STORY: Hong Kong, mainland join hands to restore cultural relics
SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024
DATELINE: April 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:54
LOCATION: HONG KONG, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the clock restoration
2. various of the locomotive clock
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum
4. various of the clock restoration
5. SOUNDBITE2 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum
6. various of the clock restoration
7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum

STORYLINE:

Under the dim spotlights, a locomotive clock made in 1900 is quietly displaying the vibrancy of its "new life" in the glass cover thanks to the joint restoration efforts from the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Palace Museum in Beijing.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum
"Clock restoration is a very professional job, and it needs long-term training. Only personnel with a mechanical background working along with masters can repair it."

Through close collaboration ties, Qi Haonan, a member of the clock restoration team from the Palace Museum, has helped their counterparts in Hong Kong to revive the relics.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum
"He (Qi Haonan) first came over to open the clock and checked it, and then made a specific restoration plan. Then, another restorer Yang Xiaochen repaired the clock by adjusting the machinery. After that, Qi Haonan came again, and he put the whole clock together. It is a step-by-step restoration."

The restoration of antique clocks not only needs to clean dust but also master professional machinery maintenance technology.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIANG JIAFANG, Head of the collection restoration team at Hong Kong Palace Museum
"Some cultural relics' restoration process is very complicated since it might be made of gold, silver, wood, gems, and inlaying materials, very complicated. In this case, it will affect another part if you move one part."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China.
(XHTV)