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Foreign Students Studying in China

QINGDAO, CHINA - JANUARY 12, 2025 - A foreign student shows a newly made rubbing work at Shandong University of Science and Technology in Shandong province, east China's Shandong province, Jan 12, 2025.

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Foreign Students Studying in China

QINGDAO, CHINA - JANUARY 12, 2025 - A foreign student shows a newly made rubbing work at Shandong University of Science and Technology in Shandong province, east China's Shandong province, Jan 12, 2025.

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Foreign Students Studying in China

QINGDAO, CHINA - JANUARY 12, 2025 - A foreign student shows a newly made rubbing work at Shandong University of Science and Technology in Shandong province, east China's Shandong province, Jan 12, 2025.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - An education delegation from Derby shows their tile rubbing works at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - Representatives of the Education delegation from Derby experience Wadang rubbing at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - Representatives of the Education delegation from Derby experience Wadang rubbing at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Sino-British Educational Exchanges

HEFEI, CHINA - OCTOBER 24, 2024 - Representatives of the Education delegation from Derby experience Wadang rubbing at Mengcheng Road campus of Lu 'an Road Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Oct 24, 2024.

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Firefighters National Memorial Day Service - Ottawa

Colleagues of BC Wildfire Service firefighter Devyn Gale use graphite to make a rubbing of her name on the Canadian Firefighters Memorial after the Firefighters' National Memorial Day service in Ottawa, ON, Canada, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Photo by Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(FOCUS)CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-DISCOVERIES-WORKSHOP-JADE-STONE (CN)

(240723) -- CHENGDU, July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This combo photo shows a side-profile human figure carved on jade discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province (left, photo taken on July 10, 2024 by Xinhua photographer Wang Xi) and the rubbing of it (provided by Sichuan cultural relics and archaeology research institute). Archaeological authorities have recently unveiled groundbreaking discoveries, including a jade and stone artifact "workshop" dating back over 3,400 years, at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site. The new finds offer vital insights into the origins of various precious cultural relics and highlight the remarkable achievements of ancient Chinese civilization. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

A staff member helps a girl on her rubbing work at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Children Experience Traditional Rubbing Techniques - China

A girl shows her rubbing work at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Li Ziheng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member helps a girl on her rubbing work at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A girl shows her rubbing work at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-CULTURE-TOURISM (CN)

(240719) -- QINGDAO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children try rubbing at an art space themed on Chinese culture in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 19, 2024. The art space held experience activities on traditional rubbing techniques for children during the summer vacation. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-CHINA-U.S. YOUTH FESTIVAL-YOUTH FAIR (CN)

(240627) -- FUZHOU, June 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Guests show rubbing works at a youth fair in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 26, 2024. As an important event of Bond with Kuliang: 2024 China-U.S. Youth Festival, a youth fair, also the exhibition and performance of Fujian intangible cultural heritage, opened Wednesday in Fuzhou. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Qin Lang)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-CHINA-U.S. YOUTH FESTIVAL-YOUTH FAIR (CN)

(240627) -- FUZHOU, June 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guests show rubbing works at a youth fair in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 26, 2024. As an important event of Bond with Kuliang: 2024 China-U.S. Youth Festival, a youth fair, also the exhibition and performance of Fujian intangible cultural heritage, opened Wednesday in Fuzhou. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-RIZHAO-URBAN READING ROOMS (CN)

(240524) -- RIZHAO, May 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child learns about rubbing techniques with the help of a volunteer at an urban reading room in Donggang District of Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, May 23, 2024. Nineteen urban reading rooms have been established in Donggang District since 2020, which are open to the public free of charge. Special activities including reading salons, experiencing of intangible cultural heritages, and displaying of cultural and creative products are regularly held in the reading rooms. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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ChineseToday | Dinosaur egg fossils restorer: discovering mysteries of paleontological life

