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