Half a month talk丨“tomb exploring short video” became popular, how to upgrade cultural protection

　　With a camera in one hand and a searchlight in the other, the photographer walked alone to the depths of the dark tomb... Do you think this is a plot in a movie?

In recent years, thrilling short videos of exploring graves have appeared more and more on Internet platforms.

Some netizens say that watching such short videos “increases knowledge”, and some people worry that if short videos like tomb-traveling lead to follow suit, there is a risk of damaging cultural relics.

The deeper question is: Is it possible to upgrade cultural relics protection in the self-media era?

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　　"It's so scary here... Dalong doesn't dare to go inside, so I will tell you something... 1,900 cultural relics have been unearthed from tomb No. 3 of this tomb group. This Han tomb has not been developed and there is no light inside... …" In a video that has been viewed more than 2 million times, the photographer Dalong walked into an ancient tomb among the cliff tombs and pointed the camera at the deep and dark tomb.

　　After some preparations, Dalong finally walked into the depths of the tomb in the next video and raised the searchlight to find out.

In addition to introducing the ancient tombs, he also shared his experience of visiting the tombs, saying that he has visited more than 100 ancient tombs. The "wild tombs" are nothing terrible. Going to the ancient tombs is to experience its history and culture.

It is understood that Dalong has uploaded nearly 700 short videos related to the ancient tomb and has more than 7 million fans.

　　On the online short video platform, there are many popular bloggers who, like Dalong, focus on publishing short videos for exploring graves.

The video on Douyin with the topic "Ancient Tomb" has been viewed nearly 400 million times, and some short videos have been viewed hundreds of thousands or even millions.

The content of such short videos is varied, including visits to the tombs of emperors that are open as scenic spots, and there are also trips to explore the secrets of inaccessible "wild tombs".

　　In the comments, the audience expressed their love for the video with "stimulation", "full of dry goods" and "explaining Chinese culture".

However, some netizens expressed concern about the popularity of tomb-traveling videos: on the one hand, the video may attract more people to join the tomb-traveling ranks, and there is a risk of damaging cultural relics; on the other hand, whether the blogger’s explanation is professional enough and whether there is joking And misleading the public is also questionable.

　　From the perspective of the cultural and cultural industry, short videos on the subject of ancient tombs have attracted the attention of netizens. From one aspect, it shows that the theme of cultural and cultural events is still the focus of public interest in the self-media era: "Everyone may be bored to see the imperial tombs of the national security units. It is also a kind of curiosity satisfaction to reach the "wild tomb" that I have never heard of before."

Does it really affect cultural relics?

　　Many ancient tombs and ruins appearing in the tomb exploration videos are almost deserted, and the photographers collectively referred to them as "wild tombs."

But beside many "wild tombs", the signs set up by cultural preservation units are clearly visible.

　　Li Ming, a researcher at the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, pointed out that private exploration of ancient tombs by people without professional training can easily cause damage to the tomb itself and the cultural relics in the tomb.

This behavior should not be promoted.

Many experts have said that whether it is a tomb-exploring video or a non-governmental organization's "study tour" activities at the site, without professional supervision, the safety of cultural relics may be endangered.

　　The Banyuetan reporter further investigated and found that there are many non-governmental "study tours" activities that use the investigation of ancient tombs as a gimmick, but actually only seek to make money.

The “Emperor’s Tomb Cultural Research Association”, which has been included in the sixth batch of suspected illegal social organizations by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has organized members to “walk the tomb” many times, search and even move the stone carvings in the tomb area, and go into the tombs in the wilderness stimulate.

How to take advantage of the situation

　　Interview with Banyuetan reporter learned that problems such as limited protection methods and disorganized talent teams are the "old difficulty" problems faced by grassroots cultural relics protection.

Grassroots cultural protection workers report that the current method of protecting field cultural relics is still human patrol, but in major cultural relics provinces such as Shaanxi, the number of grassroots cultural protection workers is often difficult to match with the cultural protection tasks they undertake.

　　Grassroots cultural protection workers believe that in the case that the temporary "old problem" is not easy to solve, the first thing that should be used to upgrade is technical means.

For example, install micro-monitoring terminals for low-level or non-level cultural relics, so that as long as someone touches or moves the cultural relics, the location information can be immediately transmitted to the monitoring room for timely disposal.

　　At the same time, it is necessary to introduce guidelines for regulating field mausoleum research and study travel to regulate civil behavior; establish a "blacklist" system to punish individuals and organizations that endanger the safety of cultural relics; strengthen the publicity of cultural relics protection knowledge and laws, so that the public know how to protect cultural relics And consciously participate in it.

　　Zhang Yan, director of the Cultural Tourism Research Center of the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, suggested that further investigation of the field cultural relics should be carried out and a three-dimensional database of field cultural relics should be established. On this basis, the mobile Internet should be used as an important means of cultural relic display, and field cultural relics should be moved to the "cloud". It can also organize short video bloggers with a certain fan base and guide them to become a new media force that promotes cultural confidence and popularizes cultural relic knowledge.

(Reporter Cai Xinyi Yang Yimiao)