How to process a freshly excavated relic? Therein lies the rub

For as long as she can remember, antiques and relics have been as much a part of He Haihui's life as breakfast, lunch and dinner.

During childhood, she played in the soil around archaeologists, while her father worked as a chef at the local archaeology institute.

"I used to help them by digging up the ground, but at the time, for me, it was nothing more than just having fun," says 47-year-old He, a native of Xiaotun village of Anyang, Henan province.