Japanese media: Use digital technology to retain Yungang Grottoes

Japan's "Western Japan News" September 5th article, original topic: use digital technology to preserve World Heritage: China Yungang Grottoes World Cultural Heritage Yungang Grottoes is located in Datong City, Shanxi Province, China. Recently, local protection units use precision 3D scanners, etc. Advanced measuring machines, make digital files of Yungang Grottoes: On the one hand, use electronic data that are lost to overseas Buddha statues to protect and repair weathered cultural relics. Let tourists travel to the cave.

Yungang Grottoes is a grotto temple built during the Northern Wei Dynasty in the second half of the 5th century. There are about 50 main caves (45 major caves -editor's note), which is about 1 km, and about 59,000 Buddha statues exist. In 2001, Yungang Grottoes were included in the "World Cultural Heritage" list. It is China's premier sightseeing resort. However, in recent years, the weathering of the Buddha statue of the Yungang Grottoes has become a major issue.

According to the Yungang Research Institute, the digitalization of Yungang Grottoes started in 2003. As of this summer, 1/3 of the cave information collection has been completed. The digitalization of the grotto also uses a three -dimensional laser scanner with a scanning accuracy of 0.03 mm and a camera supporting 8K image. In addition, the Digital Protection Center of the Yungang Research Institute is set up to process huge data. It is also equipped with VR and augmented reality. (AR) Video display device.

At present, there are more than 200 Buddha statues overseas in Yungang Grottoes. The person in charge of the research institute said: "We hope that overseas collectors can 'return' to lose the digital data of the Buddha statue, so that we can use artificial intelligence to reproduce the past of the cave." Sakamoto Shinbo, strict translation)

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