A new initiative by the Design and Cultural Studies Workshop engages commuters and students with a special world of stories about rural and urban Hong Kong
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Pioneering Preservation: The Digital Heritage Centre’s Heritage Photography Workshop
A workshop on “Heritage Photography” brought together two collaborative institutions to train specialists in high-tech photography for heritage sites and locations
A Tale of Two Mascots: Lele the Mogao Guardian and the Cats at Yulin
The difference between the Mogao Grottoes and the Yulin Grottoes, seen through Lele the Guardian of Mogao and two lonely felines at Yulin
Ecumenical Bonds: Telo Tulku Rinpoche at Pakistan’s Mahabat Khan Mosque
Why is an esteemed Vajrayana leader praying in a famous Pakistani mosque?
The Buddha, India, and Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries: Sharing knowledge, culture and civilizational links
India’s presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization brings Buddhist heritage into the fold of the body’s multilateral dialogue
Processing and Presenting Heritage Sites: Digitally Reconstructing the Temples of Kafir Kot
How a process of scanning, rendering, and reconstructing a mysterious temple location in Pakistan provides a model for all heritage and Buddhist sites
Technology of the Three Treasures: Laser Scanning Pakistan’s Buddhist Heritage
How the FARO Laser Scanner is helping specialists and researchers push the limits of digitally reconstructing and mapping ancient Buddhist sites
The Bhamala Buddhist Complex: Buddhist Pakistan’s Treasure Trove, Part Two
Discovering the antiquities, architecture, and art of the ancient Bhamala Buddhist Complex in Pakistan
The Bhamala Buddhist Complex: Buddhist Pakistan’s Treasure Trove, Part One
Discovering the antiquities, architecture, and art of the ancient Bhamala Buddhist Complex in Pakistan
Conservation matters to China. It should be a core Chinese Buddhist concern
If one seeks to understand better the general direction of Buddhist priorities in China, clues can be found in the National Cultural Heritage Administration’s (NCHA) blueprint of preserving China’s ancient grottoes in early December last year. During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–25), the NCHA released its own plan that would, by 2025, result in an […]