Chapter 83: The Old Summer Palace: A crazy yet desirable dream.
The No. 1 Palace in the World, Afang Palace, is a name that is extremely familiar to every Donghuang person who has experienced nine years of compulsory education.
From the history books to the Afang Palace Fu in the Chinese language textbooks, this is a difficult hurdle that people will never be able to avoid during their student days.
But for most people, because of the overly gorgeous embellishments and descriptions in the Afang Palace Fu, they unknowingly overlooked the fact that Afang Palace was the largest unfinished project in Donghuang.
Even the burning of the Afang Palace by the Chu people was nothing but a wrong imagination due to information asymmetry.
But what people don’t know is that as a cultural and art institution that has been passed down in Donghuang for many years, Yong’an Pawnshop has always had a most legendary collection, which is the design drawings of the Afang Palace at that time.
Although the Afang Palace was not ultimately built, its original imaginative architectural concept was passed down through the craftsmen's drawings.
This just happens to fit the aesthetic direction of Xu Yonghe's father Xu Zhenhai.
As the inheritor of Yong'an Pawnshop, he is well aware of the inheritance rules of Yong'an Pawnshop and began to learn embroidery at a young age.
Although he didn't know why he had to learn embroidery well in order to inherit the family business, he understood that only by learning it well could he take the initiative in the competition in the family business.
However, humans are ultimately social animals that cannot be separated from society.
Even though Xu Zhenhai understood the importance of it, he could not completely get rid of the stereotype between embroidery and "female" in that era.
Therefore, when choosing embroidery themes, he has always been reluctant to follow the convention of embroidering conventional flowers, birds, and landscapes.
Instead, he began to change his thinking and took "architectural design" as the topic.
So we have this embroidery masterpiece with the theme of restoring the Afang Palace.
In this regard, Xu Yonghe carefully read Xu Zhenhai's diary during the sorting process.
Originally, Xu Zhenhai wanted to give this embroidered map of Afang Palace as a dowry to his daughter Xu Yonghe and give it to his daughter on the wedding day.
However, he never expected that things would change unexpectedly. Before he could find a partner for his daughter, he died soon due to an old illness left over from the war years.
Although Grandma Xu did not explain it to her in detail, after calculating the time, Jia Wenyan seemed to understand why Grandma Xu suddenly did such an extraordinary and even "crazy" thing.
At that time, Jia Wenyan was very tactful and did not continue to ask questions. She never thought of making this part of her "guess" public.
So soon after she confirmed that the netizens in the live broadcast room were deeply attracted by the embroidery of "Afang Palace" on the big screen, Jia Wenyan immediately brought the topic back to the topic and said:
"What you have seen now is only a small part of the Afang Palace map."
"In addition to the embroidery paintings that helped Mr. Xu Zhenhai win the inheritance rights, the Afang Palace Map also contains many amazing garden embroidery paintings."
"If you are interested, please continue to pay attention to the future developments of the Yong'an Museum. After the Yong'an Museum reopens, it will officially display the complete work of this Afang Palace embroidery map to everyone."
Dong Lele: "Dean Zhen... um, Director Zhen, you can't just make promises without giving a specific time."
"I can't guarantee the exact date, after all, our Yong'an Museum is planning to open together with Yong'an Theme Park. But I do have a piece of news that has already been decided to tell you, that is, I, Jia Wenyan, will officially resign from the position of Dean of Yong'an College of Technology on the day when Yong'an Museum and Yong'an Theme Park officially open."
"I will then officially return to the Yong'an Museum and return my focus to the field of cultural relic restorer."
Dong Lele: "Wait, Director Jia... you mean..."
"Yes, our team is growing. In the future, whether it is the operation of Yongan College or the development of the IP industry of Yongan Paradise, there will be more professional staff in charge."
"I like my current job very much, but it is all based on the renovation of the Yong'an Museum. When the museum renovation is completed, I will definitely not have as much time and energy as I do now to work across two units at the same time."
"So I would like to take this opportunity to officially return to the field that I am best at."
Dong Lele: "I understand, but since you chose to make it public here, can I understand that you already have plans for the future?"
"Yes, I will continue to work in the field of cultural relic restoration in the future, but the restoration I am talking about here will no longer be limited to a certain "cultural relic" in everyone's stereotype."
Jia Wenyan: "Yongan Museum, Yongan College, and Yongan Paradise are the three major projects I have personally participated in since I came to Xian'an."
"I have also received a lot of recognition and support through these three projects."
