Hands to Heart: the Story of the Forbidden City Cultural Relics Restorer (Hardcover Edition)

About This Novel

The cultural relic restorers of the Forbidden City pass on the work from generation to generation, and the master and apprentice are of the same mind; they adhere to the belief of "choosing one thing to last a lifetime". The author of this book, Forbidden City photographer Han Tong, uses first-hand images taken over many years and interviews accumulated over many years to tell the stories of cultural relic restorers in depth. The documentary "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City" has set off a craze in cultural relics, culture, history, and Chinese studies in recent years. After that, restorers Wang Jin, Wang Youliang, Qu Feng and others became "Internet celebrities" on the Internet. The author and photographer of this book is a member of the cultural relics restoration department and works as a full-time photographer in the Palace Museum Restoration Department. The author wants to photograph and observe the lifestyle of these craftsmen of great powers who are closest to history through a perspective that only the "own people" of the Forbidden City can have access to - to see their joys and sorrows, to experience their hobbies, to understand their melancholy, and to explore the connection points between their lives and work... What this book shows is to step away from work, return to life, and then go into work and their spirits, to more deeply and comprehensively display and explore the spiritual motivation and character of great craftsmen. Photography is just a method of exploration. The story behind it will be even more fascinating.

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