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The silk-made Olympic annals
(BEIJING, November 22) -- Short annals made of silk fabric accounting the Olympic Movement and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be available to collectors in early December.
The annals are a double-sided silk album with full-color printing that adopts specialized printing techniques to lay out the magnificent Olympic history on traditional brocade. The idea is to use silk, which is unique to China, to record the brilliant moments in the development of the Olympic Movement and the preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
A staff member shows the annals
The annals will introduce both tangible and intangible cultural elements of past Olympic Games, including the venues, emblems, medals, mascots, and the ceremonies, while presenting the modern outlook and the ancient traits of Beijing.
With a limited issue of 30,000 copies, the annals will be sold at a price of 2,008 yuan (270 US dollars) per volume.
A journalist has to wear gloves to take a close look.
The journalist seemed attracted by the beautiful annals
The eye-catching annals
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