Hao Jianwen: repair the "historical code" so that the murals successfully "resurrected"

Mending the "historical code" so that the mural successfully "resurrection" Hao Jianwen involved in the work of cultural and biological work for more than 30 years hope that Hebei's history and culture through cultural relics to the world

■ Hao Jianwen the first mural copying works.

■ Hao Jianwen at work.

From the beginning of the Spring Festival to the present, the Hebei Museum of Art to carry out the digitization of Dunhuang frescoes exhibition, in Shijiazhuang has become a frequent topic of conversation in the mouth of many people. The daily increase in the audience, good reputation, let everyone feel the shock of the desert culture. The exhibition is responsible for Hao Jianwen, is a cultural work in the hard work of more than 30 years of hard work in archaeology, from the young period to work, he was with the archaeology of the mural copying work has formed a bond.

The enthusiasm of the audience is the recognition of the work

"As of the Lantern Festival, the number of people who came to see the exhibition has more than 20,000 people!" When hearing such statistics, Hao Jianwen, deputy research librarian of the Hebei Museum, knew that the efforts of himself and his team had not been in vain. From January 10 this year, a period of three months, called "Dunhuang is no longer far away - into Hebei" exhibition held in the Hebei Museum, this cultural and scientific and technological integration of the feast, so that the people of Shijiazhuang fully feel the Dunhuang culture of the profound. As the person in charge of this exhibition, Hao Jianwen is busy with another exhibition in Beijing.

February 26, located in Beijing's China Millennium Art Museum, called "Ancient Mural Painting and loss of overseas precious mural reproduction dissemination and display (Beijing)" exhibition, attracted a lot of attention from the audience. More than 130 pieces of frescoes in the exhibition, are all ancient Chinese murals, but there is no original work. Most of them were lost overseas for various reasons, and the originals have so far been unable to return to the motherland.

"The murals that were supposed to be in China are rare for Chinese people to see." Hao Jianwen organized this exhibition, although the form of some "sad", but let the people feel the essence of ancient Chinese culture, more people have the determination to fight for the strength of the motherland.

"Resurrect" more murals, repair the history of the "code", engaged in the work of 34 years, Hao Jianwen has been for the inheritance and promotion of China, especially in Hebei's history and culture and efforts.

17 years old embarked on the road of cultural and exposition work

Hao Jianwen, born in 1967, his hometown in Pingshan County. Hao Jianwen's father has been engaged in culture-related work, which also gave him a lot of influence on his childhood, especially on some of the ancient cultural relics, Hao Jianwen very young very like. When other children are looking at the beloved comic books or books, Hao Jianwen took these things out, and villagers to exchange some seemingly ancient small objects at home to play, but also through the form of painting will be expressed in the form of drawing paper.

April 18, 1984, junior high school graduate Hao Jianwen just after his 17th birthday, a friend found him, said the county cinema is recruiting staff who can draw characters, which has been in Baoding Craft Art School for a period of time Hao Jianwen moved. However, before he had time to go to the cinema, he was approached by another person who said that the Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics was recruiting draughtsmen, which was also a good opportunity.

After some consideration, Hao Jianwen decided to Shijiazhuang city, "chance". Soon, he came to the Provincial Research Institute of Cultural Relics, when he walked into a room full of all kinds of cultural relics, full of "bottles and jars" immediately let him excited. Hao Jianwen has been more interested in cultural relics, the mind must stay here to work.

The young people who came to apply for the draftsman a **** 3 people, during the recruitment period, Hao Jianwen and others need to be based on the requirements of the examiner, some of the cultural relics on-site copying painting. After the examination began, Hao Jianwen's drawing just finished half, the examiner went to his side to call it off, began to ask some questions.

"What else is in your family, what do your parents do, and can you work away from home for a long time?" Faced with a series of questions, Hao Jianwen answered truthfully. Let Hao Jianwen surprise, the examiner on the spot told him, because of its excellent painting ability, immediately can work. In this way, 17-year-old Hao Jianwen began to embark on the road to work in Wenbo.

Focused on mural copying more than thirty years of dedication to repair the "historical code"

Become a draughtsman, Hao Jianwen will be Zhangjiakou Weixian archaeological team and other archaeological teams found in the cultural relics and related archaeological manuals on the contents of the form of data preservation through the drawing of the map. By December 1989, he began to contact the mural copying and other work.

At that time, Handan's Northern Dynasties tombs resurfaced, which, among other things, the exquisite murals in the Northern Qi Gao Yang tomb and other tombs in China's archaeological community as well as the art world has triggered a huge shock. Experts exclaimed, "the mural of the huge, rich in content, skillful, vivid, artistic level of high, unprecedented!"

For this "art on the wall", the best way to record it is naturally the best way to copy the mural down. Photographs, intercepts, local copy, in the archaeological team's step by step work, Hao Jianwen found that in the mural copying, Hebei has always been from Beijing and other places to hire experts to come, and their own units are not related to the strength of the people directly copying the work, Hao Jianwen, involved in the beginning of the idea of copying their own frescoes.

