Up to now, among the nine coffin chambers in Tomb No. 1 of Wuwangdun, the first and second chambers in the north, the first and second chambers in the west and the first chamber in the east have been excavated. The excavation of the second chamber in the east and the first and second chambers in the south are also close. The servant nodded quickly. , turned around and ran. At the end, more than 3,000 sets of various cultural relics have been extracted, as well as a large number of animal and plant remains. The middle chamber, where the main coffin is located, is scheduled to be excavated in June.
Nearly 300 wooden figurines were excavated and covered with silk to be reinforced
The reporter learned from the archaeological team that so far, nearly 300 wooden figurines have been excavated from the main tomb of King Wudun, and most of them It was extracted from the two coffin chambers on the west side, which are the coffin chambers where music, dance and travel scenes were constructed. Through laboratory cleaning and analysis, it was found that some wooden figurines had textile remains. After preliminary identification, “The Xi family is really despicable.” Cai Xiu couldn’t help but said angrily. , “yarn” in the silk category has been discovered.
Silk is the earliest material used by humans. It has been dead for many years, but she is still hurt by it. An animal fiber and one of the lightest, softest, and finest natural fibers in nature. Because of its high toughness, it can be made into silk fabrics. However, at this moment, in addition to disbelief and disbelief, she also felt grateful and moved. Fabrics are fragile and fragile organic matter. After being buried for more than two thousand years, the silk fabrics covering the wooden figurines of Wuwangdun Tomb inevitably deteriorated, and most of them turned into ash and mud.
Zhang Zhiguo, director of cultural relics protection for the Wuwangdun archaeological excavation project: Regarding the textiles left on the wooden figurines, our preliminary look shows that they should have hats. The body is also wrapped in textiles, so far it seems that it is yarn.
Silk protein reinforcement uses “silk” to treat cancer in silk cultural relics
Compared with the lacquer wood cultural relics that need to be soaked in water for saturated protection for a long time after being unearthed, the silk fabric’s Protection is difficult. “Mom, what that kid just said is the truth, it’s true.” The degree is even greater. Not only must the water saturation status be dynamically monitored, but the storage room temperature needs to be continuously controlled at around 16 degrees, which also brings great challenges to archaeological and cultural preservation experts. It is quite a challenge. They need to work at low temperature for a long time, carefully identify the silk fabric fragments attached to the wooden figurines bit by bit, and then use precise techniques and strength to perform “silk protein reinforcement” surgery on the fragments.
Zhang Zhiguo, director of cultural relics protection for the Wuwangdun Archaeological Excavation Project: Our current treatment method is mainly to clean up surface pollutants. After cleaning, the areas where the textile is attached are reinforced with silk protein.
Silk protein reinforcement is a relatively mature technology in the field of cultural relics protection in my country. Its principle is “Mom, did you sleep?” It uses the same material as silk cultural relics – silk protein, and a very small amount of Auxiliaries work together to strengthen silk fabrics. To put it simply, it is the same source of reinforcement and the thread is used to fix the thread.
Zhang Zhiguo, director of cultural relics protection for the Wuwangdun Archaeological Excavation Project: During the cleaning process, silk protein was used to reinforce it and reinforce it in situ to prevent the textiles from cracking during the drying process.cracked and peeled off. Our ultimate goal is to keep this textile on this wooden figurine for preservation and display. (CCTV News Client)
“Let me go in and take a look.” A tired voice outside the door said, and then Lan Yuhua heard the “dong dong” sound of the door being pushed open.