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CHINA PALACE MUSEUM
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Beijing – 21 February 2025
1. Wide of tourists in Qing Dynasty costumes taking photos on the Harmony Square in the Forbidden City
2. Various of tourists in Qing Dynasty costumes taking photos in front of the Hall of the Supreme Harmony
3. Various of a fragment of glazed green tile in an X-ray machine
4. Computer screen showing the surface of the tile before and after the erosion is removed
5. Tilt up of of Kang Baoqiang, technician in antique restoration of the Palace Museum
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Kang Baoqiang, restoration technician, Palace Museum:
“We want to learn what the black material is, whether it’s atmospheric sediment or it’s the result of substantial change from within, so we examine its substrate and then decide how to preserve it.”
7. Wide of antique clocks on display
8. Various of gilt bronze clock with elephant pulling chariot, made in 18th century in Britain
9. Tilt down of gilt bronze clock with writing figure
10. Various of figures, clock and gem decoration on the clock
11. Wide of clock restoration room
12. Various of a restorer fixing parts of a clock
13. Wide of Qi Haonan, clock restorer, activating a clock and music playing
14. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qi Haonan, clock restorer, Palace Museum:
“We have exchanges with the clock restorers of other countries. After communicating with them, we bought advanced equipment from overseas. The equipment improved the accuracy and efficiency of our restoration work. Especially with 3D scanning, we can scan each critical part of the clocks and accumulate the data for study. This work will provide technical support for making replicas in the future.”
15. Wide of a restorer polishing a piece of jade
16. Wide of a jade screen
17. Close of polishing
18. Mid of restorer working
19. Close of sketch of jade pieces
20. Various of restorers working
21. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Kong Yanju, deputy director of Antique Restoration Department, Palace Museum:
“Sometimes we choose traditional glues. In most of the cases we would consider the fragility and strength of a piece of an antique, so we don’t use modern glues very often. Our principle and our goal is to better protect the antiques.”
22. Various of restorer Hou Yan working on ancient paintings
23. Close of pest bites
24. Various of Hou tracing the outlines of pest bites
25. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Hou Yan, restorer, Palace Museum:
“I will first scrape the edges of the holes. Then I cut out the shapes of the holes from this paper. When I fit the patch into the holes, the edge needs to be smoothed out. You can see the patch paper is thinner than the painting paper. The painting paper has five layers, so I need to apply another layer and even more so the patch can be as thick as the painting paper.”
26. Various of restorer painting on a silk panel
27. Wide of restorers painting on a silk panel
28. Close of writing brush painting on a silk panel
29. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Nan, restorer, Palace Museum:
“We have repaired the backing of this silk panel, and we are now fixing the damage on the front. We need to add colours to the front where the patches are, so the patches don’t stand out. This step is called “inpainting”.”
30. Various of a restorer repairing an ancient painting with water and brush
31. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qu Feng, director of Conservation Department, Palace Museum:
32. Pan of Harmony Square
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ARCHIVE: Beijing – 21 November 2024
33. Various high angles of the Palace Museum
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