N Haidu all-media reporter Liu Wenhui Song Hui Liang Zhanhao text/photo
Rows of pens, brown brushes, pulp dramas, paper knives, bamboo kaizi, needle cones, tweezers, wax, arsenic... The calligraphy and painting framing room of the Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Fujian Museum is like a small laboratory, and various tools are placed on each table. Zheng Xingping, an expert with 19 years of experience in the restoration of calligraphy and painting, is wearing a white coat and is immersed in work, she is the "cultural relics doctor" of the provincial bo, and the "patient" is the ancient calligraphy and painting waiting for "treatment".
Zheng Xingping is applying paste to the back of a new painting that is ready to be put on the wall
"This process is called repetition." Zheng Xingping told reporters that after completing this step, it is necessary to put this new painting more than 1 meter long and 0.5 meters wide on the wall. "The main steps of the new painting are the heart, the support, the inlay, the compound, the upper wall, the lower wall, the arsenic painting, the loading pole. Old paintings are more cumbersome, need to be sterilized and dewormed, stained paper, washed, unveiled, heart, sticker, full color. Zheng Xingping introduced.
Zheng Xingping works in the calligraphy and painting frame room
The name of the operation is simple, but each step takes a lot of time and effort. "This new painting has taken 3 days now. This is already very fast, once I spent nearly 4 months with another colleague to repair an old calligraphy painting. ”
Zheng Xingping's new painting of peony after the wall
The cultural relics mentioned by Zheng Xingping are a damaged calligraphy work by Zhang Ruitu, a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, "When receiving it, it was damaged, moldy, insects, and various problems, and it was more laborious to repair, requiring great patience and perseverance." Working on calligraphy and painting every day, many people will feel too boring, but Zheng Xingping said, "Whenever I see those worn-out calligraphy and paintings regaining a new life in my hands, I have a great sense of accomplishment." ”
Zheng Xingping showed reporters the defects in the old paintings
Zheng Xingping originally studied pharmacy, in 2003, saw the provincial Bo in the expansion of enrollment, just she was also interested in calligraphy and painting, with the mentality of trying it out to the provincial Bo. "It may be doing the same thing here, and I think that day by day passes quickly."
In 2005, 26-year-old Zheng Xingping went to the Shanghai Museum to learn from the experts, "They are very old, and they unreservedly pass on the methods and crafts to us, I am deeply moved, and I want to stick to them." Zheng Xingping said.
Zheng Xingping scraped the edges of the new painting after going up the wall
After becoming proficient in methods and techniques, all Zheng Xingping has to do is to remain patient and careful. "Repair some processes can not be interrupted, such as mounting, if I stop halfway, the elasticity of the paper that has entered the water is not the same, this procedure takes about 1-2 hours, and the cervical spine is very sore after doing it." We joke that if you're in a bad mood today, you have to calm down first, and repair is like a doctor operating on a patient. ”
The restoration of ancient calligraphy and painting is a craft accumulated over time, and after more than ten years of repetition, Zheng Xingping not only practiced the feel of the "magic hand rejuvenation" of the cultural relics doctor, but also practiced to face everything calmly. This year, my daughter is in her third year of high school, and she is also very patient, "Every occupation has been doing some occupational diseases for a long time, and usually my daughter will sometimes be impatient because the topic cannot be done, so I told her to think slowly and think rationally." ”
Zheng Xingping was inspecting the mutilations on the old paintings
"Ms. Zheng is very approachable and it is a pleasure to work with her." Mo Qianqian is the youngest in the team after "95", she came here to work after graduating from college. "I understand the theory, but I still have to consult my seniors in terms of experience, and the work here is very trivial, sometimes irritable, and she always patiently shares her experience with us and encourages us."
The work of restoring calligraphy and painting is very monotonous, and it is necessary to endure loneliness in this line, but it is difficult for young people who are now pursuing "Fast and Furious". "This skill needs to be passed on. In recent years, some colleges and universities have opened majors related to cultural relics restoration, which I think is a good thing, hoping to attract more and more young people to join our team and protect our culture. Zheng Xingping said.
Zheng Xingping is being interviewed by reporters
According to Pan Zheng, director of the Cultural Relics Protection Center, most of the cultural relics conservators in the Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Fujian Museum are now women, and the calligraphy and painting restoration team is all girls, and the delicacy, meticulousness and patience in the female personality are infinitely magnified in them.
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