Boom of traditional culture drives museum craze in China

STORY: Boom of traditional culture drives museum craze in China DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of museums 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG HUIGUO, Deputy curator, Shanxi Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAO SHAN, Visitor 4. various of museums 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO JINXUAN, Student, No. 3 Experimental Primary School of Sanmenxia City 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIU YANG, Teacher, No. 3 Experimental Primary School of Sanmenxia City STORYLINE: Booking a museum ticket, during this hectic summer vacation in China, is not easy. Aspiring visitors may be disappointed by the fact that tickets for the entire week might be fully booked. In response to the "heated-up museum fever during the summer vacation," Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, in a rare move, announced on Aug. 18 that 46 museums in the city would cancel their Monday closures until Aug. 31, allowing visitors to visit museums every day. The surging demand is also visi