云居寺藏经从地方遗产走向世界舞台
Bei Jing Qing Nian Bao·2025-12-07 00:13

Group 1 - The Beijing Municipal Committee has published suggestions for the 15th Five-Year Plan, emphasizing the importance of cultural innovation and the protection of historical culture, including the application for World Heritage status for the Liuli River site and the Yunju Temple's scriptures for the World Memory Heritage list [1] - The Yunju Temple, known as "Beijing's Dunhuang," has a rich history of producing stone scriptures from the Sui to Ming dynasties, with a total of 14,278 stone scriptures, making it the largest and longest-lasting collection of stone-carved Buddhist texts in the world [1] - The Yunju Temple scriptures were successfully included in the "China Archives Document Heritage List" in 2025, which reflects the historical significance of the Buddhist texts and provides a basis for applying to UNESCO's World Memory Heritage list [2] Group 2 - In recent years, Beijing has increased efforts to protect the Yunju Temple scriptures, including reinforcing and waterproofing the stone scripture caves and digitizing many scriptures for archival purposes [3] - The temple has also enhanced public access, allowing more visitors to experience the ancient stone carvings, with the completion of a connecting trail that integrates the temple and the surrounding mountain [3] - A new digital project has been initiated to enhance the recognition of micro-traces on the stone carvings, allowing for a more detailed understanding of the artifacts in the digital realm [3]