Digital technology

Among many technological means, digitization of cultural relics is the most important preventive protection measure.

The Palace Museum has 1.86 million pieces of cultural relic information resources and 850,000 pieces/sets of cultural relics images, and has collected and produced more than 1,500 high-precision three-dimensional models of cultural relics.

The Palace Museum has also collected and produced three-dimensional models of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihe dian), the Hall of Central Harmony (Zhonghe dian), the Hall of Preserving Harmony (Zhonghe dian) and the Hall of Mental Cultivation (Yangxin dian), and collected high-precision panoramic images of all open areas.

It also launched a mobile mini-program to offer better digital services for internet users. Online projects, such as "The Digital Relics Collection," "The Digital Treasure Hall" and "The Panoramic Forbidden City," have been well received by all sectors of society. These digital technologies make cultural resources "alive."