Yangtze River Network News (reporter Wang Yunqi).It was called "the highest-standard, largest and most well-preserved ancient Chinese temple site" by the expert group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. On November 28th, the delegation of "Reading China along the Yangtze River - Ten Thousand Miles of Yangtze River" came to the Nanjing Dabao'en Temple Ruins Museum to gain an in-depth understanding of the protection of the ruins.
It is understood that the Great Bao'en Temple is the first of the three major temples in Jinling in the Ming Dynasty, and the most famous building in the temple is the glazed tower. The pagoda is full of colorful glaze, magnificent and beautiful, representing the highest level of glaze firing and glazed building technology in Chinese history, but unfortunately it was destroyed in the middle of the 19th century.
Members of the visiting group attended the docent's explanation at the site. Photo by Wang Zheng.
Entering the Dabao'en Temple Ruins Museum, the ancient charm and modern style in the museum are combined, looking down between walking, the transparent glass cover under the feet is the stone road that has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain. Looking up, outside the glass wall, the towering Dabao'en Tower stands quietly, and the ruins of the underground palace where a large number of national cultural relics have been unearthed are under the tower.
In the central axis ruins area, the visiting group saw that there were large areas of "exposed" ruins outside. According to the docent of the Nanjing Dabao'en Temple Ruins Museum, this is the site of the Tianwang Palace, and the existing main ones are the rammed earth platform at the bottom. The well-preserved stone pillar base of the Ming Dynasty from the pedestal can clearly reflect the regulation and column network structure of the Tianwang Palace.
Ming Dynasty ramming base site. Photo by Wang Zheng.
Why are some sites protected by glass covers, while others are not?Wu Zhenhui, a member of the visiting group, asked.
Wang Xingping, honorary director of Nanjing Dabao'en Temple Ruins Museum, introduced that the Dabao'en Temple ruins are mainly earthen ruins, and it is not easy to preserve. After in-depth investigation, analysis and research of all and part of the site, it was finally decided to adopt different protection and display methods for the indoor, outdoor and semi-outdoor site itself. For example, for the open-air parts such as the main hall and the Guanyin Hall, the method of backfilling the original site and partially reconstructing the terrace railing was adoptedFor parts such as the Garan Hall and the drainage ditch, the in-situ reinforcement and cover protection method were adoptedFor most of the main building sites, such as the Taji Palace, the way of in-situ protection and construction of protected buildings has been adopted. Wang Xingping introduced that the Dabao'en Tower is a "lightweight tower-shaped protected building" built to protect the ruins of the underground palace.
The exterior of the Great Newspaper Tower. Photo by Wang Zheng.
The Great Bao'en Pagoda was rebuilt above the ruins of the underground palace, that is, at the original site of the glazed pagoda. The scale, shape, and slenderness ratio of the Dabaoen Tower are similar to the original tower, but the material is different. The new tower did not use glazed tiles to restore the original tower style, but used lightweight glass. "The Great Bao'en Pagoda can be seen as a tower-shaped 'protective cover', which is used to better protect the ruins of the underground palace. If the glazed pagoda is rebuilt, the ruins of the underground palace are likely to be destroyed. Compared with the reconstruction of the glazed pagoda, it is more important to protect the ruins of the underground palace. Wang Xingping introduced that the Dabao En Pagoda has nine floors, using four groups of steel pipe oblique beams across the site, and the overall steel structure is a steel structure. "The current Dabao En Pagoda is located on the outside of the original tower base site, which can not only reduce the disturbance to the site, but also play a role in protecting the underground palace. ”
This year, the Nanjing Dabao'en Temple Ruins Museum released the results of the digital restoration of the glazed pagoda of the Dabao'en Temple, so that the glazed pagoda can be reproduced in the digital world. Visitors can use avatars to enter the "Metaverse of Returning Kindness" launched by the museum. "Although the glazed pagoda has been destroyed, its ruins are still there, the cultural relics are still there, and the architectural art culture and aesthetic art culture carried by it are still there. Wang Xingping said, "We are also constantly exploring, hoping to better integrate digital technology with historical and cultural connotations and promote it." ”
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