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

(230423) -- SHENYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Bin teaches students in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 20, 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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CHINA-SHENYANG-ANCIENT BOOKS RESTORING-EXPERTISE(CN)

(230423) -- SHENYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Bin teaches students in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 20, 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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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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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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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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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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CHINA-SHENYANG-ANCIENT BOOKS RESTORING-EXPERTISE(CN)

(230423) -- SHENYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Bin teaches students on thread-bound book making in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 20, 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

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

(230423) -- SHENYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Bin teaches students in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 20, 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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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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Technology unveils facial appearances of ancient Chinese

STORY: Technology unveils facial appearances of ancient Chinese DATELINE: June 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the technology of computer-assisted craniofacial reconstruction 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI KANG, Teacher, Northwest University STORYLINE: The researchers from Northwest University in northwest China's Shaanxi Province successfully restored the facial appearances of people in ancient China by using the technology of computer-assisted craniofacial reconstruction. With the help of the technology, researchers reconstructed the facial appearances of Li Chui, a fifth-generation offspring of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and some ancients of the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-207 B.C.). SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI KANG, Teacher, Northwest University "Our work is based on statistical models and scientific data to reconstruct the facial appearances of people in ancient China. Compared to the looks of the ancients depicted by scu