Lvtuanjie
01 · Lineage & Regional School
In 1983 he entered the bronze restoration studio of the Palace Museum Conservation Workshop, now the Department of Conservation Science of the Palace Museum, and studied bronze restoration and replication under the researcher Zhao Zhenmao. Within the regional tradition and school record of Qingtongqixiufujifuzhijiyi in Gugongbowuyuan: Bronzeware restoration and replication split into four schools—Beijing, Xi'an, Suzhou, and Weifang—around the Ming–Qing transition. In 1952, Beijing-school artisans led by Zhao Zhenmao entered the Palace Museum; thereafter Zhao Tongren, Li Huisheng, and Meng Haiquan passed the craft down through Jing Dequan, Gu Dewang, Zhang Juru, and others, emphasising work upon the metal's original casting traces. The Xi'an line excels at joining broken vessels, while the Suzhou line specialises in moulding decorative patterns. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient bronze vessels were reproduced on a large scale, and China's traditional bronzeware restoration trade established its four great schools at this time: the Beijing school, the Xi'an school, the Suzhou school, and the Weifang school. In 1952, bronzeware-restoration specialists led by Zhao Zhenmao of the Beijing school entered the Palace Museum and began using traditional techniques to restore and replicate bronze cultural relics.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in May 1965 in Qianshan City, Anhui Province. He is a national representative bearer of Bronze Ware Restoration and Replication Craftsmanship, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Over more than thirty years in the field he has restored large numbers of first- and second-class bronze artefacts from the Palace Museum collection, including a Shang dynasty horse trapping with animal-mask design, the Fu Yi Ding, the Lv Jue, a gu with mountain-shaped animal-mask decoration and a Tang dynasty square mirror with tiger pattern; he has replicated more than one hundred bronze artefacts of various kinds and has repeatedly taken part in restoration and replication work for bronze collections in other museums. He attaches importance to documenting and transmitting bronze restoration and replication techniques, has written several restoration reports and published academic papers, and has trained the apprentice Shang Suhong. Within the documented technical tradition of Qingtongqixiufujifuzhijiyi in Gugongbowuyuan: China's traditional bronzeware restoration and replication techniques already appeared two thousand years ago and have continued unbroken since. Among them, the Beijing school has had the greatest influence, producing a succession of master craftsmen and accomplished disciples, and forming a self-contained technical system. These specialists also include the Beijing-school successors Zhao Tongren, Li Huisheng, and Meng Haiquan, as well as Jing Dequan, Gu Dewang, Zhang Juru, and others who have long been engaged in bronzeware restoration and replication. Traditional bronzeware restoration techniques mainly include shaping, joining, patching, bonding (welding), reinforcement, and aging simulation, and sometimes also involve rust removal and wax sealing (surface protection). Traditional bronzeware replication techniques include mould making, casting from moulds, chiselling decorative patterns, and grinding and aging simulation, each step demanding a high level of technical difficulty. Against the background of the rapid development of modern science and technology, it has become imperative to carry out a scientific systematization of traditional crafts, including the traditional bronzeware restoration and replication techniques. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "": "Process-Step Record": Traditional bronzeware restoration techniques mainly include shaping, joining, patching, bonding (welding), reinforcement, and aging simulation, and sometimes also involve rust removal and wax sealing (surface protection).
Process-Step Record
Traditional bronzeware restoration techniques mainly include shaping, joining, patching, bonding (welding), reinforcement, and aging simulation, and sometimes also involve rust removal and wax sealing (surface protection).
Core Technique I
China's traditional bronzeware restoration and replication techniques already appeared two thousand years ago and have continued unbroken since.
Core Technique II
Among them, the Beijing school has had the greatest influence, producing a succession of master craftsmen and accomplished disciples, and forming a self-contained technical system.
Core Technique III
These specialists also include the Beijing-school successors Zhao Tongren, Li Huisheng, and Meng Haiquan, as well as Jing Dequan, Gu Dewang, Zhang Juru, and others who have long been engaged in bronzeware restoration and replication.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2018, Lvtuanjie was announced in the fifth batch of national representative bearers for Qingtongqixiufujifuzhijiyi, with Gugongbowuyuan as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Qingtongqixiufujifuzhijiyi in Gugongbowuyuan: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2011 (batch 3), with Gugongbowuyuan as its declared area, and Palace Museum as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient bronze vessels were reproduced on a large scale, and China's traditional bronzeware restoration trade established its four great schools at this time: the Beijing school, the Xi'an school, the Suzhou school, and the Weifang school. In 1952, bronzeware-restoration specialists led by Zhao Zhenmao of the Beijing school entered the Palace Museum and began using traditional techniques to restore and replicate bronze cultural relics.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Youliang | Gugongbowuyuan | 04-1926 | Same declared area |
| Yunxiaogang | Gugongbowuyuan | 05-2881 | Same declared area |
| Lvtuanjie | Gugongbowuyuan | 05-2882 | This page |
| Zhang Peichen | Shanghai | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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