我国70多年的石窟保护历程,既见证了科技进步对石窟保护利用所起到的关键引领作用,也见证了我国石窟保护理论和技术创新能力的大幅提升。石窟保护的复杂性与保存环境的多样性,既需要多学科的参与,更需要系统建立保存物质性和保持文化性的方法和技术,以形成一个综合、系统、多学科的石窟保护理论和技术体系。国家对文物保护科技的重视和“国家文化遗产科技创新中心”等重大科技项目的建设,为实现这一目标提供了可能。

The more than 70-year history of grottoes conservation in China has witnessed the pivotal role of technological advancements in guiding the preservation and utilization of these sites, which has fundamentally enhanced our theoretical and technical innovation capabilities in the field of grottoes protection. The complexity of grottoes protection and the diversity of environment requires not only the involvement of multiple disciplines, but also the systematic establishment of methods and techniques for preserving materiality and maintaining culture, so as to form a comprehensive, systematic and multidisciplinary theoretical and technical system of grottoes protection. The importance that the government places on the protection technology of the cultural relics and the implementation of major science and technology projects, such as the “National Science and Technology Innovation Center for Cultural Heritage”, makes it possible to achieve this goal.