Yesterday morning, the opening ceremony of the "Treasure Protection Together and Renewed Chapter - 'ByteDance Ancient Books Protection Special Fund' Achievement Exhibition" jointly sponsored by the National Library (National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books and the National Museum of Classics), the China Cultural Heritage Protection Foundation and ByteDance Public Welfare was held at the National Library.
After nearly two years, all 2 ancient books have been restored. This time, 104 ancient books were selected for exhibition, including the "Lake" character album of the "Yongle Dian", the "Yinghuan Zhiluo", "Chu Ci", as well as a series of golden stone rubbing, Yellow River public opinion map, style Lei Tu file, etc.
The conservators of ancient books are the heroes behind this exhibition, and they are meticulous and skillful in repairing books to restore the brilliance of ancient books, so let us walk into their work today.
Take a look at the exhibition
"Activation Display" The Hall of Prayer for the New Year can be "flipped through" like an e-book
In June 2021, the "China Foundation for the Protection of Cultural Relics ByteDance Ancient Books Protection Special Fund" was officially launched at the National Library, and the National Library (National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books and the National Museum of Classics) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Protection and Utilization of Ancient Books with the China Foundation for the Protection of Cultural Relics and ByteDance, and the first batch of funds of 6 million yuan was directed to public welfare projects such as ancient book restoration, talent training, and ancient book activation and digitization. Since the implementation of the project, all work has been fully completed and important results have been achieved.
In order to comprehensively display the fruitful results of the project and better serve the public, this exhibition is divided into four parts: "The New Life of Ancient Rhyme: A Collection of Fine Works from All Over the World", "Telling the Story of Rivers: Public Opinion", "Touching the Golden Stone: Exploring the Source of Ancient Texts" and "Memory of the World: Style Leitu Files", and 35 precious ancient books of 39 kinds that have been restored and perfected are exhibited, including various types of precious documents such as public maps, gold and stone rubbings, and style thunders restored by the National Library, as well as restoration masterpieces from all over the country.
The exhibits include the "Lake" character album of the "Yongle Da Dian", the Yuan carved version of the Western Xia Tripitaka Title Painting, the engraved version of the Yong Class Zhan Fang in the second year of Yuan to Shun (1331) and the style Lei Tu file, the Yellow River public opinion map and the Jinshi Tuoben. Among them, the "Lake" character book of the Yongle Canon in the collection of the National Library is a national treasure restored this time, and its discovery, return and protection are successful cases of cooperation between relevant government departments and all sectors of society to protect cultural heritage since the implementation of the "Chinese Ancient Books Protection Plan".
In addition to exhibiting the restoration achievements of ancient books in kind, the exhibition also displays the achievements of the cultivation of ancient book restoration talents and the activation and utilization of ancient books supported by the project. Featuring "activation display", an electronic flipbook device with holographic illusion restoration results of the Lei "Hall of Prayer for New Year" is set up in the exhibition hall, combined with modern scientific and technological means, to promote and popularize the knowledge of ancient book restoration to the public through various methods such as images and multimedia; Cooperate with the launch of the immersive interactive puzzle game "Old Paper Restorer's Broken Danqing", allowing the audience to learn about the restoration skills of ancient books in the story and game, thereby increasing the interest of the exhibition.
Restoration
Meticulous Use a microscope to adjust the warp and weft filaments of the Yongle Dian
Among the many exhibits in this exhibition, the key collection of the National Library, "Yongle Dian", is the most eye-catching, and it is the first exhibit in the restoration exhibition. The restored "Lake" character book (volumes 2272-2274) contains poems and texts about the character "lake", including Xie Lingyun's poems, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Mingren poems, and Song-Yuan people's words. Wang Guowei, Zhao Wanli and other famous artists have compiled several ancient poems from them.
Before the restoration, the front and back of the "Yongle Classic" before and after the book clothes had fallen off, the spine was completely missing, the National Library ancient book restorer Song Jing told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter: "Because the "Yongle Classic" is extremely precious, so the restoration team copied an identical 'sample book' for restoration experiments, and only then dared to attack the real work." ”
Today's restoration of ancient books requires a lot of scientific and technological support, for example, the restoration team of the National Library in the book jacket carried out fiber analysis and testing of the paper used in the book leaves, and selected the supplementary paper accordingly; In the restoration of the bookwear, it is no longer limited to the purchase of similar silk materials for repair, but the silk thickness and density of the silk used in the "Yongle Dian" book clothing are accurately measured, and after many experiments, a silk sample similar to the original is reconstructed, and then the new silk is customized accordingly. Song Jing told the Beiqing News reporter: "In order to make the new silk close to the original in color, the team members referred to historical documents, assisted the analysis and testing results of the book clothes, selected the traditional plant dyes most likely to be used at that time to dye and age, and then hammered, full color and other steps, and finally obtained a silk supplement suitable for repairing the original." ”
In order to make the restoration work close to perfect, the members of the ancient book restoration team used stereo microscopes and other instruments and equipment to comb and adjust each silk at the interface, Song Jing said: "The interface of a silk must be aligned, it is difficult to complete the work under the naked eye, and it can only be operated with the help of a microscope." "Under the microscope, while adjusting the warp and weft filaments by hand, the changes and operation of the warp and weft filaments are observed through the display screen. After more than a year of restoration work, this "Lake" character book of the "Yongle Classic" can be exhibited.
Zhang Ping, a senior expert in the restoration of ancient books and a research librarian of the National Library, participated in the restoration of the Yongle Canon 20 years ago. He said: "With the help of modern technology, the 'Lake' brochure tested paper, silk, etc., so as to determine the correct restoration plan, and the restoration effect exceeded expectations. ”
It is reported that this exhibition is located in the 6th exhibition hall of the National Museum of Classics, with a duration of 2 months, and is open to the public free of charge.
Text/Reporter Wang Lei (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)
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