China opens first museum on ancient book repairing

          Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-27 10:33:53|Editor: huaxia
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          Two visitors are taking photos at China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts, Dec. 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

          China's first museum on antique book repairing in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, displays 500 artifacts that allow the public to better understand the craft's complicated procedures and behold the works of accomplished restorers.

          CHENGDU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday unveiled the signboard of China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts.

          The 1,100-square-meter museum in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, displays 500 artifacts that allow the public to better understand the craft's complicated procedures and behold the works of accomplished restorers.

          It also features a demonstration zone for visitors to view the process, which includes over 20 steps from making glue to bookbinding.

          A visitor is taking photo of a restorer at China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

          Peng Dequan, who initiated the founding of the museum, said China is under strain to salvage many ancient books and documents that suffer from mildew, moths and other forms of damage.

          Many skilled restorers, however, are elderly without successors, which prompted him to open the museum to promote the craft.

          In China, books written or printed before 1912 featuring classical book-binding styles are classified as antique books. It is estimated that China has about 50 million antique books, among which the foremost 20 million have been protected, leaving a daunting task for book repairers.

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