The Story of China: The Past and Present of the Yongle Palace Murals

Hosted by the Consulate-General of China in Sydney, the Yuncheng Municipal Government, and China Cultural Centre in Sydney

Organised by Yongle Palace Mural Protection Research Institute and Beijing Culture Pieces Culture Development Co.,Ltd.

The completion of the mural Chaoyuan tu (Paying Homage to the Supreme Deities) at Yongle Palace in 1325 marked the peak of Chinese mural artistry. Yongle Palace is the only surviving intact Yuan Dynasty official architectural complex in China. Its murals, covering more than 1,000 square meters in total, include Chaoyuan tu, celebrated as an “Oriental Art Gallery” and hailed, together with the Dunhuang murals, as one of the two great treasures of Asian religious art.

This lecture will be presented in two parts.

The first part highlights the artistic characteristics and historical value of the Yongle Palace murals, revealing their reflection of social institutions, clothing culture, and the profound influence of Daoist thought on Chinese civilisation.

The second part focuses on the practical application of AI digital restoration of the Yongle Palace murals, exploring technological innovations in cultural heritage conservation, new pathways for heritage transmission, and the promotion of international exchange and cooperation in cultural relics preservation.

Ms Zhang Qing
Director of the Department of Education and Outreach at the Yongle Palace Mural Conservation Institute of Shanxi Province, and Associate Research Fellow at Yuncheng College’s Cultural Heritage Conservation Research Center. With over 30 years of experience in mural conservation, she specialises in the study and restoration of temple murals and ancient architecture, and has co-authored multiple publications on the replication and restoration of Yongle Palace murals.

Mr Tang Jiayu
He has published several papers, holds over 20 invention patents, and received the China Patent Excellence Award. His AI platform project was recognised among the World Leading Internet Scientific and Technological Achievements at the 2021 World Internet Conference.

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