CHINA-SHENYANG-ANCIENT BOOKS RESTORING-EXPERTISE(CN)

CHINA-SHENYANG-ANCIENT BOOKS RESTORING-EXPERTISE(CN)

(230423) -- SHENYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Bin restores a book at Liaoning Provincial Library in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 21, 2023. Liaoning Provincial Library, located in Shenyang City of northeast China's Liaoning, is home to a collection of 610,000 pieces of ancient books. Wang Bin, who has been an avid reader since childhood and pursued her passion by studying library management, leads the restoration team at the library's center for restoring ancient books. Depending on the extent of damage, the restoring process can take from several weeks to a year, and every step must be taken carefully without any mistakes. "During the restoration process, I can establish a connection with the ancients across time and space through the books," Wang said. Nowadays, an increasing number of people show interests in learning how to restore ancient books. For Wang, she occasionally goes to college and gives lectures to students majoring in related fields. By demonstrating h

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