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International Training Seminar on the Management and Nomination for World Heritage of the Silk Roads
On November 22, 2018, the 12-day "International Training Seminar on
the Management and Nomination for World Heritage of the Silk Roads" was
successfully held at the Nanshanyuan International Academic Exchange
Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an. This seminar was organised by
IICC-X and supported by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (UNESCO WHC),
State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China, Xi'an Municipal People's
Government, as well as Northwestern Polytechnical University.
The training seminar invited renowned experts and professors from UNESCO,
ICOMOS, University of London, Newcastle University, ICOMOS China, Chinese
Academy of Cultural Heritage, China Foundation For Cultural Heritage
Conservation, China Architecture Design & Research Group, Peking
University, Northwest University and other universities and colleges, to teach
in the fields of archaeology, protection, management, regulation, nomination,
planning, monitoring, interpretation, presentation, etc. At the same time, training participants were organised to Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Museum, Chang'an City ruins in Western Han Dynasty,, Daming Palace of Tang Dynasty, Small Wild Goose
Pagoda (Xi'an Museum), Caotang Temple, Ancient Avalokitesvara Temple and other
places to conduct on-site visits and lectures in a combination of theoretical
and practical methods. A total of 40 participants of management institutions
along the Silk Roads from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and
China's Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other provinces participated
in this seminar.
The training seminar was of great significance for China and Central Asian countries to jointly inherit and carry forward the spirit of friendly cooperation of the Silk Roads, and carried out cultural and talent exchanges and cooperation on the management and nomination process.
Opening ceremony:
Address: Dr. Roland Chi-Hung Lin, Specialist of
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Speech: Mr. Song Xinchao, Deputy Director of State
Administration of Cultural Heritage of China
Address: Mr. Zhou Kuiying, Deputy Director of Shaanxi
Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage
Lecture: Thematic Study of the Silk Roads Corridor
By Prof. Tim Williams,
Reader of University College London, Silk Road archaeologist
Lecture: Exhibition and Presentation of Cultural Heritage
By Mr Liu Jian, Deputy Director of Architecture History
Institute under China Architecture Design & Research Group
Lecture: Diversified Religions and the Silk Roads
By Prof Chen Ling, Professor of the School of Archaeology and
Museology of Peking University
Lecture: Cultural Heritage Laws and Regulations of China
By Mr Liu Shuguang, Former Deputy Director of State
Administration of Cultural Heritage of China
Lecture: Heritage Value Cognition of Gulangyu Island and Conservation Strategy
By Mr Wei Qing, Member of ICOMOS Shared Heritage Specialized
Committee, General Manager of Beijing Guanyuan Consulting Co. Ltd., Senior
Engineer
Lecture: Case Study of Roman Empire Frontier (Compilation of
the Conservation Plan and Coordination Management
By Mr David Brown, Visiting Lecturer of the School of Cultural Heritage of Newcastle University
Lecture: Chances and
Challenges for Conservation of Cultural Heritage under the International
Context
By Prof Zhan Changfa, Secretariat General of China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, Conservation and Restoration Specialist
Lecture: World Heritage Monitoring in China
By Prof Hou
Weidong, Planning and Monitoring Specialist, special expert of lICC-X
Exchanges by
Training Participants
Co-host: Prof
Wang Jianxin, Professor of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwest
University
Prof Yang Junchang, Deputy President of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Polytechnical University
Field trip: management
and operation of Daming Palace
Field trip: Chang’an City of Han Dynasty
Field trip: Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Field trip: Small Wild
Goose Pagoda, Xi'an Museum
Field trip: Ancient
Avalokitesvara Temple and Caotang Temple
Lecture: Silk Roads Nomination and Management-From Challenge to Enlightenment and Cooperation
By Prof Feng Jian, Executive
Deputy Director of lICC-X
Extracurricular activity: making dumplings
Graduation ceremony
Speech by Mr Ma Rui, Director of Xi an Municipal Administration
of Cultural Heritage
Issuing certificates
(Edited by IICC-X)
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