Ye Xuechen is a young restorer of ancient books. She presents one page of the moth-eaten, damaged ancient book in her studio in Tangxia county, Rui'an city of east China's Zhejiang province. (Photo/zjol.com.cn)
Ye Xuechen, 23, opened a studio after she graduated from university. Besides teaching students to paint, she also restores ancient books, paintings and ceramics. As a restorer of ancient books, one needs to have knowledge of textual bibliography, printing history, aesthetics, chemistry, history and theory of Chinese books. At the same time, having a thorough understanding of paper selection for books of different dynasties, binding and layout styles of many areas is a must.
