Xicheng District of Beijing conducts a survey of over 1,000 cultural relics
2024-08-14
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Cultural relics workers take panoramic photos in front of the Jingde Chongsheng Temple of the Temple of Successive Emperors. Photo by our reporter Wu Yibin
The fourth national cultural relics survey is underway, and Beijing's Xicheng District will conduct field surveys on more than 1,000 survey objects. Survey workers walked the streets, looking for ancient sites and interviewing residents. The cultural relics survey of Shichahai Street has been completed. Yesterday, the district launched a field survey of Xinjiekou Street, using new cultural relics protection technology to collect cultural relics data and enrich historical details through a carpet-style survey.
At 9 o'clock yesterday, several survey workers stood in front of the Jingde Chongsheng Temple in the Temple of Successive Emperors, using high-precision cultural preservation technology equipment to collect detailed information on cultural relics and ancient buildings. Li Fan, head of the Cultural Preservation Section of the Xicheng District Cultural Relics Protection and Management Center, held the questionnaire and introduced while recording, "Compared with the 'three censuses' more than a decade ago, the technical means we use are much more advanced. The collection equipment includes two functions: real-time dynamic differential positioning and panoramic photography, which not only greatly improves the accuracy, but also can save cultural relics information in real time."
The Temple of the Emperors of All Dynasties is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Before the "three censuses", it was vacated and renovated and opened to the public as a museum. "Over the past decade, what changes have taken place in the cultural relics, ancient buildings, ancient trees, steles and pavilions here? This is the focus of our census." Li Fan said that due to technical limitations, the information collected at that time was relatively macroscopic, and the "fourth census" will be more detailed. The census personnel hope to present a clear "panoramic picture" of the cultural relics in the area through a dragnet survey.
While taking inventory of cultural relics, the cultural relics department also conducted a carpet survey of alleys and lanes in the district. Zhang Hua, deputy director of the Xicheng District Cultural Relics Protection Center, introduced that the district has formed four survey teams to conduct field surveys of 377 immovable cultural relics, 242 listed courtyards, and 339 historical buildings; at the same time, many new clues have been collected through residents' forums and online collection. "We have visited 22 communities and more than 4,000 courtyards." Zhang Hua said that in the next step, experts at the city and district levels will conduct on-site inspections, research, and evaluation and identification of clues. According to the plan, the district's "four censuses" field survey will be completed before May 2025.