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 Shanxi province has completed three-dimensional scans of one-third of its Buddhist grottoes, according to the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute. Using three-dimensional laser scanning and multiplanar reconstruction, the institute is working to capture the shapes, colors and other fine details of the grottoes and create millimeter-level digital archives for future study and preservation.

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Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Protection of major grottoes emphasized
3 months ago

Protection of major grottoes emphasized

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Gansu province, in June. As part of Xi's four-day trip to Gansu province last week, Zhao accompanied the president on a fact-finding trip to the Maijishan Grottoes, one of China's four major grottoes sites. China's vast landscape is home to nearly 6,000 cave temples, and the Chinese president lauded the nation's major grottoes …

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 …

Ancient sites in Shanxi's Datong enthrall with rich history
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient sites in Shanxi's Datong enthrall with rich history

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People visit the Yungang Grottoes on Aug 23, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, treasure troves of Buddhist art A trip to Datong wouldn't be complete without exploring the Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Yungang Grottoes represent the pinnacle of Buddhist cave art from the 5th and 6th centuries, created during the Northern Wei Dynasty when Datong was the capital …

Yungang Grottoes get tech boost
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Yungang Grottoes get tech boost

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Visitors admire the precious relics both inside and outside the caves at Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi province, on July 15. Having more than 59,000 sculptures and statues and 45 major caves that survive to date, Yungang Grottoes was created under authorization of the Northern Wei rulers. The decorative patterns, architectural styles and features of the figures there signify a mixture …

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says

China Daily  

Heritage professionals stressed the role of technology in the protection of cultural heritage at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. Despite progress made in the protection of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the grottoes still need protection with greater …

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says

China Daily  

Heritage professionals stressed the role of technology in the protection of cultural heritage at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. Despite progress made in the protection of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the grottoes still need protection with greater …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come
2 years, 6 months ago

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come

China Daily  

Crowds of people admire a full-sized replica of Yungang's relics at a gallery in Shanghai earlier last year, which was made with 3D-printing technologies. XUAN LIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Experts and skilled workers applying scientific methods to protect treasure trove of Buddhist art Preserving a historical and cultural heritage site that was created more than 1,500 years ago would be a …

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come
2 years, 6 months ago

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come

China Daily  

Crowds of people admire a full-sized replica of Yungang's relics at a gallery in Shanghai earlier last year, which was made with 3D-printing technologies. XUAN LIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Experts and skilled workers applying scientific methods to protect treasure trove of Buddhist art Preserving a historical and cultural heritage site that was created more than 1,500 years ago would be 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 …

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 …

Protecting Yungang a generational task
2 years, 7 months ago

Protecting Yungang a generational task

China Daily  

A statue in Grotto 5 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. The 1,500-year-old site is one of three most famous Buddhist grottoes in country Staff at the Yungang Grottoes Academy have been busy conducting regular maintenance at the site in Datong, Shanxi province. Grotto 5, which contains some 2,300 Buddhist statues, is 17.4 meters high and 18.7 meters …

Protecting Yungang a generational task
2 years, 7 months ago

Protecting Yungang a generational task

China Daily  

A statue in Grotto 5 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. The 1,500-year-old site is one of three most famous Buddhist grottoes in country Staff at the Yungang Grottoes Academy have been busy conducting regular maintenance at the site in Datong, Shanxi province. Grotto 5, which contains some 2,300 Buddhist statues, is 17.4 meters high and 18.7 meters …

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 …

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 …

Guidelines elevate grotto temple studies, protection
4 years, 1 month ago

Guidelines elevate grotto temple studies, protection

China Daily  

A digitization team uses a 3D laser scanner to log data on Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, on Oct 19. According to the guidelines, all "major threats" to the safety of the grotto temples should be resolved by 2022, and security arrangements should be made to cover all such sites across China by then. President Xi Jinping, after visiting …

Guidelines elevate grotto temple studies, protection
4 years, 1 month ago

Guidelines elevate grotto temple studies, protection

China Daily  

A digitization team uses a 3D laser scanner to log data on Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, on Oct 19. According to the guidelines, all "major threats" to the safety of the grotto temples should be resolved by 2022, and security arrangements should be made to cover all such sites across China by then. President Xi Jinping, after visiting …

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites
4 years, 1 month ago

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites

China Daily  

UNESCO World Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is an outstanding example of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement last week demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps on the number of daily visits to ensure longevity of such cultural …

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites
4 years, 1 month ago

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites

China Daily  

UNESCO World Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is an outstanding example of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement last week demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps on the number of daily visits to ensure longevity of such cultural …

Restoration of Aerzhai Grottoes achieves great progress
4 years, 2 months ago

Restoration of Aerzhai Grottoes achieves great progress

China Daily  

An exquisite mural at Aerzhai Grottoes Ten caves with murals have been restored as part of the restoration work of the Aerzhai Grottoes, according to information released by the Aerzhai Grottoes Research Institute on Oct 8. Aerzhai Grottoes is located in Otog Banner of Ordos city, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Dunhuang, in Northwest China's Gansu province, is …

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