern end of Mingsha Mountain East Cliff. There are no other caves built on the top of the cave. The location is relatively exposed and the sunlight is relatively strong.

The camera of the video quickly moved to the cave and explained it.

"This is a cave built in the mid-Tang Dynasty. The niche is open and faces north. Its shape is a bucket-shaped roof. Inside the niche, there is a pavement of five-body statues, which is incomplete. The east wall is painted with a pavement of the Vajra Sutra. The paintings on the south side of the Vajra Sutra are all exquisite, and the pathological changes happen to be on this mural.”

The analysis in this video made everyone seem to have returned to the study state of the third year of high school.

It seemed that as long as his mind wandered for a second, he would never be able to keep up.

After watching the video for half an hour, Director Luo quit the playback software.

"Do you have some understanding of the types of lesions on Dunhuang murals?" Zhang Yongjin asked everyone.

"Yes"

Everyone's answers were not very straightforward, and there was a lack of confidence in their tone.

"Okay, let's introduce ourselves first, and then talk about the repair plan for Cave 135, and talk about the ideas within our group." Zhang Yongjin said immediately: "Start with the first group."

So, everyone also looked at the leftmost group member.

There are four members in the first group, two men and two women, and it seems that they should also select the best cultural relics restoration students from various universities.

A boy wearing glasses took the microphone, and he said shyly: "We are students from Guangdong and Guangxi, and then we came here and formed a team, aiming at the restoration plan of No. 135, I think."

"Because the microclimate in the cave area is relatively dry, and everyone knows that the climate conditions in Dunhuang are extremely unfavorable for restoration, so I wonder if it is possible to move Cave 135 to Kyoto, so that the people in Kyoto can also be restored. People see this Dunhuang ruins."

After hearing this, Yang Shuo couldn't help complaining: "It's thanks to him that he figured it out! Shouldn't the restoration of cultural relics be done with as little cultural relics as possible! It's really too much to think about moving to Kyoto."

After Zhang Yongjin, Director Luo and others listened to the speeches of the first group's plan, they all nodded tacitly, and then asked the second group, "What about you?"

The second group has more members, six in total. They all look taller and stronger. The girls' legs are even longer than some boys' legs.

"We are students from the three northeastern provinces. After discussing with us, we think that although this new lesion type of hollow drum mural painting is difficult to repair, we can treat it as a general lesion type."

When the long-legged girl mentioned the restoration idea, she was very confident. She continued: "Because the methods of cultural relics restoration are ever-changing."

After the long-legged girl finished speaking, she handed the microphone to the next group.

However, Zhang Yongjin, Director Luo and others still did not make any suggestions, but just signaled for the next group to continue speaking.

The third group came to Chuhe and the others.

After Li Xiaoqing took the microphone from the long-legged girl, she handed it to Chu He immediately, and the other three looked at Chu He expectantly.

Director Luo was also very curious about this student named Chuhe because of what happened to Jack yesterday, and wanted to hear what he thought about repairing after watching the video today.

Chu He took the phone, pondered for a while, and said three words: "Wheat straw mud!"

"What? Buying grass? What kind of grass are you buying?" Yang Shuo asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Wheatgrass mud?" The five experts on the stage looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)