Tech marvel
2 months, 1 week ago

Tech marvel

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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 verification process involving scientists and academics from China and the United States. Once the digital image of a statue is complete, it appears as it would have centuries ago in its original setting — the Tianlong Mountain Buddhist Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. "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.

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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 …

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 …

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

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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 …

Ancient mythical creature comes to life in artist's installation
8 months, 1 week ago

Ancient mythical creature comes to life in artist's installation

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An outdoor exhibition in Guilin shows installations of Qiu Qijing who gives a profile to the mythical creatures in Shan Hai Jing. Shan Hai Jing, the collection of ancient texts of 2,000 years old, describes the sacred geography before the Qin Dynasty, and the many mythical creatures living in the Great Wilderness, as it mentions but with few lines, have …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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