The Digitalized Protection and Inheritance of the Woodblock Printing Called “Jinling Sutra Printing”

Huaidong Ge

China

Jinling Institute of Technology

School of Humanities, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing. P.R.China

Shuyang Deng

China

Jinling Institute of Technology

School of Humanities, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing. P.R.China

Submitted: 2015-10-29

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Accepted: 2015-10-29

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Published: 2014-05-02

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2014.4221
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Keywords:

Jinling sutra printing, Woodblock printing, Cultural heritage protection, Digitalization technology

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This research was not funded

Abstract:

Jinling Sutra Publishing House, a protection site for Chinese woodblock printing, is the inheritance organization for Chinese woodblock engraving and ink printing of the Chinese Buddhism classics. This paper, taking “Jinling Sutra Printing” as study object, introduced its carving and printing skills, and proposed that, by means of digital acquisition and storage technology, this intangible cultural heritage could be fully documented and presented through characters, pictures, audio, video and other information.
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References:

DONGMEI, P. (2006): “Digitalized Protection. New Approach of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection”, in Art Research, nº 1, pp. 47-51.

RUTONG, W. (2009): “Jinling Sutra Publishing House Became World-class Cultural Heritage Protection Site”, in The Voice of Dharma, no.10, pp. 26.

ZANCHU, J. (1980): The History of Nanjing, Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, pp. 134.

ZHENG, L. (2010): The Research of Jinling Sutra Publishing House, Shanghai, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, pp. 97.

ZHIZHONG, L. (1985): The History of Chinese Ancient Books, Beijing, Cultural Relics Publishing House, pp. 95.

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