Opportunities always arise. Gradually learn to the essence of mural copying, in June 1994, lasted four years of archaeological work in Luquan Gaozhuang Han Tomb end. In this regard, Hao Jianwen took the initiative to find the then director of the Provincial Cultural Relics Research Institute Xie Fei, hoping to be able to independently carry out mural copying work. "I first copy a part of it, you can ask the experts in Beijing to see if I can do it or not."

Looking at Hao Jianwen's firm gaze, Xie Fei agreed to specialize in the Institute to make a place for Hao Jianwen, so that it is responsible for the mural copying work of the Han Tomb in Gaozhuang. After completing some partial copying, Beijing experts immediately gave the affirmation, which also allows Hao Jianwen in the mural copying work on the power to continue.

Baoding Quyang County, the Fifth Dynasty Festival Minister Wang Zhi straight tomb mural copying work, Hao Jianwen feel in the depth of about 10 meters in the tomb what is called "fear"; Xingtang Qingliang Temple mural copying work is completed, Hao Jianwen will be lost to the overseas great art in the country again "appear! "; Zhangjiakou Weixian poverty alleviation, Hao Jianwen in a year's time, witnessed the local "mural crisis", to raise funds for private repair. Started mural copying work after 30 years of time, his footprints throughout Hebei Province, but also harvested too much.

Transferred to the Hebei Museum, Hao Jianwen specializes in ancient mural copying research, the nature of the work by the "copying copy" into the "restoration of copying", that is, the results of archaeological research as a display for the general public to appreciate, understand the ancient art of frescoes. Mural art. The difference between "copying" and "restoration copy" is that the former is intended to retain the state of the mural excavation, the latter is intended to restore the original state of the mural. Therefore, "restoration copy" itself is research, more difficult than "copy copy".

"North Dynasty murals" display, Gao Yang tomb mural copy is the use of restorative copying method to complete, it is a huge painting, the picture is clear and complete and particularly eye-catching. The characters in the painting are vivid and distinctive, and the beasts and goddesses are flowing and dynamic. Clear and clean picture, full of brilliant colors, like a new painting is completed. In this regard, Hao Jianwen said, "recovery copy" in addition to the need for solid artistic skills and skillful painting techniques, but also requires the copyist to have a rigorous and serious scientific attitude, the part of the picture is not clear to do a serious analysis and observation, the whole process can be said to be a re-creation, which can be imagined the hard work.

I hope that people can take action to protect cultural relics

In Hao Jianwen's office, the reporter saw a value of more than 700,000 yuan of high-precision mural digital acquisition equipment. This just bought a short time equipment, will soon be put into operation. Hao Jianwen said, with the gradual deepening of the mural copying work, the use of high-tech means of high-definition mural digital acquisition of assistance, will bring great convenience to their work, "because of the nature of the work, less than 40 years old when my eyes have been spent."

Hao Jianwen recalled that in March 2016, he and his colleagues with the Zhongshan State unearthed round pots of real artifacts and other cultural relics to the Lushun Museum exchange exhibition. During this period, the exhibition staff gently picked up the round pot of an action, so that the hands at any time with a camera in Hao Jianwen's mind, quickly photographed the scene.

"Figure holding the round pot of experienced professionals, he knows the importance of cultural relics are not renewable, in their words, every time you touch touch these thousands of years ago, there is always some warmth in the heart of the artifacts in the surging ...... exhibition staff understand all this, he did not put the more than 20 pounds of the A round pot to carry out, but bent down, the round pot gently, hard to hold. This embrace, two minutes and two thousand years meet; this embrace, ancestors and descendants of affection embrace ...... Hao Jianwen y understand all this, a moment, he picked up the camera, recorded this touching moment. I first saw this photo is a few days ago, works full of historical weight and speechless affection all of a sudden melted me, eyes full of tears ...... "This photo, so that the Hebei Museum of Culture and History librarian, Hebei Province, Zhongshan State Cultural Research Association President Zhang Zhiping emotionally.

Speaking of the next work, Hao Jianwen said he is ready to engage in a mural essence of the exhibition, at the same time this year will also be organized and published a tentative name for the "search for the ancient mystery of the thirty years" autobiography, with their own personal work experience to tell the archaeological process of the little by little. "The success of the restoration of the mural paintings of Gao Yang's tomb has made me realize that as museum people, we have the responsibility and obligation to use our own brains and hands to show the research results of cultural relics and archaeology in a graphic way to the audience." Hao Jianwen said, now Hebei's cultural relics "three" basically only involved in ancient architecture, mural paintings do not have a comprehensive census, therefore, Hao Jianwen hope to make more people from the appreciation of cultural relics to be able to pay attention to cultural relics, and ultimately take action to protect cultural relics. At the same time, we can also do their part to make Hebei's history and culture through cultural relics to the world.