Restoring a centuries-old goddess

Two specialists work to restore a statue of a Thousand-hand Buddhist Goddess of Mercy on Baoding Mountain in Southwest China’s Chongqing city on March 18, 2014. The statue, one integral part of the Dazu Rock Carvings, which are designated as a World Heritage Site, was originally carved in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The conservation project of was initially launched on April 18, 2011 and is expected to be completed sometime in the first half of 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

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