Eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum for the first time. Like many visitors, the young couple were (
D
) at the beautiful old buildings. At the same time, they had a great (
B
) in the cloisonne(景泰蓝) artworks there. “We both spent many hours (
C
) those amazing things. We just couldn’t take our (
A
) off them,” said Li.
In fact, the young couple were not (
D
) to cloisonne items. 35-year-old Li was born and grew up in Beijing. There were two cloisonne vases in his grandparents’ home. Guan learnt to paint as a child and she saw cloisonne artworks in her books many times, (
A
) she knew much about them.
After their visit to the Palace Museum, the couple (
B
) to open a DIY workshop. “It often takes us hours or even a few days to (
C
) a cloisonne item because there are many steps to follow. We hope more people can enjoy (
D
) making Chinese-style cloisonne pieces here, so we make the process easier. They (
B
) need to paint the pieces their favourite colours,” said Guan.
Chang Yunqi, a 23-year-old office worker, (
C
) making cloisonne items at the workshop in 2019. At that time, Chang and her friends (
A
) a place to have fun after they finished high school. They wanted to try something special and (
D
) chose to go to the DIY workshop. “I never did DIY before. When I saw different cloisonne pieces, I would like to have a try. It was difficult but (
B
),” Chang said.
Now, the workshop is (
A
) among young people. They are happy to spend their free time there.
