The main responsibility of this project is the digitalisation, management and promotion of more than 1,500 treasured Han Dynasty Relief Rubbings. The establishment of this digital database of precious rubbings would not only promote their use in academic research but also improve their preservation condition. The rubbings of the library originally come from shrines and tombs of Shandong, Hunan, S-chuan, Jiang-su, etc. As to their contents, in addition to the mythologies of deities, spirits, legendary animals, fortunate creatures, there are also accounts of social life such as architecture, horses and carts, industries, hunting and entertainment. Most of the rubbings were acquired by late fellows of the Institute, Fu SSu-Nien, Syu Jhong-shu，Doung Zuo-bin，Lao Gan and others by means of donation, exchange, purchase or field research from the founding of the Institute in 1928 to the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Many rubbings in the library are rare and fine works of art, more beautiful and complete than other illustrated catalogues published so far in Taiwan and abroad. Furthermore, many original sculptures of these rubbings were destroyed or disappeared after the Cultural Revolution in China, these historical rubbings are therefore even move valuable especially for the study of the society, architecture and cultural life of the Han dynasty.

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