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　　The cultural context is inherited, the string songs are endless, and they remain fresh for a long time. At present, the reform of the cultural heritage protection system is in full swing. The overall protection and living inheritance of historical and cultural cities, neighborhoods, villages and towns are gradually progressing. The judicial protection barriers of cultural heritage are getting tighter and tighter, and the people's awareness of cultural heritage protection is increasing day by day. How to pass on precious cultural heritage intact to future generations? How can historical wisdom bring enlightenment to today? How to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of historical and cultural heritage and enrich the historical and cultural nourishment of the whole society? Starting today, this edition will open the column "Cultural Heritage Protection Experts Talk", inviting experts and scholars in the field of cultural heritage to share their insights on how to protect, inherit and utilize historical and cultural heritage.

　　On December 19, 2023, a symposium on cultural heritage protection and inheritance was held in Beijing. The meeting emphasized the need to conscientiously study and implement Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, follow the concepts of protection first and inheritance first, develop in protection, and protect in development. We must focus on building a protection system, improving protection institutions, improving protection mechanisms, establishing legal guarantees, and promoting mutual learning among civilizations. In recent years, the Palace Museum has adhered to the concept of opening up the museum and embracing the world, actively exploring the development of the museum, clarifying the guiding ideology of the museum in the new era, and proposing the construction concept of "Safe Palace, Academic Palace, Digital Palace, and Vibrant Palace" and The nine major systems that promote the development of museums will consolidate the four beams and eight pillars of the protection and inheritance of the cultural heritage of the Forbidden City, and strive to tell the story of Chinese culture in the new era.

　　"Safe Forbidden City" is the foundation: continuously strengthen the protection of cultural heritage, strive to build a protection system, and promote the systematic protection of the Forbidden City's world cultural heritage. As the guardian of the world's rare cultural treasure house, the Palace Museum has always regarded the construction of a "safe Forbidden City" as its most basic and primary task. Firmly implement the idea of ​​"protection first", make full use of science and technology and management methods, constantly improve the safety management system, and carry out a series of tasks such as seven-year cultural relic cleanup, overall renovation and protection project of the Forbidden City, construction of emergency command center, project establishment and promotion of the construction of the North Campus of the Forbidden City. , at the same time, increase investment in science and technology, steadily promote security and technical defense improvements, strengthen various safety inspections, and effectively protect the world cultural heritage of the Forbidden City. Continuously improve the scientific and technological protection system of cultural relics in the Forbidden City, establish a comprehensive, scientific, and systematic understanding of the value of heritage, and strengthen the preventive protection and management of cultural relics and ancient buildings. The World Heritage Monitoring Department of the Forbidden City has been specially established to further strengthen the comprehensive monitoring records and investigation and evaluation of the heritage, actively carry out research protection and preventive protection of ancient buildings, strengthen and standardize the preventive protection and management of movable cultural relics, and strive to improve warehouses and exhibitions. State the conditions, strengthen the basic maintenance work of cultural relics, ensure the absolute safety of the ancient buildings of the Forbidden City and various collections of cultural relics, ensure the safety of life and property of the visitors to the hospital, and ensure the safety of ideology.

　　"Academic Palace Museum" is the core: continue to build an academic and scientific research system with the characteristics of the Palace Museum, and strengthen the research and interpretation of the value of the Palace Museum's world cultural heritage. The gradual transition from the position of a research institution at the time of its establishment to the construction of an "academic Palace Museum" is a new development of the Palace Museum's academic tradition and the core that supports the Palace Museum's continuous advancement. Guided by the concept of "Academic Palace Museum", the Palace Museum continues to improve the construction of academic teams through talent support projects such as the "Talent Plan", strengthens the construction of academic research exchange platforms such as key laboratories at all levels, the Palace Museum Research Institute, and the Palace Museum Academy, and strengthens cultural relics Basic research in the field, promoting the progress of key cultural relics protection research projects, and giving full play to the supporting role of academic research in career development. Adhering to the open concept of running the institute since its establishment, it has signed strategic agreements with scientific research institutes and famous universities at all levels. In 2021, it launched and has implemented two phases of the "Open Subject Plan" to jointly explore the Forbidden City with the help of academic forces in more fields. The excellent traditional Chinese culture carried by the Palace Museum promotes the academic research of the Palace Museum in a holistic, systematic and open direction.

　　The "Digital Palace Museum" supports: promoting the in-depth integration and development of culture and technology, and realizing the permanent preservation and sustainable inheritance of cultural relics and heritage resources. Basic image collection of cultural relics is an important means to achieve the permanent preservation and sustainable inheritance of cultural relics and heritage resources, and to promote the efficient management and utilization of digital resources. With the efforts of all parties, more than 930,000 cultural relics have been photographed. On this basis, the Palace Museum actively promotes the announcement and disclosure of its collections, publicly releases 104,000 images of cultural relics through the "Digital Cultural Relics Library", and has established a "Digital Duobao Pavilion", "Famous Paintings in the Forbidden City", "Panorama of the Forbidden City" and other The digital technology platform, as well as exhibition halls such as Duanmen Digital Pavilion, and a series of digital exhibitions such as "Along the River During the Qingming Festival 3.0" and "Discovery·Yangxin Hall - Themed Digital Experience Exhibition" use technological means to bring the original abstract history into reality for the audience. Break through the limitations of physical exhibitions and "touch" cultural relics. In 2023, the Palace Museum also established official website services in major languages ​​such as English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish. The construction of the "Digital Forbidden City" has enabled more people to begin to understand and study the Forbidden City, thereby further promoting the Palace Museum to fulfill its cultural mission of cherishing tradition and inheriting civilization.

　　The "Vibrant Forbidden City" is the pursuit of: keeping integrity and innovation, adhering to the concept of giving priority to inheritance, and enhancing the spread and influence of Chinese civilization. By fully exploring the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture contained in cultural relics, we can creatively transform them into exhibitions, cultural and creative products, new media display methods, public social education resources, etc. that are popular with the public. By launching a one-stop visitor service center, optimizing reservation regulations for various groups of people, and effectively managing commercial filming in the hospital, the visitor experience will be continuously improved. By holding a series of high-quality exhibitions such as "Why China" and "Tea Culture Special Exhibition", we have carried out cross-border cooperation with professional institutions such as "National Treasure" and other cultural and museum variety shows, the documentary "Forbidden City", and the music and culture project "The Voice of the Forbidden City" ", as well as excellent plays such as "Only Green" and "Luduan", provide a steady stream of creative inspiration for excellent culture, give new era connotations and modern forms of expression to China's excellent traditional culture, and make cultural relics come alive.

　　In recent years, the Palace Museum has introduced 17 cultural relics exhibitions, held 6 "Taihe Forum", built the "Hong Kong Palace Museum Cultural Museum", launched the "Taihe Scholars" program, and used practical actions to actively strengthen cooperation with countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" The exchange of talents and cultural exchanges will further expand the international influence of Chinese culture and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

　　Culture is related to the country’s foundation and destiny. When culture flourishes, the country's destiny flourishes; when culture is strong, the nation is strong. In the future, the Palace Museum will continue to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, build around the four Forbidden City, and strive to build the Palace Museum into a world-class museum, a model for world cultural heritage protection, and a leader in the integration of culture and tourism. A Chinese cultural parlor for exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations.

　　(Author: Wang Xudong, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Director of the Palace Museum)

　　(Guangming Daily)