(240518) -- SHIYAN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Bi makes a rubbing of a fossil to prepare a teaching aid at Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province, May 16, 2024. The museum has launched a series of activities popularizing paleontological knowledge for primary and middle school students. With precision tools in hands, Zhao Bi, a researcher with the Hubei Institute of Geosciences, leans over a nest of dinosaur egg fossils, and intently removes undesired substance attached to their surfaces. This has been the daily routine for Zhao and other dinosaur egg fossil restorers at Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan City. The Museum is dedicated to in-situ protection and display of dinosaur egg fossils. The fossil site covers more than 7,000 square meters, with 3,204 dinosaur egg fossils restored, protected, and displayed in their original positions. Back in 2020, the Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Group

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ChineseToday | Dinosaur egg fossils restorer: discovering mysteries of paleontological life

(240518) -- SHIYAN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Bi checks a rubbing of a fossil at Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan City, central China's Hubei Province, May 16, 2024. With precision tools in hands, Zhao Bi, a researcher with the Hubei Institute of Geosciences, leans over a nest of dinosaur egg fossils, and intently removes undesired substance attached to their surfaces. This has been the daily routine for Zhao and other dinosaur egg fossil restorers at Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan City. The Museum is dedicated to in-situ protection and display of dinosaur egg fossils. The fossil site covers more than 7,000 square meters, with 3,204 dinosaur egg fossils restored, protected, and displayed in their original positions. Back in 2020, the Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Group National Nature Reserve, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Hubei Institute

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-UN-CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY-EVENT

(240507) -- VIENNA, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A guest (R) tries her hands on rubbing during the Chinese Language Day event at the United Nations Office at Vienna, in Vienna, Austria, May 6, 2024. A series of celebratory events marking the United Nations (UN) Chinese Language Day kicked off at the UN family in Vienna on Monday. More than 700 people, including representatives of Vienna-based international organizations, diplomats and UN employees, attended the grand opening ceremony at the Vienna International Center. This year's Chinese Language Day celebration, themed "Diverse Cultures and Romantic Scenery," features a spate of exhibitions on south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a border region often dubbed as China's gateway to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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CHINA-MAY DAY HOLIDAY-TOURISM (CN)

(240504) -- TAIYUAN, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children try to make copies of ancient seal patterns by rubbing at a museum featuring murals dating back some 1,500 years to the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557) in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, May 4, 2024. Traffics have surged at tourist attractions throughout the country during the 5-day May Day holiday beginning on May 1. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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UN Chinese Language Day celebrated in Tunisia

STORY: UN Chinese Language Day celebrated in Tunisia SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tunisian students participating in a quiz challenge on Chinese culture 2. various of Tunisian students experiencing calligraphy, inscription rubbing and tie-dye 3. various of participants taking a group photo STORYLINE: Tunisia on Wednesday celebrated this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20, by holding a cultural event in its capital city. The celebration was held in the Confucius Institute at Carthage University, where participants queued up to experience Chinese calligraphy, inscription rubbing and tie-dye, or take a quiz on Chinese culture. The event attracted Chinese culture enthusiasts, interested locals, and students studying the Chinese language at Carthage University. This provided a chance for Tunisians to gain a deeper understanding of the Asian country. Duan Shuk, a Tunis

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TUNISIA-TUNIS-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

(240417) -- TUNIS, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students learn inscription rubbing in the Confucius Institute at Carthage University in Tunis, Tunisia, on April 17, 2024. Tunisia on Wednesday celebrated this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20, by holding a cultural event here in the capital city. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN COUNTY-HUIZHOU INK-INHERITOR (CN)

(231031) -- SHEXIAN COUNTY, Oct. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students experience rubbing of ink molds during an educational tourism project at the Ancient Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory in Shexian County, Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 24, 2023. Shexian County, located in Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, is known as the "Capital of Ink" dating back to the Southern Tang Dynasty (937-975). After it was renamed Huizhou in 1121, the term "Huizhou Ink", or "Hui Mo" in Chinese, stands for high-quality ink product in China. Huizhou Ink, a type of paint usually applied in traditional Chinese calligraphy and brush painting, is mainly made of pine soot, tung oil soot or lacquer soot, and colloid, and mixed with more than a dozen precious ingredients such as musk, gold foil and pearl powder. Due to its high-standard making procedures, Huizhou Ink is lustrous black in colour, solid in quality, anti-tinting on paper, unsticky with brush, long-lasting with time, fragrant in smell and mothproof in storage

