A look at Chinese Forbidden City’s Relic Hospital

The Relic Hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation's most-advanced restoration workshops. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of cultural relics will be prolonged by the 'doctors.'

A worker repairs relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

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The Relic Hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation's most-advanced restoration workshops. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of cultural relics will be prolonged by the 'doctors.'

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

A worker repairs relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

Workers repair relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

Relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

The door to the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.

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The Relic Hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation's most-advanced restoration workshops. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of cultural relics will be prolonged by the 'doctors.'

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

A worker repairs relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

Workers repair relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

Relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.

(Photo: China News Service/Yang Kejia)

The door to the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.

Workers repair relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum in December, 2017.

Relics in the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.

The door to the Relic Hospital at Beijing's Palace Museum.