Kesi fan hearts, kesi cushions, satin embroidered purses, dragon robes... These are the cultural relics that need to be faced by the weaving and embroidery restoration team of the Palace Museum's Department of Culture, Protection, Science and Technology.
Perhaps because of the need for special care and patience, the five members of the embroidery group are all girls, and it is the only group with all women in the Ministry of Culture, Security, Science and Technology.
The reporter saw at the scene a few days ago that the staff was holding a special vacuum cleaner to clean up the 8 kesi flower-and-bird picture fan hearts and bright yellow kesi kesi hook lotus square stool cushions between the west tip of Chonghua Palace Cuiyun Pavilion. The latter is a piece. Relics of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The vacuum cleaner is a slender and transparent straw with a diameter of only 3 mm. When cleaning, it should be suspended for a short distance above the cultural relics for the first time, and the old ash on the mat is sucked away by suction; the second time can be slightly close to the surface of the cultural relics, but The premise is that it cannot be attached to cultural relics.
And this kind of work may only clear an area the size of a palm a day.
A blue satin embroidered gourd-style purse with peacock pattern embroidered with gold border and peacock pattern from the Kangxi Dynasty is bright in color and in good overall condition.
The staff observed its microscopic appearance with a portable microscope, and demonstrated to reporters how to open and close the purse.
Under the lens, the tiny rice beads are visible to the naked eye, and the silk thread that sews the purse is as bright as a ray of sunshine, with a very bright color and luster.
The dragon robe displayed at the end is the next cultural relic to be maintained and repaired.
(Reporter Ying Ni produced Zhou Jing)
Responsible editor: [Liu Pai]