HK Palace Museum to showcase cultural treasures from Sanxingdui Ruins

STORY: HK Palace Museum to showcase cultural treasures from Sanxingdui Ruins DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony 2. various of cultural treasures from Sanxingdui Ruins 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TANG FEI, President of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LOUIS NG, Director of the HKPM 5. various of cultural treasures from Sanxingdui Ruins STORYLINE: The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) on Monday announced it will showcase 120 precious cultural relics from the world-renowned Sanxingdui Ruins in a four-month exhibition slated to begin in late September this year. The exhibition will focus on new archaeological discoveries in southwest China's Sichuan Province represented by Sanxingdui. Cultural relics such as bronzeware, jade, goldware, and pottery artifacts dating back 2,600 to 3,300 years will be displayed. Most of the exhibits will be showcased outside Sichu

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(220906) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- He Peng (L) helps a fellow "wheel-mate" do strength training at his rehabilitation training camp in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Aug. 27, 2022. Born in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, He Peng, 38, suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2005, leaving him paraplegic from the neck down. Over the years, he has managed to accomplish a series of rehabilitation training. The first challenge for spinal cord injury patients is to recover their ability to take care of themselves, He Peng said. It took him 5 years from lying in bed to being able to raise his hands and sit up to move. Since then, he started to try out the possibilities by getting a driver's license, traveling, and practicing extreme sports. In 2019, He Peng founded a rehabilitation training camp to help more people with spinal cord injuries receive training and encourage them to go out. In 2021, He and 5 fellow "wheel-mates" drove to Lhasa along the Sichu