Bringing cultural relics to life

An exhibition displaying old royal craftsmanship began on Friday at China's former imperial palace.

The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is displaying 43 sets of cultural relics, including antique clocks, embroidery and furniture, to showcase its efforts in cultural relic restoration in the past two years.

According to Shan Jixiang, director of the museum, the highlight of the exhibition is not the relics, but the technicians' painstaking process to give life back to them.