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Chapter 130 Sanxingdui Ruins ([-]) - Bronze Talisman with Gold Rod

As the archaeological work is in full swing!
All archaeologists are full of energy.

They all have the momentum and determination to do their best in one battle.

Because every day of excavation, there are exciting discoveries.

At this time, pits K1 and K2 have completely entered the object layer.

Not only bronze statues and gold masks were unearthed, but also precious cultural relics such as jade Zhang and ivory.

The archaeological team is also stepping up to clean up the cultural relics!

Dr. Wang Xi, an archaeological excavator in Pit K1, carefully planed the soil with bamboo sticks.

Suddenly he found a little golden yellow in the black ash.

His eyes were bright, and the golden mask unearthed a few days ago really made him envious!
The bragging capital among archaeological excavators is what cultural relics have been excavated.

As he continued to clean it with bamboo sticks and brushes, a curved golden product carved with exquisite patterns was exposed.

Netizens who watched the live broadcast had already brushed up the barrage.

"what is this?"

"Such a long golden stick, could it be Monkey King's golden cudgel!"

……

Wang Xi immediately said to his colleagues: "This should be a gold rod. The wooden rod inside is completely rotten and carbonized, leaving only a little bit of wood residue. We will use the cultural relics extraction board to extract it carefully!"

The two carefully carried out the extraction work!

After the golden rod was extracted, it was immediately sent to the Cultural Relics Protection Room.

The staff present were completely stunned!

They carefully unfolded the gold leaf from the gold rod, and found that it was a gold leaf with a length of 143 cm and a diameter of 2.3 cm.

The gold rod has no signs of damage or repair, and its thickness is only 0.2 mm, which is equivalent to the thickness of a piece of A4 paper.

At the excavation site, Qin Chen also learned about the unearthed golden staff.

At this time, he was standing in front of the K2 pit, concentrating on the excavation work.

At this time, a bronze fragment began to appear in front of everyone.

He knew that the representative cultural relic of K2 Pit was about to be unearthed——Bronze Dali Man!

More than three hours later, when all the fragments of the bronze Taliman were transported to the cultural relics restoration room.

Qin Chen said to Du Wenyan: "This bronze Talisman, you come to repair it!"

"what!"

"Don't think about eating and drinking, and not working! The archaeological site does not support idlers!"

Du Wenyan knew that it was Qin Chen who gave him a chance!

In the evening, all the fragments of the bronze Taliman had been cleaned.

The reason why Qin Chen asked Du Wenyan to restore it was because this bronze Talisman was unearthed.

It's broken, but the pieces are larger, so it's easier to fix!
Qin Chen smiled and said to Du Wenyan, "Are you confident?"

Du Wenyan nodded and started talking nonstop.

"The whole body of the bronze man was broken from the waist into two pieces, and the upper body part was broken into nine pieces of different sizes!"

"Because of the blows before burial and the extrusion of the rammed earth of the sacrificial pit, the bronze statues and fragments were deformed to varying degrees, and some fragments were severely corroded."

"The part from the abdomen to the base is a broken section, and the upper layer of the base is relatively complete. There are 42 fragments of different sizes in the lower layer of the base."

"The wall thickness of the portrait part is 4~5 mm. The lower layer of the base part is 3 mm."

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Qin Chen scratched his head: "There's so much nonsense, I just need you to tell me if you can fix it!"

"can!"

Then I saw Du Wenyan starting to repair it.

After all, Qin Chen couldn't help but said: "I suggest you repair from the bottom up, starting from the base, then repairing the upper body, and finally closing the whole body."

"You and I want to go together!"

Du Wenyan first found all the remnants in their corresponding positions, and marked them with white gouache numbers.

Then there is plastic surgery, which is a relatively difficult job.

Due to the long history of casting, the bronze standing statue has been buried underground for more than [-] years and has been corroded by damp soil.

The basic physical properties of bronze, such as tensile strength and bending strength, are very low, which makes the shaping process difficult.

And Du Wenyan cleverly used rubber hammer, wooden hammer and plumb hammer to strike.

During the restoration of each hammer, Du Wenyan carefully observed the changes in the fragments during each hammering.

As for the part where the deformation is not very large, the prying method is used during welding to make the two adjacent residual blocks can be welded smoothly.

For micro-deformation, steel clang is used for local trimming.

The Shanghai family's touchstone technology lies in welding.

According to different situations, the unique skill is to select the shape of the welding joint and the slope of the welding joint according to the situation of the fragments of cultural relics, their location, and the degree of corrosion.

After more than an hour, after shaping and welding, the base part has basically returned to its original appearance.

The most test of Du Wenyan's restoration technique is the welding of the upper and lower body.

Because the upper body and the lower body have been broken, and the deformation of the fracture interface of the upper body and the interface of the lower body are different.

So hard to fit!
Du Wenyan already has a solution in mind.

I saw that he used No. 8 lead wire to break the upper body and tighten it, and lined it with plastic foam and linen to prevent the bronze statue from being scratched or scratched by the lead wire.

Then slowly tighten the lead wire, and observe the closure of the joint position while tightening.

When the cracks were completely closed and matched, I saw that he quickly welded them firmly with a hot soldering iron in time.

……

The shaping, matching and welding process of the bronze standing figure were completed in one go.

Another hour has passed!
A dilapidated bronze standing portrait stands in front of people again with a brand new look.

As for the final step finishing the weld bead, cleaning the residue.

Qin Chen didn't watch and left early!

On the way back to the hotel, what lingered in his mind was Du Wenyan's superb welding skills!
If it wasn't for his systematic help!

Even if you practice this kind of skill for several lifetimes, you won't be able to reach this level!
Because there are two words called talent!

Talent is greater than hard work, luck is greater than strength!
Efforts are the same, talent wins!

With the same strength, the lucky one wins!

Although the cultural relics unearthed from other pits today are very precious.

But they are all overshadowed by the golden rod in K1 pit and the bronze statue of K2 pit.

The shock they brought is far less than the impact brought by these two cultural relics!
Pit K3, K4, K5, and K6 have also been excavated to the artifact layer.

More than 500 important cultural relics have been unearthed, including gold mask fragments, bird-shaped gold ornaments, giant bronze masks, jade cong, and jade tools.

In particular, more than 3 pieces of ivory were unearthed in succession in pits K4 and K170, and most of the fragments of ivory were engraved with exquisite patterns.

The average length of the more than 4 tusks in the K50 pit is 120cm and weighs more than 100 kilograms.

It's jaw-dropping!

Very shocking!

The moment you open the dirt, you turn back time.

For the first time, archaeologists saw the legends and mysteries belonging to the ancient Shu culture.

Du Wenyan stood in front of the bronze Daliren!

He thinks this life is worth it!

Being able to restore such a treasure, he felt it was worth it even if he died tonight!

This may mean hearing the truth in the morning and dying in the evening!

And if Qin Chen knew what he was thinking, he would probably vomit blood!

The other party is also planning to take him under his command and invite him to join the Research Center for Restoration of Ancient Cultural Relics.

At this moment, Du Wenyan called Lu Jian.

(End of this chapter)