After four years of development and precipitation, on December 15, the second "Culture + Technology" International Forum, jointly sponsored by the Palace Museum and Tencent, and supported by the Museum Digitalization Professional Committee of the China Museum Association and the Informatization Professional Committee of the China Cultural Relics Society, opened in Shenzhen.
With the theme of "Impact and Enlightenment - A New Leap forward in Digital Culture Services", this forum aims to further promote the digital concept of museums, promote the application and innovation of new technologies, and jointly discuss the development direction of culture and science and technology. More than 50 experts and scholars from many well-known cultural institutions, universities and technology companies at home and abroad gathered to discuss the future of the museum in the digital age.
At the forum, five guests from the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, the Palace Museum, the Guangdong Provincial Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of History and Tencent made in-depth discussions on the cultural policy and construction of the Greater Bay Area, the cultural resources of the Greater Bay Area, and the exchange and cultivation of talents between Hong Kong and Macao and the Mainland.
Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum, pointed out that science and technology have built bridges and provided possibilities for cross-regional multiculturalism; culture and technology should become twin sisters, complementing each other and promoting and developing together. In the digital age and the epidemic situation, it is even more necessary to re-examine the positioning and mission of the museum, the future of the museum is to restore and reshape, how to make the museum cultural relics can maintain both modern sense and tradition, which is the proposition of the times to dig deep and explain the cultural heritage.
Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group, said that it is not difficult to tell cultural stories, and it is difficult to tell cultural stories well. Tencent has been committed to making traditional cultural relics "alive" for many years, and hopes that in the future, through its own digital technology means, it can make traditional culture enter people's fingers, ears and hearts, so that the excellent traditional culture that is shelved can be truly integrated into people's lives.
On the same day, at the Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center, the "'Pattern' to Carry the Road - The Forbidden City Tencent Immersive Digital Experience Exhibition" jointly sponsored by the Forbidden City and Tencent held an unveiling ceremony. This is the first time that the Ultra-high-precision "Digital Cultural Relics" of the Forbidden City have been exhibited in Shenzhen, and some scenes of Tired Qinzhai have been restored with the help of VR and AR technology. Following the 2020 "Changyou Duobaoge" mini program to show the audience the beauty of the patterns contained in the cultural relics in the Collection of the Forbidden City, the Forbidden City and Tencent have once again joined forces to lead the audience to immerse themselves in the world of patterns in ancient buildings and collections with the help of Tencent's immersive rendering, image search and panoramic sound technologies, and appreciate the beauty and wisdom therein.
The exhibition has a total of 7 exhibition areas, where the audience can enjoy the naked-eye 3D "digital cultural relics" and 22 times high-definition enlarged cultural relics up to 5.3 meters, feel the experience beyond the physical cultural relics exhibition, and may also discover hidden mysterious three-dimensional space "Easter eggs". The exhibition also carefully created 10 annual punching points, allowing the audience to feel the beauty of the four seasons of the Forbidden City and leave exclusive streamer images.
The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge from December 18, 2021 to February 12, 2022, and can be visited by appointment through the "Digital Palace Museum" mini program.
(Original title: "The Second "Culture + Technology" International Forum Opened in Shenzhen, and the Forbidden City Immersive Cultural Relics Experience Exhibition was launched on the 18th)
(Author: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Daily reporter Zhou Yumeng text/photo)