Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 626 Yongle Ceremony

   On the other side, Yang Chen followed Father Song and Song Yang into the study where Father Song worked.

  Because it was snowing and the ground was slippery outside, Mr. Song had trouble with his legs and feet. For the sake of safety, he brought all his work home.

   As for Yang Chen's intentions, Father Song had already heard the news from his daughter. Like his son and daughter, Father Song couldn't make a decision for his old man.

   However, with the implementation of reform and opening up, coupled with Yang Chen's status as a compatriot, Father Song was not reluctant to help his old man to Yang Chen.

   Originally, he was thinking about his old man's retirement, what should he help him find something to do so that the old man would not get sick.

  Yes, yes, that is to find a job for the old man and not let him idle.

   As we all know, once this person is free, especially the old people who are busy with work all year round, they must not be able to relax immediately.

   For some people, once they retire and there is no work pressure, their mental energy will change greatly.

  People suffer from illness and illness. Once the rhythm of life that has been cultivated for decades is disrupted, all kinds of illnesses in the heart and body will follow one after another.

   These are not alarmists, but are based on factual examples.

   Therefore, in Father Song's view, no matter how big or small the job is, in a word, one cannot let his old man be idle.

An old house where a treasure.

   These days, as long as people in the system don't have an old man in charge, they will lose a lot of human relationships.

   During the war years, everyone relied on whose fist was hard, whose position was high, and whoever spoke was easy to do.

   And in times of peace, everyone is fighting for who the old man will live longer and have a harder life. As long as the old man at home is alive, then as long as there are no major accidents, the family can be as stable as Mount Tai.

   Even if Father Song is enough to take the position of Father Song, the Song family still needs Father Song to live and continue to maintain the network of contacts of the previous generation of the Song family.

  In Yang Chen's opinion, although Old Master Song is not a specialized appraiser, he has been intensively repairing and maintaining various cultural relics for decades.

   As the saying goes, "One pass is one pass".

  This man is mature and sophisticated. Sometimes the old people seem confused on the surface, but in fact they are like a mirror in their hearts, seeing everything clearly.

  If you really think that they are old, useless, and confused, then it is definitely not them who suffer.

  Three generations of the Song family have worked in museums. In the circle of antiques, up and down, I don’t know how many people they know.

  If Yang Chen can really invite Mr. Song, then he doesn't need to worry about who is missing. If he wants to collect something, Mr. Song also has connections.

  Whatever you need, as long as you let out the wind, someone will definitely come to your door.

   The most important thing is that in this line of work, Mr. Song knows very well how to protect the cultural relics so as not to cause some unnecessary damage.

   You must know that most antique calligraphy and paintings are not easy to preserve. Once they are slightly damaged, the price will be greatly reduced.

   Walking into the study, Father Song walked slowly to Father Song's side, only to see an old man with gray hair raised his head, nodded slightly to Yang Chen, and then continued to lower his head and busy with the work at hand.

  Yang Chen was curious for a moment, so he approached, and when he saw a table, there were piles of pieces, and the old man was piecing it together little by little.

   Yang Chen's mouth twitched, and he turned to look at Song Yang beside him.

Song Yang: "I heard from my grandfather that an overseas Chinese businessman came to China a few years ago and donated more than ten volumes of ancient Yongle classics that were scattered overseas to the museum. Perhaps because of improper placement and poor preservation, nearly half of the ancient books were seriously damaged. …”

  The "Yongle Grand Ceremony" of the Ming Dynasty was compiled during the Yongle period. It was a literature review compiled by Zhu Di, the heroic and powerful emperor of Yongle at that time.

The   Yongle Ceremony was successively edited by the cabinet chief assistant Xie Yu and the prince’s junior teacher Yao Guangxiao. The number of participants was as many as two or three thousand people, and it took five years to complete the compilation.

  Yongle Dadian has become the most famous document in Chinese history and the largest encyclopedia in the world so far.

The Book of Yongle Books contains as many as seven or eight thousand ancient books collected and preserved, and its scale exceeds that of all the books compiled in previous dynasties. puzzle.

  It contains the history, geography, literature and art, philosophy, religion, and encyclopedic documents of various dynasties and dynasties before the 14th century, covering the knowledge wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

   Yongle Encyclopedia has more than 10,000 volumes and about 370 million words.

  When the Yongle Grand Ceremony was completed, only the copy was circulated in the world, the original never appeared in front of the world, and the copies were scattered outside due to wars and fires.

  Yang Chen looked at Yongle Grand Ceremony, which had been broken into pieces on the table, opened his mouth, and said in disbelief, "It's all broken like this, can you still put it together?"

  Song Yang bared his teeth and said with a dry smile: "It depends on the person and skills. My eldest brother, father and grandfather can do it, but I can't."

  When he was learning jigsaw puzzles with his elder brother Song Guohui, the painful experience was like a nightmare, lingering.

  Some fragments of ancient books are often not damaged by man, but are caused by the decay of moths after being stored for too long.

   He really had no choice. It was really torturous to piece together the small pieces only the size of a grain of rice.

   Seeing Song Yang's unbearable expression, Yang Chen glanced at him sympathetically, thinking of the jigsaw puzzles of later generations, dozens of puzzle pieces are enough, and the scene in front of him made his scalp tingle.

  Like the one in front of him, he really can't bear to look directly, it's not that he doesn't work hard, or that he's impatient, it's just that this thing is so torturous, just looking at it makes people feel a toothache.

Of course, repairing this ancient book requires more patience and skill. In many cases, if the damage is too serious, you can only spell the words. Anyway, as long as a complete piece of paper is pieced together, and finally sizing, it can be restored completely. .

  Under normal circumstances, the damage is not too serious, and it only needs to be filled manually.

Missing repair, as the name implies, where is broken, where is repaired, as long as the defect is not big, such as some wormholes, missing corners, etc., the repair master only needs to prepare the pulp of the corresponding color of the paper, and fill the defective parts. .

   If the defect is too serious, there are too many wormholes, and the whole piece of paper cannot be seen clearly, it can only be repaired.

  Because the Yongle Grand Ceremony could not be disassembled and repaired, it was difficult to repair, so that Song Laozi had been busy for a year and had not repaired more than ten volumes of ancient books.

   This person, pays attention to the old rather than the new, because most people belong to the category of liking the new and disliking the old.

   But ancient books, something that has been handed down by culture, pay attention to the newer than the old. The older the ancient book, the longer the history and the more valuable its content.

   This is a technical job, and ordinary people can't play it, so Yang Chen just watched the excitement and satisfied his curiosity.

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   (end of this chapter)