CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

(240301) -- DATONG, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wei Songlin, a staff member of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, restores a glazed tile at a studio of the institute in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring over 50,000 stone Buddhist sculptures in Datong, was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is considered a pinnacle of Chinese Buddhist art and represents the highest level of sculptural artistry in the world during the 5th century. The Yungang Grottoes Research Institute boasts a relics protection and restoration team mainly consisting of professionals in their 20s and 30s, who are trying their very best to keep these statues in their prime condition as long as possible. Dubbed doctors for relics, these young souls armed with modern technologies have gone beyond fundamental protection and restoration, and walked the extra mile to present these statues in a much more vivid way before tourists and learners from a

Museums spring up in rural China as nation rapidly modernizes

STORY: Museums spring up in rural China as nation rapidly modernizes SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rural museums in Jilin Province 2. various of the sika deer museum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LU JUNSEN, Sika deer museum in Changchun City 4. various of the museum of modern farming 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAO JINGXIU, Museum of modern farming in Changchun City 6. various of the Mahu Opera museum 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG SONGLIN, Mahu Opera museum in Changchun City 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HAO DAYONG, Director of the cultural heritage administration of Shuangyang District in Changchun City STORYLINE: Rural museums have been sprouting across northeast China's Jilin Province under local government support since 2016. Based on its diversified local cultures, Jilin has built a total of 91 rural museums in a move to boost rural revitalization, as well as enriching rural residents' life. S

TCM sees rising popularity among young people in China

STORY: TCM sees rising popularity among young people in China DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZENG SONGLIN, TCM doctor at the Hunan Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LI HAIXIA, TCM doctor at Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XU JING, Resident, Changsha City 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DENG JIANPING, Doctor at the First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHANG DI, National lawmaker and doctor at the First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent "With a history of more than 2,000 years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is seen by many as a national treasure for its unique theorie

CHINA-TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE-POPULARITY (CN)

CHINA-TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE-POPULARITY (CN)

(230307) -- CHANGSHA, March 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Zeng Songlin (L) checks on an outpatient's condition at the Hunan Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, on March 3, 2023. TO GO WITH "China Focus: TCM sees rising popularity among young people" (Xinhua)