Although there are only half of the fragments of the gold surface bureau unearthed in Sanxingdui, it is still shining and colorful after a long baptism. Square face, big diamond eyes, big nose, wide mouth and wide ears, solemn appearance. People can't help wondering what this mask would look like if it were complete. With the same curiosity, he decided to use a piece of 500 grams of gold to restore the complete gold face. 500 grams of gold is worth about 200,000 pounds.
He didn't say much and started to act directly. Gold has high physical ductility and chemical stability. Calcination will soften gold, while beating will deform it. Calcination before beating is a common method for forging gold wares. He kept repeating these two steps until he cut the gold in the cuboid. This process requires great efforts and patience. The hammer used alone weighs 1.8 kg, and the arm is sore in less than two minutes. And this action needs to be repeated tens of thousands of times. In the later period, the gold became thinner. At this time, you can't use a lot of strength, or it will be broken if you are not careful. Gold is forged into a thin sheet with a thickness of only 0.2~0.4 mm, which is basically the same as the original gold plate. The hard work is done, and then the technical work. It is necessary to pinch off this gold nugget from the bronze statue.
He first drew a portrait on a thin piece of carbon paper, and then he tapped and shaped it carefully. First a prominent nose, then sunken eyes and thunderous ears. After careful cutting and polishing, the mask gradually took shape. But in the process, he encountered a difficult problem. Because the mask is integrated, there are some wrinkles between the protruding nose and face, which can't be eliminated by knocking anyway. At the same time, there are wavy lines under the eyes, which were originally thought to be just decoration. It was not until he made the lines that he found that the folds had merged with the lines and magically disappeared. At this moment, it seems that he really traveled through more than 3000 years of time and space and captured the ingenuity and wisdom of ancient craftsmen. After plastic surgery, polish the mask with agate knife.
The mask, which was rough because of flapping, quickly became smooth and moist and rejuvenated under the polishing of agate knife. Restoring a gold mask, thousands of times of calcination and beating, did not destroy the brilliance of gold at all. He imagined that in the bronze age thousands of years ago, "craftsmen must have been shocked by its beauty and dazzling gold."
The dazzling beauty of Sanxingdui left a deep impression on us. Have you found the answer to the countless legends about Sanxingdui? Why did the prosperous Sanxingdui civilization suddenly disappear? Many cultural relics unearthed from Sanxingdui site show a high degree of civilization, but why did they suddenly disappear? Wang Wei, president of the Archaeological Society of China and academician of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that there was no trace of large-scale flood at the scene, so it was speculated that it was not caused by flood. "This is the biggest mystery. Personally, after Sanxingdui flourished for a period of time, the political center moved to Chengdu Jinsha. The latest archaeological dating found that the age relationship between the two is close. "