I Am Repairing Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City
by Xiao Han
About This Novel
"I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City" focuses the camera on the cultural relic restorers of the Forbidden City for the first time. They have existed for hundreds of years, but they have always been unknown. The book contains 12 cultural relic restorers' reviews and insights on history and life in oral form. It is also a microcosm of the centuries-old history of cultural relic restoration in the Forbidden City. Against the background of the great times, a group of cultural relic restorers with unique skills and rejuvenating skills silently stick to a corner of the "cold palace" and take care of priceless "national treasures" day after day. They are watchmakers, bronze makers, painters, carpenters, and lacquer workers in the Forbidden City... They are passed down from generation to generation and are important intangible cultural heritage of the Forbidden City. The world outside the palace walls is changing rapidly, but inside the palace walls, they have to spend several years touching the same cultural relic. Thousands of parts of a palace clock need to be perfectly assembled; a bronze that has been broken into more than 100 pieces needs to be spliced together; an ancient painting needs to be uncovered in a month or two; it takes several years to decades to copy a painting... They use their whole life to interpret the strong belief of "persistence because of love" and "choosing one thing for a lifetime". Their generation may not have received formal education, but they still have a strong sense of craftsmanship in their bodies. They left the Forbidden City and were no different from ordinary people. They spent their lives healing the works of previous masters that had been corroded by time, and finally, they erased their own traces. They repaired cultural relics in the Forbidden City, and also repaired the impetuous human mind, our desires, and our self-righteous value standards. This may be the most touching part of this book.
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Official(44)Scraped 5d ago
Read and sign in. Read and sign in.
I like their unique calmness and indifference
Just doing the task
Read carefully, I like Shan Jixiang, the gatekeeper of the Forbidden City
Civilization inheritance beyond civilization
Against the background of the great times, a group of cultural relic restorers with unique skills and rejuvenating skills silently stick to a corner of the "cold palace" and take care of priceless "national treasures" day after day. They are watchmakers, bronze makers, painters, carpenters, lacquerware workers... They are passed down from generation to generation and are important intangible cultural heritage of the Forbidden City. The world outside the palace walls is changing rapidly, but inside the palace walls they have to spend several years touching the same cultural relic and erasing their own traces.
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Inherit Chinese culture and inherit classics
The inheritance of national civilization and the inheritance of spirit
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The mission is passing by. . . .
I rest cultural relics in the Forbidden City
This book tells the story of the Forbidden City from ancient times to the present. It is very valuable. I went to the Forbidden City in Beijing last year. Although it was very hot, I learned a lot. A very good place, worthy of being the Forbidden City in Beijing! LikeὄD
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Community(0)
Official(44)Scraped 5d ago
Read and sign in. Read and sign in.
I like their unique calmness and indifference
Just doing the task
Read carefully, I like Shan Jixiang, the gatekeeper of the Forbidden City
Civilization inheritance beyond civilization
Against the background of the great times, a group of cultural relic restorers with unique skills and rejuvenating skills silently stick to a corner of the "cold palace" and take care of priceless "national treasures" day after day. They are watchmakers, bronze makers, painters, carpenters, lacquerware workers... They are passed down from generation to generation and are important intangible cultural heritage of the Forbidden City. The world outside the palace walls is changing rapidly, but inside the palace walls they have to spend several years touching the same cultural relic and erasing their own traces.
Shocked
Inherit Chinese culture and inherit classics
The inheritance of national civilization and the inheritance of spirit
Read and sign in. Read and sign in.
The mission is passing by. . . .
I rest cultural relics in the Forbidden City
This book tells the story of the Forbidden City from ancient times to the present. It is very valuable. I went to the Forbidden City in Beijing last year. Although it was very hot, I learned a lot. A very good place, worthy of being the Forbidden City in Beijing! LikeὄD
