International Online News: The legend of the Chinese craftsman Zuluban is a household name, but do you know who is the contemporary Luban hidden in the Forbidden City?

At 20:30 this Saturday, in the eighth issue of the third season of "New Forbidden City", Deng Lun, Wei Chen and Cai Ming, the developers of the Forbidden City cultural innovation, will look for contemporary Luban in the Forbidden City and experience the restoration crafts and surveying techniques of the Forbidden City.

Photo: Courtesy of Deng Lun, Wei Chen, and Cai Ming, developers of the Palace Museum

Explore the contemporary Luban in the Forbidden City, feel the persistence and inheritance of craftsmanship and spirit

　　Every building in the Forbidden City is an existence with great vitality, and it needs the perseverance and inheritance of countless people to move towards a more profound future with historical memories.

In this issue, cultural and creative product developers will go to the corner tower of the Forbidden City to explore contemporary Luban.

As a landmark building in the Forbidden City, the turret has nine beams, eighteen columns, and seventy-two ridges, which embodies the highest art of Ming and Qing imperial architecture.

There are some complicated mortise and tenon structures in the building that even a professional carpenter has never seen.

Such a peculiar and colorful top building, whether it is constructed or repaired, is a huge test for carpenters.

In 1981, Li Yongge, a research librarian at the Palace Museum, took the initiative to ask for a battle to participate in the repair of the southeast corner building.

At that time, the turret was seriously damaged. How did he and the carpenter who led the team complete the repair of the turret step by step?

Photo: Photo courtesy of the program group of the southeast corner of the Forbidden City

Picture: Picture courtesy of Deng Lun, the developer of the Palace Museum

　　According to the science popularization of the Forbidden City experts, in order to complete the restoration of the Forbidden City buildings, only surveys and evaluations can work out a corresponding accurate restoration plan.

In the war-torn 1930s, in order to record the real data of the Forbidden City in a timely and detailed manner for future restoration work, the Chinese Academy of Architecture, led by Liang Sicheng and Zhu Qiqian, conducted a “rescue” race against time in the Forbidden City. Surveying and mapping.

In this issue, Deng Lun, Wei Chen, and Cai Ming also put on work clothes and conducted partial surveys of the Linxi Pavilion in the Cining Palace Garden.

What is confusing is that the lengths of the pool fence, secondary compartment, and partition doors they measured this time are completely different from the professional data surveyed by the Ministry of Ancient Construction of the Palace Museum in 1996. Why is there such a contrast in the data?

Picture: Courtesy of the Measured Ink Line Drawing Program Group of the Forbidden City of the Institute of Construction in the 1930s

Picture: Picture courtesy of Wei Chen, the developer of the Palace Museum

Deng Lun and Wei Chen became "craftsmen" in the Forbidden City

　　Under the guidance of Hou Shituo, an engineer of the Palace Museum, this issue of cultural innovation developers will also become "craftsmen" and experience a mysterious cultural relic restoration process in the Palace Museum.

As an old "craftsman" who has been with the Forbidden City for 44 years, Hou Shituo adheres to the craftsman spirit of "Being worthy of the ancestors, and worthy of future generations". He has participated in many major restoration projects of the Forbidden City, full of cracks. The three people awed in awe with both hands.

In the show, Wei Chen experienced sorrow and sorrow soon after his hands and feet did not listen. Cai Ming’s actions were even described as “pancake spreading” by Cai Ming. How difficult is this restoration process?

In addition, Cai Ming also experienced the ceiling painting process of Linxi Pavilion. Can she successfully complete the complicated painting tasks?

Photo: Courtesy of the Guhuaxuan ceiling restoration program of the Forbidden City

Picture: Picture courtesy of Cai Ming, the developer of the Palace Museum

　　What is looking forward to is that this issue of cultural creation is innovative and creative.

The students from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts led by Deng Lun used cross talk to "Amway" the cultural and creative work of the team, and incorporated young people's concerns about hair loss into the cultural and creative speech, and the audience burst into laughter.

The cultural and creative packaging of Wei Chen's Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts team is highly praised. It not only combines modern technology with the elements of the Forbidden City, but also perfectly embeds the concept of environmental protection to realize the recycling of packaging.

In the end, which cultural and creative model can be successfully launched?

Stay tuned for the third season of "The Forbidden City" broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV and iQiyi at 20:30 this Saturday.