US EditionForbidden City Blends Science and Tradition to Restore Historic Relics
- Restorers at Beijing's Forbidden City use advanced X-ray technology to analyze artifacts, including a glazed roof tile fragment, to improve preservation.
- The restoration team, composed of about 150 workers, combines scientific methods with traditional techniques to care for over 1.8 million relics.
- Kang Baoqiang, a restorer, expressed the goal of identifying the black material on artifacts in order to enhance their preservation.
- Qu Feng, head of the Conservation Department, emphasized that modern techniques build upon traditional practices to protect the cultural values carried by the relics.
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In China’s Forbidden City, a mix of science and tradition helps restore relics
A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive the more than 1.8 million relics in the collection of Beijing’s Forbidden City
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A mix of science and tradition helps restore relics in China's Forbidden City
A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive the more than 1.8 million relics in the collection of Beijing's Forbidden City.
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