Center formed to cultivate book restoration artisans

BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The National Library of China (NLC) on Saturday unveiled a new center intended to train more ancient book restoration artisans.

It is the latest effort the library has made to preserve techniques for rare book repair and restoration and ensure that the techniques are passed down.

At a ceremony held on Saturday, Du Weisheng, an artisan reputed for his ancient book restoration skills, formally granted requests from eight library employees who wish to study under him.

On the same day, a special display was held at the library to showcase achievements made in completing the restoration of a number of ancient books.

The NLC has nearly 100 years of experience in ancient book restoration. It has trained more than 700 book restoration experts since it introduced a plan for ancient book protection in 2007.

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