share time: 2025-12-22 06:04:34
Su Wanning, an obscure weapon restorer, went viral for a controversial video of 'repairing ancient swords with modern techniques'—only to be named by a top cultural institution to restore a Song Dynasty 'Tempered Rose Sword.' Gu Shiyan, the returnee appraiser and project leader, scoffed: 'Unorthodox methods don’t deserve to touch national treasures.' It wasn’t until Su took out her grandmother’s *Quenching Manual* and used the ancient 'three forgings and three quenches' to revive the rose pattern on the sword that Gu discovered: the sword was a 'love token' forged by his grandfather to save Su’s grandmother. And the wild rose Su transplanted from her grandmother’s grave into her workshop? It matched the sword’s pattern perfectly…
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