{"id":26448,"date":"2025-07-27T05:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltimes.com.pk\/?p=26448"},"modified":"2025-07-27T12:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:46:47","slug":"resurrecting-ancient-art-digital-technology-reawakens-murals-of-kizil-caves-in-xinjiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltimes.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/resurrecting-ancient-art-digital-technology-reawakens-murals-of-kizil-caves-in-xinjiang\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting ancient art: Digital technology reawakens murals of Kizil Caves in Xinjiang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Li Yanan, Dong Yingxue, People&#8217;s Daily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves in Baicheng county, Aksu prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, visitors are greeted by a refreshing coolness &#8211; a welcome respite from the arid expanse of northwest China. Here, among the country&#8217;s earliest large-scale grotto groups, cave walls shimmer with rows of jewel-toned diamond patterns. Each geometric frame encapsulates a story, with blues and greens from millennia-old murals unfolding in solemn procession across stone canvases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet time has been unkind. As <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpurview.com\/category\/china-insight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China&#8217;s oldest surviving Buddhist cave complex<\/a>, Kizil confronts relentless preservation challenges. Centuries of aging, smoke damage, and human intervention have compromised its artistic legacy. &#8220;Restoration is painstaking,&#8221; said Yang Jie, a staff member at the Kizil Grottoes research institute. &#8220;A single four-to-five-square-meter mural can demand over two months of meticulous work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of Kizil&#8217;s 349 caves, 107 contain murals spanning nearly 4,000 square meters, only a fraction of their original glory. In the early 20th century, foreign expeditions removed significant portions. According to Zhao Li, a researcher at the institute, around 500 square meters of murals from 59 caves were stripped away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2002 to 2016, Zhao collected 487 high-resolution images of these scattered fragments from over 20 international museums and brought them back to <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpurview.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> for digital restoration. This meticulous effort required extensive research to determine each mural&#8217;s original location. She digitally cropped and reassembled the pieces like a massive jigsaw puzzle, culminating in 2020 with the most comprehensive catalog of displaced Kizil artworks &#8211; a 1,200-plate compendium mapping each artwork to their ancestral caves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where soot obscures murals, advanced technologies now illuminate. A project jointly launched by the China Cultural Heritage Information and Consulting Center, the Digital Culture Laboratory under Tencent&#8217;s Sustainable Social Value organization, and the Tencent Research Institute, is pioneering the use of terahertz imaging, X-ray analysis, and large language models to identify,&nbsp; reconstruct and digitally restore damaged artworks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Cave 161, layers of grime cloak artistic narratives. A research team from the School of Art and Archaeology of Zhejiang University employed terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to non-invasively penetrate the darkened surfaces, revealing pigment layers beneath and effectively seeing through centuries of residue without damaging the murals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve identified one figure, two concentric circles on the dome, and diamond motifs, all classic Kuqa artistry,&#8221; said Zhang Hui, professor with Zhejiang University, gesturing toward the blackened ceiling. Next, the team will digitally reconstruct these findings using advanced analytical techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Cave 38&#8217;s fragmentary murals defy conventional restoration. Here, artificial intelligence offers a breakthrough: The Digital Xinjiang Group utilizes image recognition to hypothesize and reconstruct missing sections &#8211; a technological leap accelerating preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the foot of the Mingwutag Mountain, poplars planted decades ago by researchers stand sentinel beside the caves. Today, as these silent witnesses guard Xinjiang&#8217;s cultural legacy, technological innovation breathes new vitalityinto ancient pigments, ensuring their stories endure for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/globaltimes.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaltimes.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27.png 382w, https:\/\/globaltimes.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-27-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo shows the diamond motifs on the mural in Cave 178 at Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves in Baicheng county, Aksu prefecture of northwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. 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