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BEIJING, June 14 (PNA/Xinhua) -- With Chinese Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, the difficulty of restoring religious wall paintings has become a national focus of attention.
Fengguo Temple of the northeastern province of Liaoning's Yixian County is one of only three surviving temples dating back to the Liao period (916-1125), after which the province is named. There are 20 buddhist murals in the main temple and much of the artwork has been worn away by time.
The restoration was approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 2000 but, so far, nothing has been done, said Wang Fei, head of heritage management in the county.
"The...