[Explanation] Collecting information, disinfecting, cleaning, leveling, and needlework reinforcement... In the Cultural Relics Restoration Center of the Gansu Provincial Museum, textile restorer Zhao Ximei is laying on the workbench, restoring an embroidered sword with a beaded animal pattern from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. arm.
This ancient cultural relic, which was originally bleak and about to be fragmented, was revived by the gentle undulations of needles and threads in the hands of the restorer.
Gansu is located in the node city of the Silk Road. Compared with the restoration of other cultural relics, the restoration of textile cultural relics tests the "Nvhong" technology.
Currently, the restoration center has 4 textile restorers, all of whom are women.
Zhao Ximei told reporters that textile cultural relics are very fragile, and the repair and stitching of every stitch is a test of repair technology.
[Concurrent] Zhao Ximei, Textile Restorer
The cultural relic we see now is from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, about 1,500 years ago, this is a strange animal, this is a peacock, this is a wild boar with fangs, this is a different horse, The next two are also a different animal and a different horse.
To what extent our embroidery is exquisite, it is very delicate, that is, it has ten stitches per (centimeter).
Because we can't tie a knot on this, we fix (hold) the thread by stitching it back.
That is, when we sew, we will continue to stitch it up according to its original stitches to form a complete original appearance of the sword arm.
[Explanation] Zhao Ximei said that there are many methods to restore textile cultural relics, but needle and thread reinforcement methods are widely used at home and abroad.
It is to add a layer of modern fabric on the back or surface of the textile cultural relics, and stitch two or more layers of fabrics with needles and threads to strengthen the damaged part or whole of the cultural relics.
[Concurrent] Zhao Ximei, Textile Restorer
We use the thread drawn from the crumpled silk yarn to repair, because it is also, and its component is also homologous.
Needle laying is a method of needlework repair. The method of laying needles on needlework is from this point to this point, pressing it with stitches in the middle.
Through the back stitch, the needle thread is fixed on the backing, and then the stitch is laid, so that it is firm.
[Explanation] Wang Ju, also a textile restorer, has restored more than ten textile cultural relics. In her opinion, her work is more like a doctor, except that the patient is one piece of ancient textile cultural relic after another.
She said that the textiles that are very precious and fragile in daily contact, so restorers also pay attention to the maintenance of the hands, for fear that a little scratch on the hands will scratch the cultural relics.
[Concurrent] Textile restorer Wang Ju
I’m afraid it’s easy to fix, and then bring some dust and debris on the outside, because this surface is a layer of wrinkled silk yarn, you may not see it from here, in fact it is very transparent When a kind of material like this kind of scum falls on, it gets into the crepe silk yarn and it is difficult to take it out.
[Explanation] Restorer Wang Ju said that there is no shortcut to improve restoration skills, only to be patient and awe.
At present, the textile protection and restoration workstation has completed 4 textile protection and restoration projects and dozens of textile cultural relics protection and restoration work. Through the protection and restoration of textile cultural relics, the shape and decoration of the textiles are clearer, and the colors are brighter, which greatly improves the ornamental value of cultural relics. , Which provides clues to the research of ancient textile crafts and decorative arts.
Gao Ying Gao Kangdi reports from Lanzhou, Gansu
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]