The Forbidden City is one of the important landmark buildings in China. So far, there are still a large number of cultural relics in the Forbidden City that need to be repaired. To this end, the Palace Museum cultural relics restoration team will recruit 88 new employees this year. As the documentary "I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City" became popular after being sought after by netizens on the Internet, the number of young people who apply to the Forbidden City to repair cultural relics every year increased rapidly. Now more than 40000 people have signed up to repair the Forbidden City. After raising the threshold, they now need a master's degree or above from a famous university to have the opportunity to participate in this work.
"I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City" is a three episode documentary on cultural relics restoration directed by Ye Jun and Xiao Han and produced by CCTV. It is broadcast in the CCTV TV program "documentary editing room". The film focuses on the restoration process of rare and rare cultural relics in the fields of calligraphy and painting of the Forbidden City, bronzes, court clocks and watches, wood, ceramics, lacquerware, Baibao inlay, palace weaving and embroidery and the life stories of the restorers. Broadcast on CCTV-9 on January 7, 2016.
The first episode of "I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City" tells the story of the restoration of bronzes, court clocks and ceramics. The second episode is the story of the restoration of wood, lacquer, treasure inlay, weaving and embroidery. The third episode is the restoration, copying and printing of calligraphy and painting.
For the first time, the film presents the world-class restoration process and technology of Chinese cultural relics, showing the original state and collection state of cultural relics; It is the first time to show the inner world and daily life of cultural relics restoration experts at a close distance; It is the first time to completely sort out the historical origin of Chinese cultural relics restoration; For the first time, through the interaction between 'temples' and' rivers and lakes' in the field of cultural relics restoration, it shows the inheritance password of the only orderly 'workers' among the four traditional Chinese classes' scholars, farmers, industry and Commerce', as well as their beliefs and changes.
As a documentary on the 90th anniversary of the Forbidden City, the plot setting of the three episodes also revolves around the story of craftsmen repairing cultural relics in preparation for Daqing. With the full support of the Palace Museum, the production team of "I repair cultural relics in the Palace Museum" made an exception and stationed in the cultural protection and science and Technology Department of the Palace Museum, the most confidential and mysterious cultural relics restoration unit in China. After five years of project research and four months of uninterrupted documentary shooting, the film has a total length of three episodes. Each episode shows several closely related cultural relics restoration and restoration masters with different temperament.