Study of Traditional Materials of Oil Ornament Works for Ancient Buildings in the Forbidden City
To effectively protect ancient buildings in the Forbidden City,based on spot investigation as well as analytic demonstration,scientific utilization of traditional materials for oil ornament works are studied,that is tung oil,pig blood,hemp,brick dust,flour and so on,brighter oil for oil surface layer,as well as gold for gild layer are also discussed.Results show that tung oil,pig blood,hemp,flour have good cementing or connecting performances.Brick dust is used as filling material,which is easy to be blended with bonding material such as ash oil.Brighter oil has good gluing performance for oil surface layer as well as gild layer.Gold is usually treated as foil shape for gild layer,which makes the ancient building in the Forbidden City brilliant.Scientific utilization of traditional materials of oil ornament works reflects the architectural wisdom of Chinese ancient craftsmen.
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