To promote the inheritance of traditional culture, a variety of emerging methods rooted in machine learning and deep learning have been introduced. Dunhuang patterns, an important part of traditional Chinese culture, are difficult to collect in large...
The spatial distribution pattern of plants often reflects their ecological adaptation strategy and is formed by their long-term interaction with environmental factors. In this paper, the clonal plant, Phragmites australis, was investigated across env...
Not enough attention has been paid to the artistic approach of depicting human figures at the center of double-scroll patterns in Chinese Buddhist art. Originating from Greco-Roman culture, this motif entered China from the overland Silk Road around...
An important recent issue in research is the effective protection and rational utilization of cultural heritage. In particular, the regional protection and utilization network of heritage space is the overall requirement for promoting cultural protec...
This article investigates the convergence of Chan and Pure Land practices in medieval Dunhuang, highlighting a fluid and integrative religious phenomenon that challenges conventional sectarian boundaries. Drawing on a rich corpus of manuscripts, incl...
The Zhag Cave in western Tibet, dated to the 11th to 12th centuries, features four walls fully adorned with images of the Thousand Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa (Fortunate Aeon). According to the Tibetan inscriptions, the arrangement of the Thousand Bud...
Oases support human activities in arid and semiarid regions, and their stability is important for regional sustainable development and water resource management. Water consumption is the major factor affecting the stability of oases. On the basis of...
Dunhuang murals are an important part of human cultural heritage with extraordinary literary and historical value. However, with the influences of time and the environment, many murals have suffered large defects and require complete reconstructions...
The Gobi Desert ecosystem is currently experiencing the impacts of persistent climate warming and extreme weather. However, the relative influences of factors such as soil, climate, and spatial variables on the β-diversity of desert plants and t...
The Han Dynasty Great Wall (GH), one of the largest and most significant ancient defense projects in the whole of northern China, has been studied increasingly not only because it provides important information about the diplomatic and military strat...
Diverse costume and decorative patterns in Dunhuang murals have significant historical and cultural value. However, natural erosion and material aging have caused cracks, flaking, and missing regions. Existing image restoration methods are still chal...
Traditional studies on Chinese Buddhism have largely relied on printed canons from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Goryeo dynasties. However, recent discoveries of Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts, along with growing recognition of Nihon kosha issaikyō...
Accurate monitoring of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is of great significance for studying the carbon cycle. Compared to ground observational sites, airborne observations cover a wider area, which help in effectively monitoring the distribution of...
Fine-grained visual classification requires recognizing subtle inter-class differences under substantial intra-class variation. Ancient mural recognition poses additional challenges: severe degradation and complex backgrounds introduce noise that obs...
Sedimentary manganese deposits are an important mineral resource and also play a significant role in restoring the ancient marine environment. The redox environment of the ocean during the Mesoproterozoic era has long been a subject of controversy. T...
Regarding the functions of Cave 285 at the Mogao Caves 莫高窟 during the Western Wei period, scholars have generally considered it a meditation cave. The main chamber has four small chambers each on the southern and northern walls,...
Symmetry and asymmetry play an important role in image processing and computer vision, particularly when visual structures are corrupted by irregular and spatially heterogeneous degradation. In cultural heritage restoration, ancient murals often cont...
As digital heritage platforms become increasingly immersive and information-rich, digital enrichment may offer experiential benefits while also being associated with greater cognitive demands. Drawing on Cognitive Load Theory and an intertemporal per...