Entertainment: Let you come to the rescue, and you will play seven roles

"Su Qin, what exactly is colored sculpture? Isn't it that all the metal in the yard is also used to make colored sculptures?"

"I have always listened to you talk about colored sculptures, and I have also admired the exquisiteness of the Thousand Buddha Caves of Mogao Grottoes, but I have never known what kind of craft it is."

When Su Qin was mixing the paint repeatedly, Deng Ziqi finally couldn't help but ask.

When Boss Yang and Dilraba saw this, they also came over like curious babies.

In fact, they are not the only ones, even Li Fengyi and others who live in Sugan Province only have a vague understanding of the term "painted sculpture".

It is impossible to get them to explain the colorful sculptures clearly.

Seeing them asking questions, Su Qin took this opportunity to educate the audience about colored sculptures, igniting their passion for cultural relics.

"Colored sculpture art is a fusion of sculpture and painting. It has the vision of three-dimensional sculpture and the beauty of flat painting. Most of the materials that can be used for shaping are soft clay, which is dried in the shade and then painted."

He pointed to the various materials in the yard and explained them more vividly.

"With the development of the times and the advancement of science and technology, the available materials and technologies are no longer completely limited to ancient inheritance. Hard metal materials such as gold, silver, and copper can be used to replace soft clay materials, further broadening the materials and expressiveness of traditional colored sculptures."

Only then did everyone realize that the various metals placed in the yard were not discarded garbage, but raw materials used in modern color sculpture technology.

These ordinary materials are very likely to become priceless treasures under the transformation of craftsmen.

Once they are attached to a certain colored sculpture, its value can no longer be simply measured by price, but has profound cultural heritage and historical value.

But Deng Ziqi and others' thirst for knowledge obviously didn't stop there, and they quickly raised new questions.

“I’ve seen clay sculptures before, and many shops even use this as a hobby to provide people with novel clay sculpture experiences.”

"But these metals are so hard, what kind of processing does it take to become a colored plastic material?"

Their question was on point.

Su Bai also took the trouble to give them more in-depth explanations.

"The process of hard metal color plastics is indeed very complicated, not only because metal processing is difficult, but also because they require higher process requirements, more and more complex processes."

"In general, it needs to go through the production process of clay draft, model, casting, painting, accessories and so on."

"So many? So what's the difference between it and traditional clay sculptures?"

Boss Yang is good at "finding faults" and almost follows Su Qin's words to ask questions.

"Compared with traditional clay colored sculptures, hard metal colored sculptures add three core processes: mold turning, mold repairing and casting."

"I will demonstrate it to you in detail later, and you will understand it at a glance."

Li Fengyi and others will be extremely excited.

They never expected that they just invited Su Qin to do a live broadcast. Su Qin actually knew about color sculpture and wanted to demonstrate the production process on the spot.

If he can complete the operation, it will undoubtedly be a huge publicity for Dunhuang.

By then, the dual communication and perfect combination of the fruit industry and the cultural industry will definitely enable the tourism industry in Sugan Province to achieve explosive growth.

Following Boss Yang, Dilraba also rushed to ask questions.

"I heard you mention painting just now. What is the specific difference between painted sculpture and painting? Is painting the same painting we usually hear about?"

Su Qin nodded and shook his head.

"The word "painted" is a proper noun in Dunhuang colored sculptures, especially in hard metal colored sculptures. It is a specific description of a production process."

"To put it simply, painting is transferred from direct painting on the clay tire to coloring on the metal surface, and the clay molding becomes the shape itself, rather than the ultimate material for colored sculpture."

Another crazy output of knowledge opened everyone's eyes.

But the deeper he went, the more curious they became.

In order to ensure her status in the palace, Deng Ziqi asked Su Qin again.

"I remember that the restoration of cultural relics pays great attention to the use of the same materials as in ancient times. Why did we develop the special path of hard metal in painted sculptures?"

"As for the cultural relics themselves, will using modern things cause the devaluation of the cultural relics?"

As soon as this issue came up, other people became concerned.

After all, it is a modern craft. Will restoring cultural relics in this way destroy the cultural relics?

Su Qin understands this confusion very well, and he believes that this is also the confusion in the hearts of most viewers.

In order to answer questions and give the public a clear understanding, he decided to explain it in depth again.

“In modern philosophical materialism, time is the duration and sequence of material existence and movement.”

"The significance of the existence of cultural relics is always not only the material itself, but also the historical significance it represents."

"No matter what method or material we use, as long as we can restore it and continue its historical significance, then it can be used."

Then, he explained the many advantages of hard metal color plastics.

First, hard metal colored sculptures can present lifelike works, giving viewers a colorful, elegant and harmonious visual effect.

Secondly, this advantage is even more prominent when used according to factors such as the theme of creation, the identity and personality of the characters, and the author's aesthetic tendencies.

Especially when shaping characters in religion, mythology, drama and ancient and modern novels, hard metal colored sculptures combined with highly decorative and exaggerated freehand colors can express the characters' personality traits.

Third, they are depicted in different colors according to their different ages, identities, and personalities, which has the characteristics of vivid and realistic art.

At this time, Su Qin suddenly pointed to the restored colored sculpture and gave a more detailed explanation.

"If you look at the religious and mythological figures in these traditional painted sculptures, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Vajra warriors, they all have relatively similar faces. To distinguish their specific identities, clear accessories and props are often needed."

Everyone thought and searched along his explanation, and soon discovered the clue.

Deng Ziqi said excitedly.

"For example, the difference between this Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva is that Avalokitesvara is the crown of the transformed Buddha, while Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva is the crown of the vase."

Then Boss Yang also discovered more discrepant information.

"There are also the magical weapons of the four heavenly kings, such as the pipa, the sword, the spirit snake, the umbrella, the God of Wealth's cornucopia, etc. Each of them is extremely gorgeous in shape and has the strongest sense of decoration."

"Su Qin, what are these accessories made of?"

Su Qin replied with a smile.

"These accessories are made using metal techniques such as engraving, gilding, filigree, and inlay, and have strong expressive power."

"Okay, my paint has been mixed, let's focus on repairing it."