Historic Building Activation: Temple Painting Restoration

A temple's wooden structure undergoing restoration. The painted decorations on the beams and purlins are partially flaking. Craftsmen focus on dust removal and reinforcement, with repainting only to the extent that it blends with the surroundings, not re-drawing entire patterns. A nearby section is preserved in its original state for comparison. Dust sheets are laid under the scaffolding. Avoid: completely tracing over the entire painted decoration, covering original works with vivid new pigments, dismantling components for remanufacture, or completely scraping off faded sections to start anew.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處正在修復的廟宇木構。樑枋上的彩繪局部剝落,師傅以除塵與加固為主,補彩只補到與周邊融合的程度,不重畫整片圖案。鄰近的一段保留原狀作為對照。腳架下鋪著防塵布。避免:把整片彩繪重新描過一遍、用鮮豔的新顏料覆蓋原作、拆下構件送去重做、把褪色的部分整片鏟除重來。