Shaanxi: Empowering Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance with Digital Technology
2025-09-18
On September 12th, in the Baoji Bronze Museum, the treasure of the town courtyard, He Zun, displayed in a cabinet, attracted a large number of tourists to visit. Everyone can experience the charm of Chinese civilization among the bronze treasures. The guide explained that the Baoji Bronze Museum uses 3D scanning technology to accurately restore the decorative details and inscriptions of bronze ware, and even traces ancient casting techniques through digital analysis, opening up new perspectives for archaeological research. In recent years, Shaanxi has deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's cultural ideology, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statements on the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, and the important instructions of previous visits to Shaanxi, from the millimeter level precision digital collection of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses to the "digital rebirth" of the Xi'an City Wall, from the immersive experience of the "Chang'an Twelve Hours" to the collaborative action of Central Asian joint archaeology. With the empowerment of digital technology, Shaanxi has painted a new picture of cultural heritage protection and inheritance that integrates tradition and modernity, emphasizes both protection and inheritance, and is linked domestically and internationally. Building a 'digital firewall' to protect cultural relics is a prerequisite for inheritance. Shaanxi is using digital technology to shift the protection of cultural heritage from "passive rescue" to "active prevention". We have created a three-dimensional model of the entire 13.74-kilometer city wall, 34 key buildings, 18 city wall entrances, and access roads, creating a centimeter level, high-precision data model of the Xi'an city wall. We have unified and shared various independent information into a digital cube. ”Introduction by the relevant person in charge of the Xi'an City Wall Management Committee. Entering the information center of Xi'an City Wall Management Committee, the digital cabin comprehensive management platform is particularly eye-catching. This platform has achieved comprehensive upgrades in cultural relic protection, cultural tourism operation, emergency management, and other aspects. Shaanxi regards digital protection as the core of cultural heritage preservation, and builds a "digital firewall" for cultural relics through technological innovation, standard construction, and platform building. At the technical application level, Shaanxi has widely introduced cutting-edge technologies such as hyperspectral imaging and AI image recognition, achieving a leap from "visual observation" to "precise monitoring" in cultural relic protection. At the level of standards and platform construction, Shaanxi has taken the lead in issuing the provincial-level standard for the digitization of movable cultural relics, launching the "Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Collection Management System", establishing the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Data Center and city branch centers, and promoting the centralized storage and sharing of cultural relics resources throughout the province. The Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum carried out millimeter precision digital collection of core cultural relics, and the texture and fragment information of each Terra Cotta Warriors were included in the "digital archives", providing accurate data support for subsequent restoration and research. Every cultural relic is a living fossil of civilization, and technology is the key to decoding history. ”The person in charge of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum introduced that the museum has empowered cultural relic protection with technology and overcome multiple challenges in archaeological excavation, protection, and restoration. In the digital age, "cloud browsing" and "cloud viewing exhibitions" have become new ways for the public to access cultural heritage, as "digital intelligence empowerment" enhances the effectiveness of dynamic communication. On September 14th, the audience experienced the newly launched VR immersive digital experience project "Tang Dynasty over the Mural" at Shaanxi History Museum. In the hundreds of square meters of experience venue, visitors can see the lines solidified on the lime wall turning into vivid life after wearing VR devices, unlocking the stories behind the murals. In May, after years of preparation, the renovation and expansion project of Xi'an Beilin Museum finally unveiled its mysterious veil. AR technology, naked eye 3D display, and touch interactive devices can be seen everywhere, making the audience feel as if they have traveled through time and space and engaged in a dialogue with millennium culture. Cultural heritage is increasingly "alive" in the digital space. On the basis of doing a good job in digital protection, Shaanxi has promoted the transformation of cultural heritage from static display to dynamic dissemination through "digital intelligence empowerment", and launched a series of phenomenal projects to stimulate new consumption scenarios for the "living" cultural heritage. The "Hanfu Experience Capital" IP in Xi'an is gradually taking shape, and by 2024, the city will receive 306 million tourists, making cultural tourism an important engine for driving the economy. Cultural and creative development and digital dissemination have made cultural heritage "trendy". Shaanxi has established the "Internet plus Chinese Civilization" Cultural, Museum and Creative Industry Alliance, held a cultural relics digital cultural and creative contest, and interpreted cultural relics in a way that young people like. Non heritage cultural and creative products such as "Rongmo Mo" and "Xianyang Fucha" have entered the public eye through digital marketing, achieving a leap from "small workshops" to "large industries". Providing an international "Shaanxi Stage" cultural heritage is a common wealth of humanity. Shaanxi promotes international cooperation in the digitalization of cultural heritage with an open attitude, further telling the stories of China, the Silk Road, and Shaanxi. As a major cultural heritage province, Shaanxi actively undertakes international cultural exchange activities and provides a "Shaanxi stage" for global cultural heritage digital cooperation. Shaanxi has been deeply involved in multiple joint archaeological and large-scale site protection, international cultural relic restoration projects, and other work in multiple countries. While sharing technical experience, it has also brought the concept of Chinese cultural heritage protection to the world. Open collaboration is not only reflected in 'going global', but also in 'bringing in'. Shaanxi is deeply implementing the achievements of the China Central Asia Summit, actively practicing the Global Civilization Initiative, and exploring new paths for the digitization of cultural heritage with experts from various countries. Universities and research institutions within the province provide technical support for the digitization of cultural heritage, cultivate professional talents for international cooperation, and form a good pattern of "technology sharing, talent exchange, and experience mutual learning". Protecting and inheriting historical and cultural heritage through digital technology is a significant opportunity and task bestowed by the times for the integrated development of technology and culture. Not long ago, the Eighth Plenary Session of the 14th Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the "Opinions of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Accelerating the Construction of a Strong Cultural Province", emphasizing the integration of digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading into various fields of cultural construction. On the new journey, Shaanxi will continue to deepen the integration of culture and technology, accelerate the construction of a strong cultural province, and revitalize more cultural heritage in the digital age, contributing to the continuous development of Chinese civilization and promoting global cultural exchange and mutual learning. (New Society)
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:Guang Ming Daily
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