Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again
3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily  

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with the remnants of statues located around the world, advanced digital art techniques, and a verification process involving scientists and academics from China and the United States. "The digital restoration of cultural relics preserves an accurate historical and cultural record for future generations, allowing more endangered ancient sites to be 'revived' and take their place in the world," said Zhao Hui, dean of the College of Art at Taiyuan University of Technology, one of the institutions involved in the project. About 120 statues located abroad are confirmed to be from Tianlong Mountain, making it one of the most damaged cultural sites in China, said Jia Chen, vice president of Taiyuan Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute.

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Themed exhibitions on Buddha trail open in Zhejiang
2 months, 1 week ago

Themed exhibitions on Buddha trail open in Zhejiang

China Daily  

Three themed exhibitions are opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and values in various kinds of art and crafts. There are also photos of temples and monasteries around the world, as well as paintings and works of Chinese calligraphy …

Digital Restoration of Buddhist Statues Preserves Cultural Heritage, Revive Ancient Sites
2 months, 1 week ago

Digital Restoration of Buddhist Statues Preserves Cultural Heritage, Revive Ancient Sites

China Daily  

Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again using advanced digital art techniques. The restoration process involves scientists and academics from China and the United States, and the finished product appears as it would have centuries ago in its original setting.

Tech marvel
2 months, 1 week ago

Tech marvel

China Daily  

From left: An aerial view of the Tianlong Mountain Grottoes, in Taiyuan, in June; A replica of a Bodhisattva statue on display in Taiyuan. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Zhang Xiao, a professor of digital media art at Taiyuan University of Technology, said that the 3D scanning equipment was so large that it required two men to lift it, and scanning had …

Tech marvel
2 months, 1 week ago

Tech marvel

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole once again — but in a digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with the remnants of statues located worldwide, using advanced digital art techniques, and a …

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again
3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily  

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again
3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily  

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again
3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily  

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again
3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily  

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece
7 months, 1 week ago

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece

China Daily  

Visitors admired the beauty of art from ancient China as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. Visitors were inspired by the beauty of 1,500-year-old art from Chinese grottoes, as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. With carving begun during the Northern Dynasties Eastern Wei …

Relics tumble out of wall at Longmen Grottoes
8 months, 1 week ago

Relics tumble out of wall at Longmen Grottoes

China Daily  

Archaeologists clean a stone Buddha head that was discovered at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province, in November. Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of more than 80 stone carvings and building units, dating back about 1,300 years, at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province. The Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Rare Chinese Buddha statue up for auction at Bonhams in Paris
1 year, 6 months ago

Rare Chinese Buddha statue up for auction at Bonhams in Paris

Hindustan Times  

A rare Chinese Buddha statue, found in a French family home and part of a set thought to have been lost, is expected to fetch 1 million euros when it is auctioned on June 13 in Paris. Head of Chinese Art Caroline Schulten at Bonhams auction house looks at a rare Buddha statue, believed to be from the 12th century …

Replica of Yungang Grottoes displayed in Qingdao
1 year, 6 months ago

Replica of Yungang Grottoes displayed in Qingdao

China Daily  

A replica of Cave 3 of the Yungang Grottoes, which is hailed as the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art, is displayed at an art gallery in the Qingdao West Coast New Area. A replica of Cave 3 of the Yungang Grottoes is currently displayed at an art gallery in the Qingdao West Coast New Area. People visit the replica …

China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology
1 year, 8 months ago

China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology

China Daily  

Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Dunhuang of Gansu province, on Oct 2, 2019. On Tuesday, an interactive digital platform called the "Digital Library Cave" was launched, featuring a virtual duplication of the Library Cave, employing digital technology to revive the relics for the benefit of both researchers and the general public. Jointly developed by the Dunhuang Academy …

China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology
1 year, 8 months ago

China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology

China Daily  

Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Dunhuang of Gansu province, on Oct 2, 2019. On Tuesday, an interactive digital platform called the "Digital Library Cave" was launched, featuring a virtual duplication of the Library Cave, employing digital technology to revive the relics for the benefit of both researchers and the general public. Jointly developed by the Dunhuang Academy …

