Gansu has a long and rich history, colorful and unique culture, and is a large province of cultural relics resources. Among the about 80,000 pieces of cultural relics in the collection of the Gansu Provincial Museum, there is a treasure of the town museum, which can be described as the "top stream" of the cultural relics industry recently, and it is the copper galloping horse. Every year, the copper galloping horse that ends the exhibition period has to be "retreated", what is the state of the copper galloping horse during the "retreat period"? What's the secret about it?
Superior form "stands out" in the honor guard
Speaking of the copper galloping horse, do you think it is tall and mighty? Actually, it's 34 high5 cm, 45 cm long, weighs 7 kg, and is very small. The Han Dynasty attaches great importance to horse politics, the shape of the copper galloping horse integrates the characteristics of the Mongolian horse and the horse of the Western Regions, embodies all the imagination of a BMW horse, the torso is strong and the limbs are slender, the three legs are in the air, the focus of the whole body is focused on the right hind foot that surpasses the bird, the artistic modeling is refined, the copper casting process is excellent, and it condenses a brave and heroic momentum.
In the Gansu Provincial Museum, the bronze galloping horse and 98 other bronze chariots and horses were unearthed together in the same exhibition hall. How is this a replica, the real copper galloping horse went **?
Retreat physical examination" for regular maintenance
After the end of the exhibition period from May 1 to October 15 each year, the original copper galloping horse must undergo a lengthy and meticulous maintenance. The National Treasure Copper Galloping Horse is almost 2,000 years old, and as an old horse, it is necessary to undergo a comprehensive and thorough "physical examination" on a regular basis. During the physical examination, the experts used a microscope to observe whether there were any new changes in the cultural relics during the exhibition.
Now everyone is familiar with the copper galloping horse is green, in fact, its original appearance should be golden. In the place where the copper galloping horse was unearthed - Gansu Wuwei Leitai Han Tomb, the copper galloping horse golden ** after thousands of years of oxidation, the copper was turned into green basic copper carbonate, but in fact, under the microscope, you can also see red traces, this is cuprous oxide, in fact, these are normal patina. But the experts were still not at ease, and sent the artifacts to a higher magnification of the ultra-depth depth microscope to carefully observe every detail of the horse's body.
Cinnabar red lips, iron bones, copper legs, modeling design condenses wisdom.
This red is not rust, this is the red cinnabar that was painted on the horse's mouth back then. In addition to the horse's mouth, there are ink lines on the mane and tail of the copper galloping horse. During the physical examination, the experts also carefully checked the preservation of these paintings under a microscope. In addition to microscopically inspecting the surface, experts will also perform X-rays on the artifact to see if there are any injuries inside the artifact's body.
With this perspective, experts found that the legs of the copper galloping horse were not all bronze, and there were other things in the legs. After careful study and analysis, it was found that because the weight of the whole body of the copper galloping horse was concentrated on the right hind leg, the craftsman who cast it at that time was afraid that the pressure of a bronze horse leg was too great and could not support it, so he added the hardest iron at that time to the horse's leg to strengthen it, and the copper galloping horse became an iron-bone copper leg.
In order to achieve balance, the copper galloping horse also took great care in the design of the shape, the horse's head is biased to the left, which not only expresses the galloping demeanor, but also mechanically maintains a balance with the right leg. It is common for horses to run with alternating front and rear hooves, but the copper galloping horse has two legs backward on the left and two legs forward on the right. This kind of pace is called "opposite side step", and it can still be seen in the horse racing of ethnic minorities in the Hexi region of Gansu Province, its center of gravity is relatively stable, and it is easier for the rider to aim at the target when shooting.
Let the traditional "tide" become a "hot style" and go to the whole country.
In the past few years, the copper galloping horse has been completely "popular", and it is definitely a "top stream". Its head-to-head hissing is very cute and full of joy, which forms a strong contrast with its handsome and heroic appearance, and there are countless "circle fans". After design and incubation, the cultural and creative team of Gansu Provincial Museum has launched a number of "hot" products of copper galloping horses.
At present, the copper galloping horse series of cultural creativity has become a must-buy "souvenir" for foreign tourists to check in to the Gansu Provincial Museum, and it has also attracted more and more people to enter the museum to understand the history and culture of Gansu. Are you also impressed? If you have time, after May Day this year, remember to go to the Gansu Provincial Museum to see its style.
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