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| "Electronic eyes" to protect ancient grottoes |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2006-10-04 21:50:45
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URUMQI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- China will invest 17
million yuan (about 2.12 million U.S. dollars) to install an electronic monitor
system in Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region.
The system, which will cover every grotto with
infrared detectors and cameras to protect the relics, will start to be built at
the end of this year, according to experts with a grotto research institution in
Xinjiang.
The Kizil grottoes, one of China's most valuable ones
with 10,000-square meters of frescoes and colorful sculptures, were first built
in the third century. They depict life in the region where Buddhism thrived
after the third century.
The frescoes of the Kizil Grottoes have been
seriously damaged by nature and people during the 20th century.
In 1961, the grottoes were listed by the Chinese
government as a cultural relic put under the state protection.
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