"But at the same time, I also know very clearly that my current achievements are largely due to the support and guidance of our Principal Xu."
"I am grateful for what I am going through, but as it all gets underway, I also really want to realize a project that I conceived and realized in my field of expertise."
Dong Lele: "So what you mean is that... you have found the direction you want to work towards."
"Yes." Jia Wenyan nodded:
"My specialty is restoration and reproduction, which has enabled me to achieve many outstanding results in the fields of restorer and replica reproduction. However, during my time teaching at Yongan College, I became very aware of a fatal flaw in my personal craft technology."
"That is, I have no originality. What I make is always tainted by the shadow of my memory, intentionally or unintentionally."
"I may be good at imitation, but I will never be able to create amazing personal works like those creative teachers and students in the academy."
"Before, when I was facing Zhenxin Animation, I could still comfort myself by saying that it was a difference between industries, but my contact with teachers and students in Yongan College during this period has made me very sure of this."
"As an artist, I really lack originality.
I have seen the elites who have been in the industry for many years in Zhenxin Animation, and I have also witnessed the unrestrained imagination of the newcomers in Yongan College. It seems that I really don't have the talent in this area. "
"This is not something I can do with my hard work, so I plan to change my approach."
When Jia Wenyan said this, she took out her cell phone and said:
"I plan to use my ability in the field of cultural relics reproduction and the rapidly developing VR technology to present scenes from the past to the public."
"I will investigate and reproduce to build more historical relics and buildings, and use VR technology to let everyone experience the immersive sense of time and space."
Dong Lele: "So your plan is to present the complete Afang Palace through VR technology?"
Dong Lele pointed to the design drawing of Afang Palace on the big screen behind her. As the host, she knew Jia Wenyan's character well and instinctively thought that the Afang Palace on the big screen was the key to her laying out all this.
But Jia Wenyan smiled and waved her hand when she heard this:
"No, the reason why the Afang Palace is so beautiful is largely due to the imagination of later generations."
"Because even the designer of the Afang Palace never actually saw what the Afang Palace would look like in reality."
"It's just like when we watch TV series, the most unforgettable thing is always the dead Bai Yueguang, because he stayed at the most beautiful time point with more possibilities, so he becomes unforgettable."
"The same is true for the Afang Palace. Although it has the reputation of being the best palace in the world and carries such architectural expectations, no one knows whether it will be worthy of such a title when it is completed."
"So I think the Afang Palace is more suitable to live in people's imagination. I think this is also the reason why Mr. Xu Zhenhai chose to leave the interior of the palace blank in his work even though he fully described the external landscape."
"What I want to do is to recreate something that really existed in the world but disappeared in the long river of history due to various twists and turns. For example..."
Jia Wenyan: "That is the Old Summer Palace, which represents the humiliating history of Donghuang."
Jia Wenyan, who was originally chatting with everyone about gossip, paused for a moment and immediately put on a serious look and said:
"The burning of the Afang Palace was a fantasy born out of regret, but the burning of the Old Summer Palace was a real tragedy in history."
"For this matter, our country once thought about the possibility of rebuilding the Old Summer Palace. But the reality is that the architectural materials of the Old Summer Palace are indeed relatively insufficient. So instead of rebuilding it with great effort, it is better to let the ruins of the broken walls and walls serve as a warning to generations of Donghuang people."
"But if this can be avoided through VR, I will use VR technology to try my best to restore the Old Summer Palace as close to the historical facts as possible."
Barrage:
【Wow, looking forward to it. 】
[So, why do you have to force yourself to be perfect? The right way is to maximize your strengths. 】
[Some people restore history and some people innovate, this is the best form of the cultural industry. 】
[I suddenly began to look forward to it. Will there be other projects in the future, such as the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyi? Can these destroyed historical sites be treated in the same way? ]
[There are also various historical sites that were destroyed during the sensitive period of the decade. It seems that Director Jia just didn't put these on the table, but he has made the corresponding psychological preparations in his heart. ]
[Oh my god, what a crazy dream are these people from Yongan having. It seems that they really want to completely combine historical cultural tourism with Xian'an. ]
[Director Jia, go for it. People with clumsy hands will definitely not be able to get into Yongan College, but as soon as Yongan Museum and Yongan Amusement Park open, locals will immediately buy tickets to support them.]
[Same for outsiders. Can the government provide some special tourist routes? I feel that when Wing On resumes business next year, it will overwhelm Xian'an.]
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