GLOBALink| Museum docent's talk show lets young people get interested in cultural relics

STORY: Museum docent's talk show lets young people get interested in cultural relics DATELINE: July 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. footages of Bai Xuesong's online shows 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAI XUESONG, Docent of Xi'an Beilin Museum STORYLINE: A museum docent's online talk show has attracted a large number of Chinese young people and let them fall in love with ancient cultural relics. Bai Xuesong is a docent with Xi'an Beilin Museum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A livestreaming talk show of his draws 400,000 netizens with more than 5 million likes. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAI XUESONG, Docent of Xi'an Beilin Museum "I set a standard for myself. I need to say at least a piece of interesting historical information in 10 seconds or 20 seconds and interpret cultural relics from new perspectives. The most important thing for museums is rigor and accuracy of information. On the basis of accuracy, we try to arouse people's interest with new forms.