Chapter 15 Chariot Warriors
"Repairing the Terracotta Warriors?"
"Yes, I just discussed the support plan with my superiors yesterday. If you are interested, I can take you to the restoration area of the Terracotta Warriors."
"We'll let you take as much as you can repair in two weeks and fourteen days."
"Really? Wait, Dean, you're not taking me to a pile of debris, are you?"
"Damage and fragments" are two completely different concepts.
"You, kid, are my last disciple after all. If I really took you to a pile of debris, your abilities would be revealed, but would I still be able to save my reputation?"
"That's good, but teacher, which pit's debris area did you ask me to go to?"
Jia Wenyan asked curiously.
Currently, there are three pits in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum that have been developed.
Pit No. 1 is a rectangular military formation consisting of pottery figurines, pottery horses and more than 40 chariots.
The second pit is a mixed infantry formation, which displays chariots, cavalry, and infantry. It is the pit formation with the most individual styles and the most complex in the overall construction. Among them is the "kneeling archer figurine" which is known as the treasure of the museum.
As for the last pit, although it is the smallest of the three pits, it is a miniature of the ancient military headquarters. The statues of generals, staff officers and military advisors in the Terracotta Army are all in it.
Jia Wenyan was curious about which pothole repair opportunity Professor Zhen was helping her get. However...
"Dean... Is this the Terracotta Warrior you asked me to repair?"
"Yeah, how is it, is it well preserved?"
"It is well preserved, but the problem is that it is missing some pieces!"
A half-body Terracotta Warrior and a chariot broken in half.
Yes, in terms of completeness, this level of remnants cannot be called fragments, but the problem is that it is missing parts.
"With this configuration, you might as well give me a bunch of broken pieces to fix?"
Jia Wenyan felt a sudden roar in her brain.
The Terracotta Warriors are known as a world archaeological wonder, but when they were excavated in modern times, they were only ruins. Although modern cultural relics restorers have restored the shapes of many Terracotta Warriors through years of hard work.
But after all, these are artifacts that have been buried and damaged once or even multiple times. Many of the fragments have already been damaged by long-term burial and the movement of earth and rocks during excavation.
Even if modern cultural relics restorers try their best, it is difficult to restore all the Terracotta Warriors to their original state.
What Dean Zhen brought Jia Wenyan with him now were the "remnants" that had been moved out of the pit by archaeologists because too many fragments were missing.
If the Terracotta Warriors in this state are to be restored, new parts must be artificially created to fill them.
The time required for this repair method is undoubtedly the most difficult and has the lowest return rate of all repair methods.
In two weeks, let alone the big purchase she had in mind, if Jia Wenyan could take one away from the purchase, it would be considered a great achievement. So, if that was the case...
"Dean, I want that!"
"Chariot? Are you sure?"
Zhen Yuan said: "Only the back half of the chariot remains. Even the "war horse" pulling the chariot and the terracotta figurines of soldiers that should have been on it have only half of their bodies left."
"But this is the most suitable artifact for me to be exhibited in the Yong'an Museum in the future, isn't it?"
"Given the current level of damage, I can't take many of them with me even if I try again, so the best solution is to get a big one that's big enough to hold the scene."
"I have also learned some information about the Terracotta Warriors chariots before. In fact, more than one chariot was excavated from the Terracotta Warriors pit, but the parts were severely damaged at that time."
"Many parts were even mixed together and it was hard to tell which car they belonged to."
"So the choice of the archaeologists was to gather all the parts together and piece together as many complete vehicles as possible."
"I think that's why these parts and the broken rickshaw driver figurine are still there."
"I plan to restore the charioteer and the charioteer as much as possible, and then use ceramics to build a complete charioteer made entirely of ceramics."
"This kind of work is more suitable for rushing to finish in a short period of time. However, considering the subsequent production effect, I hope you can help me buy time so that after repairing the driver and the warhorse, I can still complete the subsequent carriage work at the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum."
"That way I can be sure to take home a highly finished piece."
Zhen Yuandao: "Are you confident?"
"have!"
"Okay, Dean, time is running out. I have to start working."
After Jia Wenyan finished speaking, she took her toolbox and went forward to survey the damaged tank.
Shi Guang, who was moving equipment with them, saw this and quickly stepped forward and said:
"Dean, did Teacher Jia misunderstand what you meant? With her ability and the time you gave her, she could obviously..."
"It's a misunderstanding, but it's not a misunderstanding."
Dean Zhen: "The child's standards for cultural relic restoration are even higher than we imagined."
"And I also heard from your Professor Su Chenghe that Jia Wenyan's sensitivity to color is much better than that of ordinary people. I think this is also the reason why she was able to reproduce the Ru porcelain blue in one go."
Shi Guang: "So the dragon scale jade and the red jade porcelain brocade box you showed me earlier are also..."
"Well, she does have a keen sense of color and pattern, so she often notices details that most of us miss."
