China News Service, Fuzhou, April 8th (Ye Qiuyun) A piece of paper, two brushes, a bowl of paste, and a bowl of clear water. On April 7th, at the Workers’ Cultural Palace in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, the "post-90s" cultural relics restorer Qu Chaozheng lowered his head to manually restore the ancient book "Chunqiu Fanlu", which was photocopied during the Republic of China, with great care and caution in every move.

　　"In the process of restoration of ancient books, the most common thing is to repair the holes." Qu Chao said that there are many reasons for the damage of ancient books. In general, there are biological factors such as insects, rodents, mildew, and acidification, aging, and use. Natural factors such as wear and tear.

"For different causes, we have to use different repair programs according to the corresponding causes."

　　In the studio, Qu Chao created restoration files for the ancient books just out of the library waiting to be restored, took pictures of the damage of each page, and recorded the images; used instruments to detect and record the pH, paper thickness, ancient book size, color difference and other information of the ancient books.

"Post-90s" cultural relic restorer Qu Chaozheng lowered his head to manually restore the ancient book "Chunqiu Fanlu" that was photocopied during the Republic of China.

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　　Afterwards, Qu Chao cut the thread binding of the ancient book, gently opened the book, and recorded the number of each page of the book. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

According to his disclosure, at present, the protection of ancient books in my country is mainly rescue protection. Due to the large number of ancient books in the Ming, Qing, and the People's Republic of China, most of the ancient books are more severely damaged, and the restoration is mainly based on the restoration of paper supplements.

　　"Under the principle of repairing the old as before, generally there is no way to repair the missing text data of the ancient books, because it is difficult to find the same version of the ancient books." Qu Chao said.

　　Qu Chao is engaged in the restoration of cultural relics, mainly from the influence of his family.

His cousin and master Qu Shan (stage name: Tang Jie) is a well-known cultural restoration engineer in the industry. So far, he is the fifth generation of Qu family engaged in cultural restoration related work.

　　"The major of cultural relic restoration is the most difficult major to learn." In 2020, Qu Chao graduated from the Fujian Vocational College of Art with a major in cultural relics restoration and protection. Now, he is an intern at the Fujian Provincial Museum.

Qu Chao said that among the students in the same class, only eleven chose the major of cultural relics restoration; very few of them persisted after graduation.

Qu Chao and Qu Shan are discussing related expertise in cultural relic restoration.

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　　"Because I like it, I insist." While he insisted on studying the restoration and preservation of ancient books, he was also learning ancient ceramic restoration techniques in his cousin's Tang Jie workshop.

In Tang Jie's workshop, the reporter saw several "post-90s" cultural relic restorers looking down and busy, and Qu Shan was one of them.

　　Although he was only 27 years old, Qu Shan started to learn ancient ceramic restoration from his teacher at the age of 14, and he can be called a "young master".

She said that after more than ten years of persistence, love is the key.

I love this industry, and at the same time, I have to love the artifacts being repaired, "Choose one thing and stay the whole thing."

In Tang Jie's workshop, Qu Shan, a "post-90s" cultural relic restorer, is busy with his head down.

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　　It takes a long time to desk in the restoration and protection of cultural relics.

It takes several years to repair an artifact and two to three months in a short time. Patience, care, and perseverance are essential, and you have to sit still.

For young people, this is a challenge.

　　Ye Jianfei, a cultural relics restoration engineer who has been engaged in the cultural relics restoration industry for more than 20 years, said that at present, the cultural relics restoration industry has too many cultures and fields that can be explored.

With the development of the times, new materials and new processes are constantly updated and iterated, and the participation of young people can expand the fields and methods of cultural relic restoration.

　　"Interest is the best teacher." Ye Jianfei believes that in the process of restoration of cultural relics, they are communicating and communicating with artifacts at close range.

The restoration engineer needs to experience the joy of it, enjoy the fun of the restoration of the artifacts, and constantly improve the restoration skills.

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