Tourists to Shenyang Palace Museum in northeast China's Liaoning Province can experience ancient building repair work on Saturday, the museum said.

Scaffolding has been set up around the imperial ancestral temple with red walls and yellow tiles, which was built in 1781 during Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to worship ancestors.

Professional builders demonstrated procedures for repairing ancient buildings. Visitors can have a hands-on experience by using linen and oil putty to reinforce the wooden parts of the temple, including beams, pillars, and square columns.

Li Shengneng, the museum's curator, said that people will learn more about the traditional design and construction of ancient architecture as well as the repair efforts through this experience.

Built in 1625 under the order of Nurhachi (1559-1626), founder of the kingdom of Great Jin which preceded the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang Palace Museum was the imperial palace of two Qing emperors. Some 200,000 imperial items and books were transferred here from Beijing during the Qing Dynasty.

As of the end of September 2016, the museum had 105,085 antiques on record.

(Cover: A builder shows the procedure for renovation at Shenyang Palace Museum, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 11, 2019. /VCG Photo)