再谈敦煌壁画临摹

Re-examining the Copying of Dunhuang Wall Paintings

敦煌壁画临摹工作早就开始了。有序的敦煌壁画临摹工作从国立敦煌艺术研究所开始,到今日的敦煌研究院已有近七十年从不间断的壁画临摹历史,六十余年间历经国立敦煌艺术研究所、敦煌文物研究所、敦煌研究院三次命名,反映了不同历史时期人们对敦煌壁画临摹工作的认识和要求,是有鲜明区别的,敦煌的临摹工作始终沿着目标明确的道路前进。

Copying of Dunhuang wall paintings began very early. Systematic copying of Dunhuang wall paintings, which began after the inception of the Dunhuang Art Research Institute, has been carried on for nearly seventy years. In this period, The Dunhuang Art Research Institute was first named the Research Institute of Dunhuang Cultural Relics, and then named Dunhuang Academy. Our understanding of and requirements for copying Dunhuang murals in these three periods are very different, and this has kept this undertaking going forward with a well-targeted goal.