The future is digital
By Liu Zhihua | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-30 08:26
A high resolution digital photo of a niche with statues in Mogao Grottoes' No 45 cave, taken by the Apsara camera. [Photos by Sun Zhijun / For China Daily] |
The statues and frescoes of Buddhist deities at Mogao Grottoes are being digitized to preserve their images for future generations. Liu Zhihua reports.
The Buddhist deities represented in the frescoes and statues at Mogao Grottoes will no doubt be pleased to learn that Dunhuang Academy is making significant progress toward digitizing their pictures and statues, thereby ensuring their future and allowing more people to view them.
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