Coloring culture

Coloring books are taking on a new role as museums try to popularize historical relics through giving them a place in people's lives. Yang Yang reports.

At a recent event, Ding Xiaohong was busy showing audiences Buddhist sculptures and frescoes from Dunhuang, which were replicated using 3-D printing technology.

Ding, who works with the Dunhuang Academy in Northwest China's Gansu province - the institution responsible for the preservation and research of the Mogao Grottos - was doing a presentation on the world cultural heritage site at the recent 12th Five-Year Plan Scientific Innovation Exhibition.