3,000 sacred Tibetan pages restored
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Experts in northwest China’s Gansu Province announced yesterday that they have restored more than 3,000 pages of some rare Tibetan Buddhist canons that were severely damaged.
The canons have more than 100,000 pages in total and were held by several Buddhist temples located in Wuwei City, or Liangzhou in ancient times, a key town along the ancient Silk Road.
Floods in the 1970s caused severe damage to the artifacts.
The restoration project began in 2013 and was carried out by the Museum of Wuwei City and Northwest Minzu University. Experts said about 98 percent of the canons were scriptures, which trace back to the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368) and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
More than 60,000 pages have been separated to date, and 3,069 pages have been restored.
Liang Jihong, deputy curator of the museum, said some of the scriptures contained bright and colorful paintings. Materials for writing included ground gold, silver, pearl, sea snails and cinnabar powder.
Liang also said that the paper was of very high quality with insect and corrosion prevention materials.
The restoration will be important for Tibetology studies, Liang added.
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