Documentary-adapted books on Chinese cultural relics published

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Multilingual books adapted from "Every Treasure Tells a Story," a 100-episode documentary featuring 100 pieces of Chinese historical relics, have been released.

Compared with the four-season documentary broadcast, the books add descriptions on how the relics were created and what cultural meanings they carry.

As planned, the four seasons will be adapted into 20 books in total in five languages of Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Arabic. The books published so far include the Chinese, English, French and Spanish editions for the first season and the Chinese version for the second season.