Chapter 104 The Amnesiac Spirit
Jia Wenyan knew very well that the remaining fragments in the cave could not be restored like the cultural relics she had come into contact with before.
These cultural relics here have not only experienced looting and smashing, but have also experienced weathering and erosion after years of idleness.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the scenic spot's poor management.
After all, from the perspective of the scenic spot, there are so many caves here, it would be better to put the already tight human resources in a cave that has been completely destroyed.
They would be better off spending more time and energy on those caves that still have nets to maintain or repair.
But for Jia Wenyan, what she has to do now is not only to restore cultural relics, but also to let the public see the ability of Yongan College to cultivate talents.
At this time, a cave that is almost worthless can actually highlight the effect that Jia Wenyan wants.
not to mention……
"Caihuang, we are home."
After entering the cave, Jia Wenyan looked at the empty cave while pressing the remote control to open the giant box behind the staff beside her.
Inside was a huge stone of nearly two square meters.
Receptionist: "Director Jia... this is..."
"My previous work on the replica of the British Museum."
"I have compared them before, this should be the original theme of this cave."
Receptionist: "Feitian?"
"Yes, during the previous on-site investigation, I and the staff of our Yong'an Museum made an assessment of this cave."
"We generally believe that this should be another mural story with the theme of "Goddess Flying to the Sky"."
"The stone slab you see before you is a fragment of a mural that I copied from the collection of the British Museum."
"It's a pity that this mural that was forcibly peeled off the stone wall is not complete, so for now I can only reproduce it to the current level."
"As for other specific extensions, we will have to wait and see how the public responds to our restoration plan before making any decisions.
Receptionist: "So Director Jia, you mean that you...are going to leave this mural you copied in the Mogao Grottoes?"
"Yes, it's just a small piece, but..."
"Thank you very much."
Zhang Tianqi, who was in charge of reception, quickly agreed.
The mural that Jia Wenyan brought was not big, but according to his understanding, it was indeed a work in the cave.
Although it is modeled after the "original" collected by foreign museums, the degree of completion of Jia Wenyan's reproduction is absolutely amazing.
And if he remembered correctly, this replica of the mural stone slab did not seem to be on the exhibition list of the Yong'an Museum before.
The Yong'an Museum has indeed recently launched a number of new "national treasure-level promotional materials" after the opening of Yong'an Amusement Park.
But judging from Jia Wenyan’s official announcement on the official blog at the time, as well as the reserve of replica works exhibited subsequently.
Jia Wenyan did not choose to exhibit this replica of the mural at first.
Although he didn't know when the other party had this plan.
But at this moment, as someone who walks in Mogao Grottoes all year round and has witnessed the process of cultural relics restoration countless times.
Ning Shikai knew very well the significance of this replica of the mural.
Although it is not the authentic one that everyone wants to see the most, the color of the murals and the gaps in the cross-section are almost identical to those in the caves in front of us.
Although he is not a professional as he works in a management position, he has witnessed the restoration process of murals countless times during his many years in Mogao Grottoes and knows very well that even if the drilled stone walls have been restored, there is no way to restore them to their original perfection.
Then there is no need to mention the use of ordinary stones to replicate the color that is almost identical to the original scene.
Not to mention finding stones to replicate it from scratch, even the original mural that had been chiseled out of the stone wall by robbers from certain countries, after so many years, there is basically no way to make its appearance consistent with the surrounding murals.
Zhang Tianqi: "Excuse me, Director Jia, I would like to ask you about the stone used for this mural."
"I found it in the stone market. When I was replicating this mural, I specifically referred to the photos of Mogao Grottoes."
"At the beginning, I was thinking of making it based on the collections of foreign museums."
"But I ultimately felt that I should follow the changes in history and try to make a reproduction that is more in line with the evolution of time while completing the basic painting."
"So I looked for and reproduced this mural based on the original mural pattern and the color of the sandstone at Mogao Grottoes after years of erosion."
Jia Wenyan replied while gently stroking the stone slab in front of her.
At that moment, not only the reception of Mogao Grottoes, but also the restoration team of Yongan Museum who worked with Jia Wenyan, all looked sideways when they saw the murals.
[Is this the mural that Director Jia reproduced? ]
[How did she manage to reproduce the murals exactly as they were and also make the stones look old? ]
[Don’t forget that she had been in Xian’an before. Although Xian’an is also in the big circle of the Loess Plateau, the sand and stone produced by different water and soil environments in different provinces should have obvious differences in color. ]
[Could it be possible that she had bought stones from Mogao Grottoes before? ]
[And the mural above, how did Director Jia do it? ]
At first they thought that Jia Wenyan must have brought some large-scale repair tools.
But now that Jia Wenyan has officially unveiled the curtain, they have to start imagining how Jia Wenyan did all this.
Their eyes followed the on-site moving truck.
In the flying mural reproduced by Jia Wenyan, goddesses wearing colorful ribbons and dancing in the sky are dancing gracefully to the music of surrounding musicians.
They walked in the mica-filled sky, their clothes fluttering gently in the wind.
While they were dancing, the flower baskets in their arms, under the beautiful music, gently fell in the breeze as the goddesses danced.
Each goddess on the mural has her own form, but no matter which movement she makes, she perfectly gives the audience a feeling of lightness and agility.
Especially the colors above, painting on the stone wall is never as easy as on paper, especially the impact of stone wall weathering on the color. They can't imagine how sensitive their curator Jia must be to color, so that the color of mineral pigments can blend with the surrounding environment during the reproduction process.
The replica can even show the sense of natural weathering and ageing.
It is not difficult to make something look old, but it is like plastic surgery. How to make it look "natural" is always a question that the industry must think about.
But Jia Wenyan not only did it, she also made the effect of faded paint perfectly match everyone's imagination.
However, what they didn't know was that the reason why Jia Wenyan was able to do all this was not just because she possessed the Golden Eyes of Time, an outer coat that had almost no flaws in observation ability.
There is also a very important reason, that is, the stone slab that Jia Wenyan brought back from Xian'an was not the one she copied herself.
Instead, it was an existence that was replaced from the British Museum with the help of Senior Jingyun Zhong through the principle of recalling artifact spirits.
During that time, Jia Wenyan used the Golden Eyes of Time and several experimental rituals to exchange many authentic cultural relics of our country from the other party by making them look real.
But this mural was a complete surprise.
It was recalled not because of the weapon spirit itself, but because of the help of the Shuangyangzun weapon spirit.
Just like the Three Kings Pot Shi Feng Dan, the Shuang Yang Zun spirit was also responsible for maintaining the souls of those spirits that were about to be damaged in the British Museum.
However, it was, after all, a lost cultural relic at the time. Lacking cultural credibility, it had no way of using an exclusive space like the Shi Fengdan, which was like a pause in time, to maintain the spirits of the objects that could dissipate at any time for a long time.
During this process, Shuangyangzun had witnessed one after another spirits of the weapons giving up hope and gradually dissipating due to the dual effects of damage to their bodies and foreign imprisonment.
But the spirit of the weapon on this mural was an incredible surprise.
Logically speaking, a work like the mural here, which is carved out of the wall, cannot be considered a complete individual by its very existence.
If it were an ordinary artifact that is almost unrecognizable, its spirit would have disappeared from this world long ago.
But the spirit of the artifact on the mural of the goddess survived by relying on its complete vitality.
Although its body was shrunk to that of a child, and it even lost all its past memories, it was indeed real, relying on a piece of mural that was damaged beyond recognition to attack.
Shuangyangzun felt that this situation was very worthy of research, so when he traveled back in time, he brought back this "little madman"-like cultural relic spirit.
Shuangyangzun's original intention was to let Jia Wenyan see if she could figure out what exactly happened to this "little spirit".
Jia Wenyan also tried to repair the damaged murals on the forehead. But what people didn't expect was that after the little spirit gradually regained consciousness, the memory that remained in its consciousness was still only a small part of it.
Even in the process, it remembered the robbers who chiseled it out of the stone wall more vividly than its original appearance.
And it was in such an environment that she completed the "Restorer's Version of VR" that made countless netizens shudder and cry.
As for the so-called fragmented memory, Jia Wenyan thought that this might be due to the fact that the Mogao Grottoes murals are often integrated into an entire grotto.
She began to use those scattered memories to enlarge the mural in her hand little by little, but she never thought that just when she thought she could restore the complete cave mural to help the spirit of the Goddess mural regain its memory.
She suddenly discovered a very important piece of information in the process, that is, there is more than one spirit object in this cave of Mogao Grottoes.
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