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN COUNTY-HUIZHOU INK-INHERITOR (CN)

(231031) -- SHEXIAN COUNTY, Oct. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student checks a rubbing of ink mold during an educational tourism project at the Ancient Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory in Shexian County, Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 24, 2023. Shexian County, located in Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, is known as the "Capital of Ink" dating back to the Southern Tang Dynasty (937-975). After it was renamed Huizhou in 1121, the term "Huizhou Ink", or "Hui Mo" in Chinese, stands for high-quality ink product in China. Huizhou Ink, a type of paint usually applied in traditional Chinese calligraphy and brush painting, is mainly made of pine soot, tung oil soot or lacquer soot, and colloid, and mixed with more than a dozen precious ingredients such as musk, gold foil and pearl powder. Due to its high-standard making procedures, Huizhou Ink is lustrous black in colour, solid in quality, anti-tinting on paper, unsticky with brush, long-lasting with time, fragrant in smell and mothproof in storage.

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-CULTURAL ACTIVITY(CN)

(230802) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Stefania-Patricia Catinean (L) and Maria-Antoaneta Alexe of Romania experience the rubbing technics with Chinese characters at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(230627) -- QUFU, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates rubbing production at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, June 27, 2023. A series of activities to promote traditional Chinese culture were held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu during the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-CULTURE (CN)

(230620) -- QUFU, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member makes a rubbing at a cultural community at the foot of Nishan Mountain in Qufu City, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2023. Qufu City, located in east China's Shandong Province, is the birthplace of ancient Chinese sage Confucius. The Cemetery of Confucius, the Confucius Temple and the Kong family mansion in Qufu are among venues for people to commemorate ancient Chinese sages and important places for education and research tour on the fine traditional Chinese culture. In addition, the Chinese Confucius Research Institute, the Nishan Sacredland and the Confucius Museum in Qufu, also boost the research and inheritance of Confucianism. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-CHINA-SUZHOU CULTURE AND TOURISM PROMOTION

(230613) -- BUDAPEST, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor experiences traditional Chinese rubbing at the Suzhou Culture and Tourism Promotion in Budapest, Hungary, on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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London holds Chinese Language Day event

STORY: London holds Chinese Language Day event DATELINE: May 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:21 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Language Day event 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOAN DESLANDES, Head teacher of Kingsford Community School in east London STORYLINE: More than 100 British secondary school students and teachers participated in an International Chinese Language Day event in London on Thursday. The event, hosted by the Chinese Bridge Club and the Chinese Proficiency Test UK Committee, marked the end of the 2023 International Chinese Language Day activities across Britain. Teachers of six Confucius Institutes from London, Oxford and Nottingham brought different workshops showcasing traditional Chinese culture, covering Chinese calligraphy, paper folding, paper painting and rubbing, Chinese opera face painting and Chinese Kongfu, among other activities. The activities were welcomed by participants. SOUNDBITE (English): JOAN DESLANDES, Head teacher of Kingsford Communit

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Abe in NZ

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) exchanges a traditional Maori greeting of rubbing noses with an elder of New Zealand's indigenous Maori people, while his wife Akie (2nd from L) looks on, in Auckland on July 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing takes a dried rubbing off at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing c

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022 shows high relief rubbings by Li Renqing. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultural relics.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing instructs his apprentice to apply ink onto rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 16, 2022 shows Li Renqing's tools for making high relief rubbings. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultur

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing shows how to apply ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion o

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing tamps rubbing paper with a brush at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, prov

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing splices pieces of rubbing paper for restoration at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosio

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Li Renqing making rubbings at the Gongyi grotto temple in Gongyi, central China's Henan Province. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing sprays water on rubbing paper at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing shows how to apply ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion o