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Yungang
Grottoes (石窟) in Datong, Shanxi
Province, are a world cultural heritage (遗产) site with
a history that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) back more than 1,500 years. In Yungang's
45 big grottoes and more than 200 small grottoes, roughly 59,000 figures of the
Buddha, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) a priceless treasure of human culture.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}because
of the effects of climate change and natural disasters, the grottoes face
damage year after year. Thanks to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (advance) digital technology, researchers are
busy "duplicating" (复制) the
Yungang Grottoes in an attempt to preserve the precious cultural relics (遗物). Employing 3D laser scanning technology, the researchers{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (digital) record the shapes, colors and other
fine details of the grottoes and later reproduce{#blank#}6{#/blank#}by using 3D printing technology.
The
new technology could enable more people{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (access) the cultural relics
despite the distance. In June, 2020, the Zhejiang University Cultural Relics
Research Institute and Yungang Grottoes Research Institute together "copied
and pasted" Cave No. 12 of the Yungang Grottoes for an{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (exhibit) in Hangzhou, in which is the world's
first 3D-printed 1:1 "copy" of a grotto.
These
Yungang{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (researcher) attempt is a good example of
technology helping to preserve cultural heritage. It is hoped{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the new digitalized technologies
will facilitate the "rebirth" of the cultural relics, and bring them
to more places worldwide.