The "Exhibition of Emergency Digital Protection Achievements of Ancient Architectural Colorful Sculptures and Murals in Shanxi" recently launched at the Shanxi Bronze Museum and will run until March 6.

Viewers experience the digitally revitalized cultural relics in front of a big screen. [Photo/Yellow River News]

This exhibition, which uses advanced digital technology, showcases the interim results of the "Emergency Digital Protection Project of Ancient Architectural Colorful Sculptures and Murals in Shanxi" in four sections. It systematically displays high-fidelity and comprehensive mural images, lines, colors, and other information, opening up new possibilities for their protection, research, display, and dissemination.

Murals from the Ximiao Temple in Shishi village, Jincheng, and the Zushi Temple in Sizhuang village, Changzhi, are publicly displayed for the first time through digital preservation. The Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) mural of Wenshu Hall in Yanshan Temple is digitally revitalized, offering an immersive experience of the vibrant painting artistry.

The exhibited murals. [Photo/Yellow River News]

Shanxi launched the emergency digital protection project in 2023. Since then, the project has utilized high-tech techniques and traditional survey methods to record basic information about architectural structures, sculptures, and existing environments through digital data collection, establishing a comprehensive "digital archive".

This project provides scientific support for the subsequent protection, management, utilization, research, exhibition, and dissemination of cultural relics, revitalizing them digitally and injecting new vitality into their preservation and inheritance.

Viewers visit the digital protection achievements exhibition. [Photo/Yellow River News]