In April this year, Bilibili UP host @Cai Shuxue Cai Qian released a video, which used 500 grams of pure gold to restore Sanxingdui gold mask . At that time, some netizens called it directly, this is not "Cai Shuxue", it is obviously "Talent".
Only when there is no mold, can you choose "fabricate out of thin air" and first paint the portrait on a gold plate, and then tap it according to the outline to shape the shape.
knocks out the protruding nose, hollows out the eyes, and then cuts out the cloud-like ears.
has been carefully cut and beaten, and finally completed a perfect restoration across time and space. After the
video was released, it immediately amazed the entire network and Tuantuan also reported it in a timely manner.
or even @ Henan Museum After watching the video, I was envious of this good seedling for restoration of cultural relics.
Sanxingdui Museum Deputy Director Zhu Yarong also shouted from a distance and sent him an offer.
However, this amazing work is only the beginning of the Krypton Gold series.
The video of the current issue was finally set up a flag. If he liked more than 1 million, he would make the golden rod , which was also unearthed from Sanxingdui site.
Unexpectedly, in just two days, the goal was easily achieved with the enthusiastic support of B website netizens.
Since the stick making was put on the agenda, netizens have been thinking about it day and night every day. Although
still maintains high-quality updates, the audience seems to have "extraordinary ideas" in the message area of the new video.
Four months later, Cai Qian finally fulfilled his promise in the face of expectations.
Compared to the last time I spent 15 days to restore the golden mask, it took only 4 months to make the golden rod this time.
But why did this golden rod make the "pigeon" for so long?
This first starts with its prototype.
Sanxingdui gold rod has a total length of 143 cm, a diameter of 2.3 cm, a weight of 463 grams. It consists of a wooden rod and a rolled gold skin on the outer layer.
is an sacrificial product of the ancient Shu Kingdom about 3,000 years ago, and is a symbol of the power of the ancient Shu king.
One end of the golden skin is carved with a 46-centimeter-long pattern, composed of the images of arrows, birds, fish and people, which is very exquisite.
is this layer of complex gold skin that has become the top priority in the project of reducing the gold rod.
, just like last time, I prepared 600 grams of pure gold, heated it at high temperature, and calcined it into a rectangular gold bar. After the gold bar is made of
, it is then put into the fire to calcinate and repeatedly beat it.
Repeat these two steps continuously until the gold bar is hammered to the desired length.
According to the shallow expectations, the golden stick was beaten into a gold belt of appropriate width, and the prototype of the golden skin was completed.
However, he ignores the ductility of gold. During the thrashing process, the length of the golden skin also extended, exceeding the original designed length.
Caiqian had to cut off the golden belt stick and rebuild it.
This time, according to the actual composition of the unearthed cultural relics, 15% silver and other metals were mixed into the pure gold. In this way, gold nuggets will not only depreciate, but will also be more difficult to recycle. But in order to pursue a more perfect reproduction, Cai Qian still spent all his money.
When the second pounding is beaten, the gold nuggets are directly beaten into a flat strip shape, and then the length and width are adjusted by cutting.
In order to pursue the restoration of the details of the golden rod, Caiqian specially polished fine sand through the techniques of the ancients at that time. After polishing, the gold re-shiny.
Making golden skin is just the first step to restore. The biggest challenge is to replicate the patterns on the golden rod.
This requires a technique called " chiseling ", which hits the metal surface with chisels and hammers, leaving patterns.
However, once the engraving is wrong, it cannot be modified. In order to avoid overturning, I practiced on the thin copper plate for a month.
Just as I was about to start, Chiqian suddenly discovered the blind spot that he had ignored before.
After carefully observing the originals of the museum, he found that the outline of the pattern was not a pattern that looked like a naked eye, but two parallel and smooth patterns were engraved in less than 1 mm area.Although
is very difficult, in order to live up to the expectations of millions of viewers, Cai Qian decided to face the difficulties.
However, after constantly trying, he found that when engraving, the two parallel engraving lines could not be controlled so finely.
was about to give up, and suddenly my mind was enlightened.
He used a cow bone knife to press and scratch the gold plate, and after drawing the pattern, deepening it on the back, the two parallel patterns were cleverly carved out.
solved the core problem, and the subsequent carving process was smooth.
Finally, the made golden skin wrapped around the wooden stick and stuck it firmly to inject the soul into the golden stick.
was urged by millions of netizens for several months, and Caoqian finally successfully made a stick.
Those netizens who have been waiting for a long time also came to take a photo as soon as possible.
However, although the Golden Staff is done, there is still a problem that has always been troubled by the shallow one:
clearly has the obvious pattern once engraved, but why do you need to engrave two lines?
After reading the Sanxingdui information, he seemed to understand the intentions of the ancients.
These patterns look just a kind of decoration, but for the ancients, behind the patterns was a kind of faith.
And this golden rod that relies on faith must be forged with awe.
The Sanxingdui civilization period had not yet created words, but it could leave behind such exquisite craftsmanship as golden rods and masks for later generations.
Ancient Shu people Unexpectedly, more than three thousand years later, a video creator will adhere to his love for cultural relics and history, try to replicate this craftsmanship, and once again completed the inheritance of craftsmanship across time and space.
It is not only gold that shines, but also countless craftsmen with such shallow talents.
Source: Central Committee of the Communist Youth League
