31-year-old archaeologist died from a cliff while inspecting cave paintings in Maerkang, Sichuan

　　31-year-old young archaeologist Liu Tuo died while he fell off a cliff while inspecting cave paintings in Maerkang, Sichuan

　　The Paper reporter learned from many friends of Dr. Liu Tuo on October 27 that Liu Tuo, a young archaeologist and a Ph.D. from the School of Archaeology, Beijing University, recently fell off a cliff while inspecting the cave murals at Jiazhaerjia Mountain in Malkang City, Sichuan, at the age of 31. .

According to public information, Liu Tuo was born in Kunming, Yunnan in 1990, from Changde, Hunan. He has a Ph.D. from the School of Archaeology, Peking University, and was an associate professor at the School of Tourism, Lanzhou University of Arts and Sciences.

　　Apart from professional studies and research, Liu Tuo loves cultural relics and historical sites and travels related to them. So far, he has traveled to more than 30 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan and nearly 700 counties across the country, and visited more than 200 world heritage sites and more than 1,500 national key points. Cultural relic protection unit.

　　Liu Tuo's collection of archaeological essays "A Trip to Afghanistan" was just published by Peking University Press in June this year.

　　The Paper reporter learned from the School of Tourism of Lanzhou University of Arts and Sciences that Liu Tuo had resigned in September this year.

　　In August this year, the official website of the Malkang Municipal Government issued the “Relocation Protection Plan for the Relocation of Jiazha’er Jiashan Caves in Malkang City, Approved by the State Council”: Affected by the construction of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station on the Dadu River, the Jiazha’er Jiashan Cave’s murals in Malkang need to be relocated for protection. In recent days, after many efforts, the protection plan for the relocation of murals has been approved by the State Council.

　　The above-mentioned approval introduction: The Jiazhaerjia Cave murals are located at the southern foot of the Jiazhaerjia Mountain, Dashidang Village, Baiwan Township, Malkang City. The cave is a natural rock cave with a remaining pagoda in the cave, the east and west walls and the surrounding areas of the pagoda. Painted with a large number of Buddhist murals, it is an important cultural relic material for studying the Tibetan Buddhist painting art and the history of Tibetan Buddhism in the Northwestern Sichuan Plateau during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On March 5, 2013, it was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.