Digital collection of cultural relics, opening a new way of cultural inheritance

Cultural relics have long been an important carrier of historical culture , But the fragility of cultural relics 、 Scarcity and other characteristics make it difficult for it to exhibit frequently in various places , People want to “ See the truth ”. Often need to find a leisure time ,“ Across thousands of miles ” Go and watch .

The rise of digital collection market , Let the museums and other institutions managing cultural relics see a new breakthrough direction . Use digital presentation form , Making cultural relics into digital collections , And with the easy transmission of the Internet , So that the history and culture behind the cultural relics can be displayed in the vision of more people .

Some people say , If you can't go to see the cultural relics exhibition in kind , You can also learn from some photos , So why choose digital collections ？ There is an essential difference . The digital collection is a kind of rare collection generated by blockchain technology 、 Verifiability , And the application scenario of ownership confirmation . Compared to photos , Digital collections can not only show more contents and details of cultural relics , It can also form a value cycle , Promote the growth of cultural and creative economy .

The maintenance of cultural relics by institutions such as museums requires a lot of costs , Ticket revenue is a very important economic source for them to eliminate the fiscal deficit . But the ticket revenue is affected by various external factors in reality . The digital collection has formed a new consumption pattern , It can be said that it has opened up a new source of income for the museum . Cultural relics containing traditional culture enter the digital world of the Internet , It will inspire many cultural relics 、 Consumption desire of traditional culture lovers , Drive economic growth .

At present, many museums have made a large number of digital cultural relics through digital collections , There are some well-known institutions among them , For example, Dunhuang Research Institute 、 National Grand Theatre, etc .

in addition , The form of digital relics , It is also a means of protection and continuation of cultural relics . The digital collection has an unforgettable 、 Permanently preserved features , This allows these cultural relics to be permanent in digital form “ inherit ” down . meanwhile , Management of digital cultural relics 、 preservation 、 The cost of operation will be greatly reduced , It also saves the cost of cultural relics maintenance for the museum .

Integrating cultural relics into digital collections is a good way of innovation , It has brought new economic and cultural momentum to cultural relics . But it should be noted that , The entire digital collection market is an emerging industry , The combination of cultural relics and digital collections is at an exploratory stage . In the process , Inevitably, there are many problems and risks .

The digital collection market of cultural relics is mixed , Some digital relics obviously lack more in-depth content . meanwhile , In terms of value judgment , There is no standardized standard in the market , so to speak , How much does a digital collection of cultural relics cost , It is up to the issuer to decide . The phenomenon of hype in the digital collection market also seriously affects the circulation of digital cultural relics .

The existence of these problems , It has brought many obstacles to the development of the industry , The combination of cultural relics and digital collections also needs a long way to go .