China endeavors to keep ancient city of Pingyao alive
STORY: China endeavors to keep ancient city of Pingyao alive
DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:36
LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Pingyao ancient city
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI YAXIAN, Director of Pingyao County cultural relics institute
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XUE SHENGJIN, Craftsman of Pingyao varnished lacquerware
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MENG JIAJIA, Xue's apprentice
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HU XIAOPENG, Resident
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): GENG BAOGUO, Resident
STORYLINE:
Pingyao in north China's Shanxi Province is an ancient walled city with a history of over 2,800 years.
Boasting well-preserved urban planning and architecture from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), Pingyao was named a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1997.
Covering an area of 2.25 square km, the ancient city is home to more than 300 cultural relics and nearly 4,000 traditional buildings.
Over the past decades, the Chinese government has initiated a string of measures for the prote
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