HANGZHOU, China, June 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The China National Silk Museum
in Hangzhou officially launched the 2024 Silk Road Week on the
afternoon of June 19. The event,
themed "Roads Connect and Civilizations Blossom," features a
diverse array of activities, including the thematic exhibition
"Heavenly Palace: Chang'an on the Silk Roads" and the special
exhibition "Lyon in the 18th
Century: The Prosperity of the Silk Capital in the Age of
Enlightenment." The week also includes the academic project Annual
Report of Cultural Heritage on the Silk Roads and the SROM Award
Ceremony of the Silk Road Online Curating Competition at the Silk
Road Evening.
Initiated by the China National Silk Museum, the "Cultural
Heritage on the Silk Roads" project stands out as the most
significant academic initiative of the 2024 Silk Road Week. This
project gathers information on cultural heritage along the Silk
Roads from the past year. In collaboration with Zhejiang University, Popular Archaeology
Magazine, and the ICOMOS International Conservation Center -
Xi'an (IICC-X), the annual report
is categorized into four distinct sections: Thematic Exhibitions,
Archaeological Discoveries, Academic Works, and Cultural
Events.
The completion of the annual report was greatly enhanced by a
robust international team comprising cultural institutions
worldwide. Over 22 renowned international scholars from nine
countries participated in the review and voting phase of the
report. The report announces the "Top Ten" lists in the following
categories:
Thematic Exhibitions:
Highlighted exhibitions include:
- "China Trade Art in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
- "Hepu Embarks -The Maritime Silk Road of the Han Dynasty in
Guangxi"
- "Lustrous Translucent Glass -Ancient Glass Art Along the Silk
Road"
- "Good Fortune Sails Across the World -The Cultural Hallmarks of
Maritime Silk Road"
- "Tea World - Tea Culture Special
Exhibition"
- "Magnificence and Grandeur -Immersive Experience of Grotto
Art"
- "Cities and Grasslands: Civilization Dialogue in Central Asia and Kazakhstan"
- "The Great Silk Road World Heritage Exhibition"
- "Hoist Zhejiang Sails -The Zhejiang Epic on Maritime Silk
Road During Song and Yuan Dynasties"
- "Colorful Asia -Asian Costume Exhibition"
Archaeological Discoveries:
Notable discoveries include:
- The Tuokuzisalai Site (Tangwangcheng Site) in Tumxuk
City
- Moer Buddhist Temple Site in Kashgar City
- The Shipwreck Site of Ming Dynasty Founded in Sansha
City
- The Shipwreck Site of Yuan Dynasty Founded in Zhangzhou
City
- The Oc Eo Ancient City Site in Southern Vietnam
- The Buddha Statue in the Ancient Port Site of Berenike in
Egypt
- The Pabalugala Site in the Kurunegala Plains
- The Shipwrecks Site in the Vicinity of Kasos Island
- The Capo Corso 2 Shipwreck Founded in Italy
- The Shipwreck Site off the Coast of Moshav Beit Yanai in
Israel
Academic Works:
Prominent academic works include:
- China and the Silk Roads (ca. 100 BCE to 1800 CE): Role
and Content of Its Historical Access to the Outside World by
Angela Schottenhammer
- Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies (Volume 3):
Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange by
Sitta von Reden (ed.)
- Greco-Buddhist Relations in the Hellenistic Far East by
Olga Kubica
- The King's Road: Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk
Road by Wen Xin
- Beyond Borders: Indo-Sasanian Trade and Its Central
Indian Connections (Circa CE 300-700) by Ashish Kumar
- Manichaeism: From Iran to the Mediterranean and via the Silk
Road to Southern China by
Manfred Hutter
- Dunhuang Documents from the National Library of France by Rong Xinjiang (ed.)
- Archaeological research on the Plateau Silk Road from
Prehistory to the Tang Dynasty by Huo Wei
- The Qinghai Route of the Silk Road from the 6th to 8th
Centuries by Zhao Feng
- The Genealogy of the Traditional Chinese
Single-Sheet Tianxia Tu by Gong Yingyan
Cultural Events:
Significant cultural events include:
- The 35th Anniversary of the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme
- The Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Alliance is
Established
- The Silk Road: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor Has Been
Successfully Inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List
- 2023 Member Conference of the "Belt and Road" International
Cooperation Alliance for Cultural Heritage
- 2023 ISU Members Assembly & International Forum on
Sericulture Silk Industry Development Trend
- The Four-Country Joint Archaeological Survey and Exchange
Activity in the Fergana Basin
- 2023 International Archaeological School
- 2023 Silk Road Week
- "Digital Cave of Scriptures" officially Launched Online
- "Silk Road Rivers: How Water Shaped Societies and Empires in
Central Asia" Project
This project highlights the achievements of cultural exchange
and mutual learning in the sustainable development of cultural
heritage worldwide, while also providing a new model for research
in the field of Silk Road cultural heritage. As a distinguished
academic achievement, the annual report embodies significant
cultural leadership and international influence.
The 2023 Cultural Heritage on the Silk Roads is now
officially open to the public.
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