Millennium-old Buddha statues unearthed in ancient Chinese market
2 years ago

Millennium-old Buddha statues unearthed in ancient Chinese market

China Daily  

The Buddha statues and pagoda sculptures unearthed in the ruins of East Market in Xi'an. More than 680 fragments of Buddha statues and pagoda sculptures have been unearthed in the ruins of an ancient market in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Many of the Buddha statues are decorated with colored drawings and gold elements, which was a unique style of …

Cave treasures saved
2 years ago

Cave treasures saved

China Daily  

Mati Temple complex finalizes digitization project to preserve and research grottoes, Fang Aiqing and Ma Jingna in Lanzhou report. A digitization project of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province, that aims at high-fidelity preservation of its grottoes was completed recently, according to the city's cultural relics preservation office. Launched in June last year, the project, with …

Cave treasures saved
2 years ago

Cave treasures saved

China Daily  

Mati Temple complex finalizes digitization project to preserve and research grottoes, Fang Aiqing and Ma Jingna in Lanzhou report. A digitization project of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province, that aims at high-fidelity preservation of its grottoes was completed recently, according to the city's cultural relics preservation office. Launched in June last year, the project, with …

Dunhuang's ancient beauty shared in digital form
2 years, 4 months ago

Dunhuang's ancient beauty shared in digital form

China Daily  

A poster for the Dunhuang exhibition in Beijing. By the end of 2021, the "digital Dunhuang project" had completed the digital collection of 268 grottoes, the image processing of 164 grottoes, and the 3D reconstruction of 45 painted sculptures, 146 grottoes and seven large relics sites. In the process, it has not only applied various mature technologies to the digital …

Uncovering one of Beijing's hidden gems
2 years, 6 months ago

Uncovering one of Beijing's hidden gems

China Daily  

An example of the distinctive sculptures on display at Zhihua Temple, Dongcheng district, Beijing. Michael Rhys Card Zhihua Temple, meaning "temple of wisdom attained", was built in the Ming Dynasty in 1444 and is the only remaining Buddhist temple with Ming characteristics in Beijing. Within many of the temple's structures are ancient sculptures and artwork, a not uncommon feature, but …

Uncovering one of Beijing's hidden gems
2 years, 6 months ago

Uncovering one of Beijing's hidden gems

China Daily  

An example of the distinctive sculptures on display at Zhihua Temple, Dongcheng district, Beijing. Michael Rhys Card Zhihua Temple, meaning "temple of wisdom attained", was built in the Ming Dynasty in 1444 and is the only remaining Buddhist temple with Ming characteristics in Beijing. Within many of the temple's structures are ancient sculptures and artwork, a not uncommon feature, but …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China
2 years, 7 months ago

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China

China Daily  

Grotto temples, which are religious niches or caves carved into mountains or rock, were introduced to China along the Silk Road in the 3rd century and, over the course of the following millennium, gradually became a fundamental form of Chinese Buddhist art. 2 Mogao Caves, Gansu province This complex of 492 extant caves, with their exquisite murals and statues dating …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Digitalization of 1600-yr-old grottoes completed in China's Gansu
3 years, 3 months ago

Digitalization of 1600-yr-old grottoes completed in China's Gansu

China Daily  

Jinta Temple Grottoes, famous for the unique high relief sculptures with the pattern of flying apsaras, include more than 200 colored sculptures as well as murals spanning a total of over 500 square meters. The digitalization of 1600-year-old Jinta Temple Grottoes in the city of Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province, has been completed, local authorities said Wednesday. Launched in June, …

Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu
3 years, 3 months ago

Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu

China Daily  

The Mati Temple Grottoes cover about 100 square kilometers in Sunan, a Yugu ethnic autonomous county 600 kilometers from Gansu's provincial capital Lanzhou. Northwest China's Gansu province has launched a restoration project in a key part of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye city, a national key cultural relic protection site, local authorities said. The work is focused on one …

Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic
3 years, 4 months ago

Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic

China Daily  

A Buddha head statue dating to the Sui Dynasty returns home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes. Nearly one century after it was lost, a Buddha head statue repatriated from Japan finally returned to its home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Saturday. The relic, dating to the Sui Dynasty, was originally set on the northern side in the …

Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic
3 years, 4 months ago

Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic

China Daily  

A Buddha head statue dating to the Sui Dynasty returns home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes. Nearly one century after it was lost, a Buddha head statue repatriated from Japan finally returned to its home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on July 24. The relic, dating to the Sui Dynasty, was originally set on the northern side in …

Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world
3 years, 7 months ago

Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world

China Daily  

The Yungang Grottoes boast 45 major caves and over 59,000 statues in the city of Datong, North China's Shanxi province. Various technologies have been adopted to digitize the 1,500-year-old Yungang Grottoes in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, to permanently preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Using three-dimensional laser scanning and multiplanar reconstruction, the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute is working to …

1,000-year-old Buddhist statues restored in East China
3 years, 7 months ago

1,000-year-old Buddhist statues restored in East China

China Daily  

Photo taken on May 7, 2021 shows a renovated arhat statue dating back to the Song Dynasty at Lingyan Temple in Jinan, East China's Shandong province. Twelve arhat statues in East China's Shandong province dating back nearly 1,000 years have undergone their first renovation in 39 years. The colored clay statues are at Lingyan Temple in Jinan, the provincial capital …

Old photos shed new light on Yuanmingyuan's former glory
3 years, 9 months ago

Old photos shed new light on Yuanmingyuan's former glory

China Daily  

Workers from the administration of Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park exhibit a photo from the 1920s that features a statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity, at Zhengjue Temple in Beijing on Wednesday. Referring to historical documents, archaeological research, scattered architectural ruins and ancient artworks portraying original scenes, people have to rely on their imagination to get an impression of the past …

Age of restoration
3 years, 11 months ago

Age of restoration

China Daily  

A sleeping Buddha image is one of the most representative rock carvings in Baodingshan, Dazu district, Chongqing, and was threatened by seeping water. Dazu Rock Carvings, being studied, preserved and protected in Southwest China, provide a fascinating insight into Chinese culture, Wang Kaihao reports in Chongqing. For villager Luo Kaihong, 46, a native of Dazu district, Chongqing municipality in Southwest …

Age of restoration
3 years, 11 months ago

Age of restoration

China Daily  

A sleeping Buddha image is one of the most representative rock carvings in Baodingshan, Dazu district, Chongqing, and was threatened by seeping water. Dazu Rock Carvings, being studied, preserved and protected in Southwest China, provide a fascinating insight into Chinese culture, Wang Kaihao reports in Chongqing. For villager Luo Kaihong, 46, a native of Dazu district, Chongqing municipality in Southwest …

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China
4 years, 1 month ago

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China

China Daily  

Located about 50 km south of the city of Wuwei in Northwest China's Gansu province, the Tianti Mountain Grottoes were first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The restoration work on relocated frescos and colored statues from the Tianti Mountain Grottoes, some of China's earliest, has been completed, local authorities said on Friday. Located about 50 km south of the …

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China
4 years, 1 month ago

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China

China Daily  

Located about 50 km south of the city of Wuwei in Northwest China's Gansu province, the Tianti Mountain Grottoes were first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The restoration work on relocated frescos and colored statues from the Tianti Mountain Grottoes, some of China's earliest, has been completed, local authorities said on Friday. Located about 50 km south of the …

Yungang Grottoes to complete digital scanning in 5 years
4 years, 1 month ago

Yungang Grottoes to complete digital scanning in 5 years

China Daily  

The Yungang Grottoes, located in the city of Datong, Shanxi province, has 45 major caves and more than 59,000 stone statues. China's Yungang Grottoes will complete the scanning of all its caves in five years, paving the way for the creation of digital versions that can withstand weathering and other real-world damage. So far, the UNESCO World Heritage Site in …

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