A short announcement came out on the 24th of June that China was nominating 2 sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in an attempt to replace Germany’s Dresden Elbe Valley, which was removed due to construction of a bridge in the centre of the valley.
Yesterday, Xinhua.net announced that Mt. Wutai was successfully inscribed on [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Mt. Wutai added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Posted in China, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, UNESCO, World Heritage, World Heritage Sites, cultural heritage, tagged Buddhist Temples, Dresden Elbe Valley, Ming Dynasty, Mt. Wutai, Nomination, Shanxi Province, Shuxian Temple, Tang Dynasty, UNESCO, World Heritage List on 28/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zhoukoudian Locality 1 in danger of collapse!
Posted in Archaeology, China, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, Rescue/Salvage Archaeology, World Heritage Sites, tagged Archaeology, Boston University, Collapse, destruction, Erosion, Excavation, Fire, Hominids, Locality 1, Micromorphology, Paleoanthropology, Paul Goldberg, Peking Man, Rescue, Salvation, World Heritage Site, Zhoukoudian on 25/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A news article came out today that rescue excavations will commence immediately at the Zhoukoudian Cave Site that is located 50 kilometers SW of Beijing.
According to the report, the excavation will last for 4 months, and is intended not only to shore up a large fracture that has appeared on the ceiling of the cave [...]
Even more SAVE KASHGAR Facebook and Petition Initiatives
Posted in Different Perspectives, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, cultural heritage, tagged Facebook, Initiative, Kashgar, Petition, SAFE, UNESCO, World Heritage on 25/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just got wind of yet another set of initiatives aimed at garnering attention and awareness of the ongoing demolition of Old Kashgar that has been in the news lately (if you’ve been paying attention to the side headlines in your national newspaper).
HERE is yet another “SAVE KASHGAR” Facebook group that posts some interesting events coming [...]
For those of you who read Chinese
Posted in China, Different Perspectives, Opinions, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged conservation, debate, looting, Mausoleum, Preservation, Qinshihuang, Terracotta Warriors, Tomb on 23/06/2009 | 2 Comments »
For anyone who can read Chinese (simplified), or who wants to practice their Chinese, HERE is an interesting article from www.popyard.org, a popular Chinese news website that discusses whether or not the Tomb of Qinshihuang should be excavated.
The famous mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. – 206 B.C.), has [...]
800 Year Old Merchant Wreck to be “Excavated”
Posted in Archaeology, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, cultural heritage, tagged Excavation, Guangdong, Law, Marine, Museum, Silk Road, Underwater Archaeology on 22/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
On June 21st, China announced that a 3-5 year plan for excavating and studying the remains of a shipwrecked merchant vessel dating to the Song Dynasty shall commence shortly.
The vessel, known as Nanhai No. 1 was a merchant trading vessel that sank off the coast of Guangdong Province.
In 2007, it was successfully pulled from the [...]
More FACEBOOK Kashgar initiatives
Posted in Opinions, Preservation, cultural heritage, tagged ambassador, Causes, Facebook, Kashgar, letter, Petitions, President Obama on 16/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those who have not seen this yet, here is what another concerned citizen is doing to try to raise awareness about the Kashgar crisis.
In her Facebook post on another Saving Kashgar cause page started in D.C., she includes a link to a petition for President Obama regarding her concerns on the issue, which is [...]
[BELATED UPDATE] Terra Cotta Warriors to be excavated for a third time.
Posted in Archaeology, China, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged Excavation, Mausoleum, Preservation, Qin Shihuang, Shaanxi Province, Terracotta Warriors, Tomb, World Heritage Site, Xian on 15/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A June 10th news post on Xinhua.net has announced that a third excavation shall begin this weekend at the world-famous Qin Terra Cotta Warriors site near the ancient capital of Xian in Shaanxi Province, China. The site is a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, which means that it fulfills UNESCO’s criteria for being a shining [...]
Statement from the creater of the Save Kashgar Facebook cause page.
Posted in Opinions, Preservation, Rants, tagged Facebook, Kashgar, Opinion, Petition, Statement, Viewpoints on 10/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ana Escobedo, the creator of the Save Kashgar Facebook cause page (link on the right) as well as the Save Kashgar online petition (link also at the right), has offered this statement as to why she feels so strongly about trying to raise awareness about the destruction of intangible cultural heritage:
“The destruction of Kashgar is [...]
For all of you who have FACEBOOK
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Awareness, Central Asia, Facebook, Kashgar, Petition on 09/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
For all of you who are interested in the Kashgar situation and want to become involved in trying to raise awareness of the ongoing loss of cultural heritage in Central Asia, join the Facebook cause SAVE KASHGAR, and also sign the PETITION aimed at getting the govt. of the PRC to release more information about [...]
Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Opens in Chengdu, Sichuan
Posted in General, News Articles of Interest, cultural heritage, tagged Chengdu, Embroidery, Exposition, intangible cultural heritage, Shu, Sichuan Province, UNESCO on 09/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, June 9th, 2009, an Intangible Cultural Heritage Exposition opened in the City of Chengdu in Sichuan Province in the southwestern portion of China showing cultural displays from around the country.
For those unfamiliar with the terminology, Intangible Cultural Heritage is defined by UNESCO as:
“…the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, [...]
