Today, the digital cultural relics Library of the Palace Museum is officially launched! The reporter noted that it has been 20 years since Zhang Wenbin, former director of the State Administration of cultural relics, proposed the "digital construction of cultural relics and museum system resources".
The digital cultural relics Library of the Forbidden City was officially launched
At 3:00 p.m. on July 16, 2019, @ the official of the National Palace Museum announced that the digital heritage library of the National Palace Museum was officially launched! Here is the most complete collection information of the Forbidden City, covering 26 categories of cultural relics, more than 1.86 million pieces / set of basic information of cultural relics, and 50000 selected cultural relics images.
The Forbidden City also promised that the follow-up will continue to increase to meet everyone's needs for exploring the past, appreciating the new and learning and research.
The official website of the digital cultural relics Library of the Forbidden City
The reporter noted that the retrieval of the web page is divided into simple retrieval and advanced retrieval. In the 'advanced search', you can accurately query the cultural relics information you want by entering keywords and selecting cultural relics classification and dynasties.
Take the "riverside map of Qingming Festival" as an example. Open its details page, you can not only see the corresponding cultural relic number and age, but also click the magnifying glass button to enjoy the details in detail.
Cut a few pictures at random, and you can see the expressions, movements and expressions of the characters in the picture clearly.
Another example is' copper plated gold people refer to time and minutes'. The movement and expression of the characters, the shape and vein of the leaves and the decorative materials on this watch are also very clear.
Beijing Daily reporter learned that, including the 'Digital Heritage Library', a total of seven digital products appeared in the Forbidden City today. namely:
Website: 'famous paintings of the Forbidden City', 'digital Duobao Pavilion', 'Digital Heritage Library' 'panoramic Forbidden City'
App: 'forbidden city 600'
Wechat applet: 'Forbidden City: Pocket palace craftsman' 'play around the Forbidden City'
This scene has been waiting for 20 years
The Beijing Daily reporter noted that according to the public information on the official website of the Palace Museum, on July 16, 2001, Zhang Wenbin, former director of the State Administration of cultural relics, issued a speech entitled "opinions on the digitization of China's cultural relics and museum resources", proposing "the grand goal of gradually realizing the digitization of cultural relics and museum resources".
He said that only with a solid foundation can we give play to the late development advantage in digital construction. " If the imperial palace had not laid the foundation for the automatic management of image data started by the photography studio a few years ago, we would not be able to display so many cultural relics images on the Internet today. "
Therefore, he proposed, 'we should also study and formulate an overall plan for the digitization of information resources in the cause of culture and Museum. For example, we should put the research on the development strategy of China's digital museum on the agenda; Apply digital storage and reproduction technology to the field of cultural relics protection and so on. "
On July 19, 2019, seven digital products of the Forbidden City were released. It has been 20 years since Zhang Wenbin's speech.
At today's press conference, Wang Xudong, President of the Palace Museum, said that we are in a new digital era, the whole society is undergoing extensive and profound "digital change", information technology is applied in various fields, and the museum is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. How to build a good 'digital museum', these digital products released today are not only a accumulation based on the 20-year development of the 'digital Forbidden City', but also an in-depth exploration for the future.