嘉義縣新港奉天宮天上聖母往郡進香旗幟修復

The Conservation of Taiwanese Traditional Embroidery Flag of Pilgrimage in Xingang Fenq-tain Temple, Chiayi County

「笨南港奉天宮天上聖母往郡進香旗」為嘉義新港奉天宮所存文物，由旗幟上的「嘉義廳打貓西堡」等文字可推判其製作年代為1901年至1920年間，至今百餘年，文物之金屬線大部分已鬆脫異位，且嚴重糾結，已影響文物美觀及其圖像的呈現，且金屬線的釘針繡線劣化狀況嚴重，大量繡線持續老化、脫落甚至粉化，若不加以維護恐使刺繡金屬線的糾結脫落，最終模糊遺失其所承載之重要資訊，如極具象徵意義的「往郡進香」等字樣。本修復工作為對脫落的雙面金屬線之重要圖案進行回復，並重新加固因釘針脆弱持續斷裂而面臨鬆脫的平金紋飾，另外邊框飾帶彩繡的粉化與鏡面遺失破裂等情形也將一併予以修護，改善其劣化狀況，並加以提供後續保存維護建議，使其歷史價值得以延續傳承。

The embroidery flag of pilgrimage is an antiquity which preserved by Xingang Fenq-tain temple, Chiayi County. According to the words on the flag, revealed that the flag was made in 1910 to 1920 A.D., about 100 years from now. The golden and silver silk threads on the flag are loose and twisting, and the pattern on the flag was too damaged to see the beauty and the whole picture. However, most of the golden and silver silk threads were serious aging, loose and powdered. If we didn’t conserve, we would have lost all important messages above the flag, the very meaningful words on the flag, for example. In this case, conservators will focus on reset the fragile pattern which are loose by reorganizing the golden and silver silk threads, and consolidate the unstable threads on patterns. Besides, the conservation work will include treating the powdering embroidery on the edge of flag and the breaking attached mirrors. Furthermore, we will provide recommendations about follow-up conservation work, make the historical value could be passed down.