2 billion national support for Tibet’s cultural preservation: the introduction of advanced instruments and other scientific and technological forces

Recently, the National Conference on Aid to Tibet and the National Conference of Directors of Cultural Relics were held in Lhasa. How to better protect and utilize Tibetan cultural relics has become a focal issue. According to statistics, there are 4277 immovable cultural relics in Tibet, of which 55 are national key cultural relics under protection. The thangkas, murals, and ancient books preserved in the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Drepung Monastery and other palaces and temples are important resources for the protection of Tibetan cultural relics. How can these cultural relics and ancient books be protected and 'lived'? Tibet has introduced the power of advanced instruments and other technologies to rejuvenate the cultural relics. Finding out the background and investing more in a studio in the Potala Palace, the staff member Chen Nima unfolded a piece called 'stone blue forged embroidered zibaza pattern armorWe weighed again, and the colleagues on the side kept recording the data on the computer. 'This is a suit worn by a first-grade military officer of the Tibetan local government in the Qing Dynasty.' Chen Nima said. 'Over the past three months, more than 2,000 thangkas have been counted, and they have been graded according to their age, degree of disability, and appearance.' said Gongga Tashi, deputy director of the Potala Palace Management Office. These cultural relics and ancient books are not only There are detailed paper materials and complete image files. At present, the Potala Palace has sorted out 100,000 cultural relics and ancient books, including 60,000 rare ancient books, 40,000 Buddha statues, thangkas, and dharma instruments. According to Ngawang Qunzeng, executive deputy director of the Drepung Monastery Management Committee, the cultural relics in Drepung Monastery are mainly thangkas, scriptures, porcelains, and Buddha statues. There are more than 8,000 cultural relics of various types. In addition, the state invested more than 70 million yuan to protect and repair the buildings and murals of the temple. Since 380 million yuan was invested in repairing the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka during the 'Ninth Five-Year Plan' period, the central government has invested nearly 3 billion yuan in the protection of Tibetan cultural relics and carried out more than 300 rescue maintenance projects in the past 20 years. During the 'Twelfth Five-Year Plan' period, the state allocated 1.009 billion yuan to start the construction of 46 important historical sites and public cultural facilities. 'During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the state will have to double the special funds invested in Tibetan cultural relics, and the total amount will not be less than 2 billion yuan.' said Liu Yuzhu, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Culture and director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Respect for Tradition Introducing Technology Tibet has paid great attention to the protection and maintenance of cultural relics in the protection of cultural relics. The Samye Temple, located in Dhanang County, Shannan, was built in the 8th century with the styles of early Han, Tibetan, and Indian architecture. At the maintenance construction site, more than 300 farmers and herdsmen held wooden sticks with cobblestone piers at the bottom, chanted labor chants, and beat the roof rhythmically. This is the unique construction technique of the Tibetans-'Da Aga'. The third phase of the maintenance project of the Samye Monastery started in April this year, with a total investment of 11 million yuan, focusing on the restoration of traditional craftsmanship in the Uzi Hall. “In the 1980s, the third floor of the Wuzi Hall was repaired with cement. This repair will all be removed to restore the traditional craftsmanship of Aga soil.” said Qiangba Tsering, director of the Shannan City Cultural Relics Bureau. Located in the Drepung Monastery on the hillside of the western suburbs of Lhasa, the mural on the wall of an ancient turning road has been restored. 'This is the longest-lived mural in Drepung Monastery. Due to its age and rain, the wall was arched by 30 centimeters at its worst.' said Lausanne, deputy director of Drepung Monastery's management committee, and technicians removed the mural. , After repairing the wall, paste the mural. The entire mural follows the principle of 'repair the old as the oldTibet also pays attention to the introduction of the most advanced technology. In July 2013, the Palace Museum cooperated with the Jokhang Temple and decided to establish a complete and unified database of the Jokhang Temple cultural relics. 'A Buddha statue can be viewed in 360 degrees with 10 pictures, showing the most beautiful parts of the Buddha statue.' said Luo Wenhua, director of the Institute of Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Relics of the Palace Museum. On the big screen, an ancient mural can be magnified 4 to 10 times. The original murals on the walls of Jokhang Temple are difficult to see. The colors, lines, figures, and even old text are clearly visible. Through high-end data collection, the length, area and change of the cracks in the mural that need to be repaired can be obtained. 'This is currently the highest standard of data collection in China, and it is also the first time to organize the cultural relics of the Jokhang Temple in a modern sense.' Luo Wenhua said. As the hometown of thangkas, the number of thangkas in Tibet ranks first in the country. In the thangka studio of the 'Key Scientific Research Base of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage-Tibet Joint WorkstationAt present, the workstation has set up eight departments including the Thangka protection studio, the instrument room, the X-ray inspection room, and the pre-processing room, which provides a guarantee for the improvement of the comprehensive capability of the Tibet Museum's scientific and technological protection.