A few days ago, the National Library held a press conference on the major achievements of the "Tianlu Linlang" restoration project of the Qing Palace, and Xiong Yuanming, director of the National Library and director of the National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books, announced that the National Library of China's collection of the Qing Palace "Tianlu Linlang" lasted 8 years and achieved a complete success. This is the largest special restoration action for precious ancient books of the national map since the implementation of the "Chinese Ancient Books Protection Plan". "After the restoration of the earlier meta-engraving, there is no problem in preserving it for another 200 years under standard storage conditions." Zhu Zhenbin, a senior restorer at the National Library of Ancient Books, said.
In 2013, the post-60s and post-80s began a challenging ancient book restoration work, and carried out training of young restorers and targeted material testing, research and development in the restoration, and a group of young ancient book restoration talents grew up. "The traditional master-apprentice model is the most authentic way to inherit the restoration technology of ancient books, but the only drawback is slowness." Zhu Zhenbin said that a top priority in the protection of ancient books is to speed up the cultivation of talents, like his own post-60s have been following the teachers of the Liuli Factory to learn the restoration of ancient books, and now they have explored three training modes such as teachers and apprentices, training classes, and colleges and universities. "Young people like Cui Zhibin are all graduate students who enter the national map to engage in the restoration of ancient books, some study chemistry, some study art, and have a rich disciplinary background." At present, the restoration of ancient books and the cultivation of talents have entered a period of vigorous development.
"Repairing the old as the old", "rescue is the main treatment as a supplement", "the least intervention", "the process is reversible"... Cui Zhibin said that in the 8 years of restoration work, everyone has continuously summed up experience, and also put forward many new ancient book restoration principles, and every link has demonstrated the power of inheritance and the spirit of science.
Source: Guangming Daily