"So for her, compared to human figures, chariots are more likely to meet her inner standards of terracotta warriors."
"But the question is, after Teacher Jia has restored the terracotta chariot, where should she put it when she takes it back?"
"Does our Yong'an Museum have a suitable exhibition space for it?"
"Um... I'll think of a solution later."
"If all else fails, we can just tear down the museum's gate. Whether the painting style is appropriate or not is not an issue for now. There will definitely be room for it in the museum anyway."
Zhen Yuandao scratched his head awkwardly. The space of Yong'an Museum was indeed large, but as Shi Guang had said, it was, after all, a house that had been renovated year after year by Yong'an Pawnshop.
Even if the pawnshop is engaged in the collection of cultural relics, it is obviously not suitable for the display of large objects such as the Terracotta Warriors.
There are indeed many problems here.
If it really doesn't work, after Jia Wenyan repairs the carriage, find a museum and give her a replacement artifact that is more suitable for future exhibitions?
But after all, this is a cultural relic that has been restored on a large scale. If it is taken to a museum group or traded with other museums, it is inevitable that it will be ripped off by others.
Zhen Yuandao certainly couldn't let Jia Wenyan suffer this loss, but the value of the Terracotta Warriors was indeed difficult to define. And as Jia Wenyan's popularity continued to soar, when she opened the museum in the future, the security of these "cultural relics" would be a big deal.
Even though most of what Jia Wenyan currently owns are replicas, whether it is the dragon scale jade pendant, the red jade porcelain brocade box or the two "Ru porcelains", they are all genuine top-quality handicrafts.
In just these few days, many collectors in the circle have come to him to ask if it is possible to purchase from Jia Wenyan.
These were questions she had never thought about before.
After all, when he handed over the Yong'an Museum to Jia Wenyan, he never thought that Jia Wenyan could actually run the museum.
His expectation for Jia Wenyan is that she will build the Yong'an Museum into the best platform for cultural relics restoration.
At that time, they will be able to collect remuneration from museums and archaeological institutions in Xian'an, the province, and even the whole country by gathering a large number of cultural relics restorers.
As for the so-called museum, Zhen Yuandao initially just wanted to use the museum's exhibition concept as a display of Jia Wenyan's skills to clients.
After seeing the "replicas" he has restored and reproduced, customers will naturally be willing to hand over the cultural relics to him for restoration.
He never thought about what kind of tourists a museum with "replicas" as its selling point could attract.
So when Jia Wenyan arrived and told him her thoughts, Zhen Yuandao actually initially assumed that this was the naive behavior of a college student who had not yet entered society.
He had actually prepared to set things right after Jia Wenyan hit a wall, but now Jia Wenyan's craftsmanship level had completely exceeded his imagination.
Her technical ability is fully sufficient to support her imitation works and to attract the attention of tourists. This also means that the facilities and security of the Yongan Museum are very likely to be unable to meet her future needs.
Dean Zhen suddenly realized and felt the pressure of having to deal with a lot of troubles.
At the same time, Jia Wenyan, who had already entered the working state, gradually began to achieve her own results.
Although she failed to find the spirit weapon that could help her in the pit of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, with the help of the Golden Eyes of Time, she was able to quickly refer to other chariots around her and draw the general appearance of this chariot on the tablet computer.
Restoring the terracotta warriors was far more difficult than she had imagined.
As historical relics buried underground for more than 2,000 years, these terracotta warriors have been well protected.
However, whether it is the erosion of time or the excavation of the imperial tomb, the terracotta warriors will be greatly affected when exposed to the air over a large area. The most representative of these is the rapid fading of the Terracotta Warriors after they were unearthed.
This has created great difficulties for the restoration of the Terracotta Warriors today.
That day, just the clods of dirt and oxidized rust on the surface made Jia Wenyan wonder how long she had to work hard.
This sudden outsider also attracted the attention of other archaeologists in the pit.
Due to the fragility of the Terracotta Warriors and the need to find reference objects in the restoration project, in order to avoid secondary damage to the Terracotta Warriors caused by changes in the surrounding environment, the restoration of the Terracotta Warriors is mostly carried out at the excavation site of the Terracotta Warriors.
Every summer, the room temperature in the greenhouse will soar to about 40 degrees under the influence of sunlight. In such a high temperature, clothes will get wet and dry, dry and wet, which is undoubtedly a great torture.
But Jia Wenyan's appearance took them by surprise.
"Is that girl the disciple of Master Zhen who was making the rounds in the circle a few days ago?"
"I never thought that Master Zhen's last disciple would be a girl."
"Yes, after all, our job is very hard. Apart from dangerous jobs like working in underground mines where women are expressly prohibited from participating, our work environment is basically the most grueling.
But the little girl is very tenacious. I heard that two days ago, in front of the camera in the live broadcast room, in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers, she spent more than 20 hours working to reproduce a set of Ru kiln celadon with excellent texture. This little girl is really a tough guy. "
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