China News Agency, Lhasa, May 25 (Zhao Lang) A reporter learned from the Norbulingka Management Office in Tibet on the 25th that the most systematic and comprehensive mural restoration project initiated by Norbulingka has been completed by 60%.
On May 25, the reporter learned from the Norbulingka Administration of Tibet that the most systematic and comprehensive mural restoration project initiated by Norbulingka, a world cultural heritage, has been completed by 60%. The picture shows the technicians of the Dunhuang Academy Cultural Relics Protection Technical Service Center repairing cracks in the mural on May 22. China News Agency reporter Gonsanram
The world cultural heritage Norbulingka is the summer palace of the Dalai Lama. Almost all temples are painted with murals. The earliest murals can be traced back to the mid-18th century, and the most late ones were also painted in the 1950s.
The staff of Norbulingka's cultural relics department Qi Meiduoji said that the Norbulingka mural protection and restoration project has been approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China since 2016. In 2017, the central government allocated 2.84 million yuan to entrust Dunhuang Research Institute's cultural relics protection technical service Center to repair.
In August 2018, the project was started, but due to ambient temperature, repairs will be implemented from May 2019. Up to now, the project has completed the protection and restoration of the mural paintings of Dadan Mingjiu Pozhang, Golden Pozhang, Gesang Pozhang and other halls, with a restoration area of more than 600 square meters.
The picture shows that on May 22, technicians from the Dunhuang Academy Cultural Relics Protection Technical Service Center registered the murals before and after restoration. China News Agency reporter Gonsanram
According to Qiao Zhaoguang, an assistant engineer at the Cultural Relics Protection Technical Service Center of the Dunhuang Research Institute, after preliminary investigations, the Norbulingka murals were mostly cracked, hollowed, raised, armored, ground battles, ground color and paint layer peeled. Caused by rain.
Qiao Zhaoguang said that the restoration materials were taken from the local Tibet, and the Aga and Baga soils used in traditional Tibetan architecture were added and mixed with special materials.
Due to the age of the building and the large area of the murals, there are many empty drums. The restoration personnel surveyed the internal conditions of the murals through ground penetrating radar and endoscopes.
Qi Meiduoji said that after the restoration personnel repaired the diseases such as hollow drums and cracks, they will also repair the murals with complementary colors.
Prior to this, three major cultural relic restoration projects were launched in Tibet. In 2003, some frescoes in Norbulingka were restored. This was the first restoration since the founding of New China